As conference chair I hadn't considered recording the sessions, although the service is available - and is very good - in our facility. They can also stream live to the internet. I will get a quote per session and then we can determine who can/should pay. If anyone is from an organization that would like to pick this up as a potential sponsorship opportunity let me (smith@sfu.ca) know. ...r On 26-Jun-07, at 12:49 PM, J Sternberg wrote:
Indeed, audio/video of conferences is a huge commitment, easy to request but difficult to provide. Just a few weeks ago, the Media Ecology Association was extremely fortunate that various sessions of the MEA's Eighth Annual Convention in Mexico City were available online in streaming audio/video, which some folks have recorded and posted on various sites, and which may eventually be available in archives or DVD. For this convention, audio/video resources were only possible due to the incredible efforts and hard work of the host, the Department of Communication at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México, which generously provided equipment and staff, and also raised substantial funding from big-name corporate sponsors. Without these major resources and financial support provided by our colleagues at TEC, audio/video capabilities would have been impossible. Much easier said than done!
Janet Sternberg, Ph.D. Assistant Professor and Associate Chair Department of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University | Bronx, NY 10458-9993 USA Executive Secretary, Media Ecology Association http://www.media-ecology.org
elw@stderr.org wrote:
usual annual question: will there be audio/video recordings at an Internet Research conference? usual annual response: 'no' usually phrased as 'the conference group/exec will discuss it', which usually means 'how much will it cost?', which resolves into, 'well, yes it can be done, but only if you donate a large sum of money, and or do it yourself', which usually resolves into 'no, it will not happen.'
folks who're interested in videoing IR should spend a couple of hours reading the blogs of the folks who have been doing the video of the Debconf series of conferences. [starting point - http://layer-acht.org/slides/20070122_debian-meetings- archive_SLUG.pdf ]
they've invested SERIOUS time, hardware, and resources into making it work. it is a *hard* problem - completely nontrivial.
I like video as much as the next person - probably more - but this would be a huge committment.
Personally, I'm against recording any session other than keynotes. I think photographs, blogging, and a back-channel are great additions, but public recording of session stifles the communal atmosphere where people can be frank and collegial.
Pretty much on-board with what jeremy just said. The backchannel is particularly useful, IMHO....
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