ISET Third Annual Immersive Media Summit: Immersive Workshops and Training Sessions

Description

Immersive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies, Johns Hopkins University's newest program, is opening up its industry and creative expertise through an exclusive immersive media summit showcasing the incredible innovations and research in the fields of virtual and augmented reality, hosted by the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund. This year's event will particularly focus on artificial intelligence.

During a full day of immersive workshops and training sessions, industry experts will provide a deep dive into key considerations, best practices, and concerns and share their assessment of the market. Guest speakers include:

• Bruce Allan, CEO of Triggar Media
• Gabo Arora, founder and director of the Immersive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies program, former creative director at the United Nations
• Penelope Jagessar Chaffer, Sundance Institute Artist in Residence for the Immersive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies program
• Dr. Courtney Cogburn, associate professor of Social Work at Columbia University, faculty of the Columbia Population Research Center
• Stephanie Dinkins, associate professor of Art, Stony Brook University, Sundance New Frontiers Story Lab Fellow 2018, 2019 Capital Creative Grantee
• Diego Galafassi, Sundance Institute Artist in Residence for the Immersive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies program
• Navid Khonsari, founder and director of iNK STORIES
• Matthew Niederhauser, co-founder of Sensorium, adjunct faculty in the Immersive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies program
• Vico Sharabani, founder, creative director, and director of The Artery

Enjoy all the events of the two-day Third Annual Immersive Media Summit:

• Dec. 6: Registration and demos at the Baltimore Improv Group Theater
• Dec. 6: Opening remarks, keynote speaker, and presentation
• Dec. 7: Demos at the JHU-MICA Film Centre
• Dec. 7: Immersive workshops and training sessions

Immersive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies (ISET) is a new program led by the industry's leading and award-winning creative pioneers. It is designed to utilize and contextualize dominant emerging technologies—including virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence—for artistic expression and social impact. The concentration offers new perspectives as to how we relate to the world, others, and—most importantly—ourselves. Experimentation is encouraged. Recent student projects have included aspects of ethnography, experimental art, data visualization, animation, oral history, and narrative virtual reality.