The Future of Media: TGGD Panel Discussion (Monday, November 9, 2009)

Toronto Girl Geek Dinner: The Future of Media Panel
When: Monday, November 9, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00
Where: Fionn MacCools (181 University Ave at Adelaide) (map)
Fee: $10.00 (This nominal fee holds your spot and will pay for your first drink.)

Register for this event at Meetup.com

Every day someone is declaring the end of journalism with the rise of the Internet and social media. Internet Leaders like Eric Schmidt of Google are proclaiming:

"Within five years there will be broadband well above 100MB in performance - and distribution distinctions between TV, radio and the web will go away."

Toronto Girl Geek Dinners is proud to present a "Future of Media" panel discussion on how media is changing including the challenges with the convergence of user-generated content and media.

We are thrilled to have assembled some phenomenal professionals who we're sure will bring their unique perspectives to our event.

The "Future of Media" panel:

Candice Faktor (moderator)
TorStar Digital

Candice was one of a team instrumental in creating TorStar Digital in 2005 and is currently the Managing Director of Corporate Development and Innovation. As well, she is the founder of ourfaves.com in 2007. Candice is an early adopter bridging the power of user-generated content, city search and social networking. Candice was our speaker for TGGD #10 about innovation in a tough economy, so we're very pleased to have her moderating what will surely be a lively discussion.

Lori Beckstead
Ryerson University

Lori is an Assistant Professor, School of Radio and Television at Ryerson University. As an educator, she has a unique perspective on skills training, emerging platforms and what's coming next. This summer she presented at The Radio Conference 09 on "Diversity in Representation on Toronto Radio". She is involved in a number of creative projects from Sound Art installations, soundscapes to student radio dramas. Lori has extensive education in science, education including a Masters in Media Production from the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia).

Angela Misri
CBC

Angela Misri is an Operations and Resource Manager for CBC Radio. She oversees a team of web producers and podcasters who create content for Canada's National Public Broadcaster, specifically as it regards Radio 1 and Radio 2. Prior to managing the team, Angela was the podcaster for CBC Radio, and has worked as a Radio Producer, a Web Producer, and News
Writer for cbc.ca and various other departments in her ten-year stint at the CBC.

Doreen Iannuzzi
Multimedia Nova Corporation

Doreen is the Vice President, New Media for the Multimedia Nova Corporation, best known for Corriere Canadese, the Canadian Italian Daily Newspaper, founded in 1954. The Multimedia Nova is one of Canada’s leading multilingual, multicultural, multinational communications enterprises. With a unique perspective on "hyper-local", Doreen blogs at The New Mainstream about the "move beyond the conventional thinking: Canadian consumers do cross markets every day, regardless of their cultural background."

More TGGD Details:

Meals/drinks are cash & carry. We will be charging a $10.00 fee to sign up for the event. This money will be directly allocated to your first drink at dinner. If you sign up to attend, please come. If you can't attend, please change your RSVP asap so that it opens the door to others who might want to join us.

Internet turns 40!

The Internet officially turns 40 on October 29, 2009. Every day our lives and careers are changed by this invention, and it is amazing to think of the potential change yet to come around the world and for our collective futures.

In September 2009, I had the great fortune to hear Dr. Lawrence Roberts talk about his contribution to the creation and evolution of the early Internet. Dr. Roberts was part of a team of scientists who created ARPANET and packet switching.

He gave some insight into the early days of the Internet. I found it surprising that Dr. Roberts states that the basic elements have not much changed in 40 years. The highlight of his presentation was his list of the top 5 things that we need to change to make the Internet better:

1. Fairness: Multi-flow apps (P2P) overload access networks

2. Improve Network Security: Need user authentication and source checking

3. Emergency services: Need secure preference priorities

4. Cost & power: Growth constrained to Moore's law and developed areas

5. Quality and Speed: Video and voice require lower jitter and loss, consistent speed; TCP stalls slow interactive applications like the web

I think it is safe to say that each of us with our geek lives and careers have much invested in the evolution of the Internet. What do you think? What needs to be changed to make the Internet better? What are the ramifications of some of the above changes?

Dr. Robert's full presentation can be found:here. Improving packet switching continues to be his focus with his company, Anagran.

Vint Cerf, one of the early founders of the Internet, also discusses his vision on the Future of the Internet.

If you want to learn more about the inception and growth of the Internet. Check out the National Geographic article also gives great background.

Dr. Roberts presented at the NCA Security and Technology Conference on September 15, 2009. While you are on the NCA site, check out the other keynote by Art Coviello of RSA, The Security Division of EMC.

We have a winner for the meshmarketing TGGD ticket.

Pretty creative tweet! Well done Roxana! I feel particularly Girl Geeky for having broken the code.

We'll see you at meshmarketing on October 22.