Screen Futures Summit begins Saturday
The inaugural Screen Futures Summit begins this Saturday 9 to Tuesday 12 July.
The four day summit is designed primarily for industry professionals and educators to explore the rapidly changing media environment as online advancements shift the way film, television, video games and publishing are produced and distributed, and how this impacts the education sector.
Summit Chair Sue Turnbull said in a statement, “Once we announced the theme, we received more than 100 proposals from academics, researchers, teachers and industry professionals interested in hosting sessions. It’s clear that this is a critical topic for those in the education and media sectors.”
The Summit includes a wide range of international speakers:
Alfred Hermida, who worked as a BBC journalist for 15 years and first launched BBC’s news website in 1997.
David Buckingham, a UK academic who has studied extensively the way children interact with digital media, including young people’s responses to sexual content in the media.
Rachel Nixon is the Director of Digital at CBC News and before that she was at BBCnews.com as Deputy World Editor.
Meanwhile local speakers will host talks including; the narrative similarities between Neighbours and World of Warcraft; gaming in the classroom; and whether embracing the future means ignoring the past; among others.
Sessions will be spread across inner-city sites: ACMI, Melbourne Town Hall and RMIT.
The Four day tickets for Screen Futures is: adult – $495; ATOM member – $395; Tertiary student – $295.
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For more information, visit Screen Futures.
