1st International Conference on New Media Technology 2007

Media technologies are currently facing challenges and opportunities arising from a number of trends: Under the Web 2.0 umbrella, social aspects of software are gaining importance, and a new focus on simplicity in user interface design is taking hold. New display devices (e.g. e-paper) and client software (e.g. geo-browsers), will revolutionize the production and consumption of media products such as newspapers. At the same time, semantic technologies are maturing to the point where their broad adoption becomes almost inevitable. In conjunction with new media, semantic technologies and social software catalyze virtual communities by matching people of similar interests, browsing behavior, or geographic location. Acknowledging these fundamental changes, traditional media companies, new media start-ups and academics are cooperating to shape the future of media technology, to make the most of text, audio and video assets. I-MEDIA brings these actors together.