CYFRWNG 2009 CONFERENCE
hosted by BBC Cymru Wales, Cardiff
7-8 May 2009
‘Audiences’
The Cyfrwng 2009 conference will be held at the BBC Cymru Wales Broadcasting Centre, Cardiff on 7-8 May and this year’s theme is ‘Audiences’.
During the two day event, an array of speakers, papers and panels will consider many different aspects of media Audiences in Wales from the changes in audience usage of media to issues of regulation and accountability.
Emphasis will be on the specific needs of Welsh audiences in a range of areas including children’s programming and theatre audiences. Attention will also be paid to the impact of new media technologies within the multiplatform era.
The future of news in Wales will also be considered with the plurality of news a key aspect for discussion. The conference aims to bring together scholarly voices and industry professionals and to encourage dialogue between the academy and the media industry.
[Pictured above: Menna Richards, Director, BBC Cymru Wales]
Confirmed speakers include:
Menna Richards, Director of BBC Cymru Wales
Alun Ffred Jones, AM and Welsh Assembly Government Heritage Minister
Professor Sylvia Harvey, Professor of Broadcasting Policy, Lincoln School of Media
Judith Isherwood, Chief Executive of the Wales Millennium Centre
Alun Davies, AM Labour
Alan Edmunds, Editorial Director of Media Wales and Western Mail Editor
Claire Fox, Director of the Institute of Ideas
Elis Owen, Controller of ITV Wales
Professor Kevin Williams, Swansea University
John McGrath, Artistic Director, National Theatre Wales
Elwyn Williams, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Simon Popple, Director of the Louis Le Prince Centre, University of Leeds
Dr Cynthia Carter, Cardiff University
Keith Towler, Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Tony Wearn, Research Director, BARB
Sangeet Bhullar, Wise Kids
Mandy Rose, BBC Cymru Wales, Creative Director, Multiplatform
Tony Jordan, Red Planet
Nick Beasley, Chief Executive of Audiences Wales
Professor Hamish Fyfe, University of Glamorgan
Simon Marshall, First Light
Siân Eirian, Head of Children’s Service, S4C
Hywel Wiliam, Ofcom Head of Broadcasting & Telecommunications, Wales
Dr Ceri Sherlock, BBC Cymru Wales Commissioning Executive, Arts
Nia Ceidiog, Cynyrchiadau Ceidiog Creations
[Pictured above: Alun Ffred Jones, AM and Welsh Assembly Government Heritage Minister]
The conference programme and registration form are available at
www.cyfrwng.com
The programme will be updated regularly.
For further information, contact Dr Rebecca Williams, Swansea University at r.s.williams[at]swansea[dot]ac.[dot]uk
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