CSU Hosts Entertainment Industry Forum
 The California State University hosted a day-long conference on “Emerging Trends in the Entertainment Industry,” on March 18 to discuss new technologies affecting traditional production and distribution in movies, television, music, gaming and advertising. The event was held at San Francisco State’s downtown campus, and is part of the CSU’s ongoing effort to establish collaborations between faculty and the entertainment industry to ensure that CSU students are prepared for the entertainment workforce. More than 130 people attended the event.
Keynote speaker Stuart Tenzer, vice president for the William Morris Agency, highlighted the changes in the entertainment business model and its impact on users and creators of content, television and advertising productions. Industry panels also discussed digital media, globalization and emerging trends affecting the media industry.
Attendees also heard a panel on how CSU graduates can secure the best jobs in digital media and entertainment, and Assemblyman Paul Krekorian closed the conference with a presentation on legislative efforts to make the California film industry more competitive and limit piracy.
CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed outlined the importance of CSU’s work with the entertainment industry in helping students to enter the workforce. “Digital media and entertainment represent billions of dollars to the state’s economy, generating thousands of high paying jobs for our workforce,” said Reed. “We want to keep those jobs here and not in other states or countries so that CSU students can put their learning to use in California.”
CSU supplies almost half of the state’s undergraduates in the media, culture and design industries, and the vast majority of degrees in the radio, television and journalism fields. Press Release.
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