
Session Highlight: Big hART taking their interactive comic to animation
Monday 20 June 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to highlight this session from Big hART: NEOMAD Comic and Community Participation
Hear from creator Stu Campbell and producers Angela Prior and Claire Leach from Big hART about the next stage for their futuristic fantasy comic series,

Tripod headline entertainment Opening Night at ACMI
Monday 20 June 2016
VIP guests and registered delegates for the 2016 Screen Futures Summit are invited to a night of celebration at ACMI!

YMF Session highlight: Independent writer and performer, Emily Dash
Monday 20 June 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to highlight this session from Sydney artist, Emily Dash.
“An Artist, Not A Work Of Art –

YMF Session highlight: SMASHED Films Screening and Q&A
Monday 20 June 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to highlight this fantastic session presented by Big hART and the Roebourne Community
Smashed Films is a collection of 10 short films that explore the connection between culture,

Event Announcement: Melbourne Screen Industry Tour
Thursday 16 June 2016
ATOM and ACMI are proud to offer an exclusive Melbourne Screen Industry Tour, to run as a pre-conference activity on Thursday 30 June,

Speaker Announcement: Q&A with Noni Hazlehurst
Thursday 2 June 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce the following session:
AFI | AACTA Presents ‘Power and Influence in the Media’

Session Announcement: Indigenous Community Media from the Bush to the City
Thursday 2 June 2016
ATOM and ACMI are please to announce this new panel: Indigenous Community Media from the Bush to the City
The panel will present a broad overview of Indigenous media and filmmaking at the present moment – from the bush to the city – as well as some historical perspective on how it has developed.

Session Announcement: Barracuda with Elias Anton, Tony Ayres and Christos Tsiolkas
Thursday 2 June 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce the following panel:
From Matchbox Pictures comes the screen adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas’

Keynote Speaker Announcement: Leena van Deventer
Thursday 2 June 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce the following Keynote speaker:
Leena van Deventer is a game developer,

YMF Workshop Announcements!
Thursday 2 June 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce the workshop program for Youth Media Festival
*The full program online Thursday 3rd June
Composing Dynamic Music for Games with Meghann O’Neill
How to Prepare and Conduct a Studio Interview with The Leak
Make Radio with Syn Media
The Adobe Bully Project Mural Workshop
The School of Rap Bully Project Workshop
Producing Sci-Fi with ACMI
ProcrastiNATION: Reimagining Collage in the Internet Era with new media artist Xanthie Dobbie
What to Photograph?

YMF Workshop Announcement: Composing Dynamic Music for Games
Wednesday 1 June 2016
APRA AMCOS proudly present,
YMF Workshop: Composing Dynamic Music for Games
Composing for videogames is a unique opportunity to design new musical structures.

YMF Keynote Announcement: YouTube Australia and New Zealand
Wednesday 1 June 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce that YouTube will also present a Keynote at the Youth Media Festival.
Keynote Panel: ‘Share your passion and grow an audience on YouTube’

YMF Session Announcement: Ready for This – Live Q & A Panel and Webinar
Saturday 28 May 2016
Youth Media Festival participants are invited to be part of the live studio audience for this session.
Ready for This –

YMF Session Announcement: How to Prepare and Conduct a Studio Interview with The Leak
Saturday 28 May 2016
ATOM and ACMI are proud to announce the following session for the Youth Media Festival program:
How to Prepare and Conduct a Studio Interview with The Leak
Learn how to prepare for and film an interview for broadcast in a TV studio with the cast and producers of The Leak.

YMF Session Announcement: Top Screen and VCE Media
Saturday 28 May 2016
ATOM and ACMI are proud to announce the following panel for the Youth Media Festival program:
Panel: Top Screen and VCE Media
This session offers insight into the selection of student work for Top Screen as part of the VCE Season of Excellence.

YMF Session Announcement: Bridging the Gap – Career Pathways for Emerging Talent
Saturday 28 May 2016
ATOM and ACMI are proud to announce the following panel for the Youth Media Festival program:
Bridging the Gap: Career Pathways for Emerging Talent
This panel seeks to explore career pathways for emerging talent in the screen industry.

YMF Session Announcement: Writing for Comedy with Benjamin Law and Peter Ivan
Saturday 28 May 2016
ATOM and ACMI are proud to announce the following panel for the Youth Media Festival program:
Writing for Comedy: In Conversation with Benjamin Law and Peter Ivan
This session looks at comedy writing in feature film and television in 2016,

YMF Keynote Announcement: Luma Pictures present the VFX on Ant-Man
Saturday 28 May 2016
Opening Keynote Panel at the Youth Media Festival: A behind the scenes look at the VFX for Marvel Studios’ feature Ant-Man.

Keynote Announcement: Screen Culture, Identity and Diversity in the Media
Tuesday 24 May 2016
Keynote Panel: “Screen Culture, Identity and Diversity in the Media”
Rousing audiences to a standing ovation, Miranda Tapsell accepted her 2016 Logie Award with the words,

Keynote Announcement: John Cabrera
Tuesday 24 May 2016
International Keynote: ‘Content as Community’ – US web series Creator John Cabrera
John Cabrera, the US creator of the huge web series H+,

Keynote Announcement: YouTube Panel
Tuesday 24 May 2016
Keynote Panel: ‘Share your passion and grow an audience on YouTube’ – YouTube’s Partner Manager, Guillaume Deront
YouTube AUNZ’s Online Partnership Manager Guillaume Deront will be joined by local YouTube channel celebrities to share the future of YouTube with you,

Speaker Announcement: ALEA & VATE present Lisa Norris and Deborah Cohen
Tuesday 17 May 2016
Session Name: Transforming early years’ literacy strategies with ‘Little J and Big Cuz’
Lisa Norris: Lisa currently works for the ACER Foundation,

Speaker Announcement: ALEA & VATE present Annemaree O’Brien
Tuesday 17 May 2016
Session Name: Visual focalisation and designing meaning in visual texts
Annemaree O’Brien is a Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education,

Speaker Announcement: ALEA & VATE present Natalie Stewart
Tuesday 17 May 2016
Session Name: Harnessing digital tools in the English classroom
Natalie Stewart teaches English at Methodist Ladies’ College. She has a particular interest and commitment to providing staff professional learning opportunities focused on ways technology can support better approaches to teaching and learning.

Speaker Announcement: ALEA & VATE present Anthony Young
Tuesday 17 May 2016
Session Name: Memes and Podcasts as Literature
Anthony Young is the Head of English and Language at Braemar College in Woodend Victoria.

Speaker Announcement: ALEA & VATE present Tim Nolan
Tuesday 17 May 2016
Session Name: Questioning Reality: The Media, and its (Re)Construction of Truth
Timothy Nolan is an English and Media teacher from Ave Maria College in Aberfeldie.

Speaker Announcement: ALEA & VATE present Susan Bye and Anna Kuch
Tuesday 17 May 2016
Session Name: From Print to Screen: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Susan Bye — is an education programmer at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

Speaker Announcement: ALEA & VATE present Jo O’Mara
Tuesday 17 May 2016
Session Name: Game making as Language and Literacy Curriculum
Dr Joanne O’Mara is an Associate Professor in Language and Literacy at Deakin University.

Session Announcement: ALEA & VATE present ‘Envisaging, Interpreting & Creating Texts in the Classroom’
Tuesday 17 May 2016
This panel will discuss issues, ideas and understandings of the interplay between media pedagogy and multiliteracies and how these can be envisaged in terms of interpreting and creating texts in the classroom.

Keynote Announcement: ALEA and VATE present Dr Jon Callow
Tuesday 17 May 2016
Dr Jon Callow teaches and researches at the University of Sydney, as well as coordinating the Master of Teaching Primary program.

Special Program Announcement: The ALEA and VATE Multi-Literacies Strand
Monday 16 May 2016
Saturday 2 July – Day 2 of the Summit
For the first time, peak Victorian teaching associations the Australian Literacy Educators’

Save the Date: Full Program Online!
Monday 16 May 2016
The full program will be online and session bookings will be open from Monday, 30th May.
We look forward to posting information on how to use Guidebook,

Federal Election: Postal Voting for Screen Futures Delegates
Monday 16 May 2016
Yes – the election is on the Saturday of the Summit – but don’t sweat it – as you will be unable to vote between the hours of 8am and 6pm,

YMF Session Announcement: Writing for screen – Finding your place
Wednesday 11 May 2016
The Australian Writer’s Guild (AWG) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) proudly present an industry panel for aspiring and emerging screen writers at the Youth Media Festival.

Unveiling our Youth Media Festival artwork!
Monday 2 May 2016
We are very excited to launch our beautiful program artwork, designed by an incredibly talented local Melbourne illustrator Kate Moon.

Session Announcement: Chasing Asylum Screening & Q&A
Friday 29 April 2016
* Exciting News Update – Eva Orner will now be in Melbourne for the Q&A with Julian Burnside.

Unveiling our program artwork!
Thursday 7 April 2016
We are very excited to launch our beautiful program artwork, designed by talented illustrator and RMIT alumnus Jacqueline Nguyen.

Speaker Announcement: Dr Tim Kitchen
Monday 4 April 2016
Following over twenty years of teaching experience in Melbourne, Dr Tim Kitchen is currently Adobe’s Senior Education Specialist for Asia Pacific.

Speaker Announcement: Josh Caratelli
Monday 4 April 2016
Josh Caratelli is an award-winning game developer and, at nineteen, is already beginning to make his mark. He earned his first Xbox and PlayStation game credit at fifteen and recently launched the eco-friendly Smog Game onto the App Store through his own registered company.

Speaker Announcement: Kieran Nolan
Monday 4 April 2016
Kieran Nolan is Educational Technologist & eLearning Coordinator at Wooranna Park Primary School in Dandenong North, leading internationally collaborative class projects (via CoderDojo and Immersive Education) using tools such as MinecraftEdu,

Speaker Announcement: Dan Golding
Thursday 24 March 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce the first of a slate of Games speakers for the Summit program.
Dr.

Session Announcement: Benjamin Law, Julie Eckersley and the SBS team
Thursday 24 March 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce that the team behind the hit TV series The Family Law will present at the Summit.

Speaker Announcement: David S. Vadiveloo
Thursday 24 March 2016
David Vadiveloo is a multi-award-winning Australian filmmaker, human-rights lawyer and educationalist. In 2005, he was awarded the Australian Human Rights Commission Award for Individual Community Achievement for his work with Indigenous youth.

Early-bird registration extended – four days only!
Tuesday 15 March 2016
Due to the short week in many states, early-bird registration has been extended to 5pm AEDT, Friday 18 March. Be quick –

Session Announcement: ABC Heywire
Tuesday 1 March 2016
Heywire is a chance for regional and rural youth to have their voices heard. This annual storytelling competition, run by the ABC,

Session Announcement: Thank You for Playing
Tuesday 1 March 2016
Thank You for Playing – documentary screening and Q&A with the filmmakers
When Ryan, a video game designer,

Speaker Announcement: Christopher Hills
Tuesday 1 March 2016
Christopher is a video editor and owner of Switched-On Video Editing. He has completed jobs for clients such as Queensland Health,

Speaker Announcement: Professor Matthew Ricketson
Tuesday 16 February 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce our first slate of speakers and presenters for the July Screen Futures Summit.

Speaker Announcement: Professor Jock Given
Monday 15 February 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce our first slate of speakers and presenters for the July Screen Futures Summit.

Speaker Announcement: Nathan Anderson
Monday 15 February 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce our first slate of speakers and presenters for the July Screen Futures Summit.

Speaker Announcement: Marni Cordell
Wednesday 10 February 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce our first slate of speakers and presenters for the July Screen Futures Summit.

Speaker Announcement: Peter Ivan
Wednesday 10 February 2016
Speaker Update: Peter Ivan to present at Youth Media Festival
Peter Ivan will now be presenting at the Youth Media Festival instead of the Summit.

Session Announcement: ‘Ready For This’ Live Q&A
Wednesday 10 February 2016
The Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) presents a behind-the-scenes look at Ready For This:
On paper, Ready for This may seem like your average teen drama,

Speaker Announcement: Sue Maslin
Wednesday 10 February 2016
ATOM and ACMI are excited to announce our first slate of speakers and presenters for the July Screen Futures Summit.

Deluxe Iloura
Wednesday 11 November 2015
A key part of the ‘Industry’ strand of the Screen Futures Summit program will be taking a look at the ever-growing industry of visual effects and animation in Australia.

Early-Bird Registration Opens
Thursday 1 October 2015
Purchase a 3-Day Summit Pass at the early-bird rate and save over 20% on your Screen Futures Summit registration.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Melbourne Screen Industry Tour
Thursday 1 October 2015
We are proud to offer an exclusive Melbourne Screen Industry Tour, to run as a pre-conference activity on Thursday 30 June,

Keynote Speaker Announcement: Graeme Turner
Thursday 1 October 2015
The Screen Futures Program Advisory Board is delighted to welcome the Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner as a keynote speaker in our 2016 program.

Keynote Speaker Announcement: Paul Wells
Tuesday 14 July 2015
We are excited to announce the first keynote speaker for the 2016 Screen Futures Summit: the UK’s Professor Paul Wells,

Call for Abstracts
Wednesday 8 July 2015
The 2016 Screen Futures Summit and Youth Media Festival is now calling for abstracts!
All abstracts are to be submitted online through this website.