EVA Seminar, Conference & Workshop at MIM October 3 - 5, 2001
Montreal is the location of the fourth EVA Conference in North America following California, New York and Texas, thanks to the kind invitation of MIM.
This EVA - Electronic Imaging, The Visual Arts & Beyond - Conference focuses on improving and extending the already strong cooperation between Canada and Europe in 'Culture x Technology' by assisting networking between interested organisations and people across the Atlantic.
The EVA Seminar on Wednesday 3 October provides an overview of some of the latest developments in the field from France, Italy and the UK, including copyright issues from Claude Rollin of SACD, Paris; Tuscany progress from Vito Cappellini of the University of Florence; National Museums of Scotland (NMS) and other Scottish initiatives from David Clarke of the NMS and Europe's Emerging Cultural Technology Industry by James Hemsley of the NMS and VASARI. This should serve to familiarise participants with some of the key developments.
The EVA Conference on Thursday 4 October provides a series of papers from both Canada and Europe with sessions on: Leading Case Studies, From Research to Practical Application, Strategic Issues and Funding Opportunities from Canada & Europe. The latter includes Claude Poliart of the European Commission and Robbyn Plumb of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Michel Mirota of the National Research Council of Canada since a key issue is the availability of funding support for both Canadian and European partners in cooperative projects. Approximately half of the papers will be in French and the other half in English.
The Workshop on Friday 5 October is aimed at initiating concrete cooperative projects; participation in this is free to participants in the Seminar or Conference but places are limited to 15 - 'first come, first served'!
The EVA Conferences aim to bring together people and organisations interested in current & new developments in 'Culture x Technology' from the cultural, academic, industrial and government sectors. In addition to EVA Montreal, EVA Conferences in 2001 began with Florence in March followed by Glasgow, Scotland in July with Berlin in November and Moscow in December. EVA 2002 London will be the 50th EVA event, following the first one in 1990. Typically some 2000 participants attend EVA Conference each year and in 2002 there will also be the first EVA in Beijing and the third in Japan as well as the main four European EVAs in Florence, London, Berlin and Moscow.
EVA2001 Montreal is organised by the National Museums of Scotland and VASARI in cooperation with MIM and supported by John Taylor of the National Research Council of Canada and James Turner and Ysolde Gendreau of the University of Montreal. It forms an integral part of the EVA Networking (EVAN) Project, supported by the European Commission.
We believe that Canadians from the cultural sector, academia, industry and government will find EVA 2001 Montreal of interest and value and we look forward to meeting new and old friends at Place Bonaventure from 3 - 5 October.