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<P>Conference Economies of the Commons 11 & 12 april 2008 - REGISTER NOW!</P>
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<P>Conference Economies of the Commons - Strategies for Sustainable Access and Creative Reuse of Images and Sounds Online<BR>- De Balie - Centre for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam, April 11 & 12, 2008</P>
<P>De Balie in Amsterdam and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum, in collaboration with Knowledgeland, Images for the Future, and Virtual Platform, organise a two-day international public working conference on the economies, sustainability, and opportunities for creative reuse of these public audiovisual resources and archives.</P>
<P><A href="http://www.ecommons.eu">www.ecommons.eu</A></P>
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<P>REGISTRATION AND TICKETS:</P>
<P>Passepartout for April 11 & 12 (including evening programs): 25 euro<BR>Conference Day-ticket: 15 euro<BR>Public evening programs: 5 euro</P>
<P>To reserve a place for the Economies of the Commons conference, please order your ticket on-line:<BR><A href="http://www.debalie.nl/dossierartikel.jsp?dossierid=208416&articleid=215589">www.debalie.nl/dossierartikel.jsp?dossierid=208416&articleid=215589</A></P>
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<P>Friday April 11 - Working conference day 1 and public events</P>
<P>Location: De Balie, Centre for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam<BR>Time: 10 - 17.30 hrs</P>
<P>10.00: Opening / Welcome</P>
<P>10.30: Conference Keynote: Peter Kaufman: <BR> The Economics of Film and Video Distribution in the Digital Age</P>
<P>11.30: Panel 1: Audiovisual Archives</P>
<P>13.00: Lunch break</P>
<P>14.00: Panel 2: Commons-based Peer Production</P>
<P>15.30: Coffee break</P>
<P>15.45: Panel 3: European Digital Library</P>
<P>17.15: Wrap up first conference day</P>
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<P>Evening Program:</P>
<P>Economies of the Commons Public Keynotes & Responses<BR>Presented in collaboration with Images for the Future</P>
<P>Location: De Balie, Centre for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam<BR>Date: Friday April 11, 2008<BR>Time: 20.30 - 22.30 hrs</P>
<P>Public Keynote 1: Rick Prelinger</P>
<P>Public Keynote 2: David Bollier</P>
<P>Panel discussion with Prelinger, Bollier and Representatives of Images of the Future consortium</P>
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<P>Continuous:<BR>Screening block: Steal This Film / Good Copy, Bad Copy / Panorama Ephemera</P>
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<P>Saturday April 12 - Working conference day 2 and public events</P>
<P>Location: De Balie, Centre for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam<BR>Time: 11 - 18.00 hrs</P>
<P>11.00: Panel 4: Uncommon Business Models</P>
<P>12.30: Lunch Break</P>
<P>13.30: Panel 5: Intangible Cultural Heritage</P>
<P>15.00: Coffee Break</P>
<P>15.15: Panel 6: Professional Cultural Producers</P>
<P>16.45: Coffee Break</P>
<P>17.00: Report from the Legal Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights</P>
<P>17.30: Closing Session / Conference wrap up</P>
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<P>Evening Program:</P>
<P>Public screening, live cinema & performance program<BR>Presented in collaboration with Cinema De Balie</P>
<P>Location: De Balie, Centre for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam<BR>Date: Saturday April 12, 2008<BR>Time: 21.00 - 23.30</P>
<P>With:<BR>2 short films by Peter Tscherkassky<BR>Narrated screening program by Rick Prelinger 'Films on the mass media'<BR>Commons based remix music / sound performances<BR>Nicholas Proost - Gravity<BR>Other short films tba</P>
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<P>Continuous:<BR>Screening block: Steal This Film / Good Copy, Bad Copy / Panorama Ephemera</P>
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<P>About Economies of the Commons</P>
<P>De Balie in Amsterdam and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum, in collaboration with Knowledgeland, Images for the Future, and Virtual Platform, organise a two-day international public working conference on the economies, sustainability, and opportunities for creative reuse of these public audiovisual resources and archives.</P>
<P>The Economies of the Commons conference will focus on three core issues: strategies for sustainability, new modes of value creation, and the potentials for creative reuse around the digital commons. Our main questions are:<BR>- What kinds of strategies are available to facilitate the growth of these emerging public knowledge resources, and guarantee their longer-term sustainability?<BR>- How is value created around the emerging digital commons, and how can this value be capitalised on for the public good?<BR>- How can these resources be activated as a creative productive force for contemporary culture, and how can the reuse of these enormously rich resources be facilitated and stimulated?</P>
<P>The conference brings together a highly international group of specialists, including Peter Kaufman (Intelligent Television), Rick Prelinger (Prelinger Archives), Roei Amit (INA), Kenneth Goldsmith (UbuWeb), Anthony McCann (Hallam University), Hubert Best (Best & Soames / FOCAL), Lucie Guibault (University of Amsterdam), Florian Schneider (Kein.tv) David Bollier (On The Commons), and many others. </P>
<P>The Economies of the Commons conference addresses a range of target groups that do not regularly meet each other. These include: (broadcast) media professionals, representatives from cultural heritage organisations, internet entrepreneurs, ethnomusicologists, musicians and representatives of the music industry, media activists, researchers in the domains of internet law, economy, information science, p2p file sharing activists, policy makers, and professionals from the field of art and culture.</P>
<P>A web dossier has been set up that provides further information on the conference program and side events, program updates, and information on speakers and highlighted case studies, as well as general background and research materials. This dossier can be found at:<BR><A href="http://www.ecommons.eu">www.ecommons.eu</A></P>
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<P>Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights<BR>- The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum, April 10, 2008</P>
<P>About the Seminar on Audiovisual Archives and Intellectual Property Rights:<BR>A one-day seminar at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum, on Intellectual Property Rights issues in the digital audiovisual domain, precedes the conference on Thursday April 10, the results of which will feed into the conference program.</P>
<P>Seminar April 10: Admission free (capacity is limited, advance reservation is strongly recommended!)</P>
<P>For any other enquiry about the program, please send an e-mail to:<BR><A href="mailto:erick@balie.nl">erick@balie.nl</A></P>
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