June 25, 2008
Please see the Discussion and documentation page for all references to documentation.
The full text of Alex McKie’s Research in the real world talk has been published in the Overview.
Video of the What is the media for today? debate has been posted to the Reports and Commentary section, thanks to Robin Hamman, along with links to many Weblog posts about the session, including one from panelist Charlie Beckett.
A link to slides from Philip Slade’s ‘Talking to teenagers’ show and tell has been added to the Track 3: Provocations and Show and Tells page. Martin Huckerby’s provocation from the same session has also been added: “It seems we cannot predict massive change without presuming that the medium affected will necessarily vanish, when precedents suggest that adaptation is far more likely” he argues.
A link to Bill Thompson’s reflections on the Track 2: Openness and innovation session he chaired can be found in the Reports and Commentary section. “We need to explore the complex relationship between expressiveness and creativity and openness, and perhaps be a lot clearer about what we mean by ‘open’” he writes.
June 19, 2008
Wireless Internet access will be available for Conference attendees, provided by BT OpenZone. The service will be being tested, so don’t rely on it working, but it should work fine. We will be encouraging you to contribute to the event ‘Twitter channel’, post reflections to the session pages, and write about the event in your Weblogs and elsewhere. For more information, see the Discussion and documentation page.
The conference site has now moved to the Prepare stage and we would like to encourage you to review the overviews posted by many of the presenters for their keynotes and introductions. In his opening keynote Dr Brian Winston will argue that “[Predictors] see technology as conditioning society… it is actually the other way round”. In the What is the media for today? debate Andrew Keen will argue that “[W]e increasingly regard citizenship in terms of self-expression rather than self-knowledge”. And in his closing keynote Norman Lewis will argue that “We ought to take a sceptical view of the notions that user generated content or ‘open innovation’ paradigms represent the starting point or solutions for future innovation in the Media”. The Programme page links to all presenter and session information, including preparatory reading, listening and viewing.
We still have one slot for short media-related show and tells (seven minutes) to be presented in the Provocations and Show and Tells track. If you would like to propose a show and tell please contact us.
Our friends at Plot would like a few more contributions for the social experiment they are facilitating for their session. Their request is for you to find one person outside of the people you know well who is happy for you to ask them a few questions that might reveal something you (and we) don’t already know about media experience, and pass on your notes or recordings. It could be someone with who you work. Read on at the Plot blog
June 16, 2008
Since the original event announcement, Cult of the Amateur author Andrew Keen has joined the What is the media for today? debate. Business development consultant Rebecca Caroe will be chairing the Research in the real world and Meet the Meet the people formerly known as… users sessions. And Patrick Barwise, Emeritus Professor of Management & Marketing at the London Business School, will be a closing keynote respondent, which will be chaired by BBC Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
June 15, 2008
The event is now full booked. You are welcome to add yourself to the waiting list by selecting the Waiting list ticket type on the registration page. We are expecting a limited number of cancelations, but please don’t attend unless you subsequently receive confirmation that you have been added to the Attendee list. You are welcome to contact the organisers if you haven’t received confirmation. Please note that BBC staff can still attend even if they haven’t booked, and will simply need to show their BBC pass and leave their details at registration.
June 14, 2008
We had planned to have a formal Expo at the Conference but for practical reasons have decided to ask people who want to show a project to prepare a short show and tell to be presented in Track 3: Provocations and Show and Tells. We had also planned to have provocations during the brownbag lunch, but have again decided to ask provoacteurs to present in the same session, which will be chaired by Ian Jindal. If you would like to propose a show and tell or provocation please contact Nico Macdonald nico@spy.co.uk.
