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International conference on the shifting relation between electronic and paper publishingWith e-books, print-on-demand and other hybrid media, online and offline media can no longer be separated, but complement each other. What advanced cross-media and computer-generative publication and design strategies exist beyond copy-paste? How do new technological developments and the crisis of print news media change the world of designers, editors and publishers? International cutting-edge designers, software developers, publishers and researchers will give insight into their own solutions and discuss the future of publishing. Organized by the research project Communication in a Digital Age, Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam UniversityTuesday & Wednesday 12-13 May 200911:00-17:00 public sessions, main building WdKA Rotterdam19:30-22:00 professional sessions, Groot Handelsgebouw Rotterdam
Tuesday, 12 May
Public conference
Main building Willem de Kooning Academy, Blaak 10, 3011 TA RotterdamTrain, metro, bus and tram station: Rotterdam Blaak11:00 Florian Cramer, Lector, Piet Zwart Institute WdKAIntroduction: Print-on-demand, e-books, XML, cross-media publishing, programmed design. The new convergence of online and print11:30 Marc Regeur, Sony BeneluxSony’s e-book platform12:30 Lunch break13:00 Gerrit Imsieke, le-tex, Leipzig, GermanyCreating/generating reflowable e-books14:00 Petr van Blokland, Buro Petr van Blokland + Claudia Mens, Delftindex2.xml: graphic design and programming15:00 Break15:30 Patricia Albanese, Matthew Bernius, Tona Henderson, Michael Riordan, Open Publishing Lab (OPL), Rochester Institute of Technology, USATaking Open Source publishing further: Cross-media publishing tools from the Open Publishing Lab16:30 Aldje van Meer, CrossLab, Willem de Kooning Academy, RotterdamElectronic paper: a student project from the CrossLab of the WdKA& Niels Schrader and Marcel van der Drift: The book as a digital cloud17:00 EndThroughout the day: Peter Zuiderwijk, 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) roomTrain, metro, bus & tram station Rotterdam Centraal19:30-22:00Short 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 Rotterdam11:00 Alessandro Ludovico, Neural Magazine, Bari, Italy, research fellow Piet Zwart InstituteIntroduction: The mutation of magazine and book publishing11:30 Edwin Schravesande, media workgroup NRC HandelsbladElectronic media strategy of NRC Handelsblad12:10 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, Germany13:00 Lunch break13:30 Simon Worthington, OpenMute publishers, London, EnglandPrint-on-demand and networked community publishing: A vision for sustainable media14:30 Alessandro Ludovico, Research fellow Piet Zwart InstituteLessons from the underground: How small media practices anticipated current media developments15:00 Peter Zuiderwijk & Lauren Schijvens & Arie Altena & students WdKASummary presentation of the real-time conference newspaper project15:30 Break16:00 Final discussion, moderated by Florian CramerThe future of publishing: how designers need to adapt.17:00 End
Professional session
Groot Handelsgebouw, Stationsplein 45, 3001 GB Rotterdam, Orchidee (Orchid) roomTrain, metro, bus & tram station Rotterdam Centraal19:30-22:00 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 participantsFor more information and registration for the professional session,contact Saskia Brandt Corstius, s.w.brandt.corstius@hro.nl