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Monday, September 25
 

9:00am PDT

Registration & Morning Tea
Coffee, tea & nibbles

Monday September 25, 2017 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
VCA Cafeteria

10:00am PDT

Welcome & Acknowledgement to Country
Speakers
GS

Gheran Steel

CEO & Operations, Boon Wurrung Foundation


Monday September 25, 2017 10:00am - 10:10am PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

10:10am PDT

Introduction – Day 1

Professor Gene Moyle, President – Ausdance National 


Speakers
avatar for Professor Gene Moyle

Professor Gene Moyle

National President, Ausdance National
Professor Gene Moyle has worked across a dynamic mix of fields including the performing arts, elite sport and the corporate sectors. A graduate of the Australian Ballet School, QUT Dance and after having danced with the Australian Ballet Dancers Company and Queensland Ballet, Gene... Read More →


Monday September 25, 2017 10:10am - 10:20am PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

10:20am PDT

Session #1 Keynote—Wesley Enoch: Facebook vs. Face-to-Face
Wesley Enoch will give the keynote address, placing dance in a wide cultural context and providing provocation about the place of dance and dance makers in our cultural landscape.

Speakers
avatar for Wesley Enoch

Wesley Enoch

Director, Sydney Festival
Wesley has been a theatre director/writer for over 25 years specialising in Aboriginal Theatre. Wesley has been Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company 2010–15, Ilbijerri 2003–06 and Kooemba Jdarra 1994–97; Resident Director at Sydney Theatre Company 2000–01; Associate... Read More →


Monday September 25, 2017 10:20am - 10:55am PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

11:00am PDT

Session #2 Keynote – Professor Kim Vincs: Creative Technology

An exploration and scan of the creative technology intersection – from entering into the digital age and beyond.


Speakers
avatar for Professor Kim Vincs

Professor Kim Vincs

Professor of Interactive Media, Swinburne University of Technology
Kim Vincs is Professor of Interactive Media, and Research Director within the Department of Film and Animation at Swinburne University of Technology. She is a leading creative arts researcher with 6 Australian Research Council grants, 35+ industry partnerships, and 20+ arts/science... Read More →


Monday September 25, 2017 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

11:45am PDT

Session #3 – Designing Creativity

This session highlights how the creative process in the digital domain often draws on design thinking, creative catalysts, and even adventures in other dimensions.


Speakers
avatar for Associate Professor Matt Delbridge

Associate Professor Matt Delbridge

Head of Theatre, Victorian College of the Arts
Associate Professor Matt Delbridge is Head of Theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts. Before joining Melbourne he held positions at the University of Tasmania, Queensland University of Technology, Queen Mary University of London, and Deakin University. His research areas include... Read More →


Monday September 25, 2017 11:45am - 12:30pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

12:30pm PDT

DANCE X
This session provides context to DANCE X’s installation located in the Studio.

Speakers
avatar for Gareth Hart

Gareth Hart

Gareth Hart is a Melbourne based choreographer, installation artist and festival Director.Over the past 15 years, his work has become obsessed with experiential and experimental live art, particularly ongoing research into the body as a site for conceptual and kinaesthetic rigour... Read More →


Monday September 25, 2017 12:30pm - 1:00pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

1:00pm PDT

Lunch
Monday September 25, 2017 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
VCA Cafeteria

2:00pm PDT

Session #4 – Digital Distribution: What are the stakes?

This session focuses on digital distribution and its impact on attendance at live events, business models for streaming on demand, YouTube models of content generation and understanding consumer behaviour.


Moderators
avatar for Helen Simondson

Helen Simondson

Head of Public and Education, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Head of Public and Education (Acting) at Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)

Speakers
avatar for Matt Campbell

Matt Campbell

Director of Content, ValleyArm Digital
Matt has spent 25 years in the music business and then moved into the digital space joining ValleyArm Digital from the start. As content director Matt understands how these new digital content platforms work and will share his knowledge about contgent on digital platforms and how... Read More →
avatar for David Throsby

David Throsby

Professor of Economics, Macquarie University
Professor David Throsby AO is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics at Macquarie University. He is internationally known for his work as an economist with specialist interests in the economics of the arts and culture. David is internationally recognised for his... Read More →


Monday September 25, 2017 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

2:45pm PDT

Session #5 – When artists collide: Collaborations in creative technology

This session explores new ways of working, partnerships, and consumer models of engagement when working with technology. 


Moderators
Speakers
avatar for Megan Beckwith

Megan Beckwith

Transmedia Dance
BECKWITH is a transmedia artist who combines dance and digital-media to develop works that explore the relationship between the physical and virtual. She investigates this relationship by combining the body and 3D animation in a process that layers one over the other, re-working the... Read More →
avatar for Rhian Hinkley

Rhian Hinkley

Visual Designer
Rhian is a filmmaker and new media artist.  In 2009 he formed ‘Encyclopaedia of Animals’ with Christopher Brown and in 2010 they co-directed 'Urchin' at The Arts Centre, Melbourne.  Rhian has a longstanding relationship with Back to Back Theatre creating the animated component... Read More →
avatar for Dan Koerner

Dan Koerner

Creative Director, Sandpit
Dan Koerner is a Creative Director of Sandpit and has a background in performance, film and digital as a director and creative collaborator. Sandpit creates immersive, personal experiences that place audiences right at the centre of interactive experiences that connect physical things... Read More →
avatar for Sandra Parker

Sandra Parker

Director/Choreographer
Sandra Parker is one of Australia’s most outstanding dance artists. She has created 15 full length works and over 30 short works including commissioned works, gallery installations and international collaborative projects in Australia and internationally. From 1998 - 2006 she was... Read More →


Monday September 25, 2017 2:45pm - 3:30pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

3:30pm PDT

BREAK
Monday September 25, 2017 3:30pm - 3:45pm PDT
VCA Cafeteria

3:45pm PDT

Session #6 – Access vs Preservation: Can digital do both?

This session covers considerations related to the use of data to preserve, protect, provide access, develop and sustain practice within a digital domain. 


Moderators
avatar for Shane Carroll

Shane Carroll

performer, teacher, lecturer & director
Shane Carroll has worked in the performing arts sector for 45 years, as a performer, teacher, lecturer, and consultant. After an international performing career with the Nederlands Dans Theater and Sydney Dance Company, Shane spent 20 years teaching for most of Australia’s professional... Read More →

Speakers
LG

Lucy Guerin

Born in Adelaide, Australia, Lucy Guerin graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts in 1982 before joining the companies of Russell Dumas (Dance Exchange) and Nanette Hassall (Danceworks). She moved to New York in 1989 for seven years where she danced with Tere O’Connor Dance... Read More →
avatar for Kylie Pappalardo

Kylie Pappalardo

Senior Lecturer, Law School, Queensland University of Technology
Kylie Pappalardo researches in intellectual property and innovation law, focusing primarily on the intersection between copyright and creativity and the rights of copyright users. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Law School at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisb... Read More →


Monday September 25, 2017 3:45pm - 4:45pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

4:45pm PDT

Plenary & closing address – Day 1
Speakers
avatar for Annette Carmichael

Annette Carmichael

Creative producer & choreographer, Annette Carmichael
Annette lives in the creative enclave that is Denmark, a small town on the Great Southern coast of WA. From this vibrant home, she works as a dance artist and creative producer. Between 2009 and 2011 Annette co-facilitated moveMENt, a men’s contemporary dance ensemble. She has also... Read More →


Monday September 25, 2017 4:45pm - 5:00pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

5:00pm PDT

Reception hosted by AON
Monday September 25, 2017 5:00pm - 6:30pm PDT
VCA Cafeteria
 
Tuesday, September 26
 

8:30am PDT

Day 2 Registration
Tuesday September 26, 2017 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

9:00am PDT

Introduction – Day 2
Speakers
avatar for Dr Jordan Beth Vincent

Dr Jordan Beth Vincent

Research Fellow, Deakin Motion.Lab
Dr Jordan Beth Vincent is a Melbourne-based dance historian and dance critic for Fairfax Media, and a researcher in the areas of live performance and new technology. Jordan is a Research Fellow in Deakin’s School of Communication and Creative Arts, based in the Deakin Motion.Lab... Read More →


Tuesday September 26, 2017 9:00am - 9:15am PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

9:15am PDT

Session #7 – Creative practice & technology: Connections to research

This session focuses on the nexus between creative practice and technology in the context of research—exploring research possibilities, aligning purpose, outcome, impact, practice, and applications.


Moderators
avatar for Professor Gene Moyle

Professor Gene Moyle

National President, Ausdance National
Professor Gene Moyle has worked across a dynamic mix of fields including the performing arts, elite sport and the corporate sectors. A graduate of the Australian Ballet School, QUT Dance and after having danced with the Australian Ballet Dancers Company and Queensland Ballet, Gene... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Dr Clare Dyson

Dr Clare Dyson

choreographer, Dyson Industries
Clare has created collaborative dance, theatre and site specific performances in Australia, Europe and America. She has created sitespecific performances and events, large and small scale installation projects, one off event commissions, film and gallery works and work for theatres... Read More →
avatar for Dr Stephanie Hutchison

Dr Stephanie Hutchison

Steph Hutchison is a choreographer, performer, and artist-researcher. She is an experienced and sought after artist with background in contemporary dance, improvisation, circus arts, physical theatre, dance video and dance technology. Steph was Artist in Residence at the Arts Centre... Read More →
avatar for Sarah Neville

Sarah Neville

Sarah Neville is a performance maker who devises new media performance, instigates inter-disciplinary practices and invests in multi-platform processes and production outcomes. Her new media choreographic practice is grounded in the art of designing movement to communicate concepts... Read More →
avatar for Dr Rachel Perry

Dr Rachel Perry

Research Fellow, Australia Council for the Arts
Dr Rachel Perry is Research Fellow at the Australia Council for the Arts. She has had over twenty years’ experience in arts research working across all levels of education as well as directly with industry. Passionate about what is possible in terms of access, creation and engagement... Read More →


Tuesday September 26, 2017 9:15am - 10:15am PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

10:15am PDT

Morning Tea/Break
Tuesday September 26, 2017 10:15am - 10:45am PDT
VCA Cafeteria

10:45am PDT

Session #8 – Re-imagining Bodies: Making Dance in the Digital Age
This session follows the trajectory of Sue Healey’s choreography from the 1980s to the present—and her embracing of technology as an integral element to her work.

Speakers
avatar for Sue Healey

Sue Healey

Sue Healey is a Sydney-based choreographer, filmmaker and installation artist. Her work investigates the potential that lies at the shifting boundaries between disciplines, and the revelations that are sparked at those intersections. Critically, movement is at the heart of each of the work... Read More →


Tuesday September 26, 2017 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

11:45am PDT

Case studies #1 – Interacting with culture
This session aims to share experiences and explore recommendations for cultural considerations within a digital context.

Speakers
avatar for Monica Stevens

Monica Stevens

Dance Consultant, Monica Stevens Dance
Monica Stevens is a dance consultant who seeks to contribute to the overall success of dance in Australia. She is working collaboratively with colleagues by providing guidance and support to various teams, running events, and organising and managing productions. Monica has contributed... Read More →


Tuesday September 26, 2017 11:45am - 12:45pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

12:45pm PDT

Lunch
Tuesday September 26, 2017 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
VCA Cafeteria

1:15pm PDT

Australia Council Grants Information Session
Australia Council for the Arts will be running a Grants Information Session. This session is open to all independent artists and organisations, not limited to NDF2017 delegates. For more information about the session, please contact Grants Officer, Rei Cheetham at R.Cheetham@australiacouncil.gov.au

It is not mandatory for delegates to attend this session. You are encouraged to attend if you want to know more about OzCo's grants.

Speakers
avatar for Rei Cheetham

Rei Cheetham

Grants Officer, Australia Council for the Arts
Come talk to me if you are curious about applying for funding through the Australia Council


Tuesday September 26, 2017 1:15pm - 1:45pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

1:45pm PDT

Case studies #2 – Education in the digital domain

This session explores how dance making, dance-in-education and accessibility are being addressed—and can be enriched—using digital platforms, and how technology is enabling learning experiences to occur that were not previously possible. 


Moderators
avatar for Shane Carroll

Shane Carroll

performer, teacher, lecturer & director
Shane Carroll has worked in the performing arts sector for 45 years, as a performer, teacher, lecturer, and consultant. After an international performing career with the Nederlands Dans Theater and Sydney Dance Company, Shane spent 20 years teaching for most of Australia’s professional... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Dr Tamara May

Dr Tamara May

Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Health, School of Psychology, Deakin University
Including children with disabilities in dance!
avatar for Dr Katrina Rank

Dr Katrina Rank

Director of Education and Life Long Learning, Ausdance Victoria
I am the Director of Education and Lifelong Learning for Ausdance Victoria. I've worked as a teacher across all sectors of dance education: professional programs, early years, primary, secondary and tertiary, across abilities, age groups and many cultures, creating performance, workshop... Read More →
avatar for Derek Weeks

Derek Weeks

Australian Teachers of Media National Co-Chair, ATOM
Derek Weeks is co-chair of Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) National and was President of the Queensland chapter from 2007-2015. He currently serves on the Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations jury for Best Youth Feature Film and has previously worked for Screen Queensland and... Read More →


Tuesday September 26, 2017 1:45pm - 2:30pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

2:30pm PDT

Session #9 – Creative speed dating

This interactive session provides the opportunity for participants to connect directly with each other, speakers, presenters and creative companies for a chance to discuss key ideas further in a facilitated ‘meet and greet’ format.

4 minutes per speaker, then rotate.


Moderators
avatar for Helen Simondson

Helen Simondson

Head of Public and Education, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Head of Public and Education (Acting) at Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)

Speakers
avatar for Ben Andrews

Ben Andrews

Reimagining the virtual reality event, Ben Andrews (director) and Emma Roberts (producer) are creative producers working in the experimental terrain of multi-sensory VR. Their multidisciplinary work converges disparate media and practices (such as immersive theatre, live music performance... Read More →
avatar for Michael Beets

Michael Beets

Director for Immersive Content and Digital Experiences
Michael’s virtual reality work has been screened at festivals around the world including Cannes, Toronto International Film Festival, Kaleidoscope World Tour, and the Melbourne International Film Festival. He is also one of the recipients of Screen Australia’s 2017 Hot Shots funding... Read More →
avatar for Trent Clews-de Castella

Trent Clews-de Castella

Trent had previously owned and run a 3D tech consultancy which connected businesses with new and emerging immersive technologies. His position and understanding helped uncover a unique insight into the emerging fields of 3D scanning, Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality (VR/AR/MR... Read More →
avatar for Priscilla Harris

Priscilla Harris

Head of Virtual Reality Australia/New Zealand, HTC Vive
Priscilla is head of VIrtual Reality for HTC Australia/New Zealand. In her role, Priscilla is focused on educating, inspiring and creating awareness of Virtual Reality and how this can change and enhance how we have previously done things.HTC launched the HTC VIVE in April 2016 as... Read More →
avatar for Dan Koerner

Dan Koerner

Creative Director, Sandpit
Dan Koerner is a Creative Director of Sandpit and has a background in performance, film and digital as a director and creative collaborator. Sandpit creates immersive, personal experiences that place audiences right at the centre of interactive experiences that connect physical things... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Tracie Mitchell

Dr. Tracie Mitchell

I am a multidiscipline artist and my works are celebrated for the unique fusion of dance and film.  I am a recipient of the prestigious Australia Council for the Arts Fellowship (2001-2003) which culminated in a two-year international mentor and research project exploring dance on... Read More →
avatar for Emma Roberts

Emma Roberts

Reimagining the virtual reality event, Ben Andrews (director) and Emma Roberts (producer) are creative producers working in the experimental terrain of multi-sensory VR. Their multidisciplinary work converges disparate media and practices (such as immersive theatre, live music performance... Read More →


Tuesday September 26, 2017 2:30pm - 3:15pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

3:15pm PDT

BREAK
Tuesday September 26, 2017 3:15pm - 3:30pm PDT
VCA Cafeteria

3:30pm PDT

Session #10 – Development of the digital agenda
This session turns talk into action with the aim of participants identifying key areas and next steps across key themes covered during the forum including collaborations, education, and distribution.

Moderators
avatar for Michelle Silby

Michelle Silby

Executive Director (Ausdance Vic), Director (Ausdance NSW), Ausdance Victoria & Ausdance NSW
Michelle Silby has an extensive career in dance in both creative and administrative functions. Over the last 25 years, Michelle has worked across a variety of contexts as a dance performer, teacher, choreographer, educator and management roles: as a director, festival director, company... Read More →

Tuesday September 26, 2017 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)

4:30pm PDT

Closing address – Day 2
Speakers
avatar for Professor Gene Moyle

Professor Gene Moyle

National President, Ausdance National
Professor Gene Moyle has worked across a dynamic mix of fields including the performing arts, elite sport and the corporate sectors. A graduate of the Australian Ballet School, QUT Dance and after having danced with the Australian Ballet Dancers Company and Queensland Ballet, Gene... Read More →


Tuesday September 26, 2017 4:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Studio 221 (VCA)
 
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