Marc Altshuler
Executive Producer, Human Worldwide
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GEARSHIFT
Making Inspiration Work For You
Robbie Conal
Artist
Scott Duchon
Creative Director, T.A.G.
Scott started his 14-year career as a copywriter at Crispin & Porter in Miami, FL, and so was born an enviable career creating some of the most widely recognized advertising on both a national and global scale.
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ADSHIFT
The Art of Integration: Case Study - Halo 3
Tom Dunlap
SVP, Director of Integrated Production, Deutsch Inc LA
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Bonnie Goldfarb
Executive Producer, Harvest Films
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Making Inspiration Work For You
Aaron Kaplan
Worldwide Head, Scripted Television & Programming, William Morris Agency
Tali Krakowsky
Director of Experience Design, Imaginary Forces
Tali Krakowsky, Director of Experience Design at Imaginary Forces, has been extensively involved for over five years in concept development and management of the division and its projects in both the New York and Los Angeles offices. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Design from Parsons School of Design and a Master of Arts from UCLA's School of Architecture, with a thesis on interactive architecture. Krakowsky has had a leading role in a range of projects for Imaginary Forces, including immersive environments for the Museum of Biodiversity in Panama (in collaboration with Frank Gehry and Bruce Mau for completion in 2010), "New City" (a commissioned web-based installation for MoMA), Airbus, BMW, IBM, MoMA and the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Additionally, she has worked on the World Trade Center redesign competition, an installation for the Netherlands Architecture Institute and MoMA's Tall Buildings exhibition as part of the design consortium United Architects. In addition to her work at IF, Krakowsky has published several articles on design, architecture, and innovation through collaboration, and has taught a class on Experience Design at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles.
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DESIGNSHIFT
Building Fiction: Adventures in Experience Design
John Patroulis
Creative Director, T.A.G.
John’s advertising career startedover 10 years ago as a copywriterat N.W.Ayer in New York City, thus beginning a career that has resulted in some of the most recognized and honored work in the industry.
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ADSHIFT
The Art of Integration: Case Study - Halo 3
Sir Ken Robinson
Internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources
Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources. He has worked with governments in Europe, Asia and the USA, with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and some of the world’s leading cultural organizations. In 1998, he led a national commission on creativity, education and the economy for the UK Government. All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education (The Robinson Report) was published to wide acclaim in 1999. He was the central figure in developing a strategy for creative and economic development as part of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland, working with the ministers for training, education enterprise and culture. The resulting blueprint for change, Unlocking Creativity, was adopted by politicians of all parties and by business, education and cultural leaders across the Province. He was one of four international advisors to the Singapore Government for its strategy to become the creative hub of South East Asia.
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THOUGHTSHIFT
Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity
Aaron Rose
Director
Aaron Rose is an artist, writer, musician, independent curator and film director. From 1992 to 2002, he worked as owner/director of the highly influential Alleged Gallery in New York, and was responsible for breaking the careers of artists such as Ed Templeton, Mike Mills, Terry Richardson, Margaret Kilgallen, Barry McGee, Susan Cianciolo, Mark Gonzales and more. In the 1990s, Rose also worked for MTV Networks directing numerous on-air promos and producing collaborations with contemporary artists and indie-directors including Rita Ackermann, Thurston Moore, and Harmony Korine.
Scott Trattner
Creative Director, TBWA\Chiat\Day
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Jonathan Wells
Head of Programming, Flux