Solar System Ambassadors and Museum Alliance Professional Development Training Webinar* Date: June 4, 2020, Thursday Time: 2pm PT (5pm ET) Phone lines will open at 1:45pm PT (4:45pm ET) WebEx Link: https://jpl.webex.com/join/ameliajc Meeting Number: 909-108-565 Call-in: 510-210-8882 Toll-Free: 844-575-9329 NOTE: With increased work-from-home overloading online resources, you may encounter some difficulty connecting. Whenever possible, try to join 5-10 minutes before start time. Use your computer's connection (rather than calling in) and turn OFF your video. That will keep bandwidth to a minimum. Topic: OpenSpace: Exploring the Universe Virtually Overview: Join Carter Emmart, Director of Astrovisualization at the American Museum of Natural History, and other OpenSpace team members on a virtual space tour to see the universe of data you can explore in OpenSpace. Fly to the Moon, explore the valleys of Mars, and soar to the edges of the known universe while learning more about this software and how you can use it. OpenSpace is free open source interactive software visualizing the entire known universe and a growing number of space exploration missions. Funded in part by NASA's Science Activation program, OpenSpace is used by planetariums and science centers, scientists and researchers, and science communicators. This first OpenSpace webinar will demonstrate the content and data that are available in OpenSpace. Join us again on June 18 to learn how to use the software yourself. Speaker: As the Director of Astrovisualization at the American Museum of Natural History, Carter Emmart directs the institution's groundbreaking space shows and heads up development of an interactive 3D atlas called The Digital Universe and the NASA-supported software to view it in called OpenSpace. He coordinates scientists, programmers and artists to produce scientifically accurate yet visually stunning and immersive space experiences in AMNH's Hayden Planetarium. Over the past two decades, he has directed six shows: "Passport to the Universe," "The Search for Life: Are we Alone," "Cosmic Collisions," "Journey to the Stars," "Dark Universe," and "Worlds Beyond Earth." Emmart's interest in space began early, and at ten, he was taking astronomy courses in the old Hayden. As a child born into a family of artists, he naturally combined his love of science with his tendency for visualization. His first work was in architectural modeling, soon moving on to do scientific visualization for NASA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, before joining AMNH. Training Materials: On the day of the training, materials will be located in the Training section of the SSA internal website: https://solarsystem1.jpl.nasa.gov/user_login.php *An archive of this training will be available about a week following the webcast. IMPORTANT NOTE: This professional development training is intended to prepare you for your upcoming presentations and events. It is NOT to be shared LIVE in classrooms, museums or other venues. Do NOT share the webinar or call-in information (web link, phone number, passcode, etc) with others, and do NOT TWEET OR BLOG what's being discussed in real time. Trainings are a time for YOU to become familiar with program information BEFORE conducting your events.