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'Communication Strategies: How to make an impact', 8th Communicating the Museum conference
25-28 June 2008, Venice, Italy International Covering Audience Research and Development with stellar speaker Arthur Cohen, of LaPlaca Cohen, New York; Programming, with Damien Whitmore; Advertising; New Media; and more. You will learn innovative and proven ways of strategy planning from fellow museum colleagues and new approaches from outside industries. Best practices for future strategies and practical tools for today. This is essential for anyone working in cultural marketing and communications today and industries wanting to make contact with the international cultural community. This conference is suitable for museum professionals; senior and junior staff from Marketing, Communication, Press, Development and Client Services departments, consultants and outside related industries. Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > 8th Communicating the Museum conference |
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Call For Submissions
The contribution of the creative industries to the national innovation system
4 July, Canberra ACT The Australian National University and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation is seeking to make a substantial contribution to the Federal Government's broad-ranging review of the National Innovation System by hosting a series of Research and Innovation Policy Dialogue Workshops to consider key issues in research and innovation. Four of the six workshops are open to the public. Workshop attendance — Free for speakers, panel members, ANU and CCI staff. $75 inc GST for other participants. Time: TBC Venue: Hotel Realm, Barton, Canberra Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Research and Innovation Policy Project (RIPP) |
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17th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills' 2008
9 - 11 July, Launceston TAS Considered one of the best value events on the VET research calendar, 'No Frills' aims to bring together staff involved or interested in education and training research. The conference offers an ideal opportunity for delegates and presenters alike to network, share and discuss ideas and current or recently completed work in a relaxed and friendly environment. Time: 11am Venue: University of Tasmania, Newnham Campus Topic: Education More Information > NCVER |
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Seminar
Design, creative practice and innovation: Launch of "Between a hard rock and a soft space"
Wednesday 9 July, Canberra ACT The application of artistic, cultural and creative practice is having a major impact on all sectors: defence, mining, manufacturing, transport, retailing, wholesaling, health, community services, and government. The capacity to innovate through architecture and design are primary sources of competitive advantage in the global economy. Countries throughout the world are developing design-led innovation policies. Does Australia need a National Council for Design and Creative Practice? What responsibilities should such a Council have? Should they include formulating a national design policy, directing programs of support for Australian business, and providing Australia with authoritative design knowledge? CHASS is launching a new policy paper to explore these issues. The launch of "Between a hard rock and a soft space" will be followed by a 90-minute seminar with speakers including John Newbigin and author John H. Howard. Light refreshments will be served. Time: 9.30 am - 12.00 Venue: The Boathouse by the Lake restaurant, Canberra Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) |
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Call For Submissions
Creative Industries Innovation Centre
Monday 14 July, Canberra ACT The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research invites proposals from organisations to host, and to assist in delivering, some elements of the Creative Industries Innovation Centre (CIIC). The Creative Industries Innovation Centre has funding of $17 million over four years and will help creative industries SMEs make a larger contribution to the Australian and global economy. The Centre will have a strong commercial focus and deliver professional business advisory and related business development services to target SMEs across Australia. Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Department of Innovation Industry Science and Research |
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Seminar
Young people, sounds and citizenship: reinventing Australian youth radio
Thursday 17 July, Hawthorn VIC INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH LUNCHTIME SEMINARS 2008 Speaker: Chris Wilson, Institute for Social Research. In Australia, the rapid adoption of television in the late 1950s brought variety radio’s golden years to a close and forced a radical rethink of the medium’s commercial sustainability. What emerged in response was a relationship between radio, popular music and young people that would dominate metropolitan commercial radio broadcasting for three decades. In the 1980s this relationship began to break down and in 1988, when Melbourne’s 3XY shifted out of the Top-40 youth format, commercial youth radio was pronounced dead. But with little delay the connection between radio and youth was re-established – this time in the public broadcasting sector, as the ABC’s Triple J youth network, and in the community broadcasting sector, following the licensing of seven ‘youth’ groups in 2001-02. What made it possible for such a fundamental commercial cultural practice to be articulated in these non-commercial sectors of the broadcasting landscape? On what basis was such a significant investment of cultural resources made? This paper addresses these questions by focusing on the emergence of youth community broadcasting in 2001/02. It traces the processes through which a range of rationales were negotiated and assembled as its conditions of possibility, highlighting how ‘youth’ has come to be invested with meaning in terms of cultural consumption and cultural citizenship. Time: 12.30-2.00 Venue: SPW226 (Swinburne Place West, Hawthorn campus) Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University |
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You are where you've been: Technological threats to your location privacy
23 July, Sydney NSW The aim of this seminar is to bring together researchers and commentators from industry , academia, government and policy think tanks in order to stimulate discussion on pertinent location privacy issues. Venue: Law Theatre, Law Building (F8), UNSW Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre |
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Symposium
Re-imagining special education through arts education and arts therapy
26-29 July, Melbourne VIC This symposium will provide learning opportunities for participants to explore and discover the processes and programming required to re-imagine special education. Venue: Melbourne Convention Centre - Cnr Spencer and Flinders Streets Topic: Disability More Information > Happenings |
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4th International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (ICHORA4)
3-5 August, Perth WA "Minority reports: Indigenous and Community Voices in Archives". The general theme of this conference explores issues relating to the history of recordkeeping by and about Indigenous peoples, migrant communities, minority communities, forgotten and disappeared communities. This includes historical and contemporary responses by these groups to recordkeeping by dominant communities. This conference has gathered an array of International speakers discussing topics such as: When is a culture an archive; What formats can be considered archival; Whose communities, whose memories? Early Bird registration closes 3 July 2008 Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Conference website |
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Festival
Garma Festival - Gulkula, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
8-12 August 2008, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory NT The Garma Festival is an intimate, spectacular celebration of cultural traditions and practices - dance, song, music, and art (including presentations, collaborations and sales). Sharing of knowledge and cultural interaction occurs amidst a unique line-up of entertainment. Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Garma Festival |
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Conference
Media, Communications and Public Speech
20-21 November, Melbourne VIC Plenary Speakers inlude: Kathy Bowrey - Professor, Faculty of Law, University of NSW; Cherian George - Assistant Professor, Acting Head of Journalism and Publishing, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University; Jonathan Griffiths - Queen Mary, University of London, School of Law; Peter Jaszi - Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic, Washington College of Law, American University; Dario Milo - Partner, Webber Wentzel, South Africa and Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand; Katharine Sarikakis - Director, Centre for International Communications Research, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds. Venue: University of Melbourne Law School Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Centre for Media and Communications Law |
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Call For Submissions
2008 Walkley Non-Fiction Book Award
1st round entries close: Friday June 6 @ 5pm & 2nd round entries close: Friday August 22nd @ 5pm National The Walkley Award For Best Non-Fiction Book celebrates excellence in non-fiction literature. The award is open to journalists or writers whose work was published from Sept 1 2007 to 31 August 2008. Entries encompass subject matter including true crime and biographies through to political analysis, business writing, war reporting, investigative journalism and foreign correspondence. Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > The Walkley Foundation |
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Forum
Media art curating forum - for regional gallery, museum & library professionals
Friday 29 August, Adelaide SA Media art: video installations, interactive artworks and web based art are now part of mainstream contemporary visual arts and are continually growing in popularity. Experimenta has developed a series of forums addressing commonly asked questions and presenting an overview of contemporary media arts. Learn from local and interstate experts about curating and collecting works of media art. Topics include: exhibition design and presentation; technical/equipment requirements; maintenance and logistics; installation; invigilation; and audiences. Time: 2-5pm Venue: Bradley Forum, Hawke Bldg, University of South Australia Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Experimenta Media Arts |
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Conference
Dreaming 08: ALIA Biennial Conference
2 - 5 September, Alice Springs NT The conference is expected to attract organisations and delegates from Australia and New Zealand as well as the Asia-Pacific region. The conference theme, dreaming08, will produce a program that empowers library and information professionals in the development, promotion and delivery of quality services in all sectors. It is expected that over 500 delegates will attend the ALIA 2008 Biennial Conference. They will be drawn to the conference by a varied and stimulating program, a unique trade exhibition, a fun and different social program. Venue: Alice Springs Convention Centre Topic: None More Information > ALIA |
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12th National Conference on Volunteering
3 - 5 September, Gold Coast QLD The theme of the 12th National Conference on Volunteering is Catch the New Waves. This conference will explore the current and emerging trends in volunteering. The 3 sub-themes that will be fully discussed and debated are: The shift in the way people are volunteering; Flexibility in management; The changing demographics of volunteering. Venue: Radisson Resort, Gold Coast Topic: None More Information > Volunteering Australia Conference |
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Conference
Community, Health and the Arts 'Vital Arts – Vibrant Communities'
5-7 September 2008, Melbourne VIC Today there is increasing awareness that the arts play a crucial role in improving the health and social wellbeing of communities. Over fifty years ago, the World Health Organisation proposed that health is not merely the absence of illness but a complete state of physical, mental and social wellbeing dependent on a range of elements physical, psychological and social. We now know that cultural practice is significant among these factors. Whether we observe performing artists allied with youth workers to tackle homelessness, the rise of patient-focused architecture in public hospitals, or the use of arts education to promote health in schools, we see compelling evidence that the arts can have a considerable impact on social and institutional life. Venue: Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > UNESCO Observatory / University of Melbourne |
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Conference
Digital Content Creation: Creativity, Competence, Critique - The second international DREAM conference
18 - 20 September, Denmark International This conference will present and discuss the most advanced and exciting research on digital content creation, its socio-cultural contexts and educational consequences. A major aim of the conference is to bring together an international forum of scholars from a range of disciplines including media and ICT studies, education, psychology, anthropology, sociology and cultural studies - and to promote dialogue within and across research traditions. We also aim to develop dialogue between researchers, educators and producers of new learning resources. Venue: University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Dream conference website |
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Conference
Open Access and Research Conference 2008
24 - 25 September, Brisbane QLD This exciting international conference is a must-attend event for researchers, academics, educators. Anyone with interests and expertise in open access that recognises the need to remain current in this highly progressive field should attend. Attendees will benefit from encountering new ideas, forming research networks and taking part in stimulating discussion that aims to inspire and inform. Venue: Stamford Plaza, Brisbane, Australia Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law |
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Conference
eResearch Australasia 2008
29 September - 3 October, Melbourne VIC eResearch Australasia 2008 will be held 29 September - 1 October in Melbourne, Australia, with workshops following on 2 and 3 October. The conference will feature speakers and demonstrations from the Australian and international eResearch community and will provide: * A catalyst for innovation and collaboration, by bringing together the architects, builders, users, and managers of eResearch infrastructures and services; * A forum to support the development, enhancement, and harmonisation of national, regional, and discipline-specific eResearch infrastructures and services; * A showcase for innovative science and research enabled through these technologies and services. Venue: Sebel and Citigate Hotels, Albert Park, Vic Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > eResearch conference website |
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Forum
Communications Policy & Research 2008
29-30 September, Sydney NSW Interest areas include ICT, digital media, telecommunications, broadcasting, communications culture, Internet and e-commerce. It is a research-oriented forum open to all viewpoints; a co-operative effort by a number of policy and research centres. The attendance for this annual gathering of people with a serious interest in communications has grown by over 40 per cent in each of the last two years. In 2007 were 75 speakers or authors, and 23 sessions filling two days. We expect this year's to grow even more, because broadband and the digital economy have become national priorities. Areas to be featured include: * Digital television, radio and online media * Telecoms and media economics, structures * Quality of journalism in new and old media * Mobile and wireless networks and cultures * User-led innovation and DIY media forms * Internet communities, worlds, blogs and wikis * Broadband, uses, users and infrastructure * Consumer preferences and needs among the new platforms Cost: $450 per person, including lunch and refreshments on both days. For inquiries about registration and attendance: c.abad@networkinsight.org or phone 02 9230 4262. Venue: University of Technology, Broadway, Sydney Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Communications Policy & Research Forum |
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Conference
Participatory Design Conference (PDC)
30 September - 4 October, USA International The conference theme for this Participatory Design Conference, PDC 2008, is Experiences and Challenges. Join us to celebrate two decades of biennial PDCs. We invite you to reflect on past experiences and review the important lessons we have learned so as to better meet the new challenges of the future. What are the important trends, phenomena, developments, and views on participation and design etc., which in so many different ways challenge our traditions, our experiences and/or the current ‘wisdom’ within the field? Venue: Indiana University Topic: None More Information > Indiana University |
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Symposium
Meeting privacy challenges – the ALRC & NSWLRC Privacy Reviews
2 October, Sydney NSW The Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre at the UNSW Faculty of Law1 is holding a one day Symposium on 2 October 2008 to consider the Australina Law Reform Commission's Report on Privacy, which will have been tabled in Parliament by September, and the NSW Law Reform Commission's privacy review which may also be finalised by then. Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre |
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Festival
Art at the heart: Regional Arts Australia national conference
3 - 5 October, Alice Springs NT The sixth biennial Regional Arts Australia national conference will be presented by Regional Arts Australia and the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT, in collaboration with the host town of Alice Springs. After the success of the Pacific Edge in Mackay in 2006, art at the heart promises to be another great event embracing the theme - part conference, part festival – all art, to deliver the very best in regional arts performance and practice. Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Regional Arts Australia |
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Conference
Housing and Social Cohesion: Connecting People - Connecting Neighbourhoods
7 October, Melbourne VIC This conference will investigate the role housing plays in supporting social inclusion and the implications this link has on the development of housing policies. The program for this one day conference has been designed by AHURI to provide participants with a constructive, evidence-based contribution to housing debate in Australia. Venue: ZINC at Federation Square, Melbourne Topic: Housing More Information > Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute |
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Symposium
ArtsHealth Symposium #1
8 - 9 October, Newcastle NSW Symposium themes are: 1. Reflections on Arts and Health; 2. Practice as Research: The Arts Health Perspective; 3. Medical Humanities and Ethics; 4. Art and Critical Thinking in the Community. Associate Professor Graeme Sullivan from Columbia University is a keynote speaker and other keynote speakers will be announced soon. Venue: The Hunter Room - Newcastle City Hall Topic: None More Information > ArtsHealth website |
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Conference
Second International Conference on Religion and Media
9 - 12 November, Tehran International The Second International Conference on Religion and Media will be held in Tehran and Qom, Iran, from November 9th to 12th, 2008. We cordially invite you to attend and submit a paper. A few scholarships are available to partially subsidize the costs of participants with selected papers. Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Conference website |
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Conference
21st Century Learning: Acting (Inter) Nationally
 10-11 November, Melbourne VIC Curriculum Corporation's 15th Annual Conference, 21st Century Learning: Acting (Inter) Nationally will be held 10-11 November 2008 in Melbourne. A more socially inclusive Australia? A more productive nation? The 2008 Curriculum Corporation conference will explore how education contributes to these policy imperatives in this new era of national cooperation. Speakers will explore: Better, brighter, smarter? Our place in the world; A National Curriculum fit for purpose; Innovation and next practice; Retaining and attracting quality teachers; The power of assessment data to lift performance; Participation for all. To receive further information contact: conference@curriculum.edu.au or visit our website. Register your interest immediately for early bird discounts which close on 1 August 2008. Venue: Sofitel Hotel, 25 Collins St, Melbourne Topic: Education More Information > Curriculum Corporation |
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Conference
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
12 - 13 November, Hong Kong International Wing Lung Bank International Institute for Business Development (IIBD), David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI) and the School of Business of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) are organising a two-day international conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The conference will focus on innovation in social entrepreneurship as well as new directions in entrepreneurial education in emerging nations. Academic scholars, doctoral students and others interested in entrepreneurship related research are welcome to attend the Conference. Venue: Hong Kong Baptist University Topic: Education More Information > David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI) |
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Conference
Creative Clusters 2008: The Creative Economy in Smaller Nations
17 - 20 November, Glascow International In the 'winner takes all' world of the creative economy, it is increasingly apparent that issues facing the creative industries in smaller nations are substantially different from those in larger ones. Experience from nations that have been vigorously pursing creative economy policies, such as Singapore, New Zealand, Ireland, Sweden, Austria and Scotland, has thrown up some key challenges. For small nations, what strategies, and what practical policy measures, will help identify and develop a competitive advantage? How does a small nation turn globalisation into an opportunity rather than a threat? What makes a 'Creative Nation'? Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Creative Clusters |
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IE2008: The Fifth Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment
3 - 5 December, Brisbane QLD The Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, in its fifth year, is a cross-disciplinary conference that brings together researchers from artificial intelligence, audio, cognitive science, cultural studies, drama, HCI, interactive media, media studies, psychology, computer graphics, as well as researchers from other disciplines working on new interactive entertainment specific technologies or providing critical analysis of games and interactive environments. Venue: Gardens Point campus of QUT Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment |
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Conference
Information Online 2009
20 - 22 January 2009 NSW Information Online 2009 is already shaping up to be the biggest event we have ever held. For 2009 the Executive Committee is looking forward to presenting delegates with an innovative programme, a full array of vendors at the trade show and fun-filled social programme. Venue: Darling Harbour Exhibition and Convention Centre Topic: Media, communications and cultural policy More Information > ALIA |
No longer tuned in to master's voice
Online digital environments are inviting all of us to participate actively in our own learning write ERICA MCWILLIAM and NORMAN JACKSON.
Where the future meets the past
YouTube's significance is partly to do with its pre-history, write HENRY JENKINS and JOHN HARTLEY
The ghost of Arthur Rylah
The old battles against ignorance and prejudice were not permanently won, argues GEOFFREY BARKER
Budget 2008: what it means for broadcasting
MARGARET SIMONS detects some good news for community radio, but not a great deal else
What the internet means for the way journalists write
The internet is creating a more dynamic and interactive understanding of what disinterested reporting can mean, writes MARGARET SIMONS
Winner creates all?
Almost all creative ventures fail, but the successes can be spectacular, write PAUL ORMEROD and STUART CUNNINGHAM
Catching up
The internet looks like becoming a single social networking platform, writes MARGARET SIMONS
The 'next' museum wave: is social media here to stay?
Collections, audiences, distribution and access will continue to be the central concerns, writes ANGELINA RUSSO
Has radio blown the future?
Digital radio's delayed introduction could mean the future has been created by other audio media, writes JOCK GIVEN