International Conference April 24-26, 2009 MIT

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Global Media (panel questions)
Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, Univ. of Georgia
Jonathan Gray, Fordham Univ.
Aswin Punathambekar, Univ. of Michigan
Abderrahmane Sissako, African filmmaker
Moderator: Henry Jenkins, MIT
Thursday, April 23, 5-7 pm, E25-111
audio | podcast | video | summary

Archives and History (panel questions)
John Miles Foley, Univ. of Missouri
Lisa Gitelman, Harvard Univ.
Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archives
Ann Wolpert, MIT Libraries
Moderator: Peter Walsh, Andover Newton Theological School
Friday, April 24, 12:30-2 pm, Wong Aud., E51
audio | podcast | video (includes welcome and introductory remarks)

New Media, Civic Media (panel questions)
Jessica Clark, Center for Social Media (American Univ.)
Ellen Hume, Center for Future Civic Media (MIT)
Persephone Miel, Media Re:public and Internews Network
Respondents: Dean Jansen, Participatory Culture Foundation
Jake Shapiro, Public Radio Exchange (PRX)
Moderator: Pat Aufderheide, American Univ.
Friday, April 24, 6:30-8 pm, Wong Aud., E51
audio | podcast | video

Institutional Perspectives on Storage (panel questions)
Claude Mussou, INA France
Pelle Snickars, Swedish National Archive
Richard Wright, BBC Information & Archives
Moderator: William Uricchio, MIT and Utrecht Univ.
Saturday, April 25, 10:45 am-12:15 pm, Wong Aud., E51
audio | podcast | video

The Future of Publishing (panel questions)
Gavin Grant, Small Beer Press
Jennifer Jackson, Donald Maass Literary Agency
Robert Miller, HarperStudio
Bob Stein, The Institute for the Future of the Book
Moderator: Geoffrey Long, MIT CMS
Saturday, April 25, 6:45-8:15 pm, Wong Aud., E51
audio | podcast | video | summary

Summary Perspectives
Mary Bryson, University of British Columbia
Marlene Manoff, MIT Libraries
John Durham Peters, University of Iowa
Thomas Pettitt, University of Southern Denmark
Moderator: James Paradis, MIT Writing and Humanistic Studies
Sunday, April 26, 12:30-2 pm, Wong Aud., E51
audio | podcast | video