What does it mean to be an expert in educational media in this day and age?  and what is the relevant skill-set required? What does it take to up-skill technicians to be pedagogically proficient and pedagogues to be technically proficient?

Services exist under many different names and play a variety of different roles from basic production and service provision to research and innovation, how best can they influence decision-making in relation to both teaching practice and the planning and allocation of resources and what role does the increasing drive towards internationalisation play?

How best to improve staff engagement and generate more useful tools and training opportunities?

What principles should apply in putting in place media supported services to support effective delivery and assessment of learning materials and opportunities?

Whose opinions count when it comes to allocating scarce resources? How best to select from the latest developments in educational media technology that suit the teaching and learning needs and expectations of the higher education community and how can members of our community ensure they have a seat at the table when it comes to decision-making?

What approaches, tools and services best serve institutions keen to produce the best possible educational material on a budget? Meet those people introducing XR and other innovative approaches successfully to teaching practices and hear their stories for getting XR into the learning offer made to students across a range of faculties.

Share and discuss the tricks, skills and principles backed up by experience that make podcasting a masterful tool in higher education as well as the services that can best support teaching staff in podcast production.

Is hybrid the way to go? How are university administrations re-thinking their use of space in this post pandemic era and what impact is this having on our community? What does research tell us?

What is the potential and experience of using AI tools to provide summaries, provide guides, ensure accessibility, enhance audio and video quality, support localization, etc. Practitioners and producers are invited to share their experiences of different tools and how they use them to make the overall quality of their outputs more intuitive, effective and engaging.

What has been the experience of implementing policies on the use of AI in Higher education and how are universities changing their educational delivery and assessment practices based on experience. Does AI have a role to play in helping make Higher education more accessible?

What strategies and tools can help make the transition to the large-scale uptake of XR, what is the role of industry?  up-scaling for who – students, researchers, institution?

How best to support teachers in training in terms of their use of traditional and innovative multimedia in the classroom of tomorrow?

Exploring effective transfers of media-enhanced Higher Educational practices to Vocational Training contexts and vice-versa .

The importance of building prompting skills in the use of AI in helping to improve student employability for post university careers in technology operation and production, not just in video and audio production but to be more employable with a full set of communication, creativity and collaboration digital skills.