Creative Cuppa 7th Coffee Meetup

-

Dear Everyone,

Thanks for coming today. Actually it was a pretty good cooperative work we did this time. Also thanks for those who came from Management School and Engineering Department. So hopefully we would send out the newsletter early next week. Thanks again for all your wonderful contribution today. I'll see you all next time!

Best wishes,

Jin

-------------
Creative Cuppa 7th Coffee Meetup
(Event completed & newsletter coming out soon ... )

Theme: The Future of Communication / Future Technology
Time: 12:00pm - 13:00pm (Thursday, 28 May 2009)
Venue: ATT SB2.07 (Attenborough 2nd FLR), City Campus, University of Leicester
Guest Speaker: Zhang Lijun, Chih-jung Fan & Tony O'Tierney
Event description: by Tony O'Tierney, Chih-jung Fan & Zhang Lijun
Event Coordinator: Amit Chandraker

Over the last decade we have seen how increased computer networking has transformed society in unprecedented ways. What will be the future implications of such networking and other emerging technologies? How will developments in new sciences such as Nanotechnology alter our lives or those of our descendants? This time our discussion would be focused on the future possibilities of the communication development and the technologies mediating the development.

This time, we are going to have a purely collaborative and discussion-based event. At the time, Tony O'Tierney would like to share his original thoughts on the new scheme of UK's National Identity Card; Chih-jung Fan would have a discussion about 'Digital TV', which is of his research interest at the moment. Zhang Lijun will be talking about her initial experience of creating PBwiki networks for organizing team works online. Here below are their abstracts:

The government is proposing an ID card scheme for the UK, to which there is considerable opposition. The arguments in favour of it centre mainly on its purported ability to tackle identity fraud and terrorism, as well as the claim that it will serve practical purposes as a universal proof of identity. I intend to present some arguments countering these claims, and to highlight some significant issues often omitted from the public debate. (Tony O'Tierney)

The emergence of digital television is thought as the third television revolution. The advent of digital television would bring influences in many aspects. I would like to focus on the impact on audiences, especially viewing behavior. Will audiences only watch the programmes or channels they like? Will generalist channels be vanished? Will audiences viewing behaviour have a great change? Here I hope them can help you think the future of digital television. (Chih-jung Fan)

PBWiki changed its name to PBWorks in this April 2009. It is a free workspace service which allows collaborative editing of pages and files. PBWorks can make your group work more efficiently, effectively, and productively. It can be public or private space. You can invite 1-1000 persons to join the space. Everybody can edit and share the pages. All the change and edit can be monitored and trailed. The most important thing is it's easy to start. You don't need any complicated IT knowledge. All you need is a valid e-mail address. (Zhang Lijun)

Come along and share your creative ideas with others. Everyone is welcome. Beverage & snacks are served for free. You can pop in and drop out anytime. The most important thing is that you feel fun, relax, and really enjoying being with every one of us!


http://creativecuppa.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60675201456

Best wishes,

Jin Shang
Project Manager
& Operating Director
Creative Cuppa Seminar Series
Department of Media and Communication
University of Leicester
-