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Urban Screens Melbourne 08<BR>
Mobile Publics Conference, Federation Square: 3-5 October 2008<BR>
Multimedia Program: 3-8 October 2008<BR>
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USM08: Mobile Publics is a major international conference that will explore<BR>
the changing relations between media, culture and cities. Mobile Publics<BR>
will address the new forms of public participation and interaction created<BR>
by media-dense environments. By engaging a wide range of stakeholders with<BR>
distinctive interests in media and public space, the conference will promote<BR>
new multi-disciplinary frameworks for understanding innovative public uses<BR>
of technology, media and art in contemporary cities.<BR>
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Sessions:<BR>
Art, Technology and Public Space<BR>
Urban Screens and Public Space Broadcasting: A New Public Sphere?<BR>
Strategies for Urban Regeneration<BR>
Cross-Cultural Public Networks<BR>
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Confirmed speakers include: Prof. Saskia Sassen (USA) Lynd Professor of<BR>
Sociology Columbia University; Aaron Tan (HK) Director, Research<BR>
Architecture Design, Hong Kong; Prof. Ien Ang (AU) University of Western<BR>
Sydney; Dr. Andreas Broeckmann (D) Independent Curator; Patrick Fox (UK)<BR>
Manager, tenantspin; Mike Gibbons (UK) Head of Live Sites & UK<BR>
Co-ordination, London2012; Manray Hsu (Taiwan) Independent Curator; Yann Le<BR>
Bellégo (AU) Sales Director, Barco Media, Asia-Pacific; Monica Narula (New<BR>
Dehli) Raqs Media Collective; Dr. Melinda Rackham (AU) Executive Director,<BR>
ANAT; Jan Schuijren (NI) Curator, Contemporary Arts Screen Zuidas; Mirjam<BR>
Struppek (D) President, International Urban Screens Association; Prof. Leon<BR>
van Schaik AO (AU) Professor, Architecture, Innovation Chair, RMIT<BR>
University; Soh Yeong Roh (SK) Director, Art Center Nabi.<BR>
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Urban Screens 08: Mobile Publics is convened by the University of Melbourne<BR>
and Fed Square PL<BR>
Information and registrations: <a href="http://www.urbanscreens08.net/">http://www.urbanscreens08.net/</a><BR>
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Early bird registrations are available until July 31.<BR>
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