Computer Animation Festival Screening

The Fort Lauderdale ACM SIGGRAPH Professional Chapter
in partnership with the
South Florida IGDA Chapter
presents.

SIGGRAPH 2008 – Computer Animation Festival Screening

hosted by Cinema Paradiso.

Showtime: September 23, 2008 at 7pm
Location: Cinema Paradiso
503 SE 6th St
Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 525-3456
Get
directions

“Experience the full spectrum of animation and visual effects.”

The SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival presents artists and
experts in talks on all aspects of production, from animation to visual effects,
from shorts to full-length features, from television to movies, from art to
science, from learning the history of animation to learning the craft. This is
your opportunity to totally immerse yourself in the full spectrum of animation
and visual effects.
If you’d like to know more about this meeting, or learn how to join our ACM
SIGGRAPH Chapter contact Sean Novak at snovak(at)snovak.com.
See you
there!!

Shadows in Darkness – Darkside Game Studios

President of Local Video Game Company to Speak at IGDA and ACM Siggraph Meeting in Fort Lauderdale

 

Fort Lauderdale, FL—GameRecruiter, the leader in recruitment services for
the interactive entertainment industry, today announced that the South Florida
Chapter of the Independent Game Developers Association (IGDA) and the Fort
Lauderdale ACM Siggraph Chapter are holding a joint meeting and game industry
presentation on June 18, 2008.

 

Located at the Keiser University campus, the IGDA-Siggraph meeting will
feature Hugh Falk, President of both the game art studio, Shadows in Darkness, and the game
development company, Darkside Game Studios. Both video game development studios
are based in South Florida. Falk’s featured presentation topic is entitled
“Managing a Game Project.” Falk will share his knowledge about managing game
projects and the game development process.

 

The IGDA-SIGGRAPH meeting will begin at 7 pm and will be located at Keiser
University, 1500 NW 49th Street in Fort Lauderdale (95 exit Commercial Blvd go
West. Meeting held on the 5th floor Auditorium). Following Falk’s presentation,
the meeting will continue at Champps Sports Bar for a social hour at 8:30 pm,
located at 6401 N. Andrews Avenue, in Fort Lauderdale. Both events are free to
attend and open to the public.

 

Prior to his roles as President and Executive Producer at these two Florida
studios, Falk was Development Director on Madden NFL 2001 for Electronic Arts.
There he directed the PS2’s most successful US launch title and followed with
NCAA Football 2002. He then accepted the role of VP of Development for 2015,
Inc., creators of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. Next he advanced to the role
of Studio Head for Midway San Diego and later Executive Producer at Nival
Interactive (known for Heroes of Might and Magic). Hugh was responsible for
teams over 60 people and hundreds of external resources.

 

Marc Mencher, CEO of GameRecruiter and head of the South Florida chapter of
IGDA, states “As part of our role as a member of the Florida games community, we
continue to bring exposure to our local chapters of the Independent Games
Developers Association and ACM SIGGRAPH. GameRecruiter is proud to support such
worthwhile organizations, and to encourage local game developers to attend Hugh
Falk’s presentation.” President of Local Video Game Company to Speak at IGDA

 

About the International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
www.igda.org
the international game developers
association is the largest non-profit membership organization serving
individuals that create video games. the igda is committed to advancing the
careers and enhancing the lives of game developers by connecting members with
their peers, promoting professional development, and advocating on issues that
affect the developer community.

 

About ACM|SIGGRAPH
www.siggraph.org
The Association for
Computing Machinery (ACM) is the world’s first and largest computing society.
ACM serves as an umbrella organization for information-technology professionals.
ACM SIGGRAPH is a Special Interest Group focused on graphics and interactive
development. SIGGRAPH has grown from a handful of computer graphics enthusiasts
to a diverse group of researchers, artists, developers, filmmakers, scientists,
and other professionals who share an interest in computer graphics and
interactive techniques.

 

About Keiser University
www.keiseruniversity.edu
Keiser
University is a regionally accredited, private, career university offering
master’s, bachelor’s and associate degrees. Keiser University offers an
Associate of Science in Video Game Design degree which provides students the
skills needed to obtain a job as a Video Game Designer. Students are immersed in
creative and conceptual areas such as character development, 3-D modeling and
animation, game documentation, game balance, interactive story telling and
interface development. To learn more about Keiser University’s Game Design
program contact: Elizabeth Houlihan, Director of Student Services at
elizabethH(at)keiseruniversity.edu

 

About GameRecruiter
www.gamerecruiter.com
The number one
recruiting firm in interactive entertainment, GameRecruiter offers unparalleled
experience and professionalism for both candidates looking for a job opportunity
and employers seeking the industry’s leading talent. With a 2-decades-long
history of recruitment specializing in unique and unadvertised opportunities
focused exclusively in games, GameRecruiter has earned an international
reputation for recruiting the technical, production, and executive staff who
build game industry companies and make game history.

 

If you’d like to know more about this meeting, or learn how to join the IGDA
chapter, please contact Doug Leeman at doug(at)GameRecruiter.com or (866)
358-4263, extension 121or for ACM SIGGRAPH contact Sean Novak at
snovak(at)snovak.com.

DIRECTIONS TO MEETING: Take I-95 to the
COMMERCIAL BLVD/ SR-870 exit, EXIT 32. Take the WEST COMMERCIAL BLVD ramp. Turn
LEFT onto W COMMERCIAL BLVD/ FL-870 W/ NW 50TH ST. (0.7 mi) Turn LEFT onto NW
15TH AVE. End at 1500 NW 49th St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33309-3700

See you
there!!!

Mark Bradshaw, Director of Development, Stratogon Entertainment.

The Fort Lauderdale ACM SIGGRAPH Professional Chapter and The South Florida IGDA present:

Mark Bradshaw, Director of Development, Stratogon Entertainment.

 

Showtime: April 16th, 2008 7 to 8:45pm
Location: Keiser University 1500 Northwest 49th Street Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33309

Mark is the Director of Development of Stratogon
Entertainment Corp. He holds a BS in Computer Science with an option in
Mathematics from the California State University of Long Beach. With over 15
years in computer graphics and games development he has worked for several major game developers and has over 20 published game titles to his credit. After
working for 5 years in image and video processing he developed his first
Edutainment title for HyperKnowledge. The experience landed him a job at Sega as
a producer / programmer and he led a team to create the very successful “Lose
your Marbles” game that was part of the Windows 98 plus pack. He later worked as
a lead programmer on “Warsport”, one of the first Internet only real-time
strategy games that supported voice communication online. After shipping the
first person shooter “Klingon Honor Guard” and the strategy game “Civilization
II test o! ! ! f time” for Microprose, he helped to start a company called
AweGames, where he still holds an ownership partner position. While at AweGames as Project Director / Lead Programmer, he developed several children’s games with some of the biggest licenses in the industry attached to them. Some of
these titles included SpongeBob, Shrek 2, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Spiderman
2, Jimmy Neutron, Codename: Kids Next Door, and several others. After several
years at Awe, Mark helped to start Stratogon Entertainment. Stratogon continued
to do work for AweGames as well as others. While doing work for these companies
Stratogon began developing their own technologies and intellectual properties.

Mark Bradshaw now runs the day-to-day development operations for
Stratogon Entertainment Corp. With his strong technical background and large
number of shipped games he is able to oversee the technical improvements to
their game engines and focus development in a way to maximize efficiency and
help to facilitate great on-time and on- budget games.

DIRECTIONS TO
MEETING: Take I-95 to the COMMERCIAL BLVD/ SR-870 exit, EXIT 32. Take the WEST
COMMERCIAL BLVD ramp. Turn LEFT onto W COMMERCIAL BLVD/ FL-870 W/ NW 50TH ST.
(0.7 mi) Turn LEFT onto NW 15TH AVE. End at 1500 NW 49th St Ft Lauderdale, FL
33309-3700

See you there!!