New Paradigms in Communication

There are more than 130 million blogs in the world. Twitter estimates it will reach 26 million users, Facebook declares 325 million… It seems that this, which started as a personal hobby of a few Internet addicts, should be taken seriously…

Internet has transformed the way in which we communicate, the consumption of information and the forms of entertainment. The debate about the roles that should be played by blogs in the new informative panorama or the importance that social networks could reach within commercial or marketing strategies or the social claims over the next few years, are in their culminating moment.

The so called web 2.0 has reached its premature maturity just when many propose that it’s time is up and start looking for the new paradigms. All this will be discussed, analysed and put into practice in CampusBlog Europe.

Coordinated by Pixel y Dixel (Spain).

Conference • 04/15/2010 - 10.30h
Redefining Everything

BLOGIt may be risky to “redefine everything” as Ben Hammersley editor of Wired UK proposes.  But if there is anyone willing to try, it is definitely he.  Hammersley, whose contributions include coining the term podcast in an article for The Guardian, he is author of various technical books and one of the most influential people in the European web.  As a journalist he has covered the conflicts in Iran and Afghanistan; currently you can follow his ideas and activities on his personal web page (http://benhammersley.com/).

Panel • 04/15/2010 - 15.00h
The State of the European Blogosphere

It is said that there are as many blogospheres as bloggers. And it may be true, but if we want to establish elements of analysis, we must broaden the criteria for finding a set of common characteristics. What happens then with the European blogosphere? Do blogs that are made in Europe have something in common? In which state is the blogosphere in each EU country? Campus Party in Europe will present a report on the state of the European blogosphere that examine some of the most important issues: particularities of each country, blog networks, professional blogging, tools and services used in each country, etc...

Conference • 04/15/2010 - 16.30h
Science and Innovation Citizens Agenda

As one of the projects being carried out under the Spanish Presidency of the European Union, the Ministry of Science and Innovation is running an innovative and strongly participatory initiative through the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) – the Science and Innovation Citizens Agenda.
The basic aim of this project is to put sectors that are often very poorly interconnected into contact with each other: scientists and innovators, political decision makers and the general public.
A selection of famous Europeans, whose contributions to science and innovation “have changed our lives” will come up with a set of challenges that science and innovation should have resolved, or be on the way to resolving, by 2030, and the public will then vote on the project’s web platform for those they feel to be the most important.
The results will be shown on a screen set up in the foyer of the European Council building in Brussels in May, coinciding with the meeting of the Competitiveness Council, which will be attended by European ministers with responsibility for science and innovation.
During this meeting, people attending the Campus Party, representing the general public, will have the chance to talk with a representative of each of the other two areas in order to find out more first hand about their view of this project and its implications. The panel will include the participation of Javier Tejada, National Research Award 2009 and Professor of Condensed Matter Physics, Lourdes Arana Uli, General Manager of FECYT, Civic Agenda Promoter for Sciences and Innovation (more info at http://www.fecyt.es) and Luis Salvador García, Political pioneer in the use of new technologies to promote citizen participation. He is currently a senator for PSOE and carries out the Commission of Science and Innovation (more info at http://www.luissalvador-ovac.org/)