Public conference
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Main building Willem de Kooning Academy, Blaak 10, 3011 TA Rotterdam
Train, metro, bus and tram station: Rotterdam Blaak
11:00hrs
Florian Cramer, Lector, Piet Zwart Institute WdKA
Introduction: Print-on-demand, e-books, XML, cross-media publishing, programmed design. The new convergence of online and print
11:30hrs
Marc Regeur, Sony Benelux
Sony’s e-book platform
12:30hrs
Lunch break
13:00hrs
Gerrit Imsieke, le-tex, Leipzig, Germany
Creating/generating reflowable e-books
14:00hrs
Petr van Blokland, Buro Petr van Blokland + Claudia Mens, Delft
index2.xml: graphic design and programming
15:00hrs
Break
15:30hrs
Patricia Albanese, Matthew Bernius, Tona Henderson, Michael Riordan, Open Publishing Lab (OPL), Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Taking Open Source publishing further: Cross-media publishing tools from the Open Publishing Lab
16:30hrs
Aldje van Meer, CrossLab, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
Electronic paper: a student project from the CrossLab of the
WdKA
17:00hrs End
Throughout the day: Peter Zuijderwijk, Lauran Schijvens, Jouke Kleerebezem, Arie Altena & students of the WdKA Minor Editorial Design [Redactioneel Ontwerpen]: Realtime production of a conference newspaper running parallel to the conference
Professional session
This part of the conference consists of short presentations and a roundtable discussion for a small audience. It provides an alternative to the more extensive public day conference for publishing, design and media professionals.
Groot Handelsgebouw, Stationsplein 45, 3001 GB Rotterdam, Orchidee (Orchid) room
Train, metro, bus & tram station Rotterdam Centraal
19:30-22:00hrs
Short presentations by Sony, Gerrit Imsieke (le-tex), Petr van Blokland, Patricia Albanese, Matthew Bernius, Tona Henderson, Michael Riordan (Open Publishing Lab), Marc Schwieger (Scholz+Friends), Alessandro Ludovico (research fellow Piet Zwart Institute) + round table with all participants
Wednesday, 13 May
Public conference
Main building Willem de Kooning Academy, Blaak 10, 3011 TA Rotterdam
11:00hrs
Alessandro Ludovico, Neural Magazine, Bari, Italy, research fellow Piet Zwart Institute
Introduction: The mutation of magazine and book publishing
11:30hrs
Edwin Schravesande, media workgroup NRC Handelsblad
Electronic media strategy of NRC Handelsblad
12:10 hrs
Online versus print: Do newspapers have a future?
Roundtable with Edwin Schravesande, Lou Lichtenberg, Stimuleringsfonds voor de Pers, Den Haag, co-author of De krant doorgeklikt (Clicking through the newspaper), Matthew Bernius, Open Publishing Lab, Rochester, USA, Marc Schwieger, Creative Director, Scholz & Friends, Hamburg, Germany
13:00hrs Lunch break
13:30hrs
Simon Worthington, OpenMute publishers, London, England
Print-on-demand and networked community publishing: A vision for sustainable media
14:30hrs
Alessandro Ludovico, Research fellow Piet Zwart Institute
Lessons from the underground: How small media practices anticipated current media developments
15:00hrs
Peter Zuiderwijk & Lauren Schijvens & Arie Altena & students WdKA
Summary presentation of the real-time conference newspaper project
15:30hrs Break
16:00 hrs Final discussion, moderated by Florian Cramer
The future of publishing: how designers need to adapt.
17:00hrs End
Professional session
Groot Handelsgebouw, Stationsplein 45, 3001 GB Rotterdam, Orchidee (Orchid) room
Train, metro, bus & tram station Rotterdam Centraal
19:30-22:00hrs
Short presentations by NRC Handelblad, Lou Lichtenberg (Stimuleringsfonds voor de pers), Matthew Bernius (Open Publishing Lab), Simon Worthington (OpenMute), Alessandro Ludovico (research fellow) + round table with all participants
For more information and registration for the professional session,
contact Saskia Brandt Corstius, s.w.brandt.corstius@hro.nl