OZeCulture Conference 2005: Magic, Money and Myth

BYRON BAY 7 - 8 APRIL 2005


Both conference days feature screenings of innovative digital media works by Australian artists including Sejong Park's Oscar nominated Australian short film Birthday Boy.

Conference Program

Byron Community and Cultural Centre, 69 Jonson Street, Byron Bay

Wednesday 6 April 2005
Afternoon - Evening

4.00pm-6.00pm
Digital Content Industry Action Agenda - Local Industry Forum
Upstairs Studio

6.00pm-7.30pm
Conference Reception
Preview of the Australian Film Commission's Broadband Production Initiative
Upstairs Studio

Thursday 7 April 2005
Morning

8.30am-9.15am
Registration, coffee and tea
Foyer, Byron Community and Cultural Centre

9.15am-9.30am
Welcome and conference opening
Main Theatre
Malcolm Long, Director, Australian Film, Television and Radio School

9.30am-11.00am
Keynote Panel Presentation "Perspectives on Creative Industries" and Opening Plenary Session
Main Theatre
Stuart Cunningham (Chair), Director, Creative Industries Research and Applications Centre (CIRAC), Queensland University of Technology.

"Transforming the Economy through Creative Enterprise"
Dame Cheryll Sotheran, Sector Director, Creative Industries, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.

"How New Zealand used The Lord of the Rings trilogy as a major leveraging exercise to reposition  the country and its creative industries"
Paul Voigt, Senior Investment Manager, Creative Industries, Investment New Zealand.

"How to create new stories for new audiences"
Paul Brewer, Director, Marketing and Communications, Te Papa Museum.

11.00am-11.30am
Morning tea
Foyer

11.30am-12.30pm
Panel Discussion "Perspectives on Creative Industries"
Main Theatre

A chaired discussion between the panel presenters, discussants and conference delegates.


12.30pm-1.45pm
Lunch

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Thursday 7 April 2005
Afternoon

Note: Thursday afternoon has two streams which run simultaneously: Stream 1 is in the Main Theatre and Stream 2 is in the Upstairs Studio.

1.45pm-3.15pm

Stream 1:

Panel Presentation "Financing Creativity"
Main Theatre
Rachel Dixon (Chair), General Manager , Massive Interactive

"Digital content - a financier's perspective"
David Court, Executive Producer, Content Capital Limited

"Financing Broadband Production: Public and Private Partnerships "
Kim Dalton, Chief Executive, Australian Film Commission

" Mobile content - the new frontier - it's already here!"
Scott Taylor, General Manager, Content and Services, Hutchison Telecoms

Stream 2:

Case Studies Session One "Creative Industries and Regional Australia"
Three case study presentations followed by Q and A.
Upstairs Studio
Lois Randall (Chair), Regional Arts Development Officer, Arts Northern Rivers

"Imagining a Creative Region"
Cathy Henkel, Producer, Hatchling Productions Pty Ltd and
Lois Randall, Regional Arts Development Officer, Arts Northern Rivers

"Building a Capable eCulture: Community Capacity-building in Non-metropolitan areas"
Lucy Cameron, PhD Candidate, School of Social Science, University of Queensland

"Creative $: From Mind to Market"
Helene George, Company Director, Creative Economy Pty Ltd

3.15pm-3.45pm
Afternoon tea
Foyer

3.45pm-5.00pm


Stream 1:

Panel Discussion "Financing Creativity"
Main Theatre

A chaired discussion between the panel presenters, discussants and conference delegates.


Stream 2:

Case Studies Session Two "Heritage Online"
Three case study presentations followed by Q and A.
Upstairs Studio
Andrew Remely (Chair), Manager, Technology Initiatives, National Museum of Australia

"Collections Australia Network"
Mark Clayton, Project Manager, Collections Australia Network (CAN) - formerly Australian Museums and Galleries Online (AMOL)

"So who owns the cultural content: can new communication technologies change how museums do their business and build new audiences?"
Andrew Remely, Manager, Technology Initiatives, National Museum of Australia

"www.astoneuponastone.com"
Raelene Marshall, Director, Culture in Action; Secretary, Dry Stone Walls Association of Australia and curator of 'A Stone Upon a Stone'

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Thursday 7 April 2005
Evening

5.00pm-7.00pm
Conference Drinks and Launch of the Northern Rivers Creative Industry Strategy
 Upstairs Verandah Room and surrounds

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Friday 8 April 2005
Morning

8.30am-9.00am
Coffee and Tea
Foyer

Note: Friday morning has two streams which run simultaneously: Stream 1 is in the Main Theatre and Stream 2 is in the Upstairs Studio.

9.00am-10.30am

Stream 1:

Panel Presentation "Creative Rights: intellectual property and the digital age"
Main Theatre
Dr Terry Cutler (Chair), Managing Director, Cutler and Company

"Creative Commons: What is Happening?"
Brian Fitzgerald, Professor of Law, Queensland University of Technology

" CAL, access and copyright in the digital world "
Michael Fraser, CEO, Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)

"The Digital Agenda and Cultural Institutions:
An Empirical Study into Digitisation Practices and Copyright Law in Museums, Galleries and Libraries"
Emily Hudson, Research Fellow, IPRIA and CMCL, University of Melbourne

Stream 2:

Case Studies Session Three "New Media Arts"
Three case study presentations followed by Q and A.
Upstairs Studio
Stephen Cassidy (Chair), Creative Industries Project Manager, Digital Content Section, DCITA

"The Fusion Paper"
Andrew Garton, Artistic Director, Toy Satellite and Editor, Australian ICT Rights Monitor. Andrew's paper has been developed with financial assistance from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI).

"New Media Programs at the Frankston Arts Centre"
Merryn Tinkler, Arts Development Coordinator, Frankston Arts Centre

"-empyre- : Building online communities"
Melinda Rackham, Curator and Producer -empyre- media forum

10.30am-11.00am
 Morning tea
Foyer

11.00am-12.15pm

Stream 1:

Panel Discussion "Creative Rights: intellectual property and the digital age "
Main Theatre

A chaired discussion between the panel presenters, discussants and conference delegates.


Stream 2:

Case Studies Session Four "Arts and Access"
Three case study presentations followed by Q and A.
Upstairs Studio
Stephen Hutchison (Chair), IT Development Officer, ANKAAA

"The ANKAAA Artweb Project"
Stephen Hutchison, IT Development Officer, ANKAAA

"The Dictionary of Australian Artists Online"
Dr Vivien Johnson, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Cross Cultural Research, Australian National University

"learning@filmaustralia"
Chris Warner, Executive Producer (Education), Film Australia

12.15pm-1.30pm
Lunch

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Friday 8 April 2005
Afternoon

1.30pm-3.00pm

Panel Presentation "2020 Foresight: creating future audiences and markets"
Main Theatre
Tom Kennedy (Chair), Managing Director, Media Zoo

"Conjuring audiences for fun and profit. Research to inspire content creation and new markets."
Patricia Gillard, Professor of Ebusiness, Newcastle University

"PVRs and the New Landscape of Interactive Television"
Steve Bellman, Deputy Director, Interactive Television Research Institute, Murdoch University

"Digital Broadcasting at the ABC - meeting audience needs"
Lynley Marshall, Director, New Media and Digital Services, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

3.00pm-3.30pm

Afternoon tea
Foyer

3.30pm-4.30pm

Panel Discussion "2020 Foresight: creating future audiences and markets"
Main Theatre

A chaired discussion between the panel presenters, discussants and conference delegates.


4.30pm- 5.00pm
Closing Plenary
 Main Theatre
 Lois Randall, Regional Arts Development Officer, Arts Northern Rivers

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Friday 8 April 2005
Evening

8.00pm
Conference Postlude
Main Theatre

"Spike Miligan is black!!"

“Spike Milligan is back!!”
featuring the new documentary

“I told you I was ill: The life and legacy of Spike Milligan”
Produced by Hatchling Productions
Written and Directed by Cathy Henkel

and

Spike's eccentric letters and hilarious poems read by his daughter Laura Milligan

with

Music by Glenn Cardier who toured with Spike.

Bookings are essential as this event is expected to sell out fast - so book early!

Byron Bay Community and Cultural Centre, box office 10am - 4pm, Monday to Friday

Telephone 02 6685 5659

Note: This postlude is a fundraising event for Northern Rivers Screenworks and is not included in the conference registration. Additional charges apply: $20 and $15 concession.

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Acknowledgements
Many organisations and individuals have contributed to the OZeCulture Conference and it is impossible to name them all. However the Digital Content section of the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts would like to thank the following organisations and individuals in particular:

Airactive; Antoanetta Ivanova; Australian Film Commission; Australian Film, Television and Radio School; Byron Community and Cultural Centre; Cassandra Parkinson; Cathy Henkel; Greg Aitken ; Kate Ingham; Kenneth McLeod; Lois Randall ; Northern Rivers Screenworks Ltd; Rosie Butcher; Sejong Park; Spike.