[ecrea] EUscreen Conference

Programme Announcement:

Television Heritage and the Web

(Final EUscreen Conference)

Date: 13-14 September 2012

Location: ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary

EUscreen, the best practice network for Europe's television heritage, 
organises its third and final international conference on Television 
Heritage and the Web. The conference will take place in Budapest on 13 
and 14 September 2012. The programme consists of two workshops, a 
plenary session with keynotes and case studies by renowned experts in 
the field. Attendance is free but online registration is required at the 
following address: http://euscreen2012.eventbrite.com 
<http://euscreen2012.eventbrite.com/>.

Conference programme

Today, most broadcasters devote resources to web-based forms of 
television, both in terms of new programming and older programme 
materials. Broadcast archives are becoming increasingly important as 
'old' television content has the potential to attract online users. As a 
result, the major question for audiovisual archives, scholars and media 
professionals is: What does the current shift to online forms actually 
imply for television heritage?

The conference Television Heritage and the Web will discuss and analyse 
the opportunities and challenges of the current media changes. The 
conference includes a range of international experts and a workshop 
titled EUscreen best practice applications showcase, which explores the 
exploitation of broadcast material in the fields of learning, research, 
leisure/cultural heritage and creative reuse.

Confirmed speakers

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     Lynn Spigel (Northwestern University, USA)

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     Eggo Mu?ller (Utrecht University, NL)

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     Richard Grusin (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)

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     Jamie Harley (FR)

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     Irina Negraru and Dana Mustata (TVR, RO)

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     Aleksander Lavrencic/Katja S?turm (RTV Slovenija, SI)

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     Victoria Metzger/Xavier Jacques-Jourion (RTBF , BE)

   * Attila Nemes (Kitchen Budapest, HU)

Please go to http://euscreen2012.eventbrite.com 
<http://euscreen2012.eventbrite.com/> for programme updates and make 
sure to register in time for this event.

For the editors:

About EUscreen

The EUscreen project has published 30.000 television items online in an 
act to make historical audiovisual content widely accessible. EUscreen 
started in October 2009 as a three-year project funded by the European 
Commission's eContentplus programme. 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 info and updates on the project, visit 
http://blog.euscreen.eu <http://blog.euscreen.eu/>

See for more information: http://www.euscreen.eu/
Press contact: Erwin Verbruggen, (info /at/ euscreen.eu) 
<mailto:(info /at/ euscreen.eu)>, +31615360371 <tel:+31615360371>