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X|Media|Lab has always been about helping companies improve their creative ideas, and therefore increasing the likelihood of receiving funding, and getting to market successfully. In other words, commercialising ideas.
X|Media|Lab focuses on the critical development and relationship stages that are prior to pitching and seeking investment. Getting the idea right, first.
Every Lab has had multiple success stories based around the core objective of improving creative ideas through the one-on-one mentoring facilitation between the Lab participants and the International Mentors.
The theme of X|Media|Lab Wellington “Commercialising Ideas” brings together a roster of the world’s best informed experts, VC’s, and business analysts to help the participating companies with creative thinking, comparison to best-practice examples, access to outstanding international professional networks, and exposure to investment opportunities.
Wellington is one the world’s most uniquely beautiful cities, and is home to active and internationally successful creative communities. A perfect place to meet up, in typical X|Media|Lab style.
XML Wellington is looking for the best, new digital media business ideas to participate in the Lab. As always, it’s cross-platform, cross disciplinary, and cross cultural.
- Tom Duterme - New Business Development, Google (Mountain View)
- Chris Adams - New Media Pioneer; Co-Founder, Participant Productions (Los Angeles)
- Sam Morgan - Founder, TradeMe (Wellington)
- Brian Seth Hurst - CEO, The Opportunity Management Company; Vice Chair, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Los Angeles)
- Suresh Seetharaman - Founder and President, Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation (Bangalore, New York)
- Chris Deering - Chairman, Codemasters; formerly President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (London)
- Alvin Wang Graylin - China’s Leading Mobile Entrepreneur (Shanghai)
- Noah Falstein - The Father of Serious Games; President, The Inspiracy (San Francisco)
- Marcelino Ford-Livene - General Manager, Interactive Content, Intel Digital Home Group; Governor of Interactive Media, Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences (Los Angeles)
- Richard MacManus - Founder and Editor, ReadWriteWeb, one of the world’s most popular web blogs (Wellington)
- Jason Roks - Emerging Technology & Digital Distribution Analyst (Toronto)
- Hugh Mason - Partner, Pembridge Partners LLP (London)
- Sean Kauppinen - Vice President, TriplePoint (San Francisco)
- Rod Drury - Serial Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO, Xero (Wellington)
- Gao Li (Daisy) - Deputy Director, Suzhou Industrial Park Science & Technology Development Center
Deputy General Manager, Suzhou International Science Park (Suzhou)
- Xin Chung - CEO and Founder, Vykarian
- Helen Baxter - Managing Directrix, Mohawk Media (Auckland)
- Marcia Lyons - Programme Director of Digital Media Design, Victoria University of Wellington (Wellington)
- Keren FLavell - Co-founder and Executive Producer, SLCN.TV (Melbourne)
- Adam Bryce - Trend Forecaster and Creative Director
Slam X Hype (Auckland)
The Keynote Conference Day will showcase the perspectives of each of the International and Local Mentors. The Conference Day is General Admission.
The Lab days are restricted to the selected participants with their nominated project teams and ideas. The participants present their projects, and then work directly with the Mentors they choose one-on-one on their own idea.
X|Media|Lab Wellington “Commercialising Ideas” is supported by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise as part of its work to help grow New Zealand’s digital content industry and build its international competitiveness.
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