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When: Fri, 2010-06-18 09:00 - Sun, 2010-06-20 17:00Global Media Ideas is our first annual international summit at iconic Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid Sydney - a festival of light, music and ideas.
XMediaLab: Global Media Ideas will explore: cultural and commercial content in a global world; creative ideas and innovation in media and technology; international media business opportunities; new media and new geographies; and new platforms, applications, and content.
XML: Global Media Ideas consists of two parts: the Conference Day on 18th June (General Admission) for which just 300 places are available; and then the Lab itself (19th – 20th June) during which selected digital media businesses and project teams work one-on-one with the International Mentors – gaining high-level elite personal consultation and entering into an impeccable international network.
The XMediaLab: Global Media Ideas Conference Day will be held in one of the world’s most iconic venues: the Sydney Opera House; while the venue for the Lab is the beautiful Museum of Contemporary Art. The Lab will be the usual social and cultural joy, plus always the business opportunities and connections that arise from every XMediaLab event.
If you have a creative industries or digital media business or project idea you want to take to an international audience, XML Global Media Ideas is an event not to be missed!
International Speakers/Mentors include:
- Ralph Simon – Founder of the mobile entertainment industry. (London)
- Amin Zoufonoun – Director of Corporate Development at Google (Mountain View)
- Robert Tercek – Former President, Digital Media at the Oprah Winfrey Network (Los Angeles)
- John Penney – Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Starz, LLC (Los Angeles)
- Steve Jang – Strategic Advisor at Animoto / Conduit Labs / RCRD LBL / StumbleUpon (San Francisco)
- Joy Mountford – Internationally renowned User Experience Designer (Apple’s Human Interface Group, Interval and Yahoo!) (San Francisco)
- Wayne Borg – COO, twofour54 (Abu Dhabi)
- Gotham Chopra – Media Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Liquid Comics (Los Angeles)
- Dana Al Salem – Founder of Fanshake and formerly Co-Founder Yahoo! Europe (Paris)
- Anand Giridharadas – Technology Columnist with The New York Times / International Herald Tribune (Cambridge, Washington, Bombay)
- Parmesh Shahani – Author and Media Entrepreneur (Mumbai)
- Scott Halcomb – International Business Development Director, SystemK (Japan)
- Rob Manson – Managing Director of MOB – an Innovation Lab (Sydney)
- Haidong Pan – Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hudong.com Inc. (Beijing)
- Nick Yang – Founder, KongZhong, Chinaren.com and Wukong.com (Beijing)
Who Should Attend?
All media and creative industries professionals and entrepreneurs! Producers, creatives, business strategists and executives across all digital media content, including: virtual worlds, social media, digital music, digital cinema, IP TV, online video, mobile content, computer games, and animation; across the spectrum of the entertainment, information, and education industries.
XMediaLab: Global Media Ideas Pro-Conference Day has now sold out.
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The Mentors
XMediaLab has access to a superb roster of some of the world's leading digital media practitioners, innovators, and power-brokers. International Mentors and Speakers for XMediaLab: Global Media Ideas include (click on image or pic for full bios):
Conference Day
9.00am - 5.00pm, followed by Networking Reception
The Studio, Sydney Opera House
Independent/Entrepreneur: $199 + GST Corporate/Government: $298 + GST
The XMediaLab: Global Media Cultures Pro Day Conference is the must-attend event for digital media and creative industries entrepreneurs who are creating businesses for local and international markets.
The XMediaLab: Global Media Ideas Pro Conference Day will explore: cultural and commercial content in a global world; creative ideas and innovation in media and technology; international media business opportunities; new media and new geographies; and new platforms, applications, and content.
If you are a digital media or creative industries professional with ideas you want to take to a global audience and be connected to an international network of the world’s leading entrepreneurs, technology innovators, creative thinkers and commercialisation experts – this is the one day you need to be a part of.
XMediaLab: Global Media Ideas International Keynote Speakers include:
- Ralph Simon – Founder of the mobile entertainment industry (London)
- Amin Zoufonoun – Director, Corporate Development, Google (Mountain View)
- Robert Tercek – Former President, Digital Media at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Los Angeles)
- John Penney – Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Starz, LLC (Los Angeles)
- Steve Jang – Strategic Advisor at Animoto / Conduit Labs / RCRD LBL / StumbleUpon (San Francisco)
- Wayne Borg – COO, twofour54 (Abu Dhabi)
- Joy Mountford – Internationally renowned User Experience Designer (Apple, Interval and Yahoo!) (San Francisco)
- Gotham Chopra – Media Entrepreneur & Co-Founder Liquid Comics (Los Angeles)
- Dana Al Salem – Founder, Fanshake; formerly Co-Founder Yahoo! Europe (Paris)
- Anand Giridharadas – Technology Columnist, The New York Times / International Herald Tribune (Cambridge, Washington, Bombay)
- Parmesh Shahani – Author and Media Entrepreneur (Mumbai)
- Scott Halcomb – International Business Development Director, SystemK (Japan)
- Rob Manson – Managing Director of MOB – an Innovation Lab (Sydney)
- Haidong Pan – Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hudong.com Inc. (Beijing)
- Nick Yang – Founder, KongZhong, Chinaren.com and Wukong.com (Beijing)
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.
Who Should Attend?
All traditional and 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, online video, mobile content, computer games, and animation; across the spectrum of the entertainment, information, and education industries.
The XMediaLab: Global Media Ideas Pro-Day Conference has now sold out. Please join our mailing list to be kept up to date on our event announcements.
The Lab
XMediaLab: Global Media Ideas is a uniquely exciting creative event for digital media professionals.
XML: Global Media Ideas consists of a one-day Professional Conference Day (June 18th) that showcases all the Mentors as Speakers. The Lab (June 19th - 20th) itself is an intensive one-day creative ideas and mentoring environment for selected project teams and media companies who get to work directly on their own project ideas with a range of the world's best digital media experts.
The Lab 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 and entrepreneurs with their superb expertise and high-value international contacts.
The environment of the Lab allows the participating teams to schedule their own unique Lab experience by selecting for themselves which Mentors 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; 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 platform. Project teams have come from the UK, Sweden, Norway, France, Netherlands, Hong Kong, China, Australia, Japan, Germany, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, New Zealand and the USA.
The "X" in XMediaLab stands for: Cross Platform, Cross Disciplinary, and Cross Cultural.
XMediaLab 'Global Media Ideas' is seeking 16 outstanding projects across social media, digital music, computer games, animation, mobile applications, video, interactive entertainment and content and web applications.
Projects may have an entertainment, cultural, educational, or an informational basis.
The cost of participation and joining this elite network is just AUD $400 per project team member (this includes registration for the Professional Conference Day).
Nominations for XMediaLab: Global Media Ideas have now closed and the Pro-Day Conference has sold out.
Previous Lab participants have been laudatory in their praise for this unique experience. Typical comments include:
| "Profound and transforming" |
"Nothing short of extraordinary" |
| "An exceptional experience!" | "By far the best professional event I have attended!" |
| "Compressed a year into three days - a million dollars worth of mentoring!" | "Mind Blowing!!" |
| "A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" | "Informational, Illuminating, Inspiring!" |
Getting There
Professional Conference Day - Friday 18th June
XMediaLab: "Global Media Ideas" will be held at The Studio at the Sydney Opera House - one of the world's most iconic buildings.
Registration will commence at 8.30am for a 9.00am (sharp!) start.
The Professional Conference Day will be followed by cocktails and networking.
The Lab - Saturday 19th - Sunday 20th June
The Lab will be held in the beautiful Harbourview Terrace at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
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