mscapeFest is back: a two day conference for mediascape, pervasive, locative and interactive media enthusiasts, practitioners and facilitators. Taking into consideration the growth of the community and feedback from last year, we have decided to focus a little bit more on the interconnectedness of people by offering lots of discussion and networking time. There is also a drop-in slot for those who are not familiar with the topic, but want to know more.

The keynote this year is Matthijs Leendertse who works as a research consultant for TNO Information and Communication Technology (http://www.tno.nl/) where he studies and advises on ICT-enabled innovation in education and media. In addition, he is scientific lecturer at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (http://www.eur.nl/english/) on media trends, strategies and policy.

A bit of history of mscapeFest: http://www.pmstudio.co.uk/project/mscapefest-2-day-annual-conference

Where?

mscapeFest is in its fourth year and is taking place in The Netherlands (Tilburg) this year. mscapeFest09 is sponsored by Fontys University of Applied Sciences, SurfNET and Kennisnet as well as the Pervasive Media Studio and Calvium. How to get to Fontys.

Address: Fontys, Prof. Goossenslaan 1, 5022 DM, Tilburg, Netherlands

Hotels in Tilburg: http://www.vvvtilburg.nl/pagina/56/hotels.aspx

Call for papers:

Apart from the keynote we offer 6 slots of 15 minutes (incl. Q&A) for presented papers. This can range from your mscape design experiences, output experiences, education events, game events and so forth. See last year’s programme for the types of things that were presented then. Deadline: Please send your proposal to Vanessa (which, if selected, will also be published in the programme) before Monday the 9th of November.  mscapefest09@pmstudio.co.uk