[csaa-forum] ASPERA 2010 Conference - New Screens, New Producers, New Learning

[Rachel Wilson]

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

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