discussion of ivdn, ngvision, v2v etc. and possibility of oceania server node
practical working with techs to make oceanic online video a possibility
licences and legalisties, creative commons etc.
newsreal screening
Geek/coding/imc-tech sessions
work on improvements to oceania.indy and the other oceania indy's
internationalization
brainstorming sessions on features for current software
coding up those features
pimp (phone indymedia patch system)
skillup sessions
tech: html, php, sql/databases
nix command line stuff, imc software, apache, audio/video editing
newsreal: using digicams, digital video recorders, taking good footage, compression codecs
outreach beyond the websites
getting more people to write local news for indy
networking with local and national social change activist groups
educating ppl about what indy is and how to use it
generating PDFs for distribution in the community
Discussions/Presentations
Media Labs, experiences of face to face media spaces - cat, spacestation, bris, others?
the politics of free software, intro to free sofware
Personal testimony, indymedia and subjective journalism
media and repression, talk about gov./corporate repression of indy
social movements and radical media in SE asia. with indo and filipino delegates?
p2p networks, culture and commodification, new forms of collaboration
media and war, limits of radical media in war time
talking about the obvious gender issue within indy
conflict resolution discussion
newsreal/film nights
the melb newsreel, films made by imc's / video activists around the globe
maybe even link up with stuff like the SummerCamp2004Old that's happening in Europe at a similar time? (like live link-ups and streaming media and irc meets.... but time difference might be a problem!)
public meeting at the start - thursday 15th
a dialogue with the public/actvists on how oceania.indy can improve
how to get involved in yr local imc
make a doco on sos
meet the week before, shoot during sos, edit during the conf
melbites could do some shooting on what has gone into the preparation for sos in the 6 month leadup
get some footage/pics for an urban art around oz doco/newsreal.
meet every one
go on a billboard tour
Announce the conference to the imc-communication list a coupla months beforehand.
some kind of action against media monopolies. media and war
placing indy material in their newspapers at their distribution points
jam the radio/tv stations
possible to create (alternative) reproductions of mainstream news like the Financial Crimes? (needs printing costs and design time/content etc)
gonzo/spraycan-journalism (spray/stick up headlines in various places - freeways, large walls....)
