Mobile Journeys
Professional Forum Sydney

Forum: Mobile Journeys Professional Day
Dates: February 3rd
Times: 9.30am - 5pm
Venue: Chauvel Cinenema, Paddington Town Hall, corner of Oxford St & Oatley Rd, Sydney.

About the Forum

This 1-day conference heared from a range of professionals working across the mobile industry. It explored key trends in mobile content consumption; outlined the technical aspects of content creation; examined mobile culture and explored scenarios for the future usage of mobile content; discussed the artistic and commercial potential for content both within Australia and for export.

There was the opportunity to hear from the Mobile Journeys' international speakers about the master classes and community workshops that they have been working on in Australia and to view some initial outcomes from this work.

Documentation

The table below contains an overview of the speakers and topics covered in the fourm with links to further documentation. The icons in the documentation column of the table indicate the following files types and required software:

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Mobile Journeys Forum Schedule - Sydney 3 Feb 2005
Speaker(s) / Panel	Topic	Documentation
	Doors open / tea & coffee
Esther Bailey, Director AIMIA	Welcome. Outline of Mobile Journeys initiative. Run of the day	Sound Slides (3Mb)
Oliver Weidlich, AIMIA Mobile Interest Group	Australians and their mobile phones: Market Insights	Sound Slides (1Mb)
Paul Daly, Director of Innovation, mNet Corporation	Technical must-knows: The nuts and bolts of building mobile content. Understanding the different challenges and resource requirements of the various networks, platforms and handsets	Sound Slides (3Mb)
	Coffee break
Mark Pesce, Lecturer Digital Media, AFTRS	Hyperpeople: An exploration of the explosive "hyperdistribution" of digital media and the role of mobile technologies in transforming the way we communicate.	Sound Slides (1Mb) Paper (.1Mb)
Aware, Finland	An outline of their work and the workshops undertaken as part of Mobile Journeys	Sound
	Networking lunch
Sophia Zachariou, Independent Film Producer, MicroMovies	Arts / film content in Australia - Experiences of making movies for mobile devices and an outline of the current funding/business models	Sound
Moderator: David Cranswick, Director, dLux media arts. Panellists: Sophia Zachariou; Shane Williamson, Manager Partner Developer Programme, 3; Jason Webb, ex-Project Manager, Pacific Film and Television Commission	Art / film content in Australia - Panel discussion. Discussion with various stakeholders about content creation in Australia. Exploration of the strategies of the network operators, the distribution possibilities and routes to market for creative content.	Sound
	Afternoon tea
the-phone-book Limited, UK	An outline of their work and the workshops undertaken as part of Mobile Journeys	Sound
Moderator: Melinda Rackham. Panelists: Jonathon Pew, Viva La Mobile; Aware; the-phone-book Limited	What's happening internationally. What content is being produced internationally commercially and creatively.	Sound
Julianne Pierce, Executive Director ANAT	What to expect next from Mobile Journeys, where to see the work, how to get involved, wrap up.	Sound Slides (3Mb)
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