TV heritage on-line: EUscreen conference

Second EUscreen International Conference on Use and Creativity
Date: 15-16 September 2011
Location: National Library of Sweden, Humlegården, Stockholm.


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.
Attendance is free but on-line registration is required.

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)
• 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)
• Marius Snyder (PrestoCentre, EU)
• Martin Bouda and Karel Sieber (Česká televize, CZ)

Please go here for programme updates and make sure to register in time for this event.