Registration for the Australian
Screen Production Education and Research Association (ASPERA) 2010
Conference - New Screens, New Producers, New Learning - is now
open.
Dates: Wednesday July 7th - Friday 9th July
Host: Faculty of Arts and Social Science - University of
Technology, Sydney
A fabulous set of abstracts have been received and the conference
organisers are busy designing the schedule for the conference (available
in two weeks). Highlights include a number of interesting and provocative
papers on both teaching and research within the screen production
sector.
Conference overview:
Day One (Wed 7th July) we will kick off the conference proper
with a high powered plenary session on the big issues facing our
sector. This includes talks from Dr Deb Verhoeven (RMIT
University)on what we may have to change in our teaching as we enter the
age of ubiquitous screens such as the iPad and will pick up on threads
discussed at the Forecasting Media Futures event. Sharing
the podium will be Professor Jonathan Holmes (ALTC Discipline Scholar -
Creative and Performing Arts) to discuss the establishment and
implementation of The Higher Education Standards Framework. On the
evening of Day One we have been very kindly invited for a tour of the
new AFTRS campus followed by drinks starting at 5:30pm.
Day Two (Thurs 8th July) will have a screen research focus &
the Conference Dinner will be hosted at Café Morso - by the water in
Ultimo.
Day Three (Fri 9th July) will allow us to get into the
nitty-gritty of what ASPERA needs to do to further our agendas on
research and teaching with the afternoon devoted to the AGM.
To register go to the ASPERA website
http://www.aspera.org.au
and click on the ‘Conference’ button on the left. Here you will be
able to register and pay. Each (paid up) institution has two free
delegates but we invite individuals and non members to book. We have
agreements with 3 hotels nearby and you can also book accommodation
online in the one step. Please book for the dinner ASAP so we can
confirm numbers. You can also book separately for Forecasting
Media Futures, which is a steal at $10 including drinks. If you
have any problems with the online booking system or payment system please
let me know.
You are
also invited to register for Forecasting Media Futures – a
pre-conference event the evening prior of the official conference.
Date: Tuesday July 6th
Venue: UTS - University Hall – Harris Street Ultimo
Time: 5:30 - 8pm
Panel speakers:
Dr Phillip Bell - Chair
Dr Deb Verhoeven - RMIT University School of Media &
Communication
Andy Lloyd-James - Outside the Box – TV Futures Research Project
Jennifer Wilson - The Project Factory
Tania Chambers – Chief Executive - Screen NSW
Chris Winter – Manager, New Services, ABC Innovation
Marcus Gillezeau - multiplatform producer - Firelight Pictures
Entry to the event is $10 for the waged, and $5 for students.
Panel speakers have been asked to contemplate and discuss the following
questions - What will the media industries look like in the age of the
iPad, Digital TV, 3D, Second Life and Social Media? How will we
produce and consume audiovisual screen media in the future? This
panel session will bring together experts and academics in the field of
our changing screen industries to talk about how the contexts we operate
in are changing, and in what ways screen producers will have to adapt.
Join us at UTS for a drink and some lively discussion.
By the way – also on the ASPERA website we have posted a
paper by Martin Harrison - Workloads and Creative Practice
Research
Author Martin Harrison, published poet and member of the Creative
Practices Group at UTS, has written a position paper grappling with how
creative practice research workloads can be fairly evaluated in the
current Australian university environment. If you are dealing with
a workloads system that hasn’t come to terms with how to ‘count’ creative
work, this paper opens up useful discussion.
Gillian Leahy
ASPERA Conference 2010 Convenor
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Coordinator
Media Arts and Production
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123 Broadway
NSW 2007
AUSTRALIA
(gillian.leahy /at/ uts.edu.au)
Tel: 61 2 9514 2323
www.communication.uts.edu.au
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Rachel Wilson
Lecturer in Media Production & Research
Vice President - ASPERA (Australian Screen Production Education and
Research Association)
http://www.aspera.org.au/
School of Media & Communication
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
CRICOS provider code: 00122A
Room | 9.4.35
Phone |+61 3 99253722
Fax |+61 3 96391685
Mobile |+61 413612495
Web |
http://media.rmit.edu.au/research/people/rachel-wilson
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http://www.rmit.edu.au/staff/rachelwilson
