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Catch up with CSM at a Raft of Spring Conferences

Interested in learning more about the Center for Social Media's research on fair use, documentary production and public media? Join us at an array of conferences this spring:

February: Media That Matters

We look forward to seeing you at our 2011 Media That Matters conference, featuring panels on producing media across platforms, ethical dilemmas in environmental and wildlife filmmaking, collaboration in filmmaking, and innovations in radio storytelling. Register now to reserve your spot.  Full schedule and more...

 

SXSW

March: SXSW
CSM staff and researchers will be on the scene at the the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in mid-March. CSM Director Pat Aufderheide will speak on copyright and fair use, on a panel about music in a digital era. Larry Engel, who co-created the 
Code of Best Practices in Sustainable Filmmaking will talk on how sustainable filmmaking can save you money, on a panel and workshop on greening productions, and Research Director Jessica Clark will moderate a panel on rising trends in public media.

 

April: National Conference for Media Reform

From April 8-10, 2011, activists, media makers, educators, journalists, policymakers and people from across the country will gather in Boston for the National Conference for Media Reform  which brings together thousands of people devoted to better media and a better democracy. CSM will be a conference exhibitor, plus don’t miss Aufderheide, who will present on  fair use issues, and Clark, who will moderate a panel on public media innovators.

 

May: ICA Preconference: The Future of Public Media—Participatory Media, Global Networks 
Registration is now open for this International Communications Association preconference, coordinated by the Center for Social Media in conjunction with the organizers of the RIPE conference. On Thursday, May 26 from 1-5pm at Boston’s Westin Waterfront Hotel, the half-day convening aims to strengthen comparative research networks to examine rising models for public media 2.0 around the world. Register here (check box #P13), and join the conference facilitators and other attendees on Facebook to learn more.