Center for Social Media at Silverdocs!

Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 (All day) - Thursday, June 21, 2012 (All day)

The Center for Social Media will be at Silverdocs next week - will you? Check out the schedule below to see where Director Pat Aufderheide & Associate Director Angelica Das will be presenting. To learn more about the Conference schedule, visit http://silverdocs.com/conference/about-conference/ .

Tuesday, June 19 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
I LOVED THAT DOC! WHY CAN’T I FIND IT ON TV?

MODERATOR
Pat Aufderheide, Director, Center for Social Media
PANELISTS
Tim Horsburgh, Communications and Office Manager, Kartemquin Films
Donald Thoms, Vice President of General Audience Programming, PBS
Michon Boston, Engagement Consultant, WHUT and ITVS
William Hirsch, Producer, THE WAITING ROOM
Julie Wyman, Filmmaker, STRONG!, A BOY NAMED SUE

Wednesday, June 20 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
HOT TOPICS

In the past year, the documentary film community has faced a number of hotbutton issues, including changes to the Academy’s Oscar requirements for documentaries, the battle between the MPAA and Lee Hirsch’s BULLY, the arrest of Joshua Fox (GASLAND) when he tried to film a subcommittee hearing on hydraulic fracturing and more. Join us on this panel where we tackle some of today’s most compelling “hot topics” affecting the documentary community.

Wednesday, June 20 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
ACCESS TO MEDIA IN SCHOOLS: How Does Fair Use Hurt or Help Educators, Librarians and Filmmakers?

MODERATOR
Angelica Das, Associate Director, Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American University
PRESENTERS
Pat Aufderheide, Director, Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American University
Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives, Association of Research Libraries
Carrie Russell, Director, Program on Public Access to Information, American Library Association

Thursday, June 21 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
HACKATHON PANEL

The two-day Hackathon event will give pre-selected documentary filmmakers the chance to collaborate with creative technologists to develop a functioning prototype of an original web documentary. Sponsored by the Living Docs project (Mozilla, ITVS, Tribeca Film Institute, BAVC and the Center for Social Media), the Silverdocs Hackathon will add a new dimension - public data. The behind-the-scenes Hackathon will be followed by a public panel discussion featuring the Hackathon teams as well as representatives from Mozilla who will offer brief presentations of their most cutting edge projects, as well as reveal the in-the-works prototypes of the participating documentary filmmakers – and the creative process that got them there.

Thursday, June 21 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
MIX AND MINGLE HAPPY HOUR hosted by Living Docs

Take advantage of the opportunity to network and relax at this daily social gathering!