International Symposium on Media Innovations 2013

On the 18th of April 2013, the Center for Studies on Media Information and Telecommunication (iMinds-SMIT) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel will organize the Second International Symposium on Media innovations. This conference is organized in cooperation with the University of Oslo (Norway) and will focus on evolutions in the different media sectors.

This day is part of a joint conference together with the “Private Television in Europe: Connecting to the future” conference, which takes place on the 19th of April, 2013. This conference will be dedicated to innovations in the television broadcasting industry. More information about this conference.

Scholars, editors, producers, and executives from around the world will gather in Brussels to discuss innovation in the media industry. The symposium will appeal to a broad audience as a wide range of topics on media innovations will be covered. It addresses the challenges, the opportunities and the fundamentally changing ways media and entertainment companies can operate in the context of convergence and digitization.

The Media Innovations Symposium explores how changing technologies, and changing modes of usage and engagement with media bring about innovation and transformation of the media industry and policy. We will work with a combination of industrial and academic panels to discuss the current trends and challenges in (a selection of) the following sectors: print, publishing, television, film, radio, advertising, gaming, social media,…

Keynote Speaker:

Guy Finley, Executive Director
2nd Screen Society/MESA

This day is part of a joint conference together with the “Private Television in Europe: Connecting to the future” conference, which takes place on the 19th of April, 2013.

For more information, please visit: http://www.mediainnovations.be.