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Chicago MGFest 2009 Presenters

Partial list of presenters at the Chicago Motion Graphics Festival.

 

Paul Griswold, Director/Animator, NASA

"Money" @ Motion Design Conference   

"Money" @ Motion Graphics Screening

Ross Kimbarovsky & Mike Samson, crowdSPRING

"A New Perspective of Creativity" @ Chicago Convergence

Peter Kirn, Create Digital Music & Create Digital Motion

"We'll Do it Live" @ Motion Design Conference

Workshop : Visual Programming with Processing

David Armano, VP of Experience Design, Critical Mass

"Visual Thinking" @ Chicago Convergence

Ben Forta, Senior Technical Evangelist, Adobe Systems

Workshop : FlexCamp Beginner

Raman Chadha, Entrepreneurship Center, DePaul University

"Opportunity Amidst the Chaos" @ Chicago Convergence

Nick Campbell, Digital Kitchen, CreamyOrange.com

"How to become a Motion Graphic Artist" @ Motion Design Conference

Alberto Knapp Bjerén, CEO, The Cocktail

"New Media Experiences" @ Chicago Convergence

Mat Rappaport, Columbia College, Motion Graphics

"Educating Tomorrow's Motion Designer" @ Motion Design Conference

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Jon Cates, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

"Archiving the New Media Art of the 70's" @ Motion Design Conference

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Jim Forni, Founder, Octane Rich Media

"21st Century Programming: Content is Still King" @ Chicago Convergence

Jim Cohen, Founding Principal, Spark

"The Essence of What Makes Us Great" @ Chicago Convergence

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Alex Lemay, Producer/Director, Digitaal

"Monetizing Online Video Content in the Digital Age" @ Chicago Convergence

Tim Kolb, Kolb Productions

Tall Tales: Sasquatch, The Loch Ness Monster, and Parameters That Animate Themselves..." @ Motion Design Conference

Brian Houchins, Director of Innovation, Liquidus Media

"The Intersection of Creative Ave. and Business Blvd." @ Chicago Convergence

Harry Frank, RoyalPictures.tv, GrayMachine.com

Workshop : After Effects Expressions

"The Power of After Effects Expressions" @ Motion Design Conference

Michael Una, Audio-Visual Artist

Workshop : Building Optical Theremins

Joel Corelitz, Waveplant, Underscore Music

"Case Study: Sound Design for RotoFugi" @ Motion Design Conference

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Jim Jacoby, Founder & Strategic Director, Manifest Digital

"Explorations of Convergence" @ Chicago Convergence

Michele Yamazaki, Toolfarm.com

"Top 10 Most Wanted After Effects Plugins" @ Motion Design Conference

Workshop : Green Screen Made Easy

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Dave Meeker, User Experience Strategy Lead, Roundarch

Workshop : FlexCamp Beginner

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Elad Elrom, Author, Friends of Ed

Workshop : FlexCamp Beginner

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Kevin Keener, Keener Law

"Copyright Ownership in the Land of a Thousand Authors" @ Chicago Convergence

Mason Dixon, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Workshop : Adobe 3D with Photoshop & After Effects

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