The Conference 12:30 till 17:30 will be broadcast from the Lecturespace, Marienstrasse on Air on Radio FRO 105.0 MHz as well as via Livestream. Additionally the confernce will be accessible for the first time via Videostream and can be attended via IRC chat. For more Infos click here.
He is reasercher in the field of radio for years. He works at the university of Halle (Germany) and is active in radio - arts - experiments.
He is active in political sciences since the 1970s, is active as mediascientist since the 1990s and concerned with the digtialization of broadcast, especially in the field of audio broadcast, for years. Researcher and teacher at the university of Hamburg.
Gabriele Kotsis is IT Expert and operated 20032007 as Head of the Austrian Computer Society and will become with fall 2007 vice-rector of reserch at the Johannes Kepler University, Linz. She works in the field of telecooperation and is therefore well informed about new approaches in the field of computing and especially information and telecommunincation technologies.
As one of the pioneers in Austrian private radio Christian Jungwirth made a name for himself as the initiator and founder of several independent radio stations in Austria as early as the 1990s, including Orange 94.0, das Freie Radio in Vienna. From 1998 2001 he also served as General Manager of the nation-wide Association of Free Radios Austria. Since 2001 he has continued his media-policy work with this association in the position of a board member. In January 2005 Christian Jungwirth accepted the position of Managing Director of the newly founded Vienna Community Television Station Okto.
Christoph Lindenmaier is radio & media expert whose involvement with Free Radio goes back to its very inception. Most of Austria's community radios found support from him in technical and/or conceptional way. He was invi´olved in several european and international media projects, like AIM, which was dedicated to free speech and media empowerment in the balkans. Autonomy and affordability are main aspects he stresses whcih need to be at the core of the concerns of free media.
Sebastian Loudon is press officer for the RTR (the Austrian Board of Telecommunication Regulations) and specialized in digitalization. So he will answer our questions concerning digitalization, its impacts and especially the plans of Austria concerning analog turnoff and the porcess of switchover.
Community Radio Pioneer in Italy (Radio Julia 1970s) author and expert concerning the relations between media and social movements.
