Seminar “New trends – (a)crossmedia” in Tallinn

Tallinn University Baltic Media (BFM) and Film School & Creative Estonia invite you to the seminar “New trends – (a)crossmedia” on the 30th of May 2012.  The international seminar will tale place in Tallinn University on Wednesday, 30th of May. The seminar looks into new trends used in crossmedia with experts sharing their success stories and tips.

Seminar agenda

8.30 registration
9:00 – 9:05 Opening
9:05 – 9:45 Mika Rahkonen, Head of Internet, Yleisradio
“The principles and strategic insights behind our spanking new website: how do we see web journalism evolving, what is the next big thing?”

9:45 – 10:10 Laur Viirand, Editor in Chief of Internet Portals Estonian National Public Broadcasting.
“Public service broadcaster’s challenges in the New Media Era”

10:10 – 10:25 break

10:25 – 10:50 Dr. Indrek Ibrus, TLÜ Baltic Film and Media School 
“Audio-visual industry start-up’s crossmedia innovations”

10:50 – 11:20 Erik Robertson, Managing Director / Nordic Game Program

11:20 – 11:45 coffee break

11:45 – 12:10 Dr. Renira Gambarato, associated professor, BFM
“Fiction and Non-Fiction: Possible Universes of Transmedia Storytelling”

12:10 – 12:30 BFM MA students’ crossmedia projects presentations – added value to apothecary Melchior, Nullpunkt and Trash To Trend.
12:30 – 13:00 Representative of Latvian project ’15 Young by Young’ (http://www.15youngbyyoung.com/)

13:00 – 13:15 Q&A, Moderator’s summary.

Seminar languages: English and Estonian

Seminar Venue: Tallinn University, Mare building, Uus-Sadam 5, room M-218, http://www.tlu.ee)