Boston has an active startup community with many resources for experienced, first-time, and student founders. Learn what's available to you, how to make connections, and hear stories from people who have been in your shoes. Ask panelists questions about their experiences founding startups or connecting to Boston's startup scene.
Join moderator Jay Neely (Creator of Boston Startups Guide), with panelists Ethan Bagley (Innovation Catalyst at Constant Contact), Sara Castellanos (Technology Reporter for Boston Business Journal), Sean O'Connor (Founder of The Boston Calendar), and Casey Hogan (Investment Team Member at Dorm Room Fund).
Audio is a powerful tool for an indie game developer to create emotion, foster narrative, and increase engagement. These developers have built their games, careers and passions around audio in gaming. How does sound set their games apart?
Presenters:
Rohit Shenoy, Dejobaan (http://www.dejobaan.com/)
Matt Myers, Leet Productions (http://leetmusic.com/)
Trevor Stricker, Disco Pixel (http://discopixel.com/)
William Brierly, Snowrunner Games (http://sodadrinkerpro.com/)
Gaslamp or "GLK," is a leading figure in the Los Angeles music community. At his ground-breaking Low End Theory all-ages hip-hop and electronic club, the Gaslamp Killer had a large hand in bringing in a new sound to music. His community-building is very much a big part of the successes of The Glitch Mob, Daedelus, Nosaj Thing and Flying Lotus. What challenges did he face? Who shared the responsibilities among his team? What were someof the greatest failures or triumphs? DigBoston's Marty Caballero goes one on one with Gaslamp Killer. He headlines the Mid East Club later that night, Thursday May 15th.
Leonie Bradbury and Maggie Cavallo, co-founders of Alter Projects, lead this discussion on the social, cultural and economic value of the arts. They will address how collaboration between the arts and business sectors can be for the better of both worlds.
The current cultural emphasis on creativity and innovation in various industries is impossible to ignore. The ability to develop creative ideas leads as one of today’s most marketable skills and the most critical issues of our time are being approached through new models dependent working across fields and industries. This atmosphere provides exciting opportunities for innovative collaboration between the arts and business sectors, for the development of better products, more engaged employees and a healthy arts ecosystem.
In this presentation, Leonie Bradbury and Maggie Cavallo provide an introduction to the social, cultural and economic value of the arts, highlighting dynamic partnerships between contemporary artists and non-arts practitioners. They will also offer innovative models for how regional enterprises can feature dynamic arts experiences and collaborations within the culture of their company.
Leonie Bradbury and Maggie Cavallo are the co-founders of Alter, an enterprise dedicated to social innovation with and for the arts. Bradbury is the Director and Curator of Montserrat College of Art Galleries and a PhD Candidate at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts. Cavallo is the Curator of Education at Montserrat College of Art Galleries and a recent graduate of Harvard Graduate School of Education.
