The conference theme of NordMedia 2011 is: Media and Communication studies - Doing the right thing?
Programme
Thursday 11th August
Location:Hof cultural
center (in the centre)
15:00-18:00 Registration (foyer)
18:00-19:30 Conference opening (main hall)
Kjartan Ólafsson, chairman of the organizing committee
Stefán B. Sigurðsson, Rector of the University of Akureyri
Music
18:30-19:30 Keynote presentation (main hall):
John Durham Peters:Communication Infrastructures Old and New
19:30-20:30 Opening reception (foyer)
Friday 12th August
Location: University of Akureyri, main building (open from 07:30)
08:00-09:00 Registration (foyer)
09:00-12:00 Session 1 (see detailed plan for each division)
Detailed plans for divisions
13:00-14:00 Keynote presentation (Lecture hall N101):
Christina Kaindl: Doing better. Struggles around new Subjectivity in Media
14:00-17:00 Session 2 (see detailed plan for each division)
18:00-19:30 Incursion (guided evening walk), guided tours and light refreshments
The walk starts in front of Hotel KEA and ends at the museum garden with light refreshments in the open air.
Saturday 13th August
Location: University of Akureyri, main building (open from 08:00)
09:00-12:00 Session 3 (see detailed plan for each division)
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-15:00 Round table on Nordic media research (Lecture hall N101):
Moderator for the round table, Þorbjörn Broddason, Iceland.
Speakers: Juha Koivisto, Finland, Kristin Skare Orgeret, Norway
Stig Hjarvard, Denmark, Margareta Melin, Sweden
15:30-17:00 National meetings
Danish national meeting, Hotel Kea
Finnish national meeting, Room M101
Swedish national meeting, Room M102
Norwegian national meeting, Room N101
19:30-23:00 Conference dinner and closing, Hof Cultural and ConferenceCenter
Nordmedia sponsor:
