About
When: Wed, 2008-09-24 09:00 - Fri, 2008-09-26 18:00XML's 3D Internet Lab takes place in one of the world’s great centers of innovation in Digital Media – Seoul in Korea – to share, learn, and prosper together.
XML Seoul explores virtual worlds, the impac of 3D Internet, and the emerging entertainment, educational, enterpise and social possibilities.
Seoul is the perfect place to share innovations and success stories in these inter-related digital worlds: with Korean contemporary culture (“Hallyu”) still riding a crest of popularity, and world leadership in online worlds (“Cyworld”), as well as mobile services and applications.
XMediaLab Dates:
The Keynote Conference Day (Thursday 25th September) covers emerging trends and technologies, creative applications, and international opportunties and markets.
The Lab (Friday 26th September) concentrates on providing business matching opportunities between the participating companies and Korean companies working the 3D Internet and Virtual Worlds space.
Digital Content Festival:
XML Seoul is taking place as part of the Korean Government's ICCON Expo organised by KOCCA.
Participation at XML Seoul is free for selected companies - and you are also able to attend all the concurrent events for free - but you must register to do so.
Mobile Content 2008 Conference & Awards
XML Seoul is make possible through the support of Screen Australia and KOCCA.
The Mentors
XMediaLab has access to a superb roster of the some of the world’s leading digital media practitioners, innovators, and power-brokers.
International Mentors and Speakers at X|Media|Lab Seoul: 3D Internet "Virtual, Visual, Social" include (click image for full bios):
Conference Day
Thursday 25th September, 10.00am – 6.00pm followed by Networking Reception
Digital Media City, Seoul (KOREAN)
Meet some of the world’s most outstanding virtual worlds, mobile, computer games, 3D Internet powerbrokers, and a “who’s who” of Korea’s creative, business, and technology wizards at the X|Media|Lab Keynote Conference Day in Seoul.
If you are developing 3D ideas and exploring entertainment, educational, enterprise or social possibilities, this is your chance to get an international perspective on the emerging trends and technologies, creative applications, and opportunities and markets.
No time-wasting boring panels, just densely-packed, information-rich, clear and helpful, set piece keynotes from digital media luminaries from all over the world. If you are a digital media professional, media executive, producer, creator, technology wizard, entrepreneur, analyst or strategist of any kind, this is the one day you need to attend.
Participants at the XMediaLab Seoul Keynote Conference Day will also have access to the ICCON Expo and the Mobile Content 2008 Conference & Awards; and the Culture Content Conference.
Registration:
Registration is FREE, however spaces are STRICTLY LIMITED. We encourage you REGISTER your participation in the Keynote Conference Day and Lab NOW!
Who Should Attend?
All digital media professionals. Producers, creatives, business strategists and executives across all screen based media content, including: television, virtual worlds, social media, digital cinema, interactive television, mobile content, computer games, and animation; across the spectrum of the entertainment, information, and education industries.
The Lab
Friday 25th September (KOREAN)
XMediaLab is a uniquely exciting creative event for digital media professionals.
XMediaLab Seoul 3D Internet consists of a one-day Keynote Conference that showcases all the Mentors as Speakers. The Lab itself is an intensive one-day creative ideas and business matching environment for the participating companies who get to work directly on their own project ideas with a range of the world's best digital media experts, and build business opportunities with other Lab participants.
The XMediaLab experience increases the chances of getting your project idea to market and achieving commercial success. You also enter into an impeccable international network of digital media stars with their superb expertise and high-value international contacts.
The environment of the Lab allows participating companies and teams to
schedule their own unique Lab experience by selecting for themeselves which Mentors and other companies they choose to spend their one-on-one time with.
It's a form of elite personal consultation with a range of the world's outstanding digital media people about your own project ideas. And you make friends with the international stars.
Previous project teams have ranged from independent start-ups which have gone on to win awards at MIPCOM in Cannes, UNESCO in New York, AIMIA in Australia; to Lonely Planet; the ABC's Rage and The Chaser; Disney Internet Group from Tokyo; Zuji.com; India's biggest games and animation company; and world leading Virtual Worlds platforms. Companies have come from the UK, Hong KOng, China, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Germany, Finland and New Zealand.
The "X" in XMediaLab stands for: Cross Platform, Cross Disciplinary, and Cross Cultural.
The 2008 Seoul Lab is open to companies working in the exciting new digital worlds of 3D Internet: games, social networks, virtual worlds, mobile... across the emerging entertainment, educational, enterprise, and social possibilities.
The cost of participation and joining this elite network is FREE, however you must register to reserve your place!
Previous Lab participants have been laudatory in their praise for this unique experience. Typical comments include:
"Profound and transforming" "Nothing short of extraordinary"
"Compressed a year into three days - a million dollars worth of mentoring!"
"By far the best professional event I have attended!"
"An exceptional experience!" "Mind Blowing!!"
"A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" "Informational, Illuminating, Inspiring!"
