16th March – Social Media and Arts Engagement

PROGRAMME

1.00pm          Registration opens

1.30pm          Welcome from FACT

1.35pm          Beatriz Garcia (Impacts 08): Workshop introduction

1.50pm          Annamaria Carusi (University of Oxford)
& Andy Miah (University of the West of Scotland):
The AHRC/ACE – IMDE interface

2.00pm          Steve Fuller (University of Warwick):
Web 3.0: Will more mean better?

2.20pm          Discussion, chaired by Andy Miah

2.40pm          Tea and coffee

3.00pm         Adrian Slatcher (Manchester Digital Development
Agency): Naked AmbITion: socialising the virtual space

3.20pm          Andy Miah & Ana Adi (University of the West
of Scotland): Initial findings from the Impacts 08
social media study of cultural activity during
Liverpool Capital of Culture

3.40pm         Discussion, chaired by Beatriz Garcia

4.00pm         Pecha kucha featuring short presentations from:

Taylor Nuttall (folly): A Twitter widget for
cultural institutions

Marisa Draper (Cornerhouse): Virtual Lives:
understanding and engaging young people
through technology

Ian Jackson (Art in Liverpool): The Art in Liverpool blog

Janine Huizenga (Sandbox): A cultural mapping project

Simon Bradshaw (FACT): FACT TV: Upload once,
be seen everywhere

4.40pm         Discussion

5.25pm         Invitation to next workshop

5.30pm         Close / Tours of FACT

6.00pm-        Networking buffet supper
7.30pm

This day is co-programmed by Dr Beatriz Garcia  through an AHRC and ACE Impacts08 Workshop grant and Dr Andy Miah, working with the IMDE Research Cluster and FACT.