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2012, 05

FIRST CREATIVE PROJECTS ANNOUNCED FOR X MEDIA LAB’S SYDNEY SUMMIT

A new documentary film headed by the producer of Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 and an interactive children’s book and iPad app with anti-bullying message are among the first projects to be selected for X Media Lab: Global Media Ideas.   X Media Lab has been flooded with submissions for its annual Global Media Ideas summit, which...

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THE OPRAH OF THE WEB HEADS TO SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE FOR X MEDIA LAB

The Oprah of the Web - Corvida Raven - reveals her guilty secrets and what she is going to be sharing with us at X Media Lab "Global Ideas": 1. When should you start a business? As soon as you discover the passion that you want to sustain you. Go for it and don’t stop even after you’ve created it. 2. How do you turn a creative idea into...

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Are you an ACHIEVER? A KILLER? An EXPLORER? Or a SOCIALIZER? Find out which PLAYER you are!

Are you an achiever? A killer? An explorer? Or a Socializer? Find out which player you are!  Dr. Steffen P Walz, the Director of Games & Experimental Entertainment Laboratorywill explains it all at XML "Global Media Ideas" from the future of the Digital Gaming world. Traditional gamers, it's time to hear an insightful and critical persperctive on how game design is...

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THE WAR FOR YOUR TV: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES

Gerry Gouy is the New York based Global Senior Business Development Director for MTV Networks International - the world's largest television and mobile video network.  Gerry is heading to Sydney for XML "Global Media Ideas" where he'll share with us “The war for your TV: Dispatches from the front lines”. 1. When should you start a business? If...

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WILL INDONESIA PRODUCE A WORLD-CLASS COMPANY IN THE INTERNET & MOBILE SPACE THAT WILL BE USED WORLD-WIDE IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS?

Will Indonesia produce a world-class company in the internet and mobile space that will be consumed by everyone in the world in the next 5 years?  Shinta W. Dhanuwardoyo, one of Indonesia's leading internet entrepreneurs and an International Keynote Speaker and Mentor at XML Global Media Ideas thinks so.... 1. When should you start a business? You start a business when you actually...

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CO-FOUNDER OF WIRED MAGAZINE ENCOURAGES YOU TO START YOUNG… VERY VERY YOUNG…

  Co-founder of WiReD Magazine, Ian Charles Stewart, says that entrepreneurship should be encouraged from primary school!  Although he's still making up his mind on what he will share  with us Down Under at X Media Lab "Global Media Ideas". 1. When should you start a business? As soon as you have an idea you believe in and are sure you...

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DATA AND CITY DOYEN BONNIE SHAW SHARES HER INSIGHTS IN THE LEAD UP TO XML @ SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

Data and city doyen, Bonnie Shaw, gives a sneak peak into what she will be sharing with us at X Media Lab "Global Media Ideas" at the Sydney Opera House, part of Vivid Sydney. 1. When should you start a business? You should start a business when you have an all consuming belief, and know without a...

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NEW MEDIA STARS CONVERGE ON SYDNEY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA IDEAS SUMMIT

  Media Release: 8 May 2012   From a founding member of the Apple Multimedia Lab, to the co-writer/director of Happy Feet, to the entertainment lawyer behind will.i.am and Britney Spears, to the woman dubbed “the Oprah of the web”, some of world’s leading new media stars will converge on Sydney for X Media Lab: Global Media Ideas. X Media Lab today announced the star-studded line-up of speakers and mentors for its annual media ideas...

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IS AUSTRALIA ON THE CUSP OF A DESIGN-LED INNOVATION BOOM?

    Is Australia on the cusp of a design-led innovation boom?  Steve Baty, President of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), thinks so. Read on to discover more about Steve in the lead up to X Media Lab "Global Media Ideas" at the Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid Sydney. 1. When should you...

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X MEDIA LAB CALLS FOR CREATIVE PROJECTS FOR GLOBAL MEDIA IDEAS SUMMIT

Media Release: 2 May 2012 X MEDIA LAB CALLS FOR CREATIVE PROJECTS FOR GLOBAL MEDIA IDEAS SUMMIT   The hothouse that helped nurture the digital media offerings of ABC’s Rage, The Chaser, The Loop and 99dresses, X Media Lab is offering digital and creative industry entrepreneurs an invaluable opportunity to workshop their projects with some of the world’s leading new media experts in Sydney from 8-10 June. X Media Lab...

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