Transforming Media Professions: Media Management Practice in the Age of DisruptionFriday, June 11, 2010Columbia UniversityWarren Hall Room 208Web 2.0, social media, convergence, digital content, new business models and value chains, market fragmentation, and personalized media are changing the way organizations within creative industries need to be managed. How have recent changes and innovations impacted on the way media companies are managed internally?Other questions to be addressed during this conference are:    How should amateur and professional media coexist?    What are the new skills and professionals required by these changes?    How should higher education respond to the changing media landscape?Speakers and panelists will be mapping the changes in production, finance, marketing, IPR Management, IT, and human resources within the new media industries. The conference will attract professionals from the creative industries, consultancy and academia.