Radio! - Hacks/Hackers June Meetup

6:00pm Arrive / Socialise / Grab a drink

6:30pm James Cridland - Making radio better with data

7:00pm More socialising / Drinks / Food

8:00pm Close / Socialise

James will talk to us about a wide variety of problems and opportunities he sees in the future of radio including things like:

• How popular is radio anyway?

• The difficulties of archiving audio (does Google understand it?)

• Linking radio broadcasts to online data and cross platform opportunities

• Making better radio receivers (including technologies like RadioDNS)

About James

James has had a long and influential career in radio. His work concentrates on the effect that new platforms and technologies are having on the radio business across the world.For more details about James and some of the amazing work he's done at the intersection of radio and technology, see his website at https://james.cridland.net/

Sponsors

Hacks/Hackers is supported by a number of wonderful sponsors. Our presentation partner hub4101 (http://www.hub4101.com/) provides event support and does a great job of promoting innovation, creativity and digital technology in the 4101 postcode (http://www.hub4101.com/map/).

We're very pleased to have sponsorship for this event fromThoughtWorks (https://www.thoughtworks.com/) (who provide food and drink) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (http://www.abc.net.au/) (who provide our venue).

If you have any other questions or suggestions for this event or to make 2016 a great year for Hacks/Hackers Brisbane, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

You can email us ( simon@elvery.net or d.angus@uq.edu.au ) or get in touch via Twitter (@hackshackersbne (https://twitter.com/hackshackersbne)).