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ONE DAY WORKSHOP

``THE IMAGINEERING QUARTER:
DESPERATELY SEEKING DIGITAL CREATIVITY''

** FEATURE **:
OFFICIAL LAUNCH: DERRY DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGY

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31st, 2010

MG Building (MG-229 & MG-203-B)

UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER, MAGEE CAMPUS

Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland


SPONSORS:
Derry City Council
Seagate Technology


09.30am  [Registration (MG-229)]

10.00am  `Introduction & welcome' (MG-229)
         Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt & Anton Hutton

SESSION CHAIR: Anton Hutton (MG-229)
10.30am  `Derry digital content strategy'
         Mark Nagurski, Own Brand Media Ltd. &
         Colin Stutt, Colin Stutt Consulting 

11.00am  `Creative animation'
         Lee Cadieux
         School of Creative Arts, Magee

11.30am  `Mobile creativity'
         Anton Hutton
         EyeSpyFX Ltd. & School of Creative Arts, Magee

12.00    PANEL DISCUSSION: `Monetizing imagineering industry'
         Moderator: Anton Hutton, EyeSpyFX Ltd. & School of Creative Arts, Magee
         Panel:
         Caroline Anderson, Silvertongue software Ltd.
         Padraig Canavan, Singularity Ltd.  
         John Farren, 360 Production
         Paul McElvaney, Learning Pool
         Ted Leath, Technical Plannning & Development Manager, SCIS Magee
         Mark Nagurski, Own Brand Media Ltd.
         Colin Stutt, Colin Stutt Consulting
         Dr. Barney Toal, NORIBIC


12.30pm  [LUNCH, Software demonstrations, Exhibits & Networking (MG-203-B)]
         ** OFFICIAL LAUNCH ** DERRY DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGY


SESSION CHAIR: Paul Mc Kevitt (MG-229)
02.00pm  `Understanding computational creativity'
         Prof. Geraint Wiggins
         Professor of Computational Creativity
         Dept. of Computing 
         Goldsmiths' College, University of London, England
         (** SPONSOR **: DERRY CITY COUNCIL)

03.00pm  `Spoken dialogue technology achievements and challenges'
         Prof. Mike McTear
         University of Ulster, Jordanstown

03.30pm  [REFRESHMENTS BREAK (MG-203-B)]

SESSION CHAIR: Paul Mc Kevitt (MG-229)
04.00pm  `Computer games for rehabilitation'
         Dr. Michael McNeill & James Burke 
         School of Computing & Information Engineering, Coleraine

04.30pm  `Imagineering digital creativity'
         Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt
         SCIS/ISRC Creative Technologies, Magee

05.00pm  PANEL DISCUSSION: 
         `Genesis of the Imagineering Quarter'
         Moderator: Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt, SCIS/ISRC Creative Technologies
         Panel:
         Sonya Conlon, North West Regional College (NWRC) 
         Nollaig Crombie, Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT), Letterkenny
         Prof. Robert Gavin, Professor Emeritus, Magee
         Anton Hutton, EyeSpyFX Ltd. & School of Creative Arts, Magee
         James Kerr, The Verbal Arts Centre 
         Pearse Moore, The Nerve Centre
         Prof. Geraint Wiggins, Goldsmiths' College, London, England

05.30pm  [`THE FAT LADY SINGS']

06.00pm  [RECEPTION: STUDENTS' UNION (MG ground floor)]

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SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATIONS: (MG-203-B)

AmbiLearn: 
an ambient intelligent multimodal learning environment for children
(J. Hyndman, T. Lunney, P. Mc Kevitt)

Games for upper-limb stroke rehabilitation
(J. Burke, M. McNeill, P. Morrow, D. Charles, J. Crosbie, S. McDonough)

MemoryLane: 
a mobile digital storytelling companion for older people
(S. McCarthy, H. Sayers, M. McTear, P. Mc Kevitt) 

NetSecure: 
a context-aware online security architecture
(C. Deighan, K. Curran, P. Mc Kevitt)

MathPhrase: 
a speech driven mathematics game for primary schools
(J. Hyndman, P. Mc Kevitt)

MediaHub: 
an intelligent multimodal distributed platform hub
(G. Campbell, T. Lunney, A. McCaughey, P. Mc Kevitt)

NewsViz: 
emotional visualisation of online news articles
(E. Hanser, J. Condell, T. Lunney, P. Mc Kevitt)

PlayPhysics: 
an emotional games learning environment for teaching Physics
(K. Munoz-Esquivel, T. Lunney, P. Mc Kevitt, J. Noguez, L. Neri, V. Robledo-Rella)

SceneMaker: 
automatic visualisation of screenplays
(E. Hanser, J. Condell, T. Lunney, P. Mc Kevitt)

SoFI: 
Song Form Intelligence for audio repair on bursty wireless networks
(J. Doherty, K. Curran, P. Mc Kevitt)

SteganoFlage: 
digital steganography for secure hidden messages
(Y. Pratheepan, A. Cheddad, J. Condell, K. Curran, P. Mc Kevitt)


EXHIBITS: (MG-203-B)

360 Production
8over8 Ltd.
Derry City Council
Digital Media Works
EpiCentre LYIT 
EyeSpyFX Ltd.
Learning Pool
NORIBIC 
Own Brand Media Ltd.
Seagate Technology
Silvertongue software
Singularity Ltd.
WiSAR, LYIT
Zoela's stories

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REGISTRATION, SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATIONS & EXHIBITS:

To volunteer a software demonstration or exhibit, 
or to register for this workshop, 

please contact Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt at:
email [E-mail: p.mckevitt@ulster.ac.uk] 
by Tuesday, 30th March, 2010.

http://www.infm.ulst.ac.uk/~paul/ct/

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