SUMMIT / CONFERENCE
PROGRAM SCHEDULE / REGISTRATION
HOW TO REGISTER:
SESSION TRACKS AND
SPEAKERS
This page describes options for registering for the Media Giraffe Project roundtable
summit and conference at UMass Amherst June 29-July 1. After a brief
description of the event, individual tracks are listed, with links to
specific program times and speakers. THE MOST UP-TO-DATE PROGRAM is
located HERE as
html, or HERE
as a MSWord DOC file. A printable PDF brochure
with tentative session descriptions and times
is also available. After reviewing the information on this
page, you may . . .
Click HERE to register.
OVERVIEW
"Democracy & Independence: Sharing News &
Information in a Connected World," is intended as a flexible convening of
active participants across the four interest areas of media, politics,
education and multimedia technology, with plenty of time for informal
discussion during the Media Cafe breakouts.
Most sessions will be
convened and conversations lead by more than one person.
Five conference tracks are designed to identify attendees
with common interests yet encourage all participants to learn and teach
across boundaries.
THURSDAY,
June 29
Thursday's one-day
roundtable summit on the Future of Journalism is a single-track event and
is designated as Track 1. These sessions will be arranged as much as
possible in a roundtable, discussion format, encouraging broad
participation.
Track 6 is a
Thursday afternoon Citizen Filmmaking
Workshop.
FRIDAY/SATURDAY, June 30-July
1
On Friday and Saturday there are four
concurrent tracks, with common plenary sessions at breakfast, lunch and
dinner. These are designated as Tracks 2-5 and cover citizen media,
politics and the internet, media education and multimedia technology. The
format of each session depends upon the speaker or panel.
On Friday, news
professionals and other stakeholders are optionally invited to join a
continuation of Track 1 by participating in the "Journalism that
Matters" seminar as an alternative to following Tracks
2-6. Participation in "Journalism that Matters" on Friday and Saturday automatically entitles you to
attend Track 1 events on Wednesday and Thursday at no additional fee. Check "Special Event Registration" and write
"Journalism That Matters" in the "other information" box for special JTM rate.
SPEAKERS / SESSION LEADERSHIP
Session leaders are being changed and updated
daily.
A regularly updated program-detail page
for each track lists events, topics and speakers and will be
continuously updated through the conference date. Click on the track title
below to access each detail page. A less-frequently updated
printable PDF version of the entire three-day program is also available. The PDF program
will not be regularly update until just before the summit opens.
You may wish to review the program-detail
pages before going to the REGISTRATION
PAGE. You must choose to register for one track in order to give the Media Giraffe
Project team a sense of the distribution of interest areas among
participants, and to facilicate selection of "meetup" sessions. However,
you may attend any session on days for which you've registered,
regardless of which track you choose.
COST
Registration for Thurs.-Sat., (including Wed., June 28
introductory dinner and discussion) is $395 until June 5.
Registration for Tracks 2-5 (Fri.-Sat. only) is $225 until June 5.
Both include all meals. A word about
LODGING .
. . after reviewing the tracks below, and before going to the online registration
page, you may wish to review LODGING
OPTIONS.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY / June 29/30,
2006
TRACK ONE: Future of Journalism Roundtable
Summit
(attendance limited -- register early)
Journalism is no longer a profession or a craft -- it
is being taken over by citizens, who are now driving its form and
influence at thousands of independent websites covering communities,
politics and niche topics. This attendance-limited series of moderated,
roundtable discussions will include mainstream journalists, political
strategists, educators, technologists and citizen journalists. Check in 4
p.m.-6 p.m., Wed., June 28 / Sessions: 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Thurs., June 29.
Option to continue in the "Journalism that
Matters" seminar on Friday. (NOTE: Those arriving Wed., June 28,
and registered for Track One may attend dinner and a discussion featuring
Helen Thomas, Marty Baron, Teresa Hanafin and others at the
Campus Center on Wednesday evening. You will receive details by
email approximately two weeks before the
summit.
FRIDAY June
29
TRACK
ONE: "Journalism that Matters" seminar
Track one continues from Thursday with
an additional attendance-limited convening of the "Journalism that
Matters" seminar series facilitated by Steve Silha of the Washington News
Council and Chris Peck, editor, The Commercial Appeal of Memphis.
TRACK
TWO: Citizen Media Bootcamp and frontline
lessons
Share up-to-the-minute information about fast-growing local online
news communities -- how they operate, how they're financed, and what
motivates the people who start them. Break into small groups, tackle
real-life examples of local news community development, with access to
peers and experts as the "Media Giraffe Institute: Lessons from the
Frontlines". Check in 4p.m.-9 p.m., Thurs., June 29 / 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m.,
Fri., June 3 Program ends noon, Sat., July 1.
TRACK
THREE: Politics and the Internet: What's Next
Find out how political
strategists will work the Internet and new media in 2006 and 2008 to move
the U.S. closer to "digital democracy." What is the role of citizens --
and traditional media? Check in 4p.m.-9 p.m., Thurs., June 29 / 7
a.m.-8:30 a.m., Fri., June 3 Program ends noon, Sat., July 1 (but see
"meetup" below)
TRACK
FOUR: Educating Smart Media
Consumers/Creators
Hands-on workshops emphasize the "hows" and "whys" of
connecting news production and multimedia distribution with the classroom
to foster smarter users and creators of media -- and active citizens.
Check in 4p.m.-9 p.m., Thurs., June 29 / 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m., Fri., June
3
Program ends noon, Sat., July 1 (but see "meetup" below)
TRACK
FIVE: Technology/Multimedia: Where's journalism?
Discuss, dissect and create the potential impact of Internet
and information technology on journalism, politics and education -- and
participatory democracy. Check in 4p.m.-9 p.m., Thurs., June 29 / 7
a.m.-8:30 a.m., Fri., June 3. Program ends noon, Sat., July
1
TRACK SIX: Citizen Filmmaking Workshop --
Thurs. onlyy
As digital video cameras become more popular, as people
start taking videos from their cellphones, as new sites such as
YouTube.com emerge to distfibute these videos, "citizen filmmaking" is set
to take off. Listen to some of the people are doing it. Learn the basics
of low-budget digital production for making political, community,
social-message and information web video. Discuss technology and
practice with other practitioners. A Thursday-afternoon
special "meet up."
SPECIAL:
"Journalism That Matters" seminar
The
next newsroom will operate differently from those of today. Its walls will
extend to kiosks, coffee shops and cell phones on your belt. What will the news
look like, how will it be distributed, and who will pay for it? Join a two-day
seminar in which you will pose answers and begin to lead these changes rather
than be swept up by them.
SATURDAY
Four tracks from Friday continue until
noon.
MEETUPS:
Post-conference networking sessions
(free and
open to any track registrant)
The Media Giraffe
Project will facilitate meeting locations and times on Saturday afternoon
for informal "meetups" among interest groups. Meetup proposals will be
posted on the conference website during June. Some meetups may involving
hiking or bicycling, weather permitting.
ARTS/EVENTS: Options for Saturday and July 4th
weekend
In May, we will begin posting information and links
to cultural events, places and activities on Saturday night and
during the July 4th weekend for conference attendees who plan an
extended visit.
EXHIBITS / LITERATURE: Vendors and NGOs
literature, display and booth options
Limited facilities for literature display by
vendors, non-governmental, research or trade groups may be arranged.
Click HERE to register.
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