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The Group for Research in Interactive Media at London Metropolitan University
presents "MINDPLAY", a one day conference on digital media theory, culture,
practice and play
Friday, 20th January 2006
London Metropolitan University
Shoreditch Building
35 Kingsland Rd
London E2 8AA
Mindplay will focus on our experience of both mindful and playful human-digital
relationships, and explore our interaction and engagement with new digital media
environments including those involving mobile and ubiquitous media, new cinema,
gameplay, wired spaces, and networked communities.
Conference update :
We are pleased to announce that registration to Mindplay is now open.
Mindplay will deliver a rich and exciting programme of presentations of practice-led
research, posters, academic papers, demonstrations, activities as well as an
exhibition of interactive installations. The provisional conference programme listing
presenters and titles can now be viewed online at http://www.mindplay.org.uk/
programme.htm A separate list of interactive installations will be published nearer
the time.
We are also pleased to announce that Jon Dovey, Reader in Screen Media at Bristol
University will present the opening keynote address. Jon is co-author of a
forthcoming book on Game Culture due to be published by the Open University
Press in 2006. Dr Charles Kriel will be presenting the closing speech. Charles is the
UN WSIS National Expert on Digital Media for the UK. For the last five years, he
served as BBC Radio 1's Resident Artist.
For conference registration please go to http://www.mindplay.org.uk/registration.htm,
or see the further details at the end of this message. We encourage you to register
early as places are limited.
We look forward to seeing you in January
With best wishes from
The Mindplay Team
http://www.mindplay.org.uk
email: [log in to unmask]
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Conference themes:
- Plug-and-Play: emerging mobile technologies, download culture, wireless,
portable, mobile and ubiquitous media
- Record-Stop-Play: digital video production, interactive movies, new cinema, the
digital moving picture experience
- The Smart Player: game-based learning, web games in marketing, adult gaming,
game audiences, digitally enhanced play
- Playtime: responsive environments, wired spaces, digital-human relationships,
ubiquitous media
- Let Us Play: community projects, peer networks, digital media audiences, online
communities
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Registration Details:
Full fee: £65 (delegates and presenters)
Discount fee: £25 (full-time PhD students, LondonMet staff, unwaged)
Registration fee includes: attendance at the one day conference, conference
documentation (programme etc.), coffee and refreshments during the conference,
lunch, free entry to exhibition of interactive installations and evening event.
To register, please visit http://www.mindplay.org.uk/register.htm
or phone Lis Maimaris on +44 (0) 20 7133 5174.
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Conference Sponsors:
MetroNewMedia - Training consultants, London
The Community College - Shoreditch, London
Conference Organisers:
Group for Research in Interactive Media – Core Group: Michelle Duxbury, Che
Guevara John, Dr. Charles Kriel, Chris Lane, Elena Moschini, Pat Power, Michaela
Reiser. Advisory Panel: Dr. Anna Gough-Yates, Dr. Paul Cobley, Dr. Lewis Jones,
Dr. Bill Osgerby, Dr Mike King, all based at London Metropolitan University.
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