Second Announcement INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP on
NEW ELECTRONIC MEDIA FOR GLOBAL COMMUNICATION
26 - 29 April 2000, Krakow, Poland
Organized by International Fulbright Center for Central and Eastern Europe of the Jagiellonian University in co-operation with the Institute of Journalism and Communication of the Jagiellonian University OBJECTIVES The aim of the workshop is to review current achievements in new electronic media technologies utilizing computer networks, mobile phones, satellite telecommunication, digital broadcasting, etc. and evaluate the impact of these technological advances on means and ways of social and scientific communication in contemporary World. In particular, we would like to determine priorities and principal areas of focus for those academic and educational activities related to the topics of the Workshop, which are the most relevant for countries of Central and Eastern Europe. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jerome Aumente (Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA Isabel Marcus (SUNY at Buffalo, New York, USA) Maciej Mrozowski (Warsaw University, Poland) Shana Penn (Holocaust Museum, Washington D.C., USA) Teresa Sasinska-Klas (Jagiellonian University, Poland) Marek Szymonski (Jagiellonian University, Poland) FORMAT The meeting will consist of plenary sessions with invited keynote presentations by internationally recognized speakers. Two panel discussions are planed elaborating on topics presented in plenary sessions and providing opportunity for open exchange of opinions between the Workshop participants. An overseas teleconference with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will take place at the US Consulate in Krakow as a part of the Workshop program. Contributed papers will also be accepted and presented as short oral presentations either in plenary sessions, or in relevant panel discussions. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Wednesday, April 26, 2000 Arrivals, registration and welcome reception
Thursday, April 27, 2000
Session I: Recent advances in media technologies Invited speakers: Dr. Krzysztof Heller (Era GSM), Mr. Richard Lada (Motorola), Dr. Michael V. McKay (Rutgers University) – “Building an Information Infrastructure: RUNet 2000 at Rutgers University” Panel discussion I: Media coverage of the Holocaust - case study of international communication Moderator: Prof. Isabel Marcus (Rutgers University); panellists: Prof. Tomasz Goban-Klas (Jagiellonian University), Mrs. Shana Penn (Holocaust Museum)
Friday, April 28, 2000
Session II: New opportunities and new problems in global communication Prof. Jerome Aumente (Rutgers University), Prof. Eric McLuhan (University of Toronto); Prof. Janusz Filipiak (ComArch), Panel discussion II: Controversies and misunderstandings in a global village Moderator: Prof. Robert L. Stevenson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); panellists: Prof. Jerome Aumente (Rutgers University), Prof. Maciej Mrozowski (Warsaw University), Prof. Eric McLuhan (University of Toronto) Teleconference: New information technologies: bridges, tunnels, or barriers in international communication Moderators: Prof. Harry Amana (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Prof. Teresa Sasinska-Klas (Jagiellonian University) Saturday, April 29, 2000 Krakow sightseeing, departures CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT For information and registration Ms. Renata Firek For submission of papers Fulbright International Center for Central and Eastern Europe Jagiellonian University, ul.Garbarska 7a, 31-131 Krakow TEL: (48 12) 422 30 08 ext. 105, FAX: (48 12) 422 67 66 E-mail: fcenter@scees.in.uj.edu.pl VENUE The workshop proceedings will take place at the conference room of the Jagiellonian University Guest House located at the very center of the Old Krakow, Florianska street, no. 49. Krakow is a city of one million people in the very heart of Europe. Poland’s former capital, the cradle and the Pantheon of Polish kings, it is also a city of learning, with one of the oldest universities in Europe. Krakow is a city both of museums and of youth: a city of one hundred thousand university students. It is a city of meetings, festivals and conferences - of cafes and restaurants that enchant all those who even for a moment set foot in its old town. Either through the intervention of Providence, or, perhaps, thanks to the magic stone buried somewhere on the Wawel Hill between the Cathedral and the Royal Castle the city eluded destruction since the Tartar raid of 1241. Thus Krakow has preserved its original layout and the traces of its earlier outline; it has also maintained its rational design, prepared when the city has been freed from the halter of being an Austrian fortress. But more importantly , it has preserved its individual body of structure, of buildings full of discovered and undiscovered treasure. ACCOMMODATION Accommodation for the Workshop participants will be provided at the Jagiellonian University Guest Houses. Single and double rooms with private facilities and breakfast will cost 45 USD/190 PLN and 35 USD/147 PLN per person, per night respectively. REGISTRATION In order to pre-register for the Workshop, please, fill-in the enclosed registration form or its electronic version located at our web site: http://www2.uj.edu.pl/FULBRIGHT/mediaprereg.html. A registration fee of 150 USD/630 PLN will be requested together with submission of the final registration form from all Workshop participants except invited speakers. The registration form will be distributed to all pre-registered participants in March 2000. The registration fee covers the costs of administration, conference materials, participation in social program (welcome reception, conference dinner, and sightseeing visit to the Old Krakow) as well as lunches, drinks and snacks during the conference breaks. The Conference fee for accompanying persons is 100 USD/420 PLN and covers participation in the social program, and lunches.
LANGUAGE The official language will be English. No translation facilities will be provided. WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS All participants giving presentations are cordially invited to submit a paper. A collection of papers accepted by Proceedings Editorial Committee will be printed in a special volume by the International Fulbright Center. IMPORTANT DATES Pre-registration: Abstract submission: Final registration and payment of the fee: Accommodation booking and payment: 1 March 2000 1 April 2000 10 April 2000 10 April 2000
TRANSPORTATION Participants will benefit from the city’s convenient location in the center of Europe. From the Krakow-Balice International Airport there are non-stop flights to Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Dortmund, London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, and Zurich. The airport also serves some transatlantic destinations: Chicago, New York, Newark, and Toronto. Flights to other destinations are available via Warsaw, which can be reached by air within 45 minutes. By train it takes only 2 hours 35 minutes to Warsaw. There are also direct fast train connections from Krakow to Berlin, Bratislava, Budapest, Kiev, Prague, Vienna and to other European destinations.