Massive LA Game Developer Meetup #1 – Hollywood meets Gaming
Event on 2012-02-07 18:30:00
FREE BEER, TACOS, AND A-LIST PANEL!!!!
Free booze, awesome tacos, and a collection of panelists that would rival the best conference panels FREE courtesy of our sponsors. Now that we have your attention, here are the details.
SoCal is a hotbed of console, social, mobile, MMO and casual game developers, ranging from public companies to the indie devs working on nights and weekends, but few opportunities to pull the community together. We're hosting the first meetup that will be held on a quarterly basis.
Come meet developers, publishers, investors, partners, employers, service providers and more. Listen to GDC level panelists discuss relevant issues to the gaming community.
SIGN UP QUICK AS WE EXPECT THIS EVENT TO BE OVERSUBSCRIBED. We have an outstanding panel and a great opportunity to meet with others in the community.
The Panel
Our first panel is on the intersection of Hollywood and Gaming, and we have a top caliber panel including:
- Jordan Mechner: Creator of Karateka, Prince of Persia and writer of the Price of Persia Film
- John August: A-List Writer of Go, Big Fish, Corpse Bride and more, Exec Producer on Prince of Persia film.
- Matt McMahon: VP of Fox Mobile. Responsible for apps like Glee, Avatar, as well as partnerships like Angry Birds Rio.
- Matt Kozlov: CEO of Moonshark (aka Creative Mobile Labs), a mobile entertainment publisher backed by CAA and Qualcomm
This event serves alcohol and is 21 and over. If you look under 21, we'll card – take it as a compliment. In the event you want to be carded, just wink twice and ask, "how are the tacos?" and we'll do it.
Sponsors
We'd like to thank our awesome, amazing, and good looking sponsors, who in addition to being good looking, offer amazing services. These aren't just any sponsors, but folks whom we know their services and can vouch for their awesomeness.
AWESOME TACO SPONSOR:
Those delicious tacos are brought to you by our awesome friends at Highwinds.
Highwinds is the leading CDN provider for gaming companies. Leveraging their position and expertise as both a content delivery and network services provider and a software development shop, they've created the GDN as a focused initiative to solve the problems online gaming publishers face. It integrates Highwinds' global CDN and a gaming software stack that enables faster downloads, lower delivery costs, fewer abandonments, a unique download manager, and real-time analytics. As the backbone of Valve's Steam service, Highwind's speed, performance and reliability are well proven and tailored to the needs of gaming companies across mobile, social and beyond. Thanks to Highwinds for generously supporting the event. For more information on Highwinds services, please contact Mike Padula at mike.padula@highwinds.com
AMAZING KEG SPONSOR:
The beer you drink that night is brought to you by our friends at Pocket Change.
Pocket Change has created a monetization platform for mobile developers that is both user friendly and monetizes at a far greater rate than traditional ads. The platform enables iOS & Android game developers to monetize their apps via a token system akin to the ones used by real word arcades. For more information on using the Pocket Change platform, please contact Wally Nguyen at wally@pocketchange.com
Friends
We are grateful for the support and help of the following companies who are helping us host this event:
TriplePoint is the premier gaming PR company who count companies like Lego, Sega, RockYou, Atari, Evony, Nyko Technologies, Gunnar Optiks, Bolt Creative, and much much more. Their deep knowledge of the gaming industry and expansive contacts within gaming and mainstream media alike make them an ideal partner to help take your message to a targeted and high value audience. Whether you are trying to launch product, raise money, or build general corporate awareness, TriplePoint can help. TriplePoint worked with Massive Joe with the Age of Monsters launch and helped craft and control the messaging which resulted in positive press from outlets like Kotaku, Joystiq, G4, USA Today, InsideMobileApps, TUAW, SlideToPlay, 148Apps and more. For more info contact info@triplepointpr.com
FunSockets is building a better way to publish and monetize HTML5 games.
Founded by a team with deep platform and gaming experience, FunSockets is transforming the way games are developed & played across every device. If you are considering building HTML5 games, you should definitely be talking to FunSockets. Email questions to tina@funsockets.com or visit FunSockets.com for more info.
Digital LA is the largest digital entertainment networking organization based in LA, reaching more than 30,000 professionals across our newsletter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, who work in movies, TV/web series, music, video games, VFX, marketing, advertising, and tech. We organize 5-10 events a month. Recent game panels have included: Games Get Social, Games Go Hollywood, Music for Games, Voice for Games, etc. @DigitalLA Facebook: http://facebook.com/digitalla
Panelist Bios
About Jordan Mechner
Jordan Mechner is a video game designer, author, screenwriter and filmmaker, best known as the creator of the Prince of Persia franchise.
His games include the 1980s classics Karateka and Prince of Persia, The Last Express (1997), and Ubisoft's award-winning 2003Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Over 17 million Prince of Persia games have been sold.
In 2010, Jordan became the first game creator to adapt his own work as a feature film screenwriter with Disney's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It is the highest-grossing video game-based movie to date.
Jordan's graphic novels include Solomon's Thieves, illustrated by LeUyen Pham & Alex Puvilland, and Prince of Persia: Before the Sandstorm.
He wrote and directed the documentary film Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story, awarded Best Short Documentary of 2003 by the IDA and short-listed for an Academy Award nomination. It received its broadcast premiere on PBS Independent Lens in 2005.
He has published his game development journals from the 1980s as a book, The Making of Prince of Persia.
Follow Jordan at jordanmechner.com and @jmechner.
About John August
John August is a screenwriter living and working in Los Angeles.
His screenwriting credits include Go, Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Charlie's Angels and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He received a 2004 BAFTA nomination for his screenplay for Big Fish, and a 2006 Grammy nomination for lyrics for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The Nines, his writing/directing debut starring Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, Hope Davis and Elle Fanning, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival Critics' Week.
He is currently writing the book for the Broadway musical adaptation of Big Fish, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman. The show was announced in June 2011, with plans to reach the stage in 2012.
He has written for several magazines, including Esquire and Men's Health. He has two notable short stories: The Variant and Snake People.
As of August 2011, he's written 39 screenplays. This figure includes spec scripts, assignments, TV pilots and rewrites.
In addition to writing, John runs johnaugust.com. John also operates screenwriting.io which is a database of screenwriting resources, he does the Script Notes podcast with Craig Mazin, created the popular iOS app FDX Reader with Nima Yousefi and Ryan Nelson, launched the Bronson Watermarker Mac app, and named a sunflower seed. If you find that difficult to keep track of, follow him @johnaugust to get real time updates.
About Matt McMahon
Matt McMahon currently serves as Vice President of Mobile for Fox Digital Entertainment, a unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment. He focuses on the license and distribution of Fox films and television series on portable devices such as tablets and smartphones, via carriers and handset manufacturers, and, particularly, on application platforms such as Apple's iOS and Google's Android.
In the apps space, Matt has brought over 30 apps to market, producing best-selling, award-winning apps as Angry Birds Rio, Tap Tap Glee, Avatar, Glee Karaoke, Predators, and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Prior to joining Fox, Matt worked at Razorfish, a digital consultancy; early in his career, Matt cut his teeth in political media consulting in Washington, DC.
Matt received a MBA from Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business and a BS in International Politics from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
You can follow Matt @iammattmcmahon
About Matt Kozlov
Moonshark (aka Creative Mobile Labs) is a mobile entertainment publisher backed by CAA and Qualcomm bringing to market stunningly original mobile entertainment properties (apps) by pairing the most creative minds in Hollywood with the world's best mobile developers. Moonshark funds, produces, markets and publishes app concepts developed in partnership with creative talent and independent developers.
Matt (aka "Koz"), is CEO of Moonshark. He enjoys good puns (bad ones too), bluegrass, bespoke cocktails, and making homemade gelato (olive oil!). When not Moonsharking, he also plays sax and advises the music education software company, Chromatik. Prior to leading up the Moonsharks, Matt served as head of Sony Music Entertainment's (SME) New Products and Services team, where he was responsible for bringing to market new revenue-generating digital offerings that leveraged SME's artists, music and brands (like Slayer Pinball Rocks for iOS). He also served as Vice President of SME's Web Products team, where he was responsible for the strategy, development and execution of the company's consumer-facing websites, including artist sites, Facebook pages, and MySpace profiles. Matt has also worked at Yahoo! (corporate strategy, product development) and Bain and Company (management consulting). He graduated from Harvard with a degree in Economics but if you ask he'll (annoyingly) say he went to school "in Boston."
You can follow Matt @koz
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2525 Michigan Avenue
Santa Monica, United States
How Green is Green: Challenges and Solutions of Green Technologies
Event on 2012-02-21 16:00:00
What are green technologies and why do we need them? What are the main challenges and solutions of efficient green technology development? And how can we implement such solutions in an economically and environmentally viable manner?
With the urgent push to address climate change and motivated by the reshaping of the post-recession markets, major economies are investing in average tens of billions of dollars on developing efficient clean, green, and high value-added industries around the globe. Please join this panel/networking session to get familiarized with the innovative programs and progress of the Ontario industries and researchers on green technologies, the solutions they have to offer, and the challenges they face.
The panel session gathers professionals from high-tech industries, academic/industrial research communities, and the Ontario government to address three major topics:
- Corporate energy management programs, long-term climate change strategies, and innovative IT solutions and services provided by the ICT sector for the large-scale oil and gas construction projects in addition to the utilities businesses.
- Cutting-edge academic/industrial research on clean and renewable energy technologies including solar energy, wind turbines, and hybrid solar-geothermal systems.
- Programs and actions taken by the government of Ontario for promoting and implementing environmentally-friendly solutions in addition to potential partnerships with the Ontario industries and universities in developing green technologies.
The panel session will be followed by an open discussion and networking opportunity, which allows the participants to share their ideas, achievements, and challenges in the area of green technologies.
PANELISTS:
Hitoshi Suzuki
Director, Energy Strategies and Network Transformation
TELUS, Toronto
Hitoshi Suzuki leads TELUS' corporate energy management program; forming one of key foundations within the firm's 10 year Climate Change strategy. Having developed and implemented the program in 2010, he drives results through cultural change, accountability, and by fostering a strong environment of ownership. With close to 20 years of diverse industry experience in Fortune & Forbes 500 companies including Collins & Aikman, Nortel, Procter & Gamble and Rogers, Hitoshi has led many successful project and program launches spanning Asia, Europe and North America – recognized with numerous awards for strategic initiatives such as the launch of TELUS' 3G+ wireless network, Koodo Mobile, and Rogers' Video-on-Demand services. Based in Scarborough, Ontario, he holds a B.A. Sc. in Industrial Engineering from University of Toronto, and an MBA from Schulich School of Business at York University. Hitoshi is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario, a Certified Energy Manager, and an accredited Project Management Professional.
Kamran Siddiqui
Associate Professor
The University of Western Ontario
Kamran Siddiqui is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Western Ontario, with expertise in thermo-fluids. Kamran Siddiqui has been actively involved in renewable energy research, in particular solar energy. His research projects include performance improvements of solar collectors, wind turbines and geothermal ground loops, as well as parabolic dish-type solar concentrator systems for heat generation, water treatment and clean hydrogen production. He is currently collaborating with industry on various clean energy projects that include combined heat and power generation from solar energy, and hybrid solar-geothermal system. Most recently, Kamran Siddiqui's research group has developed a novel two-axis solar tracking system, which greatly improves the efficiency of various types of solar collectors, while reducing the cost to a small fraction of the conventional tracker systems.
Geoff Clarke
President and CEO
GreenCore Composites
Geoff Clarke is President and CEO of GreenCore Composites and most recently was President of the former OCE organization Materials and Manufacturing Ontario (MMO). Prior to MMO, Geoff was a founder, Chairman & CEO of AT Plastics Inc. a company formed through a leveraged buy-out in 1989 and went public in 1994. Prior to this, he held a number of senior positions at C-I-L, including responsibility for its plastics business, and positions in R&D, and sales and marketing. Geoff is a past director and chair of the Canadian Plastics Industry Association, and has served as Chair of the Advanced Design and Manufacturing Institute (ADMI) and as a director of the Centre for Automotive Materials and Manufacturing (CAMM). Geoff holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Alberta, and an MBA from York University.
Meg St. John
Coordinator, Aquatic Habitat Toronto
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Meg St. John is the coordinator for Aquatic Habitat Toronto at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Meg holds B.Sc. in Ecology from the University of Toronto, and M.Sc. in Zoology from the University of Toronto. She has wide ranging involvement in implementing fisheries management activities in Toronto and Region Area of Concern. Meg has led many successful projects under Toronto Remedial Action Plan in collaboration with Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Environment, Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
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Toronto, Canada
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