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Second EUscreen International Conference on Use and Creativity (Conference)
EUscreen, the best practice network for Europe’s television heritage, organizes its Second International Conference on Use and Creativity. The conference takes place in Stockholm on 15 and 16 September 2011. The programme consists of two workshops, a plenary session with keynotes and case studies by renowned experts in the field.
About EUscreen
EUscreen started in October 2009 as a three-year project funded by the European Commission’s eContentplus programme. Over the project’s duration more than 30,000 items representing Europe’s television heritage (videos, photographs, articles) will be made available online through a freely accessible multilingual portal. A beta version of the portal was launched in 2011 and is also directly connected to Europeana. EUscreen is co-ordinated by University of Utrecht and its consortium consists of 28 partners and 10 associate partners (comprising audiovisual archives, research institutions, technology providers and Europeana) from 20 different European countries.
For events information and updates on the project visit http://blog.euscreen.eu
Conference programme
At the international conference, EUscreen will discuss the online potential of European television heritage. The conference will explore creative approaches to enhance online accessibility of European television heritage. The goal is to expand methods to reach a wide range of users and to increase their engagement with online heritage materials.
The conference programme consists of a plenary session with keynotes and case studies by renowned experts in the field. On the second day of the programme, attendees will take part in two workshops. The first workshop is about EUscreen’s user community and how EUscreen services can be exploited with the objectives of learning, research, leisure/cultural heritage and creative reuse in mind. The second workshop will be on exploring funding opportunities and devising sustainable business models for the digitisation of audio-visual material.
Confirmed speakers:
• Lynn Spigel (Northwestern University, USA)
• Dagan Cohen (Upload Cinema, NL)
• Paul Ashton (Times Educational supplement, UK)
• Kajsa Hedström (Swedish Film Institute, SE)
• Johan Axhamn (Stockholm University, SE)
• Aubery Escande (Europeana, NL)
• Jérôme Bourdon (Tel Aviv University, IL)
• Dana Mustata (Utrecht University, NL)
• Pere Arcas (Televisió de Catalunya, ES)
• Roland Sejko (Cinecittà Luce, IT)
• Andreas Fickers (Maastricht University, NL)
• Luca Martinelli (European Commission, EU)
• Catherine Grout (JISC, UK)
• Marius Snyders (PrestoCentre, EU)
• Martin Bouda (Česká televize, CZ)
Please go to http://euscreen2011.eventbrite.com for programme updates and make sure to register in time for this event.
15-16 September 2011
National Library of Sweden, Humlegården, Stockholm.
Attendance is free but on-line registration is required.
