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UPCOMING EVENTS: NOVEMBER
Newsgeist 2014: Exploring the Frontiers of New Journalism
Nov. 14-16, 2014
Phoenix
This free, invite-only “unconference” is a participant-driven meeting exploring the future of news at the intersection of journalism, technology, and public policy. The event is sponsored by Google and the Knight Foundation.
Register here.
Inaugural Brown Institute Concert Series
Nov. 14, 2014
Columbia Journalism School, New York, N.Y.
Part of the Brown Institute’s new monthly concert series featuring performances that explore the relationship between music and data, code and journalism. The first installment of the concert series will investigate the connection between music and mathematics. Composed by Oscar Bianchi and Christopher Burns, the performance will feature violinist Miranda Cuckson and cellist Paul Dwyer.
Open Data Camp Delhi 2014
Nov. 15, 2014
New Delhi, India
DataMeet invites you to Delhi’s first Open Data Camp, a one-day conference to foster collaboration among people talking about and/or working with #opendata — researchers, developers, journalists, bureaucrats or anyone else.
Register here.
Digiday Programmatic Summit 2014
Nov. 17-19, 2014
Bonita Springs, Fla.
The summit will address how brands, agencies and publishers are adjusting to the changing dynamics of modern media buying.
Register here.
Nonfiction in Transitional Times
Nov. 17, 2014
Columbia Journalism School, New York, N.Y.
Sponsored by the School of Writing at The New School and the Columbia Journalism School, a screening of “How Washington Really Works,” a 30-minute documentary about the magazine “The Washington Monthly” and its founder Charlie Peters. Event is followed by a panel discussion on how writers are grappling with nonfiction writing today
Journalism After Snowden: Normalizing Surveillance
A lecture with Ethan Zuckerman
Nov. 18, 2014
Columbia Journalism School, New York, N.Y.
As part of the Journalism After Snowden series supported by The Tow Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, a lecture on whether the normalization of commercial surveillance helps explain Americans’ mixed reactions towards revelations of widespread government surveillance by Snowden and other whistleblowers.
Space limited; register here.
GigaOm Roadmap 2014
Nov. 18-19, 2014
San Francisco, Calif.
A conference on tech product design, with speakers from Google, Nest, Twitter, and more.
Register here.
Digital Media Asia 2014
Nov. 18-20, 2014
Singapore
The conference will showcase international trends in digital media related to online content monetization, digital advertising, social media, tablet publishing and big data.
Register here.
Streaming Media West 2014
Nov. 18-19, 2014
Huntington Beach, Calif.
The event hosts content owners, viral video creators, online marketers, broadcast professionals and ad agencies to learn the latest online video technology.
Register here; use hashtag #SMWest.
Liquid Creative: Designing Campaigns that Flow Across Screens
Nov. 19, 2014
Free Custom Webcast
The Potter Conference will bring together community news executives and leaders at the Missouri School of Journalism for an exchange and dialogue of best practices that will help sustain local journalism, especially in small and rural markets.
Register here.
The Walter B. Potter Sr. Conference: Innovation and Transformation in Community Newspapers
Nov. 20-21, 2014
Columbia, MO
The Potter Conference will bring together community news executives and leaders at the Missouri School of Journalism for an exchange and dialogue of best practices that will help sustain local journalism, especially in small and rural markets.
Register here.
UPCOMING EVENTS: 2015
International Consumer Electronics Show 2015
Jan. 6-9, 2015
Las Vegas
The show features exhibits giving a first look at consumer electronics like wearables, web services, digital imaging and photography, online media and video.
Register here; use hashtag #CES2015.
Digital Book World Conference 2015
Jan. 13-15, 2015
New York City
The conference and expo brings together media, publishing and tech professionals to discuss digital content and digital publishing strategies as well as industry challenges.
Register here; use hashtag #DBW15.
Digiday Publishing Summit Europe
Feb. 4-6, 2015
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Digiday’s annual look at the state of the global digital media business, for publishers and advertisers.
Register here.
Journalism After Snowden Conference
Feb. 5, 2015
Washington, D.C.
One in a series of events sponsored by the Tow Foundation and the Knight Foundation seeking to answer the questions facing the press in the wake of the NSA leaks.
Register here.
SXSW Interactive 2015
March 13-17, 2015
Austin
This annual event features the brightest minds in upcoming technology, networking events and a great lineup of startup ideas from the digital community.
Registration here; use hashtag #SXSW2015.
GigaOm StructureData 2015
March 18-19, 2015
New York, N.Y.
Thoughts on big data and the information economy.
Register here.
GigaOm Structure 2015
June 17-18, 2015
New York, N.Y.
Meet the innovators and thinkers building infrastructure to run the applications of the future.
Register here.
Sonia Paul is a freelance journalist based in India, and is the editorial assistant at PBS MediaShift. She is on Twitter @sonipaul.
