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Please note that all sessions for the Second Annual New Media Conference are held at the University Centre, University of Victoria with the exception of the Opening Reception at the Empress Hotel on Feb. 23 and the Royal British Columbia Museum event on the evening of Feb. 24.  The Empress Hotel and the RBCM are located in downtown Victoria on the Inner Harbour.

 

   

Wednesday Feb. 23, 2000

 
 
   Registration Opens  Empress Hotel  Crystal Ballroom
 
6:30 - 8:00 pm Opening Reception, Crystal Ballroom, Empress Hotel Inner Harbour, Downtown Victoria

sponsored by VIATeC
Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Centre

hors d'oeuvres / cash bar

Welcoming Remarks & Introductions

Hon. Andrew Petter,
Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology

Bob Skene, Chief Executive Officer, Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Centre

Gerry Kelly, President, Royal Roads University

Andrew Macauley, Dean, Information Technology and Learning Resources, Camosun College

Martin Taylor, Vice-President, Research, University of Victoria

       
   

Thursday Feb. 24, 2000

 
7:00 am Exhibitor Setup  @ UVic Centre      
7:30 Registration Opens @ UVic Centre    
       
 

Maltwood Gallery

University Centre Auditorium

Senate Chamber

9:00    

Opening Plenary Keynote Presentation:

Beyond Entertainment: Diverse Applications of New Media

Walter Stewart, Silicon Graphics,
National Market Development Manager for Education and Research

 

9:45










Peter Fenrich, Project Leader / Instructional New Media Designer, Group for Advanced Information Technology, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby

Ensuring Successful New Media CD-ROM and Web Training Applications

Roger Mundell, Manager, (CEDAR), Centre for Economic Development and Applied Research, Royal Roads University

Lifelong Learning in the Computer Mediated World

Darryl Karleen, System Analyst, Learning Resources & Distributed Learning, Royal Roads University

Keys to Successful Online Learners: Analysis of Royal Roads University Distance Education Program

Vida Morkunas, Group Manager, Internet Marketing, Future Shop, Vancouver



Putting futureshop.ca on the map

 

10:45  

Coffee Break

 


Coffee Break

sponsored by Computer Master - Institute of New Media and Internet Technology

 

Coffee Break

 

11:00 Gary Bourgeois, Program Director, New Media, Vancouver Film School

Delivering Audio on the Internet - A Technology Survey

Bruce Batchelor, CEO and Publisher, Trafford Publishing, Victoria

Dramatic Upheavals in Publishing; Print-on-Demand, e-books, e-commerce

Mark Schneider, host, Digital Desk, CTV National News

we.ca The Canadian Internet Co-op

11:30

Carol Sage, Director, Network Applications and Digital Media, Ottawa Centre for Research & Innovation (OCRI)

Emerging Opportunities: Streaming Video Meets High Bandwidth Users 

 

Christie Glasby, Western Region Manager, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, San Diego

Web Databases for Academic and Corporate Use & Linking to Library Holdings

 

Burt Harris, Music Lawyer, Heenan Blaikie, Vancouver


Music on the Net & the Myth of Digital Rights in Canada: Eh, What a Tangled Web We Weave

12:15

 Lunch - Cadboro Commons Dining Room

 

Lunch - Cadboro Commons Dining Room

Keynote Speaker:
 Dr. Alan E Winter, President & CEO,
 New Media Innovation Centre, Vancouver

Framework for a New Media Innovation Centre

 Lunch - Cadboro Commons Dining Room

 

Maltwood Gallery

University Centre Auditorium

Senate Chamber

2:00

Burt Harris, Music Lawyer, Heenan Blaikie, Vancouver

Music on the Net & the Myth of Digital Rights in Canada: Eh, What a Tangled Web We Weave

 

Richard Perron, Director of CADLab, Landscape Architecture, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

Virtual Collaboration for Sustainable Community Design

Rick Gibson, Center for Digital Imaging and Sound (CDIS), Burnaby

Private Sector Training for Professionals for the West Coast's film and post production industries

2:30

Profs. Jon Muzio and Micaela Serra, Computer Science, UVic

A Multimedia-based Virtual Laboratory implemented using Macromedia Director

 

Prof. Paul Royes, Professor of Multimedia Production; Confederation College, Thunder Bay; Past President, Interactive Multimedia Arts and Technology Association, Canada (IMAT)

Meta-media: The Metaphysics of New Media

Dr. Tanis Doe, Computer Master Institute of New Media & Internet Technology, Victoria

Impact and Effectiveness of CD ROM and Internet based training designed for people with disabilities

 

3:00 Freydis Welland, Director, New Media BC, Vancouver

Introduction & Overview, New Media BC

Rick Griffiths, leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Western Region Entertainment & Media Group

1998 BC New Media Industry Survey

Jim Swanson, Teacher, Winchelsea Elementary School, Parksville, BC

Douglas R. Stolar, Information Technology Resource Teacher, School District #69 Qualicum

Collaborative Online Resources for K-12 Educators

Richard Creech, Executive Director, Association for International Business, Denver, Colorado

Challenges in Building a Virtual and Global Educational Organization

 

3:30


1998 BC New Media Industry Survey

 (previous session continues)

 

Patti Leigh and Ceddy Nash, Director, Community Extensions, Science World, Vancouver

Engaging Science - Classroom Teleconvergence Project, British Columbia Schools

 

Marjorie Brown-Watts & Roger Roy, Principals, COL International,  an affiliate of Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver

Empowerment Through Knowledge and Technology:  The COL International Opportunity

4:00 Rick Gibson, Center for Digital Imaging and Sound (CDIS), Burnaby

Private Sector Training for Professionals for the West Coast's film and post production industries

Rob Murray, Marketing, Shaw Cable, Victoria

Evan Robinson, Teacher, Public School System, Vancouver

Video & Internet: Convergence in the Classroom; Cable in the Classroom Initiative

Brian Wood, Executive Director, New Media West, Winnipeg

Canadian New Media Development, A Comparative Overview of the Growth of New Media in Canada and Abroad

4:30

Wayne Poncia, V-P & Chief Learning Officer, nNovation Learning Group Inc., Victoria

Teaching and Learning in a Virtual Setting

 

Richard Catinus, Account Executive, Apple Canada

Quick Time - Apple's New Media Strategy; Streaming Video on the Web

 

Canadian New Media Development, A Comparative Overview of the Growth of New Media in Canada and Abroad

(previous session continues)

        
6:30- 8:00 pm



8:00- 8:45 pm

sponsored by Compaq

hors d'oeuvres / cash bar

Royal British Columbia Museum Reception
"Out of the Mist" Exhibit

IMAX Film
 "Mysteries of Egypt"

 

 sponsored by Compaq

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Friday Feb. 25, 2000  
  Maltwood Gallery UVic Centre Auditorium Senate Chamber
       
9:00  

 

Plenary Session: Keynote 

Thecla Shiphorst
New Media Artist,
Professor of Interactive Arts, TechBC

Canada Council PetroCanada Award Winner for Excellence in New Media

Under the Skin of the Machine:  Convergence of New Media in Arts and Design

 

 
9:45 Michael Rodenburgh, Vice President, Client Service, POLLARA, Vancouver


Online Marketing Research - Tools, Techniques, What you can Learn about your Customers Online

John Maschak, Senior Consulting Engineer, Apple Canada



Quick Time - Apple's New Media Strategy; Streaming Video on the Web

Brian Anderson, Director of Industry, Planning, Analysis & Sector Team Coordination, Industry Canada, Vancouver

Business to Business e-Commerce

10:45

Coffee Break

 

Coffee Break

sponsored by Pepsi

 

Coffee Break

11:00 Richard Creech, Executive Director, Association for International Business, Denver, Colorado

Challenges in Building a Virtual and Global Educational Organization

Vida Morkunas, Group Manager, Internet Marketing, Future Shop, Vancouver


Putting futureshop.ca on the map

 

 

11;30

Marjorie Brown-Watts & Roger Roy, Principals, COL International,  an affiliate of Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver

Empowerment Through Knowledge and Technology:  The COL International Opportunity

 

Putting futureshop.ca on the map

(previous session continues)

Rob Murray, Marketing, Shaw Cable, Victoria

Evan Robinson, Teacher, Public School System, Vancouver

Video & Internet: Convergence in the Classroom; Cable in the Classroom Initiative

 

12:15

 Lunch - Cadboro Commons Dining Room

 

Lunch - Cadboro Commons Dining Room

Dr. David Strong, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Victoria

H.G. Wells and the Internet: The University and Education in the 21st Century

 Lunch - Cadboro Commons Dining Room

 

Maltwood Gallery

University Centre Auditorium

Senate Chamber

2:00 Roger Mundell, Manager, (CEDAR), Centre for Economic Development and Applied Research, Royal Roads University

Lifelong Learning in the Computer Mediated World

Peter Fenrich, Project Leader / Instructional New Media Designer, Group for Advanced Information Technology, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby

Ensuring Successful New Media CD-ROM and Web Training Applications

Gary Bourgeois, Program Director, New Media, Vancouver Film School

Delivering Audio on the Internet - A Technology Survey

2:30

Darryl Karleen, System Analyst, Distributed Learning, Royal Roads University

Keys to Successful Online Learners: Analysis of Royal Roads University Distance Education Program

 

Ensuring Successful New Media CD-ROM and Web Training Applications

(previous session continues)

Carol Sage, Director, Network Applications and Digital Media, Ottawa Centre for Research & Innovation (OCRI)

Emerging Opportunities: Streaming Video Meets High Bandwidth Users

 

3:00 Bruce Batchelor, CEO and Publisher, Trafford Publishing, Victoria

Dramatic Upheavals in Publishing; Print-on-Demand, e-books, e-commerce

 

Richard Perron, Director of CADLab, Landscape Architecture, University of Manitoba

Virtual Collaboration for Sustainable Community Design

Jim Swanson, Teacher, Winchelsea Elementary School, Parksville, BC

Douglas R. Stolar, Information Technology Resource Teacher, School District #69 Qualicum

Collaborative Online Resources for K-12 Educators

3:30

UVic Online Community
Connecting Students & Alumni in Cyberspace

Dana Chamberlain, Coordinator, Marketing & Communications, Alumni Affairs, UVic

 

Prof. Paul Royes, Professor of Multimedia Production; Confederation College, Thunder Bay; Past President, Interactive Multimedia Arts and Technology Association, Canada (IMAT)

Meta-media: The Metaphysics of New Media

 

Patti Leigh and Ceddy Nash, Director, Community Extensions, Science World, Vancouver

Engaging Science - Classroom Teleconvergence Project, British Columbia Schools

 

4:15

 

Closing Reception
Maltwood Gallery


Closing Reception
Maltwood Gallery

    wine and cheese
    hors d'oeuvres
cash bar

 

Closing Reception
Maltwood Gallery

 


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