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Following the success of ReMote, a two-day conference held in September 2000, on the commercial and creative impact of Remote interaction, ReMote II will explore the relationship between creativity, technology and remote practices. New technologies such as we have seen in the last decade have not only accelerated social and economic circulation, but have also produced opportunities for expression and exchange in ways that have allowed entirely new creative, intellectual and commercial products. An exciting and major characteristic of new media is its ability to disregard domains. Remote II considers the new geographies that information proximity and material distance have produced, exploring how technologies impact on our lives and our outlook. The conference will address the need for a radical revision of economic and social geography as the focus of commerce and culture becomes dispersed throughout the regions. Invited speakers drawn from across the United Kingdom will make presentations within stranded themes. The conference will provide a forum for the cross discipline exchange of ideas between business and industry, science and technology, education and creative practices which are intended to stimulate discussion and positive interaction in the plenary sessions and social forum. The conference aims to bring together a broad constituency of people united by diverse involvement with digital media and remote working. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sessions and Presenters include: Digital Futures: James Goodman, Policy Advisor at Forum for the Future|Simon Berry, Chief Executive, ruralnet|uk|Evan Jones, Director of @Wales Connectivity in Art: Camilla Jackson, Programme Organiser at The Photographers' Gallery|James Coupe, Artist|Jen Southern, Artist - Greylands Spatiality of Commodity Culture: Paul Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Technology, University of Salford|Celia Lury, Reader in Sociology at Goldsmiths College|Tom Delph-Janiurek, Convenor of Cultural Studies in Geography, University of Wales, Lampeter Mobility: Ben Hooker, Research Fellow in Computer Related Design Research Studio at the Royal College of Art|Lucy Kimbell, Artist and Management Consultant|Sandy McCreery, Senior Lecturer in Visual and Spatial Culture at Middlesex University Remote Consciousness-x-Extraordinary connections: Len Massey, Tutor at the Centre for Drawing Research at the Royal College of Art|Rob Pepperell, Writer, Artist and Senior Lecturer, School of Art, Media and Design at the University of Wales College, Newport|Michael Punt, Deputy Director of CAiiA, University of Wales College, Newport Networked Communities: Alan Dunn and Fee Plumley, FACT and Jim Jones and Steve Thomas, tenants Superchannel Immersion and Presence: Jorge Gil, Interactive Designer/ Developer, Okupi Martin Dodge, Researcher, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), University College London | Cath Dillon, Researcher, The Broadcast Media Effects Research Group, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College Virtual Learning Environments: Mark Stiles, Co-Director, Learning Development Centre, Staffordshire University, A representative from BBC - ICE (international conference on e-learning) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Further information Further information on Remote II , including registration forms, speakers' biographical details, presentations, programme and directions to the venue is available at http://www.lamp.ac.uk/remote. Further information on Bloc is available at http://www.bloc.org.uk. This site contains information on past Bloc events and an extended outline of Bloc's programme. For general enquiries email: info@bloc.org.uk. |
| the University of Wales, Lampeter web site: www.lamp.ac.uk/remote |
| ReMote II e-mail: remote@lamp.ac.uk |
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