Live stream the Will Work For Exposure conference

October 18, 2012 Editor News eventvideo

All of the tickets have now been snapped up, but cultural and media workers across the country are invited to live stream the Will Work For Exposure conference on Friday.

Will Work For Exposure: Culture Work in Precarious Times is a one-day event at Ryerson's Ted Rogers School of Management. Panels and keynote talks throughout the day will address issues of concern to workers in cultural and media industries. Speakers include Davenport MP Andrew Cash and Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University.

Presentations begin at 9:00 a.m. ET and you can catch the live stream here.

Attendees and organizers will be using the hashtag #willwork4exposure to post about the conference on Twitter. Drop by Story Board next week for news and wrap-up posts.

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