Subject: "Digital Content Creation", 10-13 April 2000, Bradford, UK **** **** Full programme information on the Courses and the Conference is **** at http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/conf2000.html **** Please pass to members of your organisation with interests in the areas of new media, content creation, multimedia, media analysis, technology convergence, Internet, broadcasting, film, television, WWW, 3D, multimedia, cyberspace, computer graphics, CSCW, virtual working, and networked applications. Apologies if you receive more than one copy of this summary memo. The British Computer Society is sponsoring an international four-day meeting on digital content creation to take place in Bradford, 10-13 April 2000. There is substantial current interest in new media, content creation, multimedia, and media analysis, brought about by technology convergence, developments in the Internet, broadcasting, film, and television. On 10 January 2000, America Online and Time Warner merged in a £220 billion deal to create the world's first fully integrated media and communications company for the Internet Century - and the world's fourth largest corporation (following Microsoft, General Electric, and Cisco Systems). Gerald Levin, chief executive, said: "The digital revolution has already begun to create unprecedented and instantaneous access to every form of media and to unleash immense possibilities for economic growth, human understanding and creative expression. AOL Time Warner will lead this transformation". Steve Case, chief executive of America Online said: "New media has truly come of age. We've always said that America Online's mission is to make the Internet as central to people's lives as the telephone and television, and even more valuable. By joining forces with Time Warner, we will fundamentally change the way people get information, communicate with others, buy products and are entertained - providing far-reaching benefits for our customers and shareholders". With this example of convergence, it is clear that digital content creation will have a major role to play in the future. This Conference examines the challenges and opportunities in this exciting area. Pre-Conference courses run 10-11 April, the Conference runs 12-13 April - in the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television. Invited Speakers at the Conference include - Prof David Arnold, University of East Anglia, UK Prof Stephen Deutsch, Bournemouth University, UK Dr Bob Gomersall, Bradford Technology Ltd, UK Prof Mikael Jern, Linkoping University, Sweden Ian Maber, Studio Director, Immersive Education, UK Dr Jim Thomas, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA Further papers have been selected by peer review from those submitted in response to the Call for Papers. Countries represented at the Conference include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, UK, and USA. Pre-Conference Courses on 10-11 April include - 1. "Web Pages of the Future" 2. "Low Budget Digital Film Making" 3. "Introduction to Computer Games and Artificial Intelligence" 4. "New Media Technologies: Exploring Strands for Future Research & Development" 5. "Two Scenarios in Web-based 3D Data Visualization" A Keynote Panel at the Conference will be on - "THE MANAGEMENT OF DIGITALLY CREATED CONTENT COLLECTIONS" This Keynote Panel will cover the management of the large volumes of data resulting from digitally created content in academic libraries, audio, film and TV applications. The source of the data can be photographs, graphic art, animation, special effects, audio, video and text. The Panel will consist of: - Bill Boffin, Chairman (Bill Boffin Associates and Media Tech) - Graham Lawley (Managing Director, The Charlesworth Group) . Management of academic journals, creating, archiving and searching. - Colin Smith (European Technical Director, MaxOptic) Supplier of optical disc and systems for legacy storage - Tony Sweeney (Deputy Head National Museum of Photography Film & Television) - Robin Jeeps (Web Manager, University for Industry) . Large scale data management For your convenience, note that you can register by email or WWW. To register by email, request an email copy of the program from [log in to unmask] To register via WWW see the Conference programme on WWW. This is summary information on the British Computer Society Conference to be held 10-13 April. We have a number of co-sponsoring organisations, including Computer Graphics Society, Virtual Reality Society, and Media Tech. The Conference will be held in the prestigious National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford (close by the University). A major £16 Million expansion for an Electronic Gallery in the Museum was completed last year ("The Imaging Frontiers" Project). Thus it is very appropriate to have a Conference with this theme in the Museum and in Bradford. For information on the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, see URL - http://www.nmpft.org.uk/ For information on the School of Informatics at the University of Bradford, see URL - http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/ Thank you, Huw Jones John Vince Rae Earnshaw Roy Middleton Co-Chairs http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/conf2000.html ___________________________________________ Patrick Allen EIMC School of Informatics University of Bradford BD7 1DP UK email:[log in to unmask] tel:(44) 01274 236139 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%