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This conference focuses on the interaction between museums and communities. In times of mobility and change, history museums play an important role in societal questions of social cohesion, identity and belonging. In search of their roots, people turn to heritage. History is popular as never before and it surfaces in all contemporary media. At the same time, the communication era offers new possibilities to form communities, based on common interests and preferences or popular and corporate culture. Museums in general, as part of the public sphere, are an important tool in this dynamic process of heritage formation and the performance of community.  

"Transliteracy Conference 9 Feb 2010, Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre, Leicester, UK PhoenixST Transliteracy Conference Tuesday 9 February, 2010, 9:30 - 17:30"

The annual UKMW conferences, convened by the Museums Computer Group, have long been the place for high quality presentations and discussions on the matters that are shaping museums online today. As the UK heritage sector continues to live through difficult times, this year's conference is an opportunity to reflect on the new landscape museums are now in, learn from inspiring speakers and network with your peers.

Museums & Mobile III takes places completely online October 24-26, 2011. We have added a special "Pre-Conference" day offering hands-on workshops on in-house mobile content development. The main online conference day - October 25th - includes a stellar line-up of sessions that will have an immediate impact on your mobile projects. The free Virtual Exaupo is back by popular demand and is a highly efficient way to meet providers of mobile products and services in one fun, low-pressure day.

"Digital Strategies for Heritage (DISH) is a bi-annual international conference on digital heritage and the strategies that heritage institutions can follow. Triggered by changes in society, heritage organisations face many challenges and need to make strategic decisions about their activities and services. The key motivators for the conference are inspiration, knowledge, skills and networking."

MuseumNext is Europe's big conference on social and digital media within the museum sector. We believe that technology is changing the expectations of museum audiences. They no longer want to have information just broadcasted at them, they want to create, to curate and to co-produce experiences.

"Join us March 22-23, 2011 for the next edition of the popular Museums & Mobile online conference series. Meet others working on mobile interpretation and applications. Interact with colleagues from your desktop. Learn what's working and what's not. Stroll the Virtual Expo for what's new. Walk away with knowledge you can put to use immediately."

"In the years since the appearance of the first museum Web sites, most museums have established some presence on the World Wide Web. Museums have much to learn from each other, and from developers using the Web for other applications. To facilitate this exchange of information, Archives & Museum Informatics organises an annual international conference devoted exclusively to Museums and the Web. MW is the largest international conference devoted to the exploration of art, science, natural and cultural heritage on-line. "

MOBILE INTERPRETATION & STRATEGY WORKSHEETS The MuseumMobile wiki is an outgrowth of Tate's Handheld Conference Wiki, which was initially developed for a September 2008 conference hosted by Tate Modern.

Augmented reality and storytelling Stedelijk Museum. Der Dialog zwischen der realen und virtuellen Welt fordert neue Formen des Storytellings:Read more: MW2011 Conference Beitrag: http://conference.archimuse.com/mw2011/programs/augmented_storytelling_how_to_create_interes

Kristen defined six possible roles for museums on the Internet: 1) Filter - find and share relevant, accurate, trustworthy information 2) Curator - become a one stop shop for primary and secondary source material on specific topics 3) Node in a network - package information to live beyond your walls, monitor conversations around your content 4) Community builder - create your own network, be involved in online conversations 5) Lifesaver - provide portable information when and where people need it most 6) Tour Guide - connect your content to the real world

SPEAKERS Josephine Bosma (nl): Acceptable Loss. Tales of Life and Death in the Digital RealmThis paper is based on an essay from my book. It is a case study and comparison of two projects in the digital domain that deal with memory and conservation. Anne Laforet (fr) Net Art and Preservation. For Museums and ArtistsArtists have appropriated the Internet as soon as it became public to experiment new artistic, social and technical practices.

Here is a post to inform you of two conferences that will take place at the end of November and beginning of December, one in London, one in Paris. Both are organised by the Wikimedia Foundation in partnership with arts institutions who will be presenting and discussing their experiences on knowledge sharing and partnerships with Wikimedia in that regard. As structured organisations with a deep sense of hierarchy and copyright protection of their pieces and collections,  arts organisations tend to present themselves as essentially resisting these notions, although avid readers of Museum 2.0, Museum 3.0, and French speaking readers of Mixeum are fully aware that the picture of museums today on these issues is a fragmented one. 

Culture for all - Conference-Proceedings: The publication brings together writings about the theme of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 from many different perspectives. Writers cover the theme from the view point of e.g. youth, education, civil participation, cultural cooperation and religions. see: richard Sandel: "Making Cultural Heritage Truly Inclusive Conference Publication"

Hosted by Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, United Kingdom from 18-19 April 2011, the VIA 2011 Conference marks the culmination of the three year Visualisation in Archaeology project. The Organising Committee is drawn from Visualisation in Archaeology project staff alongside representatives of English Heritage, Institute for Archaeologists (IfA), and Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors (AAI&S).

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Digital Strategies for Heritage (DISH) is a new bi-annual international conference on digital heritage and the opportunities it offers to cultural organisations. Triggered by changes in society, heritage organisations face many challenges and need to make strategic decisions about their services.

"This year's Communicating the Museum conference is being held in the elegant, creative and historic German city of Düsseldorf. Our theme this year is the Visitor Experience and the vital role it plays in building and retaining audiences. Leading international speakers and practitioners will present important and ground-breaking thoughts and ideas on: * creating the very best experience for all visitors * cutting edge visitor research from around the world * generating income from visitors * the dynamic and creative relationship between marketing and the visitor experience - the unified tone of voice and customer service * brand and the visitor experience * interpretation and learning * the future of the visitor experience - on-line and beyond"

"MuseumNext looks at how museums and galleries can benefit from new technology and the latest web trends. This two day conference will highlight best practice and act as a platform to ask 'what next?"

This year MuseumNext will focus on 'What's Next' and will use this call for papers to create a programme that is structured around eight key themes. These will be directed by the proposals submitted from our community to highlight the direction in which museums and technology are heading.