PRIX VISIONICA - The Future of Television

The Future of Television

April 27th 2007
Auditorium of Wrocław University Law School, 10:00 - 1:00 PM / 3:00 – 5:30 PM

Program

10:00 AM

Opening Remarks

Introduction and moderation - Henk van der Meulen, NPS/IMZ

New models for public broadcasters to carry out their missions - the redefinition of the programme schedule - the convergence of media and interactivity - new means of production – making archives accessible – viewer-generated content

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Leszek Bogdanowicz, Director of TVP's Interactive Media Centre

11:00 – 11:45 AM

BBC's Grant Bremner, Development Producer, Creative Archive, BBC New Media & Technology

11:45 – 12:00

Coffee Break

12:00 – 1:00 PM

A panel discussion with Agnieszka Holland, Olaf Grunert (ARTE), Jerzy Kapuściński (TVP Film), Jarosław Burdek (TVP Entertainment), Grażyna Torbicka (TVP) and Sławomir Grünberg moderated by Henk van der Meulen.

The role of television in creating culture – theme channels as niches for high culture – the atomization of content and of the viewing public – programming for the creative viewer

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Lunch Break

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Introduction and moderation - Prof. Marek Hołyński, Polish Information Society

The development of mechanisms supporting audiovisual creativity and the evolution of  education models as an aspect of a national cultural policy.

Agnieszka Odorowicz, The Polish Film Institute, Warsaw
Prof. Witalij Potiomkin, The State University of Film & Television, St. Petersburg

4:30 - 5:20 PM

The Future in High Definition: The Need for a New Aesthetic

Prof. Hans Hattop, the Konrad Wolf Film & Television Academy (HFF) in Potsdam

A lecture and screening of HFF's productions in HD format

5:20 – 5:30 PM

Summary and Closing Remarks – Prof. Marek Hołyński

The conference will be simultanously translated from / into Polish English, Russian and German