Keynotes and More

Agenda for the Media & Learning Conference Launched

Brussels (BE), September 2014 - The conference agenda for the fifth Media & Learning conference, taking place in Brussels, 20-21 November, has been announced and registration for the event is now open.

Agenda highlights include

  • a review of media literacy initiatives in different parts of Europe featuring a keynote presentation by Vitor Reia Baptista, University of Algarve, Portugal;
  • keynote presentation by celebrated movie maker David Puttnam
  • discussions and demos about media-supported remembrance education by Tim Plyming, BBC Learning, UK; Susanne Friz, FWU Institut für Film und Bild, Germany; Karen Vander Plaetse, Flemish Institute of Archiving, Belgium; and Elsa Coupard, INA, France;
  • talks about how well universities are getting to grips with the demand for more video and media services generally with Jörn Loviscach, Fachhochschule Bielefeld, Germany; Daniel Burgos, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Spain; and Rob Higson & Charlie Davis, University of Derby, UK;
  • short, practical Master Classes where you can learn about creating animated video in the classroom, teaching programming to students, creating accessible video, and visualising learning data;
  • presentations about how media can support science teaching led by leading science communicator Jan De Coster, a firm believer in the value of interactive installations and robots in explaining science to small children, students, and adults;
  • a debate about how well teaching programming can foster creativity in young people with demonstrations of different approaches, including input from Lego and Devoxx4Kids;
  • a discussion led by Martina Chapman from Mercury Insights, UK, on the potential of cross-sector partnerships to unlock funding and creativity for media-literacy projects;
  • a section on film literacy, which will feature with a series of presentations of recently launched initiatives and a discussion on how to manage rights related to showing films in European schools.