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THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF MUSEOLOGY 2006

"Audiovisuals as cultural heritage and their use in museums"

Mytilene, University of the Aegean, June 5-8, 2006

Municipal Theatre of Mytilene - Auditorium of the Commercial Chamber

The Department of Cultural Technology & Communication of the University
of the Aegean, the Hellenic Committee of ICOM and the International
Committee for the Audiovisuals in Museums AVICOM organize the Third
International Conference of Museology and the AVICOM Annual Conference
in Mytilene, from June 5th to June 8th, 2006 on: "Audiovisuals as
cultural heritage and their use in museums".

The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) - General Directorate of
Hellenic Television participates in the Conference.

AIMS AND THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE
The sound and image technologies, as well as their applications play an
essential role within the realms of contemporary cultural institutions,
as evidence that require to be collected, curated and protected, as
means of managing and interpreting cultural material, as communication
and promotional tools for the cultural heritage, as educational tool,
etc.

The aims of the conference are: 

· To focus on these technologies and create a discourse through a wide
array of theoretical and practical approaches.

· To engage in the theory, methods and uses of these mediums in
museums, cultural heritage sites, historical sites and other
institutions at an international level.

· To create a collaboration framework among individuals, entities and
institutions producing sound and image works within the field of
cultural heritage.

· To examine the future perspectives and to discuss new directions,
collaborations, new technologies of audiovisual production.

The conference will be divided into the following units: 

1. Audiovisual medium as exhibits, including digital arts. 
2. Film museums, Film archives, Audiovisual archives. 
3. Methods and systems of registration, documentation and
classification of audiovisual material, including digital arts.
4. The new sound and image technologies as collections management
tools, including issues around digital preservation.
5. The audiovisual as promotion and communication vehicle. 

5.1. The sound (audio guides, soundtopia, sound as an exhibit) and
image technologies as interpretative tools in contemporary museums.
5.2. Multimedia and Internet applications in museum communication. 
5.3. Portable devices as promotion, interpretation and communication
vehicles. 
5.4. The new sound and image technologies and society (special public
groups, collaboration with communities, artists, etc).
5.5. The museum as a producer of audiovisual material. 
6. New business partnership models for museums to develop a/v 
production. 

EVENTS 

1. The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) - General Directorate of
Hellenic Television will participate at the conference with a workshop
on public radio and television archives in the information society.

2. The conference will be accompanied by a film festival,
documentaries, television programs, etc. related to museums and cultural
organizations.

3. During the conference, museum audiovisual production companies will
present their activities. 

PAPERS - LANGUAGES OF THE CONFERENCE
If you wish to participate in the conference with a paper or/and a
projection of audiovisual material for museums, please submit an
abstract (500 words approx.) including full contact information (name,
institutional affiliation if any, mailing address, phone, fax and email)
in Greek, English or French at the email address conf2006 at ct.aegean.gr.

The duration of each paper will be 20 minutes.

DATES TO REMEMBER
Submission of an abstract of a paper or/and of an audiovisual work by
January 30th, 2006. 
Acceptance of the abstract by February 28th, 2006. 
Submission of papers (full text) or/and audiovisual works by April
30th, 2006. 
Final submission by May 10th, 2006. 

REGISTRATION COST
The conference registration cost is: 

Before May 20th, 2006 
Participants 200 € 
Speakers 150 € 
Students * 50 € (* please send a photocopy of your student card)


After May 20th, 2006 and until the day of the conference 
Participants 230 € 
Speakers 180 € 
Students * 50 € (* please send a photocopy of your student card)


The registration cost covers: 

· Participation in all conference sessions · Printed material of the
conference · Conference proceedings in printed or/and electronic form
(will be sent to the participants) · Refreshments during the conference
intervals · Free entrance in the museums and the archaeological sites
of Mytilene during the conference · Attendance of the audiovisual
works' festival during the conference · Participation to the welcome
reception and the farewell party 

ACCOMMODATIONS
Information about hotel accommodations and the optional excursion that
will take place after the conference can be found on the website
www.aegean.gr/culturaltec/museum/2006.

REGISTRATION PROCESS 

1. Please fill out the participation application form and forward it to
the email address conf2006 at ct.aegean.gr or to (+30) 22510 - 36609 (fax)
or to the postal address: Department of Cultural Technology and
Communication, University of the Aegean, Harilaou Trikoupi & Faonos,
Mytilene 81100, Greece.
2. Payment of registration cost by bank money order. Information about
the bank account details can be found on the conference website.


COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
For any information regarding the conference and the registration
process, please visit the conference website
www.aegean.gr/culturaltec/museum/2006 
or, alternatively, contact the conference organizing committee, Dr. 
Alexandra Bounia (conf2006 at ct.aegean.gr), or the Hellenic Committee of
ICOM, Miss Elena Papadaki, 15, Ag. Asomaton, Athens 105 58, Tel/Fax:
(+30)
210-3239414 (icom at otenet.gr), Mrs. Amalia Tsitouri (+30) 210 3304030).




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Sophia Bakogianni, MA,
Phd Candidate,
Department of Cultural Technology &
Communication,
University of the Aegean, Greece. 
Tel. no. +30 22510 36637
Fax. no.+30 22510 36609
URL: www.aegean.gr/culturaltec/sbakogianni 
E-mail: sbak at ct.aegean.gr   
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