[Org4j-announce] Nov 22-24 ComMedia Convergence

[Organizing 4Justice]

*Community Media Convergence 2015*

*November 22-24*, Ottawa
(with remote participation online)

http://www.commediaconverge.ca

Bilingue / en Francais: http://www.commediaconverge.ca/fr


The Community Media Convergence is the first national professional and
policy development conference in Canada for community media practitioners
from four sectors: community radio , community television, community online
platforms, and video games with a social or local focus (sometimes called
'serious games').

Practitioners will be joined for three days by academics interested in
alternative and community media, government agencies whose policies impact
community media, other associations and individuals interested in building
democratic media institutions, and media industry associations and
professionals interested in the complementary role that community media
play with respect to conventional media.

The forum will take place November 22-24, 2015 at Carleton University.


The CMC has two goals:
- to build professional and sustainable community media practices for the
digital age; and
- to explore the pros and cons of a more integrated approach to community
media policy in the digital environment.

The CMC will enable community media to flourish by increasing the capacity
of individuals, activists, journalists, not-for-profits, libraries, small
businesses, First Nations, third-language communities, and local
governments to create, distribute, fund, and archive community media.


The first two days of the CMC will offer professional development and skill
sharing workshops, to develop cross-media capacity in the digital
environment. For more information, see our Program page,
http://www.commediaconverge.ca/program

The third day will be a policy development forum, in which participants
will have the opportunity to refine a policy proposal to be presented to
the CRTC, the Ministry of Canadian Heritage, and Industry Canada, all of
whose policies impact community media in our country.


*TABLING AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR*

A tabling & technology fair will accompany the CMC, featuring
demonstrations by technology companies supplying low-cost community
solutions for radio, TV and online media; and tabling by government
agencies, educational bodies, and other organizations with a stake in
community media.


*EVENING SCREENINGS AND MEDIA FESTIVAL*

Evening Screenings and a Media Festival will showcase community media
productions and achievements.


*REMOTE PARTICPATION IN CONFERENCE*

Sessions will be streamed live, to enable remote participation. Community
license-holders will be invited to play the streams live, available
nationally on Bell ExpressVu, on the FM dial, via the Internet, and
archived on the conference web site.


*LANGUAGE ACCOMODATION*

The workshops and policy development assembly will be facilitated in French
and English with simultaneous translation.


*FOR MORE INFORMATION*

For more information on the Community Media Convergence, please contact
Jessica Wind at 613-883-0698 or by email at Jess at ComMediaConverge.ca

Website: http://www.commediaconverge.ca



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*REPORT:*

Community Media in the Digital Age:  Relic or Renewal?

A draft report has been released that captures the aspirations of community
media practitioners working across technology platforms (online, TV, radio
and gamers).  The report is based on a survey and focus groups that were
held in August and September, which some of you may have participated in.

If you're interested to read the report, click here:
http://www.commediaconverge.ca/sites/default/files/documents/Community%20Media%20Policy%20Survey%20Report%20Oct%2024%20to%20Post.pdf

If you'd like to comment on the report, we have opened an online forum for
discussion on the conference web site here:
http://www.commediaconverge.ca/forum/54


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