[ecrea] Toy Story at 20: Registration Open

*/TOY STORY AT 20/*

*(12-13^th  November 2015)*

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*REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!*

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We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for /Toy
Story at 20/. The conference officially begins at the Tyneside Cinema in
Newcastle on the evening of Thursday 12^th  November, with a special
screening of /Toy Story/ followed by Professor Paul Wells’ keynote
address. The programme of papers and panels on Friday 13^th  November
will take place at the University of Sunderland’s David Puttnam Media
Centre, at St Peter’s Campus on the banks of the River Wear in
Sunderland. For more information, please visit the conference
website:_https://toystoryat20.wordpress.com
<https://toystoryat20.wordpress.com/>_. There is an early bird
registration rate of £30 for delegates booking before the end of
September 2015. The registration fee will then rise to £35 from 1^st
  October until online booking closes on 23^rd  of that month. The
registration fee includes morning/afternoon refreshments as well as a
buffet lunch on Friday 13^th  November and, for those booking before end
of September, it guarantees you a ticket for the /Toy Story/ screening &
Paul Wells’ keynote on the evening of Thursday 12^th  November (from
1^st  October the Tyneside Cinema will open their booking for this event
to the general public so you’re advised to register before then to avoid
disappointment).

We hope that delegates can join us for an evening meal at the Tyneside
Bar Café after the film screening and Paul Wells’ keynote. If you wish
to do so, please choose this as an option when registering online and
select from the set menu (£25 per person).

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/Booking closes on 23^rd  October. Places are limited so please visit
the University of Sunderland’s online store as soon as possible via the
following link:/

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/http://onlinestore.sunderland.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&catid=99&prodvarid=313///

A provisional programme for the conference is listed below.


Hope to see you there,


Noel Brown, Michael Shaftoe, Susan Smith & Sam Summer

Conference Organisers

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*_CONFERENCE PROGRAMME_*

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*THURSDAY 12^th  NOVEMBER (Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle)*

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6-7.20pm: Screening of /Toy Story/

7.30-8.30pm: Keynote by Prof Paul Wells (including Q&A)

[To be followed by an optional meal at the Tyneside Cinema Bar Café]

*FRIDAY 13^th  NOVEMBER (University of Sunderland’s David Puttnam Media
Centre, The Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter’s)*

*8.30-9am: REGISTRATION (Media Centre Foyer)*

*9-9.20am: WECOME & INTRODUCTION*

*9.20-10.20am: KEYNOTE BY DR. PETER KRÄMER*

*10.20-10.40am: TEA AND COFFEE (Media Centre Foyer)*

*10.40-11.55am: **PANEL 1: **TOY STORY, PLAYSPACES AND THE
CONSUMER** (Media Centre Cinema)***

•Karen Cross (University of Roehampton) – ‘Fear, Guilt and the Future of
Play’

•Katriina Heljakka (University of Turku) – ‘Real Life Stories for Adult
Players’

•Ewan Kirkland (University of Brighton) – ‘From Toyetic to Fanetic’

*11.55am-12.55pm: LUNCH (**Media Centre Foyer**)*

*12.55-2.10pm: PANEL 2: ANIMATION, TECHNIQUE AND AESTHETICS (Media
Centre Cinema)*

•Tom Brown (King’s College London) – ‘Classicism and “Intensified
mise-en-scene”’

•Heather Holian (University of North Carolina) – ‘New and Inherited
Aesthetics’

•Steve Segal (Independent) – ‘A Personal Perspective’

*2.10-2.25pm: COMFORT BREAK*

*2.25-3.40pm: PANEL 3: LIMINALITY, IDENTITY AND REFLECTED SELF (Media
Centre Cinema)*

•Ian Grant (University of West London) – ‘Puppetry and Digital Vitality’

•Jane Batkin (University of Lincoln) – ‘Mirrors and Shadows: Duality,
Illusion and the Divided Self’

•Christopher Holliday (King’s College London) – ‘Virtual Puppetry and
Computer-Animated Film’

*3.40-4pm: TEA AND COFFEE (**Media Centre Foyer**)*

*4-5.15**pm**: PANEL 4: RECEPTION AND LEGACY (Media Centre Cinema)*

•John M Richardson (University of Calgary) – ‘Growing up in the Shadow
of Buzz and Woody’

•Helen Haswell (Queen’s University Belfast) – ‘Understanding the /Toy
Story/ Franchise as an Allegory for the Studio Narrative’

•Richard McCulloch (Regent’s University London) – ‘Narratives of
Authorship in the Critical Reception of /Toy Story/’

*5.15-5.30pm: CLOSING COMMENTS (**Media Centre Cinema)***

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