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***Apologies for cross-posting, but feel free to forward! *** We would like to invite you to the ECLAP Conference on Information Technologies for Performing Arts, Media Access and Entertainment. Conference web page: http://www.eclap.eu/conference The Information Technology age has facilitated many important changes in the field of cultural heritage and continues to offer itself as a dynamic and exciting medium through which new possibilities perpetually emerge. This wave of change has had particularly significant consequences in the field of the Performing Arts, where a vast array of possibilities for digital content fruition continue to reveal themselves, constantly opening the doors to new and as-yet-unexplored synergies. Many technological developments concerning digital libraries, media entertainment and education are now fully developed and ready to be exported, applied, utilized and cultivated by the public. The ECLAP 2012 conference is open to researchers, professionals, industries, institutions, technicians, practitioners in the area of performing arts and information technologies, media entertainment, technology enhanced learning, intelligent media systems, acoustic systems, cultural heritage, and many others. The ECLAP conference aims to function as a forum in which progress-oriented individuals and institutions within the aforementioned fields can find a place to collaborate and present results. The ECLAP 2012 conference has confirmed a keynote-speaker lineup consisting of some of the most salient voices in the field. Demo and poster sessions will be organised. The event will include plenty of opportunities for networking, discussion, sharing ideas and best practices. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS MARCO MARSELLA, Deputy Head of Unit, eContent and Safer Internet, European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General SARAH WHATLEY, Director of the Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE) at Coventry University, UK HEATHER NATHANS, Professor of Theatre Studies, School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, University of Maryland, USA NIKKI TIMMERMANS, Advisor Media Plusregeling at Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie, The Netherlands GENERAL TRACK PERFORMING ARTS, MEDIA ACCESS AND ENTERTAINMENT WORKSHOPS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS NEW BUSINESS MODELS IN THE CULTURAL HERITAGE DOMAIN AUTHORITATIVE METADATA VS USER-GENERATED CONTENT TUTORIAL AND TRAINING ON ECLAP: open to all interested people; tailored specifically for ECLAP partners, affiliated partners, content providers, archives, library, institutions, museums. SOCIAL EVENT May 8, 2012 - Florence, Stazione Leopolda, Viale Fratelli Rosselli - Porta al Prato Groups and single interested in organizing a section/workshop and/or an exposition should contact ECLAP coordinator Paolo Nesi at [log in to unmask] GENERAL CHAIR Paolo Nesi, University of Florence, Italy PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS Emanuele Bellini, Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale, Italy Peter Eversmann, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Kia Ng, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Johan Oomen, Institute for Sound and Vision, The Netherlands Pierfrancesco Bellini, University of Florence, Italy (ECLAP Tutorial) NETWORKING & WORKSHOP COORDINATOR Raffaella Santucci, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy DATE & VENUE 7 - 9 May 2012 Convitto della Calza - Piazza Della Calza, 6, 50125, Firenze - Italy Tel. +39 055.222287 - Fax +39 055.223912 - [log in to unmask] - http://www.calza.it INFO & PARTICIPATION Registration form: http://www.eclap.eu/eclap2012registration FURTHER INFORMATION Morning and afternoon coffee breaks as well as lunches will be provided. The language of the event is English. If you have any further inquiries or require additional information about this event, please contact: [log in to unmask] SECRETARY: Simonetta Ceglia, [log in to unmask], tel: +39-055-4796567, 425 We are looking forward to meeting you there! Celyne van Corven & the ECLAP team *Please pass this announcement on to friends and colleagues who might find it of interest.*