Unparalleled Access to Design Leaders

Join us in Long Beach, CA this October for 5D: The Future of Immersive Design. This groundbreaking two day conference will open your eyes to the impact of technology in the design of entertainment experiences across film, television, videogames, animation and environmental. Leading practitioners of immersive design will conduct a series of in-depth panels over the two days inspiring artists, designers, scholars, educators and students – just about anyone involved in the creation of entertainment.

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The 5D conference will take place at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at CSU, Long Beach on October 4-5, 2008. Check back frequently for more news.

Early Bird Rates extended until September 19. Register now and save.
  

 
  Announcing Keynote Speaker Henry Jenkins

Keynoter Henry Jenkins is one of the most influential film and media analysts in the world. He is the author and/or editor of nine books on various aspects of media and popular culture, most recently the highly acclaimed, Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, which examines contemporary trends in the entertainment industry, online culture, and audience participation.

Jenkins has focused on the concept of “Media Convergence,” arguing that the once hyped technological-focused view was short sighted and that an understanding of how contemporary culture taps into and combines numerous different media sources offers a far richer understanding of the relationship between different media forms. In this respect, he suggests that convergence be understood as a cultural process, rather than a technological end-point.

 

Additional speakers and panelists include world-renowned film, production and art design leaders: Rick Carter, production designer (A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, War of the Worlds, Avatar); Scott Fisher, chair of Interactive Media, School of Cinema and TV, at USC; Peter Frankfurt, co-founder/co-director, Imaginary Forces; Alex McDowell, production designer (Minority Report, Watchmen); Greg Lynn, innovative architect, philosopher and teacher at UCLA’s School of Architecture & Urban Design; John Tarnoff head of show development, DreamWorks Animation; John Underkoffler, founder and chief scientist of Oblong Industries, Gore Verbinski, director (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy); Anne White, visionary brand communications executive; and Habib Zargarpour, senior art director, Electronic Arts LA.


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