Thursday 4 September, Workshop (by invitation), 10.00-18.00, East Room Tate Modern
Friday 5 September 2008, Public Conference, 10.00-18.00, Starr Auditorium Tate Modern
Are museums ready to play in the digital age? Rapid advances in technology are making the traditional audiotour increasingly redundant, and visitors are now offered sophisticated multimedia tours on PDAs, iPods and even mobile phones.
This symposium is for museum workers who want to know more about how the new generation of mobile devices can benefit their institutions. International museum professionals with in-depth experience in handheld program design, development and evaluation lead the day’s discussions.
Speakers include Jane Burton, Tate, UK; Nancy Proctor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, USA; Makoto Manabe, National Science Museum, Japan; Peter Samis, SFMOMA, USA; Chris Alexander, San Jose Museum of Art, USA; Célia Meunier, Louvre, France; Nik Honeysett, Getty, USA.
Conference co-organised by Jane Burton, Tate and Nancy Proctor, SAAM
With support from Bloomberg, sponsors of multimedia tours at Tate Modern
Tate Modern Starr Auditorium
£150 (£80 concessions), booking required
Price includes lunch and drinks
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