EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY OF ART + DESIGN & DIGIBC PRESENT
NEWTON LEE AND KRYSTINA MADEJ: Disney Stories and Games – Making Technological Innovation a Reality
NUS Hollywood Lab co-founder, Newton Lee will speak on the process of creating some of his most successful projects, from his work as a software engineer at Media Station, which was contracted by Disney to develop their fist CD-ROM games in the early 1990s, to his work as a technical architect and senior producer at Disney for many successful online projects. He will also present the work he’s undertaken to develop a sustainable research environment where academia and business can collaborate: his work with ACM’s online Computers in Entertainment Magazine, the Hollywood Lab, the Institute for Education, Research and Scholarships, and other new technology initiatives.
Adjunct professor at SFU SIAT, Krystina Madej, will introduce Lee and speak on Disney’s innovative use of story in new media since the early 1900s.
Lee and Madej are currently collaborating on a book that presents Disney stories in new media.
DigiBC promotes, supports and accelerates the growth, competitiveness, and sustainability of BC's digital media and wireless industry
This event is free and open to the public.When: Thursday, January 21, 2010Time: Reception: 7pm / Presentation: 7:30pmWhere: Motion Capture Studio, Room 285E Intersections Digital Studios, North Building 1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island
For additional information visit http://www.ecuad.ca/about/events/24740
