SPARK! Alliance Conference Schedule
Hourly Schedule
Day #1
- 10:00 - NOON
- SPARK! Alliance meeting
- NOON - 12:30
- SPARK! Alliance lunch
- 12:30 - 1:00
- Conference Registration
- Coffee, soda, water, light snacks
- 1:00 - 1:30
- Welcome
- SPARK! Video | SPARK! Alliance Panel -- What is SPARK!
- 1:30 - 2:30
- Keynote: Stephanie Heit
- Memory Lanes + Sensorial Gardens: A Mad Conductors Workshop
- 2:45 - 3:45
- Sample SPARK! program
- FULL ENGAGEMENT program
- 4:00 - 5:00
- Bonnie Beam-Stratz
- Dementia 101: Understanding Basics + Focusing on Brain Health
- 4:00 - 5:00
- Creative Engagement with SPARK! Alliance
- Botanical Sensations: A Journey Through Scent and Sight
- 4:00 - 5:00
- Creative Engagement with SPARK! Alliance
- Flavors of Fall
- 4:00 - 5:00
- Dawn Koceja
- Accessibility + Inclusion
- 5:00 - 6:00
- Group Gathering/Reflection
- Wine and Cheese and Chat
Day #2
- 8:30 - 9:00
- Registration
- Coffee, soda, water, light snacks
- 9:00 - 9:15
- Welcome
- Recap of Monday’s events: What is SPARK! + Mini SPARK! engagement session
- 9:45 - 10:15
- Gary Glazner
- Group Poem Engagement
- 10:30 - 11:30
- Bonnie Beam-Stratz
- Dementia 101: Understanding Basics + Focusing on Brain Health
- 10:30 - 11:30
- Creative Engagement with SPARK! Alliance
- SPARK! at Schlitz Audubon: Winter Solstice
- 10:30 - 11:30
- Creative Engagement with SPARK! Alliance
- Colorful Cardboard Chandelier
- 10:30 - 11:30
- Gary Glazner
- Celebrating Creativity in Caregiving
- 11:30 - 12:30
- Herine Koschak
- All Sound is Music
- 11:30 - 12:30
- Creative Engagement with SPARK! Alliance
- Funky, Fresh, and Feathered
- 11:30 - 12:30
- Rachel Howell
- The Milwaukee Ballet + SPARK!
- 11:30 - 12:30
- Dawn Koceja
- Accessibility + Inclusion
- 12:45 - 1:45
- Keynote: Ellie Rose Schoessling
- Dare You to Move
- 2:00 - 3:00
- Herine Koschak
- All Sound is Music
- 2:00 - 3:00
- Ellie Rose Schoessling
- Resiliency in Memory Loss
- 2:00 - 3:00
- Creative Engagement with SPARK! Alliance
- Let’s Take a Road Trip
- 2:00 - 3:00
- Rachel Howell
- The Milwaukee Ballet + SPARK!
- 3:00 - 3:30
- Group Gathering / Reflection / Closing Remarks
- 3:30 - 4:00
- SPARK! Alliance meeting