During 2008, we will develop and evaluate flexible workflow support, and investigate the relation between BPM and knowledge management, as well as further refining domain-specific methods for the screen business.

Specific topics include applying BPM and knowledge management-related methods and tools to support creative decision-making in the screen business and the use of exception-handling techniques to deal with supporting deviations from plans as they occur in the film-making process.

We will also pursue workflow design and adaptation for screen business production within mobile and disconnected environments.

In December 2007, we gave a presentation on applying BPM to the screen business to a delegation from Central China Normal University, and discussed possible collaboration on the project.

In November 2007, Stefan Seidel from the European Centre for Information Systems (ERCIS) of the University of Muenster, Germany, visited our research group. ERCIS became become an Affiliated Partner of the Centre of Excellence in early 2008, and a collaboration agreement has been signed by CCI and the University of Muenster.

In May 2007, we ran a two-day course on Business Process Management for the AFTRS in Sydney and in April we conducted a two-day workshop/interview with Digital Pictures, the largest member of the OmniLab Media Group. A progress report was submitted in May leading to a request for ongoing collaboration with Digital Pictures.

Creative Commons au is pleased to announce that details for its 2008 national conference, Building an Australasian Creative Commons, have now been finalised. Building an Australasian Commons will be held on 24 June 2008 at the State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. The event provides an opportunity for those interested in the free internet to come together to exchange ideas, information and inspiration. The event is free but registration is required.

Angelina Russo has been invited to present at the Museums Australia Futures Forum to be held in Canberra on 19 – 21 May. Read more about it here!

Angelina Russo was invited to act as thematic editor for New South Wales Museums and Gallery Services ‘The MAG’. This issue focuses on the use of social media in cultural organisations and includes articles by Dr Lynda Kelly from the Australian Museum, Carolyn Royston from the Victoria and Albert Museum. It also includes an interview with Caroline Payson from the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York and several Australian case studies of the use of social media. The issue is due out in mid May!

Angelina Russo was invited to give the first presentation in the annual State Library of Victoria ‘Digital Forum’ series. The talk was presented by Andrew Hiskens, Manager for Learning and approximately 100 people attended. You can read more about it here!

Angelina Russo was invited to present to the Victorian Cultural Network Governance Committee. The Governance Committee is made up of key execs from five cultural agencies: Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Museum Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, State Library of Victoria, and Victorian Arts Centre Trust - and some Arts Victoria reps. As a Governance Committee, they have responsibility to set strategic directions for the Victorian Cultural Network project.

Angelina met up with Caroline Payson, Director of Design, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Brisbane where Caroline was hosted by Arts Queensland to deliver a roundtable with government agencies, a public talk and two masterclasses. The public talk was opened by the Honourable Minster for Trade, Arts and Training, Mr Rod Welford. You can read more about it here!

Angelina Russo and Sebastian Chan were invited back to the prestigious Museums and the Web Conference in San Francisco to present an updated version of their highly popular ‘Planning for Social Media’ workshop. You can read a review of this workshop here!

A new book has been launched by current and former researchers from QUT’s Intellectual Property: Knowledge Culture Economy program led by Professor Brian Fitzgerald. Copyright law, digital content and the Internet in the Asia-Pacific, edited by Brian Fitzgerald, Fuping Gao, Damien O'Brien and Sampsung Xiaoxiang Shi, provides a unique insight into the key issues facing copyright law and digital content policy in a networked information world.

A number of keynote speakers at the Creating Value conference being hosted by CCI in June this year have been confirmed. The list of eminent intellectuals and journalists includes:
Henry Jenkins, an international authority on the cultural implications of technological convergence, the digital economy and user-generated creativity;
Mark Deuze, advocate for citizen journalism and public communication, and theorist of creative and cultural labour;

2020's focus on traditional arts funding came at the expense of our creative growth sectors, writes Creative Australia delegate Stuart Cunningham. The Australia 2020 Summit brought people from the heights and the streets together to meet and exchange ideas. It was an exciting concept that produced many valuable ideas.

Professor Fitzgerald’s article on ‘Copyright 2010: The Future of Copyright’ has been accepted for publication in 2008 as an Opinion Piece in the prestigious international academic journal European Intellectual Property Review.

John Hartley is organising a high-level research workshop, jointly funded by FEAST (Forum on European-Australian Science & Technology research), to develop the dialogue between evolutionary economics, complexity theory and game theory (on the one hand) and creative industries, innovation policy and cultural studies (on the other).

Stuart Cunningham, director of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation will be attending the Australia 2020 summit. Stuart will be participating in the 'Towards a creative Australia' session.

In this, the third CCI annual report, the centre's director, Stuart Cunningham introduces the report with an outline of the achievements of the centre over the last year while John Hartley discusses the implications of current policy for creative industries research in Australia.

The OCL research project partnered with the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) to run its 2007 emerging technology labs Still/Open. The aim of this partnership was to establish closer contacts with artists and creative practitioners, and so gain clearer insights into their needs. The labs consisted of a series of two-day workshops and a public forum held in three cities: Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane.