MediaCity is heading to the Social Media Forum in London 14-17.3.2010 and MIPTV 10-15.4.2010
in Cannes.

If you'd like to meet up, just contact one of the people on the list.


Social Media World Forum 14-17.3.2010

Hasse Eriksson - hasse.eriksson@abo.fi - +358 50 3630 419

Jonas Forth - jonas.forth@abo.fi - +358 50 4007 320


MIPTV 10-15.4.2010

Yvonne Backholm - yvonne.backholm@abo.fi - +358 50 5218 716

Simon Staffans - simon.staffans@abo.fi - +358 40 830 7973


We're looking to network with buyers, content developers, movers and shakers.
Format developmentContent testing

Three events will merge on Tuesday May 19^th at MediaCity. The day starts off at 10.00 with the AKO network seminar with insights into the creative field. Learning while having fun is on the agenda with the parallell Edutainment lecture and workshop by Danish lecturer Bente Meyer. MindClub starts at 17.00 with Robin Bade from Activeark and the whole day is wrapped up with good food and effective mingling.

 

Read more about it at Courses and Events. Or contact us for a seat.

MediaCity has figured prominently in the media lately with the French newspaper Le Figaro being the latest to write about us. The story was then picked up by the New Yorker.
YLE's show Kulttuurikunto (Cultural Exercise) visited the lab in December last year and you can see it here. We have also recently hosted  the Swedish newspapers Hufvudstadsbladet and Dagens Nyheter.

 

Visit our Content Testing pages for more information on how we can assist you in developing your products.

 

Content Testing / iDTVLab

MIPTV News #3 article during MIPTV highlights MediaCity's development deal with 4xM and Frank Alsema.

"Finland's MediaCity, specialising in cross-media format development and user-experience research, and 4xM, which focuses on cross- and trans-media, have signed a MIPTV devlopment deal for edutainment projects. The deal will build on the success of MediaCity's cross-media format The Space Trainees, which goes into production in April for the Finnish broadcasting company."

 

 

 

 

MIP TV4xM

Those statements were two of the main closing points at the MediaCity happening on May 19^th. People connected, listened, discussed and left the party venue with new insights and friends. Professor Bente Meyer, CEO Robin Bade and Project Manager Johanna Skantze were the guests of honor and their presentations gave rise to many questions, which were followed by as many answers. MediaCity thanks the speakers and the participants for making the day a truly great event.

Download Robin Bade´s Presentation

To produce with a net community – Star Wreck, an example

Timo Vuorensola and Samuli Torssonen from Energy Productions are joining the lineup to talk about their experiences with their first feature film, Star Wreck, and what they learned from working in collaboration with the Internet community - and what they decided to bring along of the knowledge to their next film, Iron Sky. Thoughts on collaborative filmmaking, internet communities and new ways of financing and producing. Presentation in Finnish.

 

The feature film Star Wreck (starwreck.com) is the most seen film i Finland. It has been downloaded 8 million times from the net, and has evolveded to a successful product concept.

 

Company Presentation: Midas Studios, Vaasa, Finland, will be presented by Anders Höglund and Björn Höglund.

MindClub 8 th October at 17-20, starting in Auditorium Bruhn (C 201).

Want more information? Questions? Drop us a line - mindclub@mediacity.fi

Register for MindClub!

Registration is now open for the inspiring Eyes on UX: Beyond usability - exploring enjoyment conference, the must-attend event for everyone interested in high-level discussions on media consumption in the experience economy we're presently living in. As a tribute to and part of World Usability Day, the conference is held November 11-12th. The conference program will unfold in the TV studio of MediaCity, in the heart of the Academill building and the famous Kvarken archipelago of the Unesco World heritage list just a stone's throw away.

Register now and enjoy the early bird fee of 250 €, which expires September 13th.

Also remember the challenge to create and upload an IIMPP (Innovative & Interactive Mobile Paper Presentation) of your research and ideas or views on user experience and enjoyment. This can be a video presentation, audio file, or similar audio-visual format, which will be downloadable. A regular conference paper may also be written to be included in the proceeding, if desired. However, there will be no ordinary paper presentations at the conference. Deadline for submitting the presentation is September 30th.

Eyes on UX registration

MediaCity is currently involved in a development project called ImageTestLab - Evaluating Brands on International Markets. The aim is to create a web based research tool for international brand management, promoting the competitiveness of Finnish export companies. The project is coordinated by the Western Finland Design Centre Muova and it is financed by Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation).  The results of the project will be published in spring 2010.

For more information, please contact Anette Bengs at anette.bengs@abo.fi.

 

MediaCity hosts the Armada pilot project which focuses on companies in the creative business sector. The pilot study explores the need for innovation and development support as well as IPR issues within these companies. The study is conducted in five different regions of Finland and is funded by the Finnish ministry of Education/ The European Social Fund.

 

For more information, please contact project manager Lasse Norrgård at l.norrgard@mediacity.fi


 

 

 

MediaCity  proudly presents the second “Eyes on”-conference: Eyes on user Experience: Beyond Usability-Exploring Enjoyment  11-12 November 2009 in Vaasa, Finland. The conference brings industry and research together with the ambition of cross-fertilizing  ideas –enhancing collaboration and networking. We will shed a Northern light on User Experience research, development and practice from a media content point- of-view.
Pioneering new research mixed with exciting industry presentations and exclusive keynotes will make this one of the most important conferences to take part in this year.  Our pre-registration for early-bird rates will soon be opened!  Stay tuned for up-dates.