Wednesday 28 September
12:30 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Welcoming remarks
14:30 - 17:30 Practices, trends and new economic models in the digital age
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
Presentation by Sophie GIRIEUD (Senior Consultant, New Audiovisual Services – IDATE)on the technological and economic evolutions of the audiovisual market and their impact on the actors of production and distribution.
Moderator: Mike Robinson
Dinner at the Grand Hotel du Lagon
Thursday 29 September
9:15 – 13:30 Presentations of the schools
Moderator: Mike Robinson
9:15 – 10:15 Presentations by Vincent GILOT (Head of animation, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de la Cambre – Belgium) on stop-motion workshops; and by Walter BENOZZI (Director, École Supérieure d'Infographie Albert Jacquard – Belgium) on the 3D work of students.
11:30 – 12:00 Presentation by Paul KØSTER (Professor and Head of production, The National Film School of Denmark – Denmark) on the production of video games.
12:00 – 12:45 Presentations by Caroline PARSONS (Head of programmes, University of Wales Newport - UK), József FÜLÖP (Head of the Animation Department, MOME – Hungary) and Moïra MARGUIN (Head of the Animation Department, Ecole des Gobelins - France) on TransformatLab and cross-platform development.
12:45 – 13:30 Presentation by Professor Tilmann KOHLHAASE (Professor, Hochschule Darmstadt h_da – University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt - Germany) on technologies, new formats and cooperation on projects.
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch (Grand Hôtel du Lagon)
14:30 – 16:30 Presentation by Ghislaine AZÉMARD (Professor of Communication and Information Sciences in France and in China, director of Leden, a research programme of the Université Paris 8 – MSH Paris Nord – CNRS on digital evaluation and creation) on the processes of transmission and learning through cross-media.
Presentation by Hélène DESPREZ (Associate Professor in Hypermedia at the Université Paris 8, artistic Director) on interface designs and cross-media ergonomics.
Presentation by Matthieu QUINIOU, Centre Mobius International, who is doing doctoral research in international law at the Collège Européen de Paris (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas) on the legal and economic questions related to cross-media and communicating objects.
17:30 – 18:45 The strategies of animation studios regarding new media
Presentation by Antoine VERDIER (Online Marketing Director and Artistic Director, MARATHON Media) on the development of brands, content and the digital broadcast of programmes: what are the skills required?
Moderator: Mike Robinson
18:45 Shuttle back to the Hotel le Récif
Friday 30 September
8:00 Departure from the Hotel le Récif for the city of Port
8:30 – 8:45 Presentation by Alain SERAPHINE of the day’s events
8:45 – 9:30 Presentation by Jacques PEYRACHE (Director of XD Productions): from 3D real time, to the virtual school and cloning; a new search experience shared with Euromédia and ILOI.
10:00 – 11:00 The evolution of the relationships and partnerships among authors, producers and broadcasters
Presentation by Céline CHESNAY (Pre-school animation Manager, France TÉLÉVISIONS) on her group’s investment in the cross-media development, production and broadcasting of animation series.
Moderator: Mike Robinson
11:00 – 12:00 Round table on training and professionalization in the age of cross media
Presentations by Kris LUDHOR (Development Director - AFDAS), Lionel FLEURY (Director - EJCM - Ecole de Journalisme et de Communication de Marseille) and Alain SERAPHINE (President – ILOI - Institut de l’Image de l’Océan Indien) on Training and Skills investment: a major issue to meet the needs of the communication industry and digital creation.
Céline CHESNAY (Pre-school animation Manager, France TÉLÉVISIONS) will present the digital and cross-media strategy of France Télévisions, which is especially developing on youth programmes available on portals such as “monludo.fr”.
Julien VILLEDIEU (Secretary General of the National Union of video games (SNJV)),will refer to the dynamism of his field faced with the surge in “gaming”. From the Casual games to the serious games, gaming techniques cannot be ignored.
Ghislaine AZÉMARD (Director of the Hypermedia department and the Research programme LEDEN) will discuss the place and importance of Research in this new cultural, social and economic expression.
Antoine VERDIER (Online Marketing Director at MARATHON Media) will explain why, for a number of years, his group has developed a variety of online tools whose goal is to increase the audience and to create brand reflexes.
Presentation by Valérie BOURGOIN (Head of the video game and digital design department - CNC) on the aid for creation for new media.
Presentation by Laurent MICHAUD (Director of studies, Head of digital entertainment and video games department - IDATE) on possible public support thanks to the setting up of company clusters.
Saturday 1 October
7:30 – 17:00 Sightseeing: Sud Sauvage and meals at a table d’hôte.
19:30 Opening night of the FIFAI (Festival du Film d’Afrique et des Îles) in the port of the city of Port.
Cocktail reception at Cyberdôme (city of Port) and return to Saint-Gilles.
Sunday 2 October
10:00 – 12:00 Visit of the ‘Dos d’Âne’ site, which welcomes artists and professionals in residence (La Possession)
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