2025 ITCH Symposium
Friday, November 14, 2025
9:00 a.m. Coffee & Pastries
9:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks
10:00 a.m. The Address Book Project and JOVRNALISM:
Unlocking Hidden Histories Through Emerging Tech
Robert Hernandez, Professor of Professional Practice, USC Annenberg School of Journalism
Jinglin Jingan, Immersive Media Artist student, USC School of Cinematic Arts
10:45 a.m. Experience Pompeii I.14 on Apple Vision Pro
Kai Feng Wu, USC School of Cinematic Arts
11:30 a.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. Reimagining Language and Memory: Immersive AI and the Basque Boarding House of Los Angeles
Iker Otaegui, Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UCLA
Jordan Galczynski, HumTech, UCLA
1:15 p.m. Multispecies Ethnography and Virtual Reality in Bhutanese Highland Ecosystems
Brian Young, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology, UCLA
2:00 p.m. Coffee Break
2:15 p.m. Digital Turf Project
Alex Casteel, Ph.D. Student, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
Doug Daniels, Emerging Technologies Librarian at the UCLA Library Data Science Center
Connor Lim, Mechanical Engineering student, UCLA
3:00 p.m. Bunker Hill Refrain
Meredith Reitan, Associate Dean & Adjunct Associate Professor, USC
Andy Rutkowski, Visualization Specialist, USC
Suzanne Noruschat, Southern California Studies Specialist, USC
Mats Borges, Assistant Director, Ahmanson Lab, USC
3:45 p.m. Roundtable Discussion
Banner image credit: Will Young