Screenworks Digital Screen Forum
Saturday, October 30, 2010 from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (GMT+1000)
Mullumbimby, New South Wales
Screenworks is shouting about the program and speakers for the digital event of the year in the Northern Rivers region. In partnership with Arts Northern Rivers, Screenworks is bringing an exciting list of speakers to Mullumbimby Civic Centre on Saturday 30th October to use their fantastic knowledge and experience to explore the digital markets, creative and development…
When: Tuesday 9 November
Where: 3 Degrees, QV Building
Time: 7.30pm – 11pm
More info available soon (we’ll let you know!) but the following speakers will be supplying a triple treat for our November meetup:
Symphonic Pixels: Courtney (Hae Won) Kim - http://symphonicpixels.com/
Cokoon: Yi Yi Wang - http://cokoon.com.au/
Rhys Sullivan
In addition there’s sure to be many a lively discussion over the good’s (GCAP) and the bad’s (Krome) of late.
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