When
29. - 30. September.Time: 11:30 - 16:00
What
Organized by MediaFutures
The MediaFutures event will be held during, and as part of, MCB Future Week. We will have a diverse program, including talks from MediaFutures researchers and industry partners, invited international speakers, interactive sessions and lots of opportunities to network.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM:
Day 1 – Wednesday Sept. 29
11:30 – 12:15 – Registration
Session 1: Introduction and Overview
Venue: Auditorium Atlantis, Media City Bergen
12:15 – 12:30 – Welcome adress by Centre Director Prof. Christoph Trattner, University of Bergen
12:30 – 12:35 – Welcome adress by the Research Council of Norway
12:35 – 13:25 – Keynote Presentation #1 (title tba) – Jannie Møller Hartley, Associate Professor & Vice-head of the interdisciplinary Centre for Big data CeBiDa, Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University Roskilde University
Session 2: Oral Presentations
13:25 – 13:40 – Understanding Media Experiences, Prof. Brita Ytre-Arne and Prof. Hallvard Moe, University of Bergen
13:40 – 14:00 – Break
14:00 – 14:15 – User Modeling, Personalisation & Engagement, Assoc. Prof. Mehdi Elahi and Prof. Christoph Trattner, University of Bergen
14:15 – 14:30 – Media Content Production & Analysis, Prof. Andreas Lothe Opdahl and Prof. Bjørnar Tessem, University of Bergen
14:30 – 14:45 – Media Content Interaction & Accessibility, Senior Researcher Njål Borch, NORCE, and Prof. Morten Fjeld, University of Bergen
14:45 – 15:00 – Norwegian Language Technologies, Prof. Lilja Øvrelid, University of Oslo, and Prof. Koenraad De Smedt, University of Bergen
15:00 – 15:20 – Using Recommender Systems to Support Changes in Preferences and Behaviour, Assoc. Prof. II Alain Starke, Wageningen University & Research / University of Bergen
15:20 – 15:40 – Computational News Discovery: Designing Journalistic Tools to Support Algorithmic Lead Generation, Assoc. Prof. Nicholas Diakopoulus, Northwesterns University / University of Bergen
15:40 – 16:00 – Break
Session 3: Poster Session
Venue: Media City Bergen, Ground Floor
16:00 – 17:30 – Posters and Pitches, At Media City Bergen, Ground Floor
17:30 – 19:00 – Break / Individual Meetings
19:00 – Dinner, At Hotel Scandic Ørnen