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I've just received this which I thought would be of interest to group members. Tom Barrance ---------------------- > >>fastforward: a partnership for media, business and education online > 6 December 2001 at BAFTA, Piccadilly, London > > >>fastforward is a half-day forum which will consider how multimedia and > communications technologies are developing now, and what impact this > wealth of new channels and resources may have on the relationships between > the media industries, business and education. > > A distinguished panel of speakers will look to the future from the various > perspectives of broadcasting, production, media studies and information > and communications technology. They will identify key issues and suggest > ways in which the media industries, educationalists and government might > work together to meet the challenges of the information age. Their > presentations will be complemented by a showcase of the latest projects, > which illustrate initiatives now underway in commercial, professional and > academic environments. > > The forum will bring together senior figures from film and television, > multimedia and communications, universities and libraries, professional > and government bodies. After the formal presentations, speakers and > delegates are invited to meet informally over drinks and look more closely > at a selection of exemplary new media projects. > > Chairman: > Bamber Gascoigne > > Keynote Speaker: > Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE > > Speakers: > Stewart Purvis CBE, Chief Executive, ITN. > Roger Laughton CBE, Head of Bournemouth Media School, Bournemouth > University. > Andrew Yeates, Director General, British Phonographic Industry. > Derek Law, Librarian & Director of Information Strategy, University of > Strathclyde. > > Fastforward is supported by JISC, RSLP, BFI, BUFVC > > For full details and booking information please call +44 (0)1733 242370 or > visit our web site www.bufvc.ac.uk/fastforward > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Jane Callaghan > Multimedia Ventures > 6 Washingley Road > Folksworth > Peterborough > PE7 3SY > UK > Tel: +44 1733 242370 > Fax: +44 1733 240020 > Email: [log in to unmask] > Web: www.bufvc.ac.uk/fastforward > > >>fastforward takes place on Thursday, 6 December 2001 at BAFTA. > The half-day forum is supported by JISC, RSLP, BFI and BUFVC. > For more information visit our website at www.bufvc.ac.uk/fastforward > > >