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Centre for Sustainable Communications, KTH

“Paper-Scissors-Stone” –the mediated version

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Peter Anders 1997 “Cybrids”

“Visualisation, Interaction & Communication”

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VINNOVA Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Communications one of 15 VINNOVA Centres of Excellence to be established

within Sweden during 2007 Joint long-term financing (10 years) by industry, society,

academia and VINNOVA (Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems)

Our mission is to create mediated communication services for “sustainable practices”...

...innovative applications of media and communications technologies that can contribute, directly or indirectly, to sustainable development by enabling collaboration, interaction and communication exchange between people in different locations.

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Our vision: Sustainable Practices

We envision a society transformed by innovative communication services that facilitate new business models and work and

learning processes, that create new paradigms for industrial, societal

and academic institutions,

...thereby offering new sustainable solutions and viable alternatives to existing travel and transport: Sustainable practices

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Sustainability: Three dimensions!

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Centre Partners

Ericsson TeliaSonera The Bonnier Group Tidningsutgivarna Swedish Newspapers Publishers’

Association Boverket The National Board of Housing, Building and

Planning Joltid AB Stiftelsen Folkets Hubb Community Hub Foundation Sting Stockholm Innovation and Growth VTI Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute

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Budget 2007-2017

Vinnova+KTH+Centre Partners

2007 4,2Mkr cash, 5,3Mkr in kind 2008: 6,8Mkr cash + 7.3Mkr in kind

2009-2017: 21Mkr cash/in kind

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Interdisciplinary Research

Collaboration between two KTH Schools: School of Architecture and the Built Environment (KTH-ABE) School of Computer Science and Communication (KTH-CSC)

Promote knowledge exchange relating to:media technology, telecommunications, information technology, transport systems, sustainable strategies, social and cultural sciences, architecture, design and planning.

and other technology and methods to support human communication across time and space (mediated communications)

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Interdisciplinary Research

Collaboration between two KTH Schools: School of Architecture and the Built Environment (KTH-ABE) School of Computer Science and Communication (KTH-CSC)

Promote knowledge exchange relating to:media technology, telecommunications, information technology, transport systems, sustainable strategies, social and cultural sciences, architecture, design and planning.

and other technology and methods to support human communication across time and space (mediated communications)

such as ”Speech, Music and Hearing” - Dept at CSC

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PROJECT TRACK 1 Assessment tools for sustainability

PROJECT TRACK 2 ReMix New media formats

PROJECT TRACK 3 Mediated environments and design

PROJECT TRACK 4 The Mediated City: urban planning

PROJECT TRACK 5 The Mediated Society; innovation strategies

PROJECT TRACK 6 High Growth Markets: Sustainable practices

=Centre Forerunners 2007

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Laboratories for Sustainable Communications

FS3: MEDIATED ENVIRONMENTS AND DESIGNMediated Spaces for Work & Play

Physical, virtual, mixed-reality design prototypes & eventsParticipatory design, user lab & performance spaces

Architecture meets Media & Communications

KTH R1The Reactor Hall An Experimental Performance Space

KTH OSQUARS BACKE 31Mediated Learning SpacesKTH+Centre+Media Master’s ProgrammeThe Mediated International Conference

Keywords: presence, trust, awareness, affinityMediated accessMediated presenceMediated inclusion

“R1-RAÄ” “R1-EXP”En tillgänglig En experimentell scenforskningskulturmiljö...Boverket, VTI

Bonnier

Lillehammer,Luleå

KTH@PakistanDept fms & Media Technology

...Ericsson

HIIT(The Mediated Professor)

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Live as we preach...

Mediated performance spaces

Mediated café

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Mediated environments –previous work 1995-2006

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30-40 projects and installations since 1998 Collaboration across time and space: ”mediated

environments”, ”extended spaces”, ”windows”, ”media space”, ”presence production”, “mixed reality”

Different contexts of design: work & play, learning, meetings, collaboration, dialogue, knowledge transfer, ”community building” etc

Cultural performances, interactive stage performances

Societal services, e-inclusion, increased access, museums, health services, consultation

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The mediated workplace in the Stockholm Archipelago

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Mediated unemployment services inDalarna region

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“Now, we’re really accessible for our customers”

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KTH Community Hub – e-inclusionBroadband for all

• Remote areas – “emerging markets”• DSL, 3G, WiMax…

A window to the world“Presence, eye-contact

• e-governence• e-trade

• e-health• e-inclusion

Large scale• e-cincema

• Cultural performances• Politics, religion, sport

• Corporate, NGO

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Mediated environments –previous work 1995-2006

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ME2: Medierat museum – Tillgänglighet till Kärnreaktorn R1

Finansierat av Riksantikvarieämbetet

Syfte: Bevarande Användning Tillgänglighetför nya besökare attuppleva rummet, dess historia och forskningskulturhistoria

www.r1.kth.se

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Stanford KTH

Music together: close & far away

The Project Connected Performance Spaces (KTH-Stanford 2004)

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Music together: close & far away

a physically divided stage and venue– a shared musical performance

Stanford KTH

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Communication hexagon

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Cameras

Communication hexagon

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Mediated environments –previous work 1995-2006

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TIDE – television in a digital environmentLillehammer-Gjøvik

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TIDE – television in a digital environmentLillehammer-Gjøvik

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TIDE – television in a digital environmentLillehammer-Gjøvik

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Kontakt

Centrets föreståndare Charlie Gullström

Centre for Sustainable CommunicationsKTH 100 44 Stockholmcharlieg@kth.seTel 08-790 92 11