Featured keynote speakers include:

Academy Award^® nominee, Steve Oedekerk. His career spans years of writing, directing, producing, acting, stand-up comedy and computer generated animation. His latest movie, Barnyard, will be making its way to the small screen later this fall in a Nickelodeon series called, Back at the Barnyard. Oedekerk also has written many movies such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, The Nutty Professor and Patch Adams then went on produce Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, write, direct, and star in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist and pen the screenplay for Bruce Almighty. Steve's new project, Dirk Derby Wonder Jockey, will be the first broadcast length comedy series released exclusively to the digital media arena for consumption on portable media players such as the Sony PSP^® (PlayStation^® Portable) and available only online through digital distribution. Steve will provide his keen insights into content creation, and talk about how advances in technology have helped O Entertainment stay on the cutting-edge of digital media production.

Editor-in-Chief, Studio Monthly Magazine, Beth Marchant. Beth will share her thoughts about the state of the industry looking back on the past couple of years, and provide a unique perspective on where trends in content creation and media production will take us over the next few years.

You won't want to miss important technology announcements from Sony Creative Software and AMD. Hear what Charlie Boswell, AMD's Director of Digital Media & Entertainment, has in store regarding their industry leading 64-bit technology. Boswell is an accomplished musician and composer who works with leading entertainment industry innovators and content creators including George Lucas, Robert Rodriguez; and musicians and producers such as Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton and Mark Knopfler, Phil Ramone, Elliot Scheiner, and many others.

Charlie brings with him Tommy Tallarico who is a veritable video game industry icon. As one of the most successful video game composers in history, he has helped revolutionize the gaming world, creating unique audio landscapes that enhance the video gaming experience. His studios use workstations powered with AMD64 processors to create digital symphonies. His top game titles include Earthworm Jim, Tony Hawk Pro Skater and Spider-Man, as well as top selling popular game franchises such as Madden Football, Mortal Kombat, Twisted Metal and Time Crisis.

Also appearing:

JC Colclature, World's Fastest Cameraman; an adrenaline-filled demonstration by Douglas Spotted Eagle from VASST; Sony Vegas Editors on the big screen and many other surprises.

Whether you're a current user of Sony Creative Software products, or simply want to find out what the latest trends are in the content creation industry, this is the place to be.

Please join us for food, drinks and entertainment on April 16. We expect a capacity crowd so please register early to get your name onto the guest list!

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