2010 Conference Program
The full conference program is available to download in PDF format here.
The program at a glance is available to download in PDF format here.
Friday
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8.00am |
Registration Desk and Exhibition Opens |
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9.00am |
Plenary 1 |
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Introduction Welcome by Deborah Welch, President CBAA |
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9.05am |
Welcome to Country Leonie Dickson |
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9.15am |
Ministerial Address Senator The Hon. Stephen Conroy |
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9.30am |
President’s Address Deborah Welch, CBAA President Introducing CBloggers Project - Jonathan Brown, Youth Representative |
| 9.45am |
Keynote Address The Hon. Senator Scott Ludlam Australian Greens’ spokesperson for Broadband, Communications & the Digital Economy |
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9.55am |
Keynote Address David O’Byrne, Tasmanian Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage, Minister for Workplace Relations, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sport and Recreation and Minister for Hospitality |
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10.30am – 11am |
MORNING TEA |
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11am – 12pm |
Plenary 2 |
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Panel Session: Stayin' Alive Chair: Deborah Welch, President This is a Q and A style session facilitated by The Wire’s Annie Hastwell. 4 radio stations that have faced and overcome major hurdles, share their lessons in lobbying and methods of turning a situation around for the benefit of the station and its community. Each speaker will give a brief presentation, and questions will be taken from the floor. Room: Tasman Room |
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Good Business Practice Speaker: Olya Booyar, General Manager, Content Consumer and Citizen Division, ACMA Room: Tasman Room |
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12.00pm – 1.00pm |
Workshops |
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Session 3A |
Community Media and Community Cultural Development Presenters: Christina Spurgeon (QUT) This session showcases innovative initiatives in community building with a view to considering how community media facilitate community cultural development, as well as the ways that these applications might benefit from communications infrastructure, including broadband. Coordinator: Adrian Basso Room: Wellington 2 |
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Session 3B |
Your Station’s Website - Minimum Effort with Maximum Effect Presenters: Nicola Joseph, National Training Project Need some quick and easy solutions to creating new online content? Feel that your station is missing out on opportunities for radio using new platforms? There is no doubt about it, community radio must embrace the online platform or risk being left behind. This session takes a look at how radio stations around the world are making the transition to multiplatforms. We will examine a range of free online tools and opportunities which will not only make your radio station’s website come to life but it will also bring you closer to your audience and supporters....and it is all achieved with a minimum of effort! Coordinator: Tracey Savage Room: Tasman Room |
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Session 3C |
Challenges and Opportunities for Community Radio When Covering Suicide and Mental Illness Presenters: Marc Bryant, Project Manager, Mindframe As well as an introduction to the CBAA project, the workshop will explore both general issues related to the coverage of suicide and mental illness and specific issues faced by those working in community radio. It will also highlight the key challenges facing the community radio environment – in both news and programming – but will also highlight some of the unique opportunities that radio provides by exploring unique community concerns. Coordinator: Leenie Fabri Room: Wellington 1 |
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Session 3D |
Using the New Do-It-Yourself Radio Toolbox for Training at Your Station Presenter: NSW Department of Education and Training The DIY Radio Toolbox is a new training tool anyone can use, covering all the community radio basics and beyond. Our hands-on workshop will guide you through using this fun interactive CD to develop the skills and knowledge of your presenters, board, and station volunteers or staff. Find out how to integrate this into your own training whether it’s accredited or not. Coordinator: John MacInnes Room: Boardwalk Gallery |
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1.00pm – 2.00pm |
LUNCH Youth Caucus Over Lunch |
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2.00pm – 3.30pm |
Workshops |
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Session 4A |
Technology, Technologists, and the Business of Radio as a Business Presenters: John Maizels and members of the TSC
Chair: Phillip Randal Room: Wellington 1 |
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Session 4B |
Your Station's website- Social networking and Membership Management for Community Radio Presenters: Brandon Saul, Executive Director, Community Engine Case study: Social media has revolutionised the way people interact with each other. In the same way that social technologies have changed our personal lives, social business is fundamentally changing how organisations engage their communities. With the use of the latest social networking, membership management and community engagement technology, FBi Radio is proactively fostering an active online community. In doing so it is creating a social space for members, supporters and listeners to talk about their passions with each other. The net result is an increase in membership of 200%, and the cost of managing the member base have been reduced as the bulk of the work is now highly efficient and automated allowing staff to focus on other key operational areas. All while improving perceived quality of service for members (and listeners). Chair: Tracey Savage Room: Tasman Room |
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Session 4C |
The Future of Young People in Community Broadcasting Presenter: Jonathan Brown, CBloggers Project Coordinator, CBAA Board Youth Representative, Radio Adelaide Broadcaster, Foundation for Young Australians Young Social Pioneer 2010 Jenny O’Keefe, 3PBS The Breakfast Spread Broadcaster (former 3JOY Youth and Training Coordinator) Jon King, CBF Grants Administrator (former Victorian Government Youth Policy Officer and 3SYN Music Director) Young people already play an important role in community broadcasting as one of the largest groups in the sector. This session looks at how young people participate in the sector and will explore how we can work better to engage and involve young people. Coordinator: Alex White Room: Wellington 2 |
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Session 4D |
Regulatory Obligations: Guidelines and B66 Presenter: Phyllis Fong and Stephen Atkins, Community Broadcasting Group, ACMA Chaired by Libby Jamieson This will be a Q&A session on the regulatory obligations of licensees, emphasising good business practices outlined in guidelines that help licensees to achieve compliance, including in providing evidence in relation to an investigation of a complaint and in supporting claims made in B66 when applying for licence renewal. Coordinator: Alexis Roitman Room: Boardwalk Gallery |
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3.30pm – 4.00pm |
AFTERNOON TEA |
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4.00pm – 5.30pm |
Workshops |
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Session 5A |
Radius – Community Digital Radio Presenters: David Sice, Technical Consultant, CBAA Alex White, Project Assistant, Digital Radio Project, CBAA Phillip Randall, Member of the DRCC representing the Sydney DRC and Chief Executive Officer at 2CBA, Peter Rohweder, Member of the DRCC representing the Sydney DRC and Station Manager at 4EB Chaired by Kath Letch, General Manager, CBAA 2010 marks the beginning of the first stage of digital radio services in the community sector. In this initial implementation, metropolitan-wide community broadcast licensees in mainland capital cities are being equipped and enabled to broadcast digital radio services. As this emerging platform develops what are the opportunities and challenges for the community broadcast sector? A panel discussion and workshop Q&A presented by the Digital Radio Project. Coordinator: Adrian Basso Room: Boardwalk Gallery |
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Session 5B |
Station Websites, Music Content and Cash Made Easy with Amrap Presenters: Chris Johnson, Brooke Olsen & Brigitte Dagg, Amrap - the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project, David Shiels from APRA The Amrap team will introduce three innovative new services for stations: AirNet: In 2011 Amrap is giving every station and individual broadcaster the AirNet system to easily add program info, photos, videos, music playlists and program news to station websites. AirNet helps you easily collect music content and general news to display on your station website and individual program pages, and can be used to report airplay during APRA week. TrackIt: Amrap’s AirIt is fast becoming the world’s largest non-profit database of Australian music. Find out how you can manage your existing CD library and build a digital music library with Amrap’s TrackIt. Amrap Newsroom: Find out how broadcasters can get paid to produce content that promotes Australian music through the new 24hr Amrap newsroom. Find out how your station can get paid to add live music recordings to Amrap’s online catalogue – AirIt. Coordinator: Tracey Savage Room: Wellington 1 |
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Session 5C |
CBF Grants – The Inside Scoop Presenters: Jon King, CBF Grants Administrator (Amrap, CBOnline and Digital Radio) The session will look at what information should be included in your grant applications, grant reports, the specific objectives and priorities each grant category tries to achieve and how Grant Advisory Committees assess your grant application. Bring a pen and you can virtually write a grant application throughout the session! Chair: John MacInnes Room: Tasman Room |
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Session 5D |
News and Current Affairs for Small Stations Presenter: Tim Lennox, News & Current Affairs Director, JOY 94.9, Danae Gibson, General Manager, JOY 94.9 Participants will acquire the knowledge and inspiration to establish news and current affairs type content consistent with their station size and resources. Increasing your stations ability to provide localised and independent news and community information. Chair: Libby Jamieson Room: Wellington 2 |
Saturday
| 9.00am - 11.00am | Plenary 3 |
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9.00am - 9.15am |
Plenary Chair: Danae Gibson How to use the National Listeners Survey Presentation by Matt Balogh, Macnair Ingenuity and David Melzer, CBOnline Room: Tasman Room |
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9.15am –10.10am |
Keynote Speaker Broadband, Yes - But What About the Users? Professor Trevor Barr, Swinburne University Room: Tasman Room |
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10.10am – 10.20am |
AirNet Launch Speaker: Chris Johnson, Amrap Room: Tasman Room |
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10.20am – 10.30am |
Dispute Resolution Service Launch Speaker: Dr Paul Gibson Room: Tasman Room |
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10.30am – 11.00am |
Meet the Candidates Candidates for election to the Board of the CBAA and the General Grants Advisory Committee of the CBF |
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11.00am – 11.30am |
MORNING TEA |
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11.30am – 1.00pm |
Workshops |
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Session 7A |
Resolving Conflicts – The Basics Presenter: Dr Paul R Gibson. Mediator & Arbitrator, representing The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators, Australia IAMA). This session is designed for anyone who is responsible for managing conflicts and disputes within the Station working environment. The (Draft) CBAA Dispute Resolution Procedure is being released at the Conference and this session contains knowledge and information which is critical to its successful application. Helpful advice will also be provided to those attending, to minimize conflict in and around their Stations’ work environment. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions regarding the management of workplace conflict. Coordinator: Libby Jamieson Room: Boardwalk Gallery Sponsored By: ACMA |
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Session 7B |
Preparing Your Communities for Emergencies Presenters: Melanie Mills, the Director of Communities and Media Relations at the Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner Peter Weeks, UGFM Anthony Frangi, University of Queensland, Michele Hendrie, Media and Crisis Management, Attorney-General’s Department Chair, Steve Ahern will facilitate a panel of specialists on the role of community broadcasters before and during emergencies. Find out about the best way to prepare the community for emergencies, how to respond to developing crises and the role of Emergency Broadcasters. The session will begin with specialist discussion, then will widen into a Q & A session where all participants will be involved. Melanie Mills will discuss the process for becoming an emergency broadcaster in Victoria, and explain how emergency broadcasting agreements work in practice. Coordinator: Alexis Roitman Room: Tasman Room Sponsored By: Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner (OESC) |
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Session 7C |
Women in Community Broadcasting Presenters: Leenie Fabri, CBAA Women's Rep / 3JOY This is a content initiative project aiming to showcase the diverse women within Australia's community broadcasting landscape. An ideal opportunity to have your stories, experiences and views captured and shared amongst our colourful sector. All women are encouraged to attend and have their voices heard across the nation. Small groups will be formed to allow recordings to flow freely. These recordings will be available as podcasts via www.Cpod.org.au. Chair: Georgia Webster Room: Wellington 1 |
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Session 7D |
Special Event Broadcasting Presenters: Juliet Fox, Special Projects Worker, 3CR Special Event Broadcasting will provide community broadcasters with great current examples of unique programming that gives a voice to the community. The session will also provide broadcasters with practical tips on how they can improve or establish special event broadcasting at their station. Chair: Ben Feggans Room: Wellington 2 |
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1.00pm – 2.00pm |
LUNCH Woman’s Caucus over Lunch |
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2.00pm – 3.30pm |
Workshops |
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Session 8A |
Streaming and Outside Broadcasting Including Using Audio Over IP to Take Charge of Your Future Presenters: Chris Johnson, Manager, AMRAP An introduction to the various methods of recording and transmitting an outside broadcast. Wired and wireless IP (internet Protocol) networks will be used to transmit an outside broadcast from a remote location to the station. Cost effective solutions using a laptop or mobile phone will be compared to more traditional methods using a dedicated hardware codec. Various pitfalls and tips on planning will also be discussed, including equipment requirements. There will be general information on AoIP (audio over IP) and what is happening with it around the world. AoIP is discussed in more detail to explain its possibilities and specific advantages in relation to community broadcasting. We will compare older analogue and leased line systems with AoIP and look at how a station can migrate from one to the other. Finally, we look at some real world examples with demonstrations and open up for questions. Coordinator: John MacInnes Room: Tasman Room |
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Session 8B |
Creative Current Affairs Production Presenter: Annie Hastwell, freelance journalist and media trainer, producer and presenter of The Wire, features producer for ABC Radio National and consultant journalist for the Australian Science Media Centre It’s serious but it doesn’t have to be so earnest – how to make radio current affairs engaging
Chair: Martin Walters Room: Wellington 1 |
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Session 8C |
The Educational Interest Presenter: Deborah Welch, Radio Adelaide (Ed) Community stations with an educational ‘community interest’ include some of our best known and celebrated stations, but many people don’t know who we are! There are 8 ‘educational’ stations, 12 with formal links to Universities or an educational focus, and 6 who are Registered Training Organisations in our sector. This is a chance for stations with educational interests to get together, discuss mutual interests and challenges, including recent ACMA guidelines that have specific provisions for educational licensees and make sure our contribution to the diversity of community broadcasting activities is recognised. Coordinator: Andrew Devenish- Meares Room: Wellington 2 |
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Session 8D |
Broadcasting After a Traumatic Incident Presenter: Trina McLellan, Dart Centre Australasia Peter Weeks UGFM Handy, practical tips for interviewing traumatised victims and survivors. These can help broadcasters to minimise further harm while drawing out interviewees’ stories with respect and compassion. Coordinator: Tracey Savage Room: Boardwalk Gallery |
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3.30pm – 4.00pm |
AFTERNOON TEA |
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4.00pm – 5.30pm |
2010 CBAA Annual General Meeting |
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7pm – 11pm |
Gala Awards Dinner The Awards Gala Dinner is a highlight of our annual conference, celebrating and rewarding the achievements of stations made over the last 12 months. The Awards not only recognise programming successes, but also initiatives that deserve a great round of applause. |
Sunday
| 9.30am - 1.20pm | Plenary 4 |
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9.30am – 10.00am |
Sunday Plenary |
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10.00am – 10.30am |
Community Broadc asting Foundation Report |
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10.30am – 10.45am |
CBloggers Project – Feedback and Highlights of Conference |
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10.45am – 12.15pm |
Final Plenary |
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12.15pm – 12.20pm |
Closing Address |
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12.20pm – 1.20pm |
LUNCH |
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