2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference
2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference
Submitted by Andrew on April 18, 2012 - 2:07pm
On June 17-19, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and MIT's Center for Civic Media will host the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: "The Story and the Algorithm". The conference is the leading gathering of media innovators shaping the future of news and information, and winners of the first Knight News Challenge of 2012, on networks, will be announced during the conference.
The MIT Center for Civic Media was the Knight News Challenge's first large grant recipient, allowing the Center to partner with Knight Foundation in its core mission to foster informed and engaged communities.
It is hosted at the MIT Media Lab (map) and is an invitation-only event.
Updates
- Livestream and liveblog of sessions are available at knightfoundation.org/live
- Attendee list
- On Twitter: Use the #civicmedia hashtag or follow all attendees with one click
- Information on travel and hotels.
SCHEDULE
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 4:00pm to 5:00pm | Registration |
| 5:00pm to 6:00pm | Cocktails, featuring DJ wayne&wax |
| 6:00pm to 7:30pm | Dinner |
| 7:30pm to 9:00pm | Sunday Night Stories |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:30am to 9:00am | Coffee and Pastries |
| 9:00am to 9:30am | Welcome and Introduction: Joi Ito, Ethan Zuckerman, and John Bracken |
| 9:30am to 10:50am | Turning Data into Narrative |
| 11:15am to 12:15pm | Extreme Data/Extreme Story |
| 12:15pm to 1:15pm | Lunch |
| 1:15pm to 3:00pm | Announcement of 2012 Knight News Challenge winners |
| 3:15pm to 4:30pm | Stories and Fables |
| 4:30pm to 6:00pm | MIT Civic Ignite (a way-fast MIT project show-and-tell) |
| 6:00pm to 7:00pm | Cocktails |
| 7:00pm to 9:00pm | "Takeout from Around the World": Dinner Collaboration Sessions and Unconference Conversations |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:15am to 9:00am | Coffee and Pastries |
| 9:00am to 10:15am | Internet Native News Networks |
| 10:30am to 11:30am | Open Gov: What's Gone Wrong, What's Gone Right? |
| 11:30am to 12:00pm | Takeout Takeaways |
| 12:00pm to 1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm to 2:00pm | Civic Action On and Offline: IRL+RT FTW! |
| 2:00pm to 3:30pm | And Now for Something Completely Different... |
| 3:30pm to 4:00pm | Moments of Profundity, with Michael Maness |
