Syndicate: FORUM--THE DIGITAL MUSEUM--THURS 8 MARCH 5-7PM IN BARTOS THEATER

[fran ilich <ilich@sputnik.com.mx>]

MIT Communications Forum
THE DIGITAL MUSEUM
Thursday 8 March 2001
5-7 p.m.
Bartos Theater
MIT Media Lab

TO BE WEBCAST IN REAL TIME -- DETAILS BELOW

Are digital technologies allowing museums to reinvent
themselves? This Forum will reflect on the ways in
which museums are exploiting new technologies to transform
both internal practices and communication with their varied
audiences through marketing, access to collections, exhibitions,
and public programs. What are the risks of these new ways of
working? And what lies ahead for the digital museum?

SPEAKERS:          
Kevin De Vorsey, American Museum of Natural History
Nina Gregorev, American Museum of Natural History
Lori Gross, Museum Loan Network
Respondent: Ben Davis, Razorfish.com
Moderator: Peter Walsh, museum consultant and author


WEB CAST:
This Forum will be available in real time as a webcast.

In order to view the Forum on your computer, you must
install RealPlayer.  A free download is available at
http://www.real.com/player/index.html. See the lower
left hand corner of the screen for the free version.

The following URLs will webcast the Forum:

For high-speed connections such as cable or ISDN:
http://real.media.mit.edu:8080/ramgen/encoder/highlive.rm

 <http://real.media.mit.edu:8080/ramgen/encoder/highlive.rm> For low-speed
modem connections:
http://real.media.mit.edu:8080/ramgen/encoder/lowlive.rm



 <http://real.media.mit.edu:8080/ramgen/encoder/lowlive.rm>

nos vemos en el futuro.

ilich.
editor @ large, sputnik.

http://www.sputnik.com.mx
http://www.neuroticos.com/borderhack



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