The Beyond Broadcast conference scheduled May 12 – 13, 2006 at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. (see below) will examine the future of broadcasting, but there’s precious little discussion about the ramifications of camera phones.
As you may see from the graphic above, the conference will “explore the thesis that traditional public media — public broadcasting, cable access television, etc. — face a unique opportunity to embrace new participatory web-based medial models — podcasting, video blogs, social software, etc. — and create a stronger and more vital public service.”
Perhaps I missed it, but there doesn’t seem to be much about camera phones in the program. I realize it’s a pet subject of mine, but how can you discuss the future of broadcasting without an examination of wireless imaging?
Possible discussion
I suggested a discussion about camera phones (“One billion camera phones: How global wireless imaging — photos, videos, TV — will change broadcasting around the world”) for the second day of the conference. But unless that definitely will occur, I’m not making the trek on the off chance that camera phones will be discussed.
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