I wanted to alert you to the following conference which will be of great interest to academics who want to better understand how digital media are impacting the forms of culture they are studying. I hope I will see many of you in this delightful New England sea town for an important exchange about the future of our culture. 1999 Camden Technology Conference Pop!Tech: Popular Culture in the Digital Age When: Oct. 22-24, 1999 Where: Camden, Maine The Core Concept: Popular culture has always been a pervasive force in our society. In a very real way, it is the battlefield on which we are fighting the great issues of our time, in politics, religion, ethics, values. Now, popular culture has merged with an immensely powerful new force, a magnifier of every medium: digital technology. The result is pop!tech, an unprecedented phenomenon. What does this mean for our society today and tomorrow? Can we -- should we -- attempt to guide or control Pop!Tech, and, if so, how? Pop!Tech's growing momentum is visible in movies, television, music, advertising, publishing, radio, in fact in all the mass media. It is the very foundation of our newest medium, cyberspace. All this raises a number of important questions for every thoughtful person, and answering these questions will be the main goal of our conference. The Schedule: Topics and schedule are subject to change. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, October 21 EVENING Reception Meet the Speakers @ Camden Public Library Friday, October 22 AM How is technology redefining popular culture? Henry Jenkins How are values affected by popular culture? Pat Cadigan Pop culture & learning: oil & water or ham & eggs? Elliot Soloway | Chris Cerf PM Time, memory and the new media Stewart Brand | Pedro Meyer Who can or should control popular culture? John Perry Barlow EVENING Pop!Tech Schmooze @ Owls Head Transportation Museum Noel Paul Stookey (Paul of Peter, Paul & Mary) Saturday, October 23 AM Who owns the future of Pop!Tech? Virginia Postrel | Rosemary Coombe Who will be popular culture's new billionaires? Lou Mazzucchelli | John Sculley PM Cyberspace Ice Cream Social How is the digital age transforming the creative arts? Paul Godwin | Janet Murray Personal identity in a Pop!Tech world Sandy Stone | Erika Muhammad EVENING How "civilization" can survive in a Pop Culture world Alan Kay Sunday, October 24 AM Pop!teens: what do they think, do, & believe? Christopher Ireland | Brenda Laurel The future of play in the digital age J.C. Herz | Michael Hawley Pop!Tech Rap*Up Bob Metcalfe Price: $995 To register call 888-877-3128 When registering, please use the following code: 1155 We have a limited number of seats available for academics at a special price of $495 To qualify for that price, you must fax your request on organizational letterhead to 207-236-7797 Q: OK, so what's an academic? A: ac·a·dem·ic, "a-k&-'de-mik" noun, Merriam Webster a member of an institution of learning For the latest information, see http://www.camcon.org/ Henry Jenkins ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html