Thursday, November 10, 2005

• Registration - 8 a.m.
  
  
• Welcome - 9 a.m.
  • Government of the Student Body President Angela Groh
    University President Gregory L. Geoffroy
    Mayor Ted Tedesco
    
    
• A Framework for Action - 9:30 a.m.
  Goal: Set expectations/suggest framework for implementation of change(s).
  • Creating structures to support problem solving in local communities.
  • A framework to assist conference attendees in translating conference concepts into action at the local campus or community level.
    • Speaker:  Linda Langford, D.Sc., Center for College Health and Safety
    
    
• Riots—Individual and Collective Behaviors in Crowds - 10:00 a.m.
  • Planning for orderly or disorderly temporary gatherings requires an understanding of crowds--a topic of extended research over the past century.  Well-known researchers Clark McPhail and John McCarthy will follow with an extended review of the research literature highlighting their personal work on a data set spanning over 20 years and hundreds of events.  In addition, McCarthy and McPhail will provide an overview of the work currently in progress on this topic and direct applications of these observations to the practices of local officials. This session will examine stereotypes and explore alternative ways of thinking about the assembling processes that form temporary gatherings, the alternating and varied individual and collective behaviors that comprise those gatherings, and the dispersing processes that terminate them.  In addition, it will draw some comparisons between protest gatherings and convivial gatherings in campus communities.
    • Speakers:  John McCarthy, Professor of Sociology, Penn State; Clark McPhail, Professor Emeritus, Sociology, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
      
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• Luncheon Address - 12:00 p.m.
  Goal:  (Reflections on the research and the roles we play in addressing community disturbances - identify influential factors and recognize need to influence them.
  • Speaker: Dr. Craig Anderson, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Iowa State University
    
    
• Parties, Police, Pandemonium: Postscripts and Prevention -  1:15 p.m.
  • This presentation will outline The Ohio State University's immediate and long term response to a major student disturbance in 2002. Cynthia Buettner will offer an insider’s view of how the university approached the issue, how the community was involved, how research and the evidence base was used, and the outcomes of the OSU efforts to date.
• Speaker:  Cynthia Buettner
  
  
• Break
  
  
• Panel Presentation "The Day After" - 2:30 p.m.
• Goal:  Deepen understanding of riot effects on the community.
  • Panelists
    • John Crawford - Owner, Alpha Copies, Ames
    • Harry Samms - Ames Police Department
    • Bethany Schuttinga - Assistant Dean of Students, Iowa State University
    • Tony Borich - ISU Government of the Student Body senator, ex-officio student member of Ames City Council
    • Tom Northrop - Part-Owner, Pizza Pit, Ames
    
    
• Break - 3:30 p.m.
  
  
• Panel Presentation- Change in a College Community  - 3:45 p.m.
• Goal: Provide examples of how other communities have brought about change in culture, climate, and practices.
  • Panelists
    • Lieutenant Holly Nearing - Champaign, IL Police
    • Phil Hernandez - Government of the Student Body senator, Iowa State University
    
    
• Reflections on Day One - 4:30 p.m.
  
  
• Student Leader Session - 5:00 p.m.
  
  Evening Social - Reiman Gardens 6:30 p.m.

• Friday, November 11, 2005

• Refreshments - 8:00 a.m.
  
  
• Welcome - 8:30 a.m.
  • Angela Groh, President, Government of the Student Body
    Looking to the future
    
    
• Breakout Session on Issues - 9:00 a.m.
  Goal: Identify key issues or clusters of interest for the participants.  Facilitate discussion.

  Alcohol Regulation - too much, too little, too soon, too late (Lynn Walding and SHAC Representative)

  Enhancing the student sense of community connection (Pete Englin and Emily Jensen)

  Building Near - Campus Solutions (Ann Campbell and Keith Papin)

  Effective event planning and management: Thoughts on breaking the cycle from "event" to "riot" (Cynthia Buettner and Jen Eggleston)

• Break - 10:15 a.m.
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  Panel Presentations on Possible Best Practices - 10:30 a.m.
  
  
• Final Keynote - 11:15 a.m.
  • Whose Job is it? Lessons in Managing Community Events
    • Speaker:  Captain Patrick Smith, United States Park Police
    
    
• End of Session - 12:00 p.m.
  
  
• Luncheon Buffet - Opportunity for Action - Planning and discussion