DIGITAL DIALOGUES: NATIONAL MEDIA EDUCATION CONFERENCE

ADELAIDE 26-28 SEPTEMBER 2008
MEETING NOTES 6th May 2008

Attendance list:  Karen Orr, Graham Cox, Luba and John Richards
and Grant Brindal joined the meeting at approximately 5.15pm.

4:00 pm Conference committee meeting

• Report up dates since the last meeting of the following items
• Keynote speakers
  Confirmed
  Mary Kearney
  Sandra winter ABC for Acta confirmed dinner speaker
  Sponsorship proposal has been sent to Julia Gillard in her capacity of Minister for Education, Follow up date 20th May
  JR Suggested increasing the number of Keynotes speakers e.g. 1 each morning and 1 after lunch, if accepted three more are required.
• Presenters
  Approximately 10 speakers have sent abstracts.
  Karen flagged the issue that as the name and of each speakers in know to the speakers committee it will be impossible to us the blind review process.  The only way that can be done if future if JR accessed the website first and remove evidence of name and background.  Perhaps it to late to use this process, plus there has not been a big response to the call for papers.
  Karen to arrange meeting with Kerry and Mary to review the situation before the next meeting.
• Workshops
  • Sue & Grant tafe offering workshops
  • Dr. Craig Caldwell Griffith Film School, Griffith University Breaking through the Silos: Designing New Media Interdisciplinary Curriculum.
  • Mrs Marta Eppel RMIT University Advantages and disadvantages of using multimedia in language teaching Media Scholarship: Concept, Competency, and
  • Evalua ella gant Hamilton College Media Scholarship: Concept, Competency, and Evaluation
  • Mrs. Rodica - Roxana ANGHEL National Audiovisual Council Media Education a Challenge for Broadcasters and Education
  • Ms Alison Wotherspoon Flinders University Coping With School Bullying The Cyber World in Youth Culture - The making of an educational resource on DVD.
  • Ms Deborah Cohen Australian Children's Television Foundation Gender perspectives of students in the middle years: using media to develop awareness and understanding of personal and community issues, beliefs and values.
  • Ms Sasha Grbich mega (mobile enterprise growth alliance Mobile and Moving Fast: Industry led training keeping students ahead in mobile phone content and application building.
  • Ms Jennifer Stokes University of South Australia This is how we roll: the insiders guide to teaching media production
  • Miss Sharon Clogan Smithfield State High Watch your language: Are new media technologies affecting traditional screen languages?
• Abstract Referee’s
• Hospitality/Catering
  JR met with caterer to walk through the catering concepts and possible locations foe conference food.
• Conference Dinner options
  Will need to make a decision soon to be ready for Brochure print run.  The meeting seemed happy with the Strathmore Hotel as its located in the same area as most of the hotels.
• Expo
  15 proposal have been sent to the database
  * MSA , responsibility, Susan Andrews from DeptED Business centre mentored media companies money for business development – showcasing SA Attorney Generals dept – Please advise address JR to follow up ove the next month.
• Govt Funding
  Funding from other Government and local Government sources? GB to follow up
• Accommodation (LR)
  A selection of hotels close by the Hawke centre have been earmarked and will be promoted in the registration brochure and on the website.
• Sponsorship
  17 proposal have been sent and there is planned phone follow up process over the next month.
• Conference programme
  Karen reported that 15 or more speakers will be required make up a viable conference program. Karen also commented that there should be more direction from Grant to assist the speakers committee with their challenge to develop a full conference program.
• Audio Visual
  Nothing to report
• Mailing lists
  Are there any other databases available?
• Website progress:
  JR reported that the Sponsorship & Exhibition proposals are on the site as downloads
• Budget
  Nothing to report
  
• Conference ABN
  Grant to advise.
  JR Requires the ABN, pay in book and Banking details my mid June.
  Grant to action.
• Advertising
  Registration brochure and form needs to be completed by the next meeting
  Revised print time line
  June 12th Start print run
  June 24th Delivery from Printer
  June 30th On sale
  August 1st Early Bird cut off date

JR spoke to grant about becoming proactive and to keep in touch with his papers committee to assist with the program.  Graham Cox suggests that a draw card speaker such as George Negus could be approached to headline the conference.  Graham and Grant to meet over the next to week to discuss idea’s to widen the range of speakers because the conference need to look at mixing some not academic speakers.  Grant to start looking for these types of speakers .

• July Select session Monitors and or chairperson TBA

Meeting closed 6.00 pm

Date of next meeting
4.00 pm 10th June 08
MEETING ROOM H6-10