Experts from USA, Canada and Australia will gather to discuss how the Web 2.0 revolution is changing museum
and library practice. The four conference sessions will explore:
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How to communicate with non-traditional visitors, and capture new audiences.
How social networks allow audiences to form communities of interest.
How scientific knowledge can create and sustain cultural participation.
How organisational change is critical in a world of user-generated content and social media.
The Conference will be held on Friday 6 March from 9.30am to 4pm. Two Masterclasses are available on
Thursday 5 March. These Masterclasses will only be available to those registered for the Conference.
Transformations in Cultural and Scientific Communication 2009 is presented in collaboration with: Museums
Australia (Victoria); Museum Victoria; Australian Museum; Museums & Galleries NSW; Museum & Gallery Services
Queensland; ARC Centre for Creative Innovation; and Swinburne University. This event is supported by the
Victorian Cultural Network through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund.
MASTERCLASSES
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
Thursday 05 March 2009
Friday 06 March 2009
Serendipity and Strategy: using Web 2.0 tools
to influence organisational change
1.30pm to 4.30pm, Activity Room A, Melbourne Museum
9.30am
Ellen Forsyth and Mylee Joseph, consultants at the State
Library of NSW, share their experiences on how Web 2.0
tools can be used strategically to build knowledge, skills and
attitudes within organisations.
Lyn Elliot Sherwood, Department of Canadian Heritage | Colin
McLeod, Australian Football League | Graham Durant,
Questacon | Jerry Watkins, Swinburne University.
Measuring Online Success
Either 9am – midday OR 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Shelley Bernstein, Brooklyn Museum | Seb Chan, Powerhouse
Museum | Vivienne Waller, Institute of Social Research |
Tim Hart, Museum Victoria.
Activity Room B, Melbourne Museum
Sebastian Chan of the Powerhouse Museum takes
participants through the emerging landscape of metrics and
measurement in the world of the social web.
Bringing the Community Home: incorporating
social media into museum websites
SOLD OUT
Shelley Bernstein of the Brooklyn Museum explores how to
further engage an institution’s existing online audiences and
continue to build an interactive web community.
Registration, Melbourne Museum
Session 1 Culture 2.0
Session 2 Look Who’s Talking
Session 3 Science 2.0
Frank Howarth, Australian Museum | Andi Horvath, science
communicator | Julian Cribb, Julian Cribb and Associates |
Angelina Russo, Swinburne University.
Session 4 Organisational Change through
Social Networks
Ross Dawson, Future Exploration Network | Anni Rowland
Campbell, Fuji Xerox Australia | Mylee Joseph, State Library of
NSW | Lynda Kelly, Australian Museum.
For further information, please visit the conference website:
http://nlablog.wordpress.com/conference-2009/
Transformations in Cultural and Scientific Communication
05-06 March 2009, Melbourne
Seminar Registration Form & Tax Invoice
ABN 83 048 139 955
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Conference registration includes lunch and refreshments.
Masterclass registration includes the masterclass only, please
make own lunch arrangements. Prices include GST.
Organisation
REGISTRATION FEES
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Conference Registration
$243
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MASTERCLASSES (refer to schedule overleaf)
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Bringing the Community Home SOLD OUT
Phone
Serendipity and Strategy
$77
$90
Email
Measuring Online Success
$77
$90
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$285
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Masterclasses
$
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Fax: 03 8341 7333
Transformations in Cultural and Scientific Communication 2009 is
presented in collaboration with: Museums Australia (Victoria); Museum
Victoria; Australian Museum; Museums & Galleries NSW; Museum &
Gallery Services Queensland; ARC Centre for Creative Innovation; and
Swinburne University. This event is supported by the Victorian Cultural
Network through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund.
Post: PO Box 385
Carlton South Vic 3053
If you do not have confirmation in three working days, please call 03 8341
7344 to confirm that your form has been received. Cancellations must be
received 3 days prior to the event, and will incur a $20 administrative fee.