Linked Heritage Cultural Digitisation Conference 2013

Lord Puttnam, Digital Champion for Ireland

Lord Puttnam, Digital Champion for Ireland

Lord Puttnam, Digital Champion for Ireland

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‘Digital technology has fundamentally reshaped the way in which people of every age connect with society.’

Lord Puttnam, Digital Champion for Ireland and renowned film producer, delivered the keynote speech at the Linked Heritage international conference Access, Use, Re-use: Unlocking the potential of online digital cultural content to a large international audience in Dublin Castle on 17th June 2013. The conference discussed how even greater quantities of cultural collections can be opened up for 24/7 easy access to images, videos, audios and animations

l-r: Mr. Javier Hernández-Ros, Head of Unit - Creativity, Directorate G, Media and Data, Directorate General CONNECT, European Commission; Ms. Annette Kelly, Head of Libraries Development, LGMA; Mr. Michael Malone, Kildare County Manager; Ms. Geraldine Tallon, Secretary General, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; Mr. Fergus O'Dowd, T.D., Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; Mr. Barry Quinlan, Principal Officer, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; Mr. Paul McSweeney, Chief Executive Officer, Local Government Management Agency.

l-r: Mr. Javier Hernández-Ros, Head of Unit - Creativity, Directorate G, Media and Data, Directorate General CONNECT, European Commission; Ms. Annette Kelly, Head of Libraries Development, LGMA; Mr. Michael Malone, Kildare County Manager; Ms. Geraldine Tallon, Secretary General, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; Mr. Fergus O'Dowd, T.D., Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; Mr. Barry Quinlan, Principal Officer, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; Mr. Paul McSweeney, Chief Executive Officer, Local Government Management Agency.

l-r: Mr. Javier Hernández-Ros, Head of Unit - Creativity, Directorate G, Media and Data, Directorate General CONNECT, European Commission; Ms. Annette Kelly, Head of Libraries Development, LGMA; Mr. Michael Malone, Kildare County Manager; Ms. Geraldine Tallon, Secretary General, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; Mr. Fergus O'Dowd, T.D., Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; Mr. Barry Quinlan, Principal Officer, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; Mr. Paul McSweeney, Chief Executive Officer, Local Government Management Agency.

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The Linked Heritage conference was opened by the Minister for State, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Fergus O’Dowd, T.D. and was hosted by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and Libraries Development, Local Government Management Agency .

Presentations

Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission, Video Message

Lord Puttnam, CBE, Digital Champion for Ireland

Javier Hernandez-Ros, DG Connect/G-2 - Creativity

Prefessor Jonathan Drori, CBE, Culture and Technology Specialist

Frédéric Bokobza, Minstry of Culture and Communication, France

Sara de Freitas, The Serious Games Institute

Rosella Caffo, Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane

Paul McSweeney, CEO, Local Government Management Agency

Ciaran Clissmann, Pintail Ltd.