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 IMERSA News
July 2010
Immersive Media Entertainment, Research, Science & Arts
Celebrating and promoting
immersive & fulldome media for
education and entertainment
in planetariums, schools, museums, cinemas & attractions
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Welcome to IMERSA's e-newsletter
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What's New at IMERSA
 | IMERSA Fulldome Summit
Denver, Colorado USA, 26-28 October For museum & media professionals. Presented by the Jackson Hole Wildlife
Film Festival and the Gates Planetarium at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. This three-day symposium will Include: - Fulldome (digital dome) workshops
- Panels,
screenings, & exhibits
- Pitching opportunities
- Speakers include Barry Clark, producer with Mandalay Media
Registration and more info here.
To learn about opportunities to participate (sponsorship, panels & presentations, fulldome shows and demos) email Dan Neafus.
IMERSA website updated
IMERSA.org has a new look and new features to let you build online community and browse industry resources all in one place.
- Update your member profile
- Share relevant news, press releases, images and other materials
- Announce industry events
- Participate in the forum and blog
- Contribute to the wiki.
- Join IMERSA: Join or renew directly from the website, at any level from free membership to high-level sponsor
If you would like to volunteer to help build the wiki or other sections of the website, please contact Judith Rubin.
Welcome New IMERSA Members!
Antares Fulldome - Corporate Membership
National Geographic - Institutional Membership
Ringling College of Art and Design - Institutional
Membership
Morehead Planetarium - Institutional Membership
Vattenfall
Planetarium at Heureka Science Center - Corporate Membership
FotoKem- Corporate Membership
... and BIG THANKS to Ed Lantz and Vortex Immersion Media
for becoming PREMIUM SPONSORS! Their significant support helped us
launch our new web site.
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Greetings from Alexandria, Los Angeles
& Palm Springs!
Int'l Planetarium Society Conf.
c3:VisionLAB
& SOA 2010
Los Angeles: IMERSA was a sponsor of this event about technology and creativity, hosted by the Center for Conscious Creativity at Los Angeles Center Studios in June. IMERSA co-founder Ed Lantz of Vortex
Immersion moderated the panel "Immersive Media, Art &
Entertainment" (see list of panelists below). The closing event inaugurated Vortex Immersion's new Los Angeles demo dome with a special performance of BELLA GAIA given by Kenji Williams. Read more about the event in Audri Phillips' blog, posted by Intel.
 Panelists (Immersive Media, Art & Entertainment, moderated by Ed Lantz)
* Brian Selzer, Ogmento
* Evonne Heyning, COO, Amoration,
* Mary T. Duda,
CEO/President at VirtuePlay Inc. and VirtueArts Electronic Gaming
* Kenji Williams, Composer, musician, creator of
BELLA GAIA
* Charlotte Huggins, 3D producer
* Jennifer Ouellette, Director, Science &
Entertainment Exchange
 TED 2010
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Educational & trade events - upcoming
GSCA International Conference and Trade Show
September 25-27 -- Chattanooga, Tennessee
Giant screen film community prof'l development sessions and trade show at the Tennessee Aquarium and IMAX 3D Theater. Sept 24 pre-session: Giant Screen 101. IMERSA is active within GSCA as the interests, exhibition formats and content for planetariums and science centers continue to overlap and converge.
Dome Day (in conjunction with GSCA Conference)
September 28 -- Birmingham, Alabama
Hosted by McWane Science Center
 SATE 2010
September 30 - October 1 -- Orlando, Florida
Hosted by Universal Studios
ASTC Annual Conference
October 6-8 -- Honolulu, Hawaii
Hosted by the Bishop Museum
Presented by the Association of Science Technology Centers, conference topics include Hawaii's sky connection;
cultural connections to the sky; science visualization/planetariums of
the future; audience engagement: live presentations in the Dome; and a
vendor showcase. Participants will also be given a tour inside some of
the premier observatories atop Maunakea and dine with astronomers at the
9,000 ft. elevation level.
Post-conference event:Digital Full-Dome Film Festival at 'Imiloa Astronomy Center 5-10 October including
new programs from the California Academy of Sciences, Sky-Skan, Mirage 3D, Evans & Sutherland, AMNH,
and more. Pre-registration and separate admission required.
2010 GLPA Conference
October 20-23 -- South Bend, Indiana
The Great Lakes Planetarium Assn will hold its annual conference at the University of Notre Dame, and present new works in the Digital Visualization Theater (DVT) at the Jordan Hall of Science. The DVT is a Sky-Skan definiti theater.
2010 International Planetarium Movie Festival
29-31 October 2010 -- Gwacheon, Korea
Gwacheon National Science museum hosts.
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Fulldome Social Media Wall
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If your company has a page on Facebook and you'd like to see it listed in our next issue,
please drop us a line.
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Additional Fulldome Resources
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Join IMERSA IMERSA is an international professional association advancing the art,
science, profile, integrity and common interests of large-format
digital immersive media and group interactive entertainment and
cultural experiences including (but not limited to) immersive digital
theaters and digital dome (fulldome) planetariums.
For membership categories, benefits and dues information, visit the IMERSA membership page.
Sponsor
IMERSAHelp
our organization grow and fulfill its mission (and yours). IMERSA
needs your support in order to create and participate in events, and
to conduct activities and outreach that increase membership, foster
strategic relationships, promote our message and provide benefits to
members. Contact Martin Howe for details.
IMERSA Officers and Staff
IMERSA
Newsletter - July 2010
Published by IMERSA.org
Edited by Judith Rubin and Sarah E. Herbert
Executive Editors: Ed Lantz, Dan Neafus
You may reproduce or re-use the text in this newsletter with credit and a hyperlink to IMERSA.org.
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