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> > We would like to invite you to the 'Public Service in the Digital Age' > symposium and join the ConnectionFactory network that will bring together > leading academics and media professionals interested in exploring concepts of > public service and public good in the quickly changing media landscapes. > > > > Confirmed speakers include: > > · Richard Deverell, Chief Operating Officer, BBC North; > > · William Dutton, Director of Oxford Internet Institute; > > · Dougald Hine, co-founder of School of Everything; > > · David Gauntlett, author of Making is Connecting. > > > > Speakers and delegates will explore three broad questions: > > · How does the traditional 'public service' mission translate into the online, > interactive, user-engaged media of today? > > · How should professionals and organisations respond to the creative challenge > posed by activists and amateurs? > > · Can a knowledge exchange network linking researchers and practitioners help > us to do things better in the future? > > > > The event will be held in central London at the University of Westminster, 309 > Regent Street, London W1B 2UW on 25 March 2010, from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. > > > More information about the event can be found at the ConnectionFactory > website: http://www.connectionfactory.org.uk, where you can also join the > network by following a quick registration procedure. The membership and the > event are free. Please distribute this email amongst your colleagues. We hope > to see you on the day! > > > David Gauntlett - http://www.theory.org.uk/david > Professor of Media and Communications, > School of Media, Arts and Design, > University of Westminster > [log in to unmask] > > Anna Piela > Research Fellow, "Building Collaboration and Engagement for Media > Professionals and Academic Researchers" > School of Media, Arts and Design > University of Westminster > > > > > The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. > Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, > London W1B 2UW. > > ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA Policy mailing list W: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa-policy.html Please visit this page to browse list's archives, or to join or leave the list.