Friday, July 10, 2009

Mobile Tech and Arts Organizations- Meetup in NYC

As of today there are about 50 spots left if you want to attend.

Sounds like it might be really interesting!

Mobile Tech for Arts Orgs

Jul 23 Thu 7:00 PM
Location
Roger Smith Hotel 501 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10017
212.755.1400
Price

$5.00 per person
refund policy

This month we'll be hearing from some people doing amazing things at the intersection of arts and mobile. We'll cover the spectrum of everything from interactive mobile design theory, to iPhone apps, to Twitter/SMS interactive initiatives, and more.

The list of presenters is as follows:

1. Koven Smith - Senior Analyst for Enterprise Content Management for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Koven will be giving a brief talk based on his recent paper, "The Future of Mobile Interpretation."

2. Jeffrey Inscho - Media and Public Relations Coordinator at the Mattress Factory Art Museum
Jeffrey will be talking about the museum's MFSCREENtxt project and how they are using insight from this initiative in designing an iPhone app.

3. Untravel Media - Michael Epstein, founder and creative director of Untravel Media will be talking about documentary storytelling on mobile devices. Some of the concepts can be found in his recent paper “Moving Story.”

4. Adam Shackelford - Co-founder and lead developer at Iconoclash Media. Adam will be talking about developing an iPhone app off the Brooklyn Museum's collections data API (for fun).

...and potential one or two more TBD

Additional details:
- Doors open at 7pm, presentations will begin promptly at 7:30pm
- Each speaker will give an 8 minute presentation followed by 2 minutes for Q&A
- There will be a networking session after the presentations
- There will be a CASH bar. Bring cash.


To RSVP visit http://www.meetup.com/Arts-Culture-and-Technology/calendar/10775307/

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