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June 14, 2005
Issue: Budget vote today
The federal Liberals were not expected to fall after a series of confidence votes to be held late tonight, according to many pundits, including SFU political science professor Patrick Smith, but that could change, given word of an ultimatum by MP Pat O'Brien, that he and an unnamed Liberal will vote against the minority government unless the same-sex marriage bill is delayed. That could mean a summer election campaign. Smith can comment as the evening unfolds.
Issue: Movie giants amalgamate
The law governing the survival of the financially fittest is downsizing the entertainment industry again. Ed Bukszar, a business administration professor with expertise in organizational and strategic management, can discuss the significance of Cineplex Galaxy and Famous Players merging. Bukszar says the merger has more to do with the industry's organic growth slowing than consolidation driven by new media synergies. Says Bukszar, “This is a straight forward case of growth through acquisition.”
Idea: Experts track digital game use and development
International experts on gaming and digital play will participate in Changing Views: Worlds in Play, an internatonal conference of the Digital Games Research Association (DIGRA), at SFU Vancouver, Harbour Centre campus and Wosk Centre, June 16-20. The conference is aimed at building common ground between game research, design and development. Conference chair and SFU education professor Suzanne de Castell says as knowledge, information and skill development become increasingly accessible outside the confines of formal education, entertainment-oriented commercial gaming continues to advance by leaps and bounds in its ability to attract and keep players engaged. “Such cultural shifts call for a dramatic change of view as we reshape and rethink the place of digital games now and in the future,” she says.
Website: www.gamesconference.org
Idea: Performing arts and science meet
Where do the arts meet science? In the arts, performance has traditionally implied a staged activity using a form like dance, music and theatre. Science focuses on the efficiency of mechanical or technological systems and prototypes in specific goal-oriented tasks. Their meeting place is where researchers involved in a project called TransNet are focused. SFU contemporary arts' Henry Daniel can look at how the seemingly disparate disciplines connect, and what experts discover at a conference called Transdisciplinary Approaches to Performance and Technology, June 16-18 at SFU's Burnaby Campus
The federal Liberals were not expected to fall after a series of confidence votes to be held late tonight, according to many pundits, including SFU political science professor Patrick Smith, but that could change, given word of an ultimatum by MP Pat O'Brien, that he and an unnamed Liberal will vote against the minority government unless the same-sex marriage bill is delayed. That could mean a summer election campaign. Smith can comment as the evening unfolds.
- Patrick Smith, 604.291.1544 (h); patrick_smith@sfu.ca
Issue: Movie giants amalgamate
The law governing the survival of the financially fittest is downsizing the entertainment industry again. Ed Bukszar, a business administration professor with expertise in organizational and strategic management, can discuss the significance of Cineplex Galaxy and Famous Players merging. Bukszar says the merger has more to do with the industry's organic growth slowing than consolidation driven by new media synergies. Says Bukszar, “This is a straight forward case of growth through acquisition.”
- Ed Bukszar, 604-291-3009, bukszar@sfu.ca
Idea: Experts track digital game use and development
International experts on gaming and digital play will participate in Changing Views: Worlds in Play, an internatonal conference of the Digital Games Research Association (DIGRA), at SFU Vancouver, Harbour Centre campus and Wosk Centre, June 16-20. The conference is aimed at building common ground between game research, design and development. Conference chair and SFU education professor Suzanne de Castell says as knowledge, information and skill development become increasingly accessible outside the confines of formal education, entertainment-oriented commercial gaming continues to advance by leaps and bounds in its ability to attract and keep players engaged. “Such cultural shifts call for a dramatic change of view as we reshape and rethink the place of digital games now and in the future,” she says.
Website: www.gamesconference.org
- Contact: Suzanne de Castell is available before and during the conference via Marianne Meadahl or Carol Thorbes, Media & PR, 604.291.3210. She also checks email: decaste@sfu.ca
Idea: Performing arts and science meet
Where do the arts meet science? In the arts, performance has traditionally implied a staged activity using a form like dance, music and theatre. Science focuses on the efficiency of mechanical or technological systems and prototypes in specific goal-oriented tasks. Their meeting place is where researchers involved in a project called TransNet are focused. SFU contemporary arts' Henry Daniel can look at how the seemingly disparate disciplines connect, and what experts discover at a conference called Transdisciplinary Approaches to Performance and Technology, June 16-18 at SFU's Burnaby Campus
- Henry Daniel, contemporary arts, 604.291.3897; hdaniel@sfu.caBonnie Jean Mah, contemporary arts, 604.291.4672, bonniejean_mah@sfu.ca