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To: scca_newsletter@mail.ljudmila.org<BR>Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 22:34:21 +0200<BR>From: scca_newsletter@mail.ljudmila.org<BR>Subject: [Scca_newsletter] Cultural Contact Point Slovenia invites to the Re-network! conference, 12.6.2008, Ljubljana<BR><BR>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">SCCA, Center for Contemporary Arts-Ljubljana</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">PRESS RELEASE</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>No. 8/2008</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Ljubljana, May 29, 2008 </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Re-network!</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">International conference on networking in the cultural sector </FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">12 June 2008, from 9.00 to 12.30</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">City Hotel Ljubljana, Dalmatinova 15, Slovenia </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Cultural Contact Point Slovenia is inviting you to the <SPAN>international conference on networking in the cultural sector, </SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Re-network!</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Networking in arts and culture has had a long tradition in Europe and there is hardly any professional organisation that is not a member of at least one international network. However, networks as well are facing radical changes affecting cultural industries: new technologies enabling free flow of works and information, audience being transformed into active users… </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">With the special emphasis put on the intercultural dialogue between the EU and SEE the conference's aim is to find out how ''old'' and ''new'' cultural networks respond to these circumstances and how they manage the problem of free flow of information especially if relevant to transnational cooperation. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">The conference will be opened with the introductory speeches by </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Barbara Kozelj</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">, director-general of the Directorate for Art, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Marko Peljhan</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">, ambassador of Intercultural Dialogue. </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Alenka Pirman</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">, artist and founding member of the Domestic Research Society, will moderate discussion with the representatives of EU & SEE cultural networks: </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Daphne Tepper</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"> (Culture Action Europe - EFAH), </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Pal Steigan</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"> (TEH), </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Vesna Milosavljevic</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"> (inSEEcp), </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Juan Carlos De Martin</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"> (COMMUNIA), </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Dragana Alfirevic</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"> (Balkan Dance Network). </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Moreover, two keynote speakers will present their views on and experience in networking and free flow of information: </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Peter Inkei</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"> (Budapest Observatory) and </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Vuk Cosic</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"> (net artist). </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Re-network!</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"> represents a public part of the Informal meeting of European Cultural Contact Points (</SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">CCP Meeting</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">) taking place in Ljubljana and Maribor from 11 to 14 June 2008 as one of the official events within the Slovene EU Presidency cultural programme. As a parallel event, the </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">inSEEcp Meeting</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"> will take place, gathering editors of on-line cultural portals from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosna and Hercegovina.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Registration </FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">By filling the </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><A href="http://www.ccp.si/re-network/english/submit.php" target=_blank><FONT color=#800080>electronic form</FONT></A></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">, please confirm your participation at the conference </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Re-network!</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"> by </SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Monday, 2 June 2008</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">. Only on the basis of your on-line registration CCP Slovenia will be able to arrange your accreditation. The conference is free of charge; travel and hotel accommodation will be covered by participants.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Further information</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><A href="http://www.ccp.si/re-network/english/#4" target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Re-network!</FONT></A></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> website: General information / Target Group / Conference programme / Presentation of the speakers and panellists / Registration </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Contact person: Mateja Lazar, CCP Slovenia, tel.: 00 386 1 431 83 85, e-mail: <A href="mailto:ccp@scca-ljubljana.si">ccp@scca-ljubljana.si</A></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Kindly welcomed!</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Re-network! is organized by Cultural Contact Point Slovenia / SCCA, Center for Contemporary Arts-Ljubljana with a support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the European Commission (DG EAC) and Executive Agency (EACEA), Government Communication Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenian EU Presidency Secretariat, CCP Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia and other partners. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><FONT face="Times New Roman">This conference reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">SCCA-Ljubljana</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Center for Contemporary Arts </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><A href="http://www.scca-ljubljana.si/" target=_blank>http://www.scca-ljubljana.si</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">phone: 00 386 1 431 83 85</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">fax: 00 386 1 430 06 29</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">contact person: Dusan Dovc</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">e-mail: <A href="mailto:info@scca-ljubljana.si">info@scca-ljubljana.si</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">SCCA-Ljubljana program is supported by Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and City of Ljubljana.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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