The Shindler Perspective

On August 2, 2008, Marty Shindler will moderate two panels at the annual Directors Guild (DGA) Digital Day. One is The 3D Pipeline and Workflow and the other is 3D AND THE TV VIEWING EXPERIENCE: Moving 3D into the Media Mainstream. Here is the entire program.

TV programs, Films, Animation and New Media are the topics at the annual Broadcast Worldwide Conference & Exhibition 2008 (BCWW) in Seoul, Korea. Marty Shindler will be presenting Entertainment Business From the Hollywood Perspective on Thursday, September 4, 2008.

On April 15, 2008, Marty Shindler will moderate a panel discussion at the The Creative Storage Conference, held in conjunction the annual NAB Conference in Las Vegas. The panel is entitled Entertainment and Media Users Session. This session includes notable end users of digital storage from the entertainment and media industry discussing their uses and issues with digital storage in this industry. Panelists included executives from Thomson, Microsoft, Turner/CNN, ABC and Stargate Films, with others expected to also participate. Further updates will be posted here when available.

Digital Hollywood - 3D is a hot topic and it is an evolving business from many points of view, from image acquisition to post production and visual effects to digital exhibition and very soon to the home. On May 6, 2008, once again, Marty Shindler and a panel of industry experts will discuss the current and the future world of 3D under the banner of The Arrival of 3D - Digital 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television. Panelists will be representing 3Ality Digital, The Bigger Picture, Dynamic Digital Depth (DDD), Kodak, Real D and Sony Pictures Imageworks.

The second annual Asia Pacific Entertainment & Media Summit (APEM) was held October 17 - 18, 2007 at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles. Marty Shindler moderated a panel on IPTV. IPTV represents a growing content delivery system. Panelists included executives from Microsoft, NBC Universal and KT Corporation.

Digital Hollywood continues to be one of the most innovative and forward thinking conferences. Marty Shindler will moderate a panel discussion on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. at the Fall conference October 29 - November 1, 2007. The Fall conference is moving to a new, larger venue, The Grand Ballroom at Hollywood and Highlands and the adjacent Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. Due to its success at the Spring conference, we have been asked to repeat the panel entitled The Arrival of 3D - Digital 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television with a great group on the panel.

On July 28, 2007, Marty Shindler moderated a panel discussion entitled 3D: The Next Generation of Digital Production at the annual Directors' Guild (DGA) annual Digital Day. The session included compelling content as well as a discussion on how this exciting trend will impact the next generation of digital production and exhibition. This year's theme for the day was The Future Of The Future: What's Next In Digital? See pictures of the event here and see our panel on this link.

Digital Hollywood is the epicenter of the global entertainment and technology disruption! As a part of Digital Production World at Digital Hollywood - Entering a New Universe, Marty Shindler moderated The Arrival of 3D - Digital 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 from 10:45 - noon at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. Click here for panelists' names and bios.

Marty Shindler moderated a panel discussion entitled "End Users Views on Digital Storage in Content Creation and Distribution: Challenges and Solutions" as a part of the 2007 Creative Storage Conference held in conjunction with the Media-Tech Expo Expo 2007 at the Long Beach Convention Center on May 15, 2007. Panelists were from Electronic Arts, PlasterCITY Digital Post, Stargate Films, SyncCast and Thomson.

On Sunday January 7, 2007, Marty Shindler attended the Storage Visions 2007 Conference at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marty moderated a panel discussion entitled Digital Content in the Age of Global Archives. The theme of the conference was Digital Storage Democratizes Content. Read the recent press release for more details.

In September 2006, Marty and Roberta Shindler attended the The 2nd China (Nanjing) International Software Product Expo. Marty addressed the conference on the topic of Global Trends in Computer Animation and Software Tools and the Shindlers attended the opening ceremonies. He also attended a group meeting of the Nanjing animation industry where he presented an expanded version of the address to the specialized and attentive audience. In addition to visiting several animation facilities in Nanjing, the Shindlers also visited animation and post houses in Shanghai.

On June 13, 2006, Marty Shindler moderated a panel entitled IMAX VFX: Design and Execution for the LA Professional Chapter of ACM Siggraph. See the postcard announcement in PDF.

Covering Your (Digital) Assets is the title of a panel discussion that Marty Shindler moderated at iHollywood Forum's Digital Media Summit on June 6, 2006. Scroll down to see the impressive line up of panelists. It was a lively discussion on what is a very hot topic.

Marty Shindler led a seminar for local entertainment industry personnel and students for DIP, the Daegu Digital Industry Promotion Agency in Daegu, Korea in April 2006. The topic was Entertainment Business From a Global Perspective.

In November 2005, Marty Shindler was invited by the KIPA - Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (part of the Ministry of Information and Communications) to speak at its Digital Content @ Convergence Conference in Seoul Korea. His topic was Global Trends in Digital Content Production and Distribution. See other coverage from CGLand, including their pictorial coverage.

Digital Cinema and 3D: Business, Production, and Distribution Trends

Presented by The Los Angeles Professional Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH in cooperation with the Entertainment Technology Center at USC's Digital Cinema Lab.

Read the press coverage of this event from Box Office Magazine , The Hollywood Reporter or Information Week.

Pathway International Digital Film Festival

Marty Shindler speaks on The Business Impact of New Technologies - September 2005

BYOB: Be Your Own Boss January 2005, a panel discussion at the monthly meeting of LA ACM Siggraph.

Marty Shindler moderates The Future of the Digital Studio at iHollywood Forum

Web site links to various prior speaking engagements that have been retained are listed below. This is just a select portion of all prior engagements.

The Business of Effects: Generating Income, Not Just Images, panel moderated by Marty Shindler for LA ACM Siggraph, April 2001

The Next Wave: Digital Production in Large Format

Marty Shindler was a moderator as well as co-chair of the event sponsored by LFCA - The Large Format Cinema Association in May 2000.