Day 2: Friday 10 July

Spark Room

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Panel: Adapt or die? News media, new media, transmedia

9:10am – 10:15am

Collaborative notes for the Adapt or die panel session

This plenary panel session will focus on the disruptive changes caused by the Internet and its impact on news, media and the creative industries. We have panelists from across media platforms to give their take on the choices and pressures media and the creative industries face in an Internet environment. Is it a case of adapt or die? How can media best adapt? Open discussion with the panel is encouraged from participants.

Panelists include:

• Megan Whelan (Radio New Zealand)
• Alex Lee (Documentary Edge Festival)
• Walid Al-Saqaf (Internet Society)
• Tim Watkin (Executive Producer of The Nation and blogger)
• Carrie Stoddart-Smith (blogger).

Panel moderator: Paul Brislen.

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Panel: Digital inclusion – Internet for everybody

4:15pm – 5pm

Collaborative notes for the Digital inclusion panel session

This plenary panel session will explore the challenges and aspects of digital inclusion, exploring issues of access, affordability, accessibility and digital literacy. How do we get everyone able to benefit from the Internet? Open discussion with the panel is encouraged from participants. Panelists include:

• Vanisa Dhiru (2020 Communications Trust)
• Bob Hinden (Internet Society)
• Professor Charles Crother (Auckland University of Technology)
• Robyn Kamira (Mitimiti on the Grid Project).

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