"The University Project" - The Global Meeting of University & College Professionals in Entertainment & Media Production and Studies
Digital Hollywood, March 28-30, 2006 - Loews Hotel, Santa Monica, California
Co- Sponsored by UCLA Extension's Department of Entertainment Studies and Performing Arts, Digital Hollywood & ACM Computers in Entertainment

University Project - Board of Advisors
Kenn Heller, Associate Director of UCLA's Center for Student Programming
Jane Kagon, Director of UCLA Extension's Department of Entertainment Studies and Performing Arts
Gina Fegan, Chief Executive, South East Media Network
Newton Lee, Senior Producer, Disney Online, and Editor-in-Chief, ACM Computers in Entertainment
Dr. Bernard J. Luskin, Director, Media Studies, Executive Vice President, Fielding Graduate University
Anna Marie Piersimoni, Director, Internet Communications, Director, Media & Technology, American Film Institute
Dana Plautz, Chair Art and Entertainment Research Council Committee, Intel Research
Todd Richmond, Managing Director, Annenberg Center for Communication, USC
Kevin Roebuck, Manager, Libraries and e-Learning, Global Education and Research, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Teri Schwartz, Dean of Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television
Kathy Smith, Chair of Animation/Digital Arts, USC
Tim Langdell, Information Technology Program, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Nancy Uscher, Provost, CalArts
Martin Perlmutter, Executive Producer, META-4
David Traub, VP Business Development, Vidiva
Georgia Bergman, former Executive Vice President, Warner Bros. Music

Registration: (1) To register, please click through to the Digital Hollywood registration form. Please note the Academic Rate for full time faculty and administration, Click Here You will be emailed a confirmation with further details.

University Project Agenda at Spring Digital Hollywood
Tuesday, March 28th
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
University Project Workshop Workshop
Developing the Next Generation of Entertainment, Media & Technology Thinkers and Visionaries – Science vs. Commerce vs. Theory
Joaquín Alvarado, Director, Institute for Next Generation Internet
San Francisco State University
Tracy Fullerton, Interactive Media Division, USC Cinema-TV
Carol Wilder, Associate Dean & Chair, Media Studies & Film, The New School
Anna Marie Piersimoni, Director, Internet Communications, Director, Media & Technology, American Film Institute
Stuart Volkow, Contributing Editor, CMS Newsline
Bernard J. Luskin, Director, EVP Media Studies, Fielding Graduate University, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

3:30 PM – 5: 00 PM
Envisioning the Future of Digital Entertainment – As a Student Curriculum, as a Cultural Prototype and as a Digital Lifestyle
Tim Langdell, Information Technology Program, USC - langdell@usc.edu
Kevin Roebuck, Manager, Libraries and e-Learning, Sun Microsystems
Philip Cruver, President/CEO, Kidz Online
Dave Bossert, Creative Director, Disney Animation Special Projects
Rajit Gadh, Director, UCLA's Wireless Internet for the Mobile Enterprise Consortium
Jenny Fulle, Executive Vice President of Production and Executive Producer, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Todd Richmond, Managing Director, Annenberg School for Communication, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

6:45 PM. University Project Dinner - Open to all attendees
Hosted by Sun Microsystems


Wednesday, March 29th
University Project Workshops
10:30 AM - Noon
Research, Development and Investment in Entertainment Technologies and Media Studies Innovation: From the University to Industry Application
Bruce Lincoln, founder/ Chief Design Scientist, Urban Cyberspace Company, former, Senior Educational Technologist, Teachers College, Columbia University
Peter S. Fader, Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor; Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School of the University of the University of Pennsylvania
Mary C. Schaffer, Assistant Professor, Multimedia, Cinema and Television Arts, California State University, Northridge
Julian Bleecker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Interactive Media Division, School of Cinema-TV, University of Southern California
Kenn Heller, UCLA Associate Director, Center for Student Programming
Kathy Smith, USC Chair, Division of Animation, Digital Arts
Newton Lee, Editor-in-Chief, ACM Computers in Entertainment, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The University Project Workshops
Inventing Next Generation Communications - Interdisciplinary Collaboration – Computer Science, Engineering, Design & Personal & Social Communication
Jeremy Bailenson, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Stanford University
David Traub, VP Business Development, Vidiva
Jeff Burke, Executive Director, UCLA Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance
Kevin Almeroth, Associate Director, Center for Information Technology and Society, UC Santa Barbara
Stuart Sim, Senior Architect, e-Learning and Collaboration, Sun Microsystems
Dr. Richard Weinberg, Research Assoc Professor, School of Cinema Television, USC
Charles G. Hollins, software developer, MySpace.com; Instructor, UCLA Extension, Entertainment Studies and Performing Arts
Marty Perlmutter, Exec Pro, META-4, Moderator
For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

The Goal: To create a yearly gathering place for an international community of faculty and administrators in entertainment, media studies, production and technology to explore, to share and to help integrate the process of global media and entertainment education with the professional digital media experience. By being held in conjunction with Digital Hollywood, "The University Project" will immediately expose and introduce its participants to the three days of sessions and the thousands of professionals in the entertainment and technology industries already in attendance at this traditional gathering place in Los Angeles.

The "University Project" is a work-in-progress. As such, the Department of Entertainment Studies is interested in taking suggestions from attendees on how continue to develop new professional/educational connections and affiliations (and supplement existing ones) beyond the Digital Hollywood’s conferences.

Corporate Involvement - The University Project will look for creative ideas in corporate development, looking toward the future of entertainment and technology organizations and exploring their relationships with University and College programs, from scholarship to co-development concepts. "The University Project" will also be seeking Corporate Sponsorships for this and future events. Please call Victor Harwood - 212-352-9720.

Jane Kagon is the Director of UCLA Extension's Department of Entertainment Studies and Performing Arts, the largest and most highly acclaimed professional continuing education and training program for all sectors of the international entertainment industry. Considered to be the platinum standard for the certification of entertainment based training programs, the Department of Entertainment Studies serves as a central hub in a synergistic world-wide network of entertainment/education institutions. In her capacity as Director of the Department, Ms. Kagon is responsible for coordinating B-to-B custom programs on site and around the globe, as well as overseeing the implementation of over 500 courses a year in Los Angeles for approximately 10,000 enrollees. Prior to coming to UCLA, Jane was a long term production and development executive in Hollywood, working as Vice President of Production for Michael Douglas among other major producers, as well as being an independent film producer herself and a writer for interactive media, game projects and television animation series. Ms. Kagon began her career as an entertainment attorney, representing screenwriters, producers, film composers and actors.

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