ACTeN Scouting Workshops and EUROPRIX Summer Schools provide a unique possibility to learn with the best European multimedia producers and designers and work with leading technology researchers advancing multimedia technologies and tools.

ACTeN Scouting Workshops and EUROPRIX Summer Schools are different from other educational or training opportunities in the field of multimedia and e-content: The workshops focus entirely on learning from the best! Whereas other courses or workshops might deal more with software use or marketing strategy, ACTeN scouting workshops offer a unique way of learning from and contributing at the same time to the demonstration of the best products and the sharing of how they were made, marketed and turned successful.

Industry practitioners and leading RTD people tell how they do or did their projects and used and developed new media tools. Participants can find out about design questions as much as about financing or distribution of results, they can discuss how to get best organise in a working team as well as what kind of legal contracts are desirable.

Target groups are multimedia producers, e-content creators, web-designers, internet project managers, application developers and all those who want to spend some in-depth time updating themselves and exchanging knowledge and ideas with Europe’s best in the industry. Participants are invited to scout their new product ideas, new technologies and new partners for the businesses and work.

In the next two years 10 Scouting Workshops and Summer Schools will take place in eight different European countries.

3 day long Scouting Workshops will be organised between October and May whereas Summer Schools will take place from June till September and will last five days. Within these events participants will profit from:

• Workshops with the winners and nominees of the EUROPRIX Contest, demonstrating their awarded products
• Seminars with the experts from the jurors network, discussing the success factors for quality multimedia products
• Open Sessions from participants presenting their projects and work-in-progress on a voluntary basis

• leading European researchers in the area of multimedia content and tools, showcasing and explaining new technologies.