MindTrek Newsletter 13/2009

800 PARTICIPANTS

There will be around 800 participants at the MindTrek Conference, Academic MindTrek and all the pre-conference partner events this year. Welcome everybody! Together we will make it an awesome happening – let’s have the best MindTrek ever (like we always do ;)!

DAVID COLEMAN SEMINAR – FEW FREE SEATS AVAILABLE

There are still some free seats at the Enterprise Social Collaboration seminar on Wednesday – but not many and the space is limited. If you are interested please send a special registration request immediately to: sanna.heiskanen at mindtrek.org

SOCIAL WEB WORKSHOP – LARGER VENUE AND MORE SEATS

The Social Web Workshop by Jyri Engeström and Chris Messina was sold out but registration has now been re-opened to allow for an additional 10 participants. It has also been moved to a larger venue - the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (Helsinki).

Register: http://socialwebhelsinki.eventbrite.com/

STILL SOME TIME TO VOTE FOR APPS FOR DEMOCRACY FINLAND

Check out the Apps for Democracy Finland competition (http://www.mindtrek.org/2009/apps_for_democracy_poll), browse through the submissions and vote for your favourite!

The poll is closing soon, so be quick!

EXTRA 1000€ AWARD WILL BE GRANTED IN MINDTREK

Turku2011 – European Capital of Culture - wants to support MindTrek by granting one of its Live2011.com Grand Prix Event Awards during the MindTrek conference.

Turku 2011 foundation will give a 1000 € award for an entry that participates in one of the MindTrek award categories and fits the profile of Turku 2011’s Live2011.com Grand Prix. The awarded MindTrek entry will automatically continue into the final jury round of the Grand Prix and compete for additional prizes in the best fitting category.

Read more: http://www.mindtrek.org/2009/node/146

DEADLINE FOR DIGIDEMO-APPLICATIONS OCTOBER 30TH, 2009!

The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture AVEK subsidizes grants for digital content ideas and demos twice a year. In February 2010 there will be a D²-pitching event for fresh ideas. Each qualified idea will be granted EUR 2000. In the MindTrek Launchpad track Ms Kati Uusi-Rauva, the DigiDemo-specialist, will give more information about the application processes and the D²-pitching event.

For further information in Finnish: www.kopiosto.fi/avek/digidemo/digidemo

STAR WRECK 2PI - TWISTDRIVE SHOOTING DURING MINDTREK

The Star Trek fan parody movie Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning is inspiring new fan productions of its own. Working with the global filmmaking community on Wreckamovie, the global collaborative filmmaking community and winner of the MindTrek Grand Prix award 2008, Thierry and Fabienne Gschwind, two Swiss Star Wreck fans and passionate filmmakers, have created Star Wreck 2pi Twistdrive, a tribute to Star Wreck.

Thierry and Fabienne are coming to Tampere to shoot some key scenes of Star Wreck 2pi during the MindTrek week. And they are not coming alone; wreckers from all over the place are joining them.

Anybody happening to be at MindTrek in Tampere is welcome to join as an actor or extra, it is all about collaborative filmmaking after all.

Read more: http://www.mindtrek.org/2009/node/148
Find out more about the shooting in Tampere and Star Wreck 2pi:
http://wreckamovie.com/star-wreck-2pi

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