Event Calendar 2008 - Preliminary List
Friday, 3/21, 5:31PM | Events + Conferences
This is the preliminary 2008 annual event schedule for the new event facility. Events are subject to change based on scheduling and speaker availability. Further details on our website at http://www.hhill.org/hill/presentations_next. We welcome additional topic submissions from members.
1. Innovations, Trends, & Social Change
Arming Members With The Info We Need To Change The World
Friday 3/28 - Book Party: The Future of the Internet—And How To Stop It!
May - Car Party: The Return of the Electric Car! (at Tesla's New Showroom)
TBD - Re-Envisioning Privacy In The Digital Era
TBD - Synthetic Organism Invasion: The Rise of BioBricks
TBD - Internet Censorship II: Our Panel Of Experts Returns
TBD - Games4Change II: Using Games For Social Change
TBD - The Next Humans: The New Science of Advanced Body Modification
TBD - Automated Automobiles: The Self Driving Car Is Coming (Soon)
TBD - Dongtan Update: China's Zero-Carbon Scratch-Built Metropolis
TBD - Product Packaging Without The Landfill
TBD - Augmented Reality: Combining the Real World & Ubiquitous Data
TBD - Defending Ourselves From Potential Nuclear & Bio Terror
TBD - Peak Water: Solutions for the Global Clean Water Crisis
TBD - Getting To Fusion Power
TBD - Wireless Electricity & The Potential Of Air Energy
TBD - GE and The Future of Printable Solar Cells
TBD - How Nanotech Will Change Our Lives
TBD - The New Star Wars: China vs NASA vs Private Industry
TBD - Securing Cyberspace: Cyberwarfare threat or hoax?
TBD - Private Warriors: The Future of Warfare
2. Entertainment Industry Workshops
Keeping Members Up-To-Date On Changes In The Industry
TBD - The Future of Hollywood VFX: Outsourcing To India & China
TBD - Will Your Facebook Profile Enhance Your Career? Or Kill It?
TBD - Trends In Hollywood's Management Industry
TBD - Why DreamWorks, Disney, Sony, & Pixar Are Embracing 3D
TBD - On-Demand & Real-Time: How Home Distribution Is Changing
TBD - Film Financing: What's Happening With The Lower Dollar?
TBD - Foreign Production Trends
TBD - Pilot's Are Dead: What's Next In The Post-Pilot TV Season?
TBD - Future of Licensing Music
TBD - Future of Music Production
TBD - Where Is Reality TV Headed?
TBD - Packaging 2.0: How Will Agents & Managers Package In An Internet-Driven Media World
TBD - The Future of Internet Video II
TBD - The Future of Cable
TBD - The Future Searching Video: AI Video-tagging Software
3. Project Snapshots
Reviewing Potential Armchair Revolutionary Projects
April - GridRepublic & The Power of Distributed Computing
Tues 5/20 - Creating A New Voter Experience
Scheduling - Replicating The Google Bus System In Hollywood
More to be added in the next few weeks...
4. Hollywood Hill Conferences
Full-Day Conferences with Keynotes, Panels & Workshops
Saturday 5/10 - Today's New Hi-Tech Robin Hoods, a full-day conference. Our first conference will introduce the key players in the online Micro-Finance arena and delve into their efforts to build the ultimate platforms for large-scale distributed social change financing. Confirmed Speakers: Matt Flannery (Co-Founder, Kiva.org), Tracey Pettingill Turner (Founder, MicroPlace.com), Peter Bladin (Head, Grameen Foundation Technology), Donna Callejon (COO, GlobalGiving.com), Julie Lacouture (Deputy Director, DonorsChoose.org).
July - BigBrainBoy's Mobile Media Summit, a two-day conference. Anticipated Anticipated Keynotes and Panels: Mobile Apps for Social Change, Municipal Wi-Fi/WiMax Infrastructure, Global Overview of Mobile Banking, Mobile Banking & Social Change, Future of Mobile Video Content, Future of Mobile Gaming, Future of Spectrum, Future of Mobile Apps.
September - Working Hollywood's Magic On Education, a full-day conference. Anticipated Keynotes and Panels: The Future of Textbooks, Games For Education, Mobile Technology & Education, Invigorating STEM (Science, Technology, Education, and Mathematics) Education & Making Science, Tech, & Engineering Jobs Cool For Kids.
October - Hacking LA: Hollywood's Last Frontier?, a full-day conference. Anticipated Keynote: Hollywood's Mission To Re-Engineer L.A.
Anticipated Topics: As Hollywood goes green, so goes the city. We'll examine vast array of redevelopment issues from corporate transit systems (Google Bus) to renewable energy and hi-tech solutions for unifying the city.
December - How To Shoot Your Next Film In Space, a full-day conference. Anticipated Panels: Financing Your Off-Planet Film, Advantages & Pitfalls of Off-Planet Production, Developing Galactic Narratives. This daytime conference will be followed by The Hollywood Hill's Off-Planet Themed 2008 Holiday Party. Keynote: Elon Musk (Founder, SpaceX) on A Look Ahead; Additional Confirmed Speakers: Alex Tai, (VP, Virgin Galactic).
