The deadline for responding to the Call for Papers and Media Education
Workshops for Summit 2000 is March 1st, 1999.
Below is a reminder of the Call for Papers and Workshops.
As this is being sent to a number of list serves, I do apologize for any
duplication. As well, if you have any questions about Summit 2000 please
send me an e-mail and I wil be glad to answer them.
If you know of any other lists serves that would be interested in this
information please do forward it to them.
At the end of April, 1999, I will be sending out printed material on the
Summit along with registration forms. If you wish to receive a hard copy of
this, please e-mail me your snail mail address.
Many thanks,
John
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SUMMIT 2000 - CALL FOR PAPERS AND MEDIA EDUCATION WORKSHOPS
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Summit 2000: Children, Youth and The Media Beyond the Millennium
is an international conference to be held in Toronto, Canada May
13 to 17, 2000. See the conference website for more information.
The address is: www.summit2000.net
The conference will draw some 1,500 delegates from around the
world. Delegates will be people involved in the production and
distribution of screen based media - television, film, computer -
for children and youth; as well as anyone involved in media
education - such as teachers, researchers, educators, community
and religious groups. This will be a unique opportunity for those
who use and teach about the media to meet and dialogue with those
who produce and distribute it.
The Summit is being coordinated by the Alliance for Children and
Television and The Jesuit Communication Project. The media
education pillar is being organized by the Ontario Association for
Media Literacy The international steering committee is made up of
one representative from each of Canada, Central and South America,
the CARICOM countries, Asia, the USA, Europe, the Antipodes and
Africa.
Call For Conference Workshops
Proposals for media education workshops are invited for Summit
2000. Such workshops should be inter-active, use audio visual
materials, and have classroom applications. Workshops will be
presented in English.
Workshop proposals should be submitted by 1 March, 1999. Those
submitting will be notified of acceptance by 30 April, 1999.
Workshops proposals should be around 100 words and may be
e-mailed, faxed or posted to the addresses below:
John J. Pungente, SJ
Jesuit Communication Project
60 St. Clair Avenue East - Suite 1002
Toronto, Ontario M4T 1N5 CANADA
Phone: (416) 515-0466
Fax: (416) 515-0467
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Call For Papers For Summit 2000
Summit 2000 will draw 1500 delegates from around the world. Papers
will be presented in English, French and Spanish. Plenary
sessions will be simultaneously translated. Delegates will
include, producers, directors, distributors, teachers and
academics interested in the production or consumption of screen
based media with a focus on children and youth. The three content
pillars of the conference will be:
* Production and financing
* Distribution and access
* Media education.
Papers are invited in all three pillars.
Abstracts are invited from academics, researchers, consultants and
educators. Abstracts and papers may be submitted in any of the
three languages of the conference. They will be refereed by an
international panel of academics.
Abstracts of around 700 words should be received by 1 March 1999.
They may be emailed, faxed or posted to the addresses shown below.
Those submitting will be informed of acceptance by 30 May 1999.
Further information can be obtained from Robyn Quin at the address
shown below.
Submit abstracts to:
Associate Professor Robyn Quin,
Head - School of Communications and Multimedia
Edith Cowan University
Bradford St
Mt. Lawley, Western Australia 6050
Phone: 61 8 92738706
Fax: 61 8 9 3702910
Email: [log in to unmask]
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John J. Pungente, SJ
Jesuit Communication Project
1002 - 60 St. Clair Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4T 1N5
Phone: (416) 515-0466
Fax: (416) 515-0467
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
JCP Home Page: http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/JCP/index.html
Please check out information on SUMMIT 2000 to be held May 13-17, 2000 in
Toronto. An international gathering of media professionals and media
educators from all over the world. Not to be missed at www.summit2000.net
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