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InPark’s Martin Palicki Among Speakers Announced for SATE’14 Technology Segment

Sep 08, 2014 Joe Kleiman Business, Events, News, People, Technology & Media, Uncategorized Comments Off on InPark’s Martin Palicki Among Speakers Announced for SATE’14 Technology Segment


InPark’s Martin Palicki Among Speakers Announced for SATE’14 Technology Segment

ABOVE PHOTO: Mertz Theater, home of SATE ’14 presentations. Courtesy Florida State University College of Performing Arts.

Burbank, CA, USA — Chairing the Technology segment of TEA’s SATE conference, Oct 2-3 at Florida State University, Mk Haley of Walt Disney Imagineering and FSU has announced sessions & speakers.

Tech me out to the Ballgame
Mark Francis will moderate a panel on technology and guest engagement in sports venues. Prof Francis teaches The Business of Sports at UCLA Anderson School of Management, and is a sports management consultant.

From Vegas to Theme Parks
Tommy Bridges of ATI, Stephan Villet of Smart Monkeys and Eric Cantrell of Medialon will address how newer AV and show control technologies seen in Las Vegas nightclubs and media installations can be applied to theme parks. Panel moderator: Martin Palicki of InPark Magazine.

Educational Models
Peter Weishar, Dean of the College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance at Florida State University (FSU) will lead a showcase of new themed entertainment curricula at FSU and other colleges.

Meet the speakers
Mark Francis

Mark Francis

Prof. Mark Francis, MBA, MA
UCLA Anderson School of Management Center for Management of Enterprise in Media, Entertainment and Sports (MEMES)
A life-long educator, sports enthusiast and high-performance coach, Mark is a specialist in the areas of Sports Management & Marketing with significant interests in Fan Experience & Engagement, Brand Management, Marketing, Business Development, Law and the exciting field of Social Media Marketing.  In addition to his teaching role at UCLA he also serves as a Sports Marketing Consulant for BaAM Productions, a major player in sports experience design and project management.

Tommy Bridges and Stephan Villet

Tommy Bridges and Stephan Villet

Tommy Bridges
Executive VP, All Things Integrated
Tommy Bridges is a 26-year veteran of the audio-visual and broadcast product industry who helped Alcorn McBride become a global powerhouse. Bridges has worked with Walt Disney Parks, Universal Studios, and many other theme parks, visitor attractions, and museums throughout the world. In 2012, he was elected to the International Board of the Themed Entertainment Association.

Stephan Villet
Owner, Smart Monkeys Inc.
Smart Monkeys provides advice, project management and programming for show control design and engineering. Services include project-based consulting, control systems development and project specific system programming. The company interacts with AV design teams to incorporate show control into projects.

Eric Cantrell

Eric Cantrell

Eric Cantrell
North America Sales Manager,Medialon 
Eric is a lighting, video, and show control designer/programmer with a background in theatre, specializing in interactive environmental controls for museums, themed attractions, and specialty venues. He has been with Medialon since 2008. Prior to that, he was projections operator for Wynn Las Vegas, and technical director for The Jordan Experience. He also freelances as a lighting designer on shows for various theaters in South Florida.

Martin Palicki

Martin Palicki

Martin Palicki
Editor-in-chief, InPark Magazine
Having worked in the theme park and entertainment industry throughout high school and college (Six Flags Great America, Walt Disney World, Adventureland, Rink Side Sports and Family Entertainment Center), Martin founded InPark Magazine in 2004. InPark grew to cover theme parks, waterparks, museums, world expos, specialty cinema, technology, design and more. InPark shares multiple perspectives: those of owners, operators, designers and vendors, as well as the guest experience.

 

Peter Weishar

Peter Weishar

Peter Weishar 
Dean of College of Visual Arts, Theatre, and Dance
Florida State University  
Peter Weishar comes to FSU from the Savannah College of Art and Design’s School of Film’s Digital Media and Performing Arts, where he served as Dean since 2004. Previously, he was a full-time professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts department of Film and Television and graduated from Union College with a B.A. with honors in Studio Art in 1983. On top of his career in academia, Weishar has published three books discussing computer art and animation. He is an innovator in video and media technology and has worked for creative firms and advertising agencies.

MK Haley

MK Haley

Mk Haley
Entrepreneur in Residence
College of Visual Arts, Theater and Dance
Florida State University   

In addition to her position with FSU, Mk works for Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) in Orlando, having previously worked as Research Producer with Disney Research, and other roles across creative, technical, and operational teams since 1994 with Disney. Primarily serving WDI, Mk has also worked with Disney Corporate on company-wide collaboration initiatives, as well as emerging technologies for television experiences with the Digital Media Teams.

SATE ’14 is a professional, international dialog on Experience Design, Oct 2&3, hosted by Florida State University at the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota. SATE (Storytelling, Architecture, Technology, Experience) brings together creatives, producers, owners and operators in the visitor attractions industry. SATE explores issues, opportunities and possibilities relating to the creation of compelling guest experiences for entertainment, education, retail and branding.

Organizer: Themed Entertainment Association (TEA). SATE ’14 presenting sponsors are Christie and Electrosonic.

Visit the SATE ’14 blog for more information and to register.

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