Founder of the Think & Do Tank « Transmedia Ready » in 2010. Advocating for best practices in communication, innovation, transmedia design and strategies. Karine worked in the cultural industries since 1990, inducing creativity at all stages of a project with a systemic and transdisciplinary approach. Analyst, strategist, catalyst, hyperlinks storyteller,  progress maker with human values.

• • • • Table :
        • Education
        • Multidisciplinary Artist
          
        • Research 
          
        • Teaching & Training 
          
        • Curator & Cultural Engineering
          

Education

• Ph.D. candidate in Communication & Transmedia Studies. DICEN IdF, Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris. https://www.dicen-idf.org/membre/halpern-karine/
• Master « Communication Publique et Politique en France et Europe », Université Paris Est Créteil
• Certification in “Médiation Culturelle”, Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris.
• Prep. Bachelor of Arts in Film and Media, City University of New York, Hunter College.

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Multidisciplinary Artist – Residencies – Creative Events

• Member of the French Writers Guild (SGDL  n°23785)
• 2023 – Author (creative non-fiction), « Wild Crone Wisdom», Wild Librarians Press, https://www.wildlibrarianpress.com
• 1990 – 2005 – Filmmaker https://www.youtube.com/c/KarineHalpern
• 2022 – Podcast « Flamboyant Grays »  https://flamboyantgrays.com/2023/01/karine-halpern
• 2014  – Research residency, producer of the Transmedia Mix, Institute for Research and Innovation, Centre Pompidou, Paris (a Transdisciplinary Hackathon for Changemakers and Education ».
  
  • • Communique: http://bit.ly/2f4B9Ml –
    • Main site: https://www.iri.centrepompidou.fr/evenement/futur-en-seine-2014/
    • Book by Emmanuel Bethoux: https://amzn.to/2tlrDbH
    • Photos Album : https://goo.gl/photos/dXDEUsHmo6VssTM99
    • IRI – Polemic Tweet « Transmedia MIX LIVE »  June 14 – 15, 2014 http://polemictweet.com/fens2014-transmediamix/client.php
• 2011  –  Creator of the “7 Transmedia Families” Real life game and methodology for transmedia design –  https://transmediaready.com/7-transmedia-families-galerie/  – Launch, Madrid, 2011: https://goo.gl/photos/8wn5q7VQZP4v97nD6
  • Directory of talent and practitioners, first ever group for transmedia in 2010 (Please join the « Transmedia Alliance » in Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3936224/).
• 2010 – Residency: « Transmedia Live Storm », La Générale, Paris
  • Creator of the Wikipedia page in French for « transmedia » Dec. 2010 
  • Founder, launch of the Think & Do Tank « Transmedia Ready »
  • Curator, facilitator and producer of the live hybrid event, an online open fremium conference with worldwide practitionners (coproduced and codirected BY Pierre Côté, Montréal)
    
    • Transmedia Brain Storm (prep.) by Emmanuel Bethoux (Dec. 16, 2010): https://youtu.be/IQL522c7Kt8
    • « Transmedia Ready …une histoire…des brainstormers” by Emmanuel Bethoux (“Join the Experimental “): https://youtu.be/gesWkYbZG9g
    • « Transmedia Ready, des brainstormers, bientôt une histoire » by Emmanuel Bethoux: https://youtu.be/ZPHPt_yqGK4
    • « Objet transmédia non identifié », reportage La Télé Libre, Paris, Dec. 2010: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgkkpe_objet-transmedia-non-identifie_creation 
• 2005 – « Dis-moi 10 mots », a transmedia experience for the French Ministry of Culture – 10^th anniversary of the national event on French language (Semaine de la langue française et des langues de France) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0D7221FC25312FDE
• 2003  –  « Cannes Memories », commissioned project
• 2001  –  « 2001, année de la santé mentale en Belgique », creative documentary (RTBF, Communauté française de Belgique)
• 1999  –  « Que demander de plus ? » creative documentary, Cinedoc
• 1994-1995 – « My Woodstock », creative documentary film on the 25th Anniversary of the Music & Art Fair in Woodstock 94′ (https://youtu.be/vGn9jToskNA English, shot in Hi8, edited on Avid)
• 1990  –  « Le ridicule tue ! » (“Ridiculous Kills!”), short fiction, grant French Ministry of Youth and Kodak, released in theaters, television, video, web and international festivals.

Research – Lectures – Speaker

• 2024: Guest researcher, « Innovation Campus », Western Kentucky University (grant from Région Ile de France)
• 2024: Seminar Patrimoines et Mémoires Numériques (GDR Internet et Société CNRS), présentation: « Méthodologie composite et mise en valeur des corpora numériques”, https://patnum.hypotheses.org/385
• 2023: Biennale « Transmedia », colloque “Transmédialité et Politique”, Université de Toulon, https://www.univ-tln.fr/Biennale-du-Transmedia-2023-Transmedialite-et-politique.html (speaker/author, publication 2024, Champs Visuels, L’Harmattan) 
• 2023 –  Colloque “Design, retour aux sources. A l’intersection du design d’expérience”, école de design de l’université de Laval, Canada
• 2023  – Speaker, “Complexity Adventures” Biannual Summit
• 2022 – Speaker, Journée d’étude, Institut National pour l’Education Artistique et Culturelle (CNAM). L’EAC à travers ses ressources. Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/search?q=karine%20halpern
• 2022 – Writing residency, Innovation Campus, Western Kentucky University
• 2015 – Masterclass, Réseau Canopé, Nîmes, France
• 2015 – Conference, Carré d’Art Library, Nîmes, France 
• 2013 –  Conference and coaching, X Media Lab, Lausanne. Communique: https://fr.slideshare.net/KHwork/x-media-lab-switzerland-2013
• 2013 – Contributor, Transvergence Summit, Los Angeles
• 2013 – Speaker, Era Transmidia, Sao Paulo, Brazil (honorific member) https://www.slideshare.net/eratransmidia 
• 2012  – Colloque « C tout com”, Sup’ Info Com Business school, Nantes https://www.flickr.com/photos/119282122@N02/with/12910761134/
• 2011 –  Conference, Journées d’études (Les cultures numériques), « Le concept de narration transmédia : Quelle place dans la culture ? » (curated by Y. Vernet. Région PACA, Association Générale des Conservateurs des Collections Publiques de France). Video in French: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpdwy7 – Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/yannick_vernet/sets/72157628210461659/with/6426987099/
• 2011 – Masterclass for the 10th International Film Students Meeting, San Sebastian Film Festival, and workshop for Arteleku-Tabakalera Centre for Creation, video itv by Tabakala: https://vimeo.com/103110675
• 2011 –  Speaker, Storyworld Conference & Expo., San Francisco, http://www.storyworldconference.com/ehome/20801/29629/ – “Story Architecture: Crafting Transmedia Design”: https://www.slideshare.net/KHwork/story-architecture-crafting-transmedia-design-9999285
• 2011 –  Workshop, DIY Days, Los Angeles. Photos by Karine Halpern: https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipN2PJKJQfUcMz3URmSOdllursamTCwgi_bu93aO
• 2011 – Speaker, Marseille Web Fest 1st edition, France

Teaching – Training – Mentorship

• Since 2022: Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Université Catholique de l’Ouest (Nantes), Université Nice Côte d’Azur
• 2020 – 2021 –  Tutor for French Elected Representatives
• 2016 – Coach « Startups Weekends », multiple contributions to Open Culture via Barcamps, Hackathons, & Meetups
• 2014 – Ecole Européenne Supérieure de l’image (IESI Art school) http://www.citebd.org/spip.php?article6281
• 2012 –  Sciences Po.,Grenoble, Master Transmedia https://www.academia.edu/1236839/
• 2012 –  Université de Franche-Comté, STGI Montbéliard
• 2012 – Cross Media Lab 1st Edition, Dok Leipzig Festival
• CEFPF (Conservatoire Européen de la Formation en Production de Film, Paris) & ICCOM (Institut de Management Culturel, Paris)

Curator – Cultural Engineering – Facilitator – Moderator

• 2024 -Transmedia Mix 2, Innovation Campus, Western Kentucky University
• 2017  –  « CryptoPartyCamp », Institute for Research and Innovation, Centre Pompidou, Paris (NextLeap research project, Mains d’Oeuvres)
• 2014 – Transmedia Mix 1, Centre Pompidou, IRI, Région Ile de France
• 2013  –  Speaker, South by South West (SXSW Interactive Festival), Austin Texas. Launch of « Transmedia Alliance », non-profit association, founder & president – Linkedin group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3936224 (formerly called « Transmedia Europe », pioneering the « Network of Networks » for international cooperation.
  • Press Release: http://fr.slideshare.net/KHwork/press-release-transmedia-meetup-sxsw2013
• 2010 – 2017 –  “Transmedia France and Alliance”, non profit, internal, numerous Meetups. Launch of the first international group for transmedia around the world (Dec. 2010)
• 2012 – 2011   
  
  • Festival du Film de Vendôme, Centre Image, France
  • 1st Cross Video Days, Paris
  • 1st Marseille Web Fest
  • TedX Transmedia, Rome
  • Musée de la Carte à Jouer, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, Festival du Jeu
• 2011 – Camon Madrid Transmedia Living Lab, curated by Fernando Carrion. Launched of the “7 Transmedia Families” real life game, to transform into common knowledge and creative thinking about transmedia.
  • Photos Camon Madrid: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tucamon/sets/72157626817529288/
  • Photos Karine Halpern: https://goo.gl/photos/8wn5q7VQZP4v97nD6
  • Day #1 (May 27^th, 2011): workshop with Karine Halpern and Fernando Carrion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8pNwOwY-Yw
• 2011  –  TransmediaCamp, Marseille, France, open culture 2 days Barcamp event: http://barcamp.org/w/page/39375003/Transmedia-Ready-Think-Do-Tank
  • Photos MatGim.: https://www.flickr.com/photos/plannerbird/sets/72157626666091490/
  • Blog et photos Anne Astier: https://tournicoton-art-gallery.blogspot.com/2011/05/transmediacamp-marseille-78-mai-2011.html
  • Blog Ulrich Fisher: https://blog.walking-the-edit.net/adaptation/marseille-et-la-marche/
• 1998 –  Full HD film screening in theater, mentor Catherine Deneuve, Polygone, Barco, Brussels
• 1998  – Juror, French American Film Workshop, Avignon
• 1997  –  American Film Festival, Deauville, very first short films section: « Shorts under the stars » (Philip Morris – Public Système – Radio Nova, Ariel Wizman, Edouard Baer)
• 1995 – 1996  –  Festival International du Film de Bruxelles, Curator and producer of the program “America Meets Europe”
• 1996  –   «The long and the short of the French Cinema», Bleeket Street Cinema, New York
• 1990 – 1995   –  “Fenêtre sur Courts », non profit association, Paris, founder and President, regular film screenings and events (Cinémathèque Française, Festival de Cannes, New York, Agfa, Champagne Lété, Kronenbourg, Unifrance Films, Alliances Françaises, Ambassade de France)
• 1990 – 1995  –  “Independents Showcase”, promotion of the American indie cinema, liaison bureau for International Media Ressources, New York (IFP, Cannes,  Berlin)
• 1995 –  Cannes Film Festival Opening Gala for the French Ministry of Culture
• 1991 –  Cinémathèque Française, festival «Les Droits de l’Homme» (Jean Rouch)