Events

Virtual events:

On-Demand Event / Panel / Industry Recordings:

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September 2021:

9/14: Variety Streaming Room- “All The Queen’s Men” actress Eva Marcille, creator / writer / actor Christian Keyes and director and consulting producer Kim Fields join Variety’s Matt Donnelly in the Variety Streaming Room presented by BET+ for an exclusive Q&A discussing clips from the show.

Various September Dates: Adobe Creative Cloud - Boost Breaks: Discover the hidden gems in Creative Cloud — that can empower your design capabilities. Explore what's new — the latest announcements, apps and services to fuel your creative work.

9/8: Insider's Guide to Creative Cloud
9/14: Go Places! The Mobile Creator's Toolkit
9/21: Collaboration Survival Guide
9/28: The Ultimate Guide to 3D
10/5: The New Video Creator's Toolkit

9/17 @ 10 AM PT: Hollywood Post-production MasterClass with Vashi Nedomansky, ACE - Join Adobe for an exciting Master Class by Vashi Nedomansky, ACE. Vashi is the editor of 11 Hollywood feature films, designed the custom post-production workflows for Deadpool, Sharknado, and Gone Girl, and edited the first native 6K feature film in the history of Hollywood.

9/23-26: Hollywood Climate Summit - The Hollywood Climate Summit is an annual gathering of the entertainment community to address the climate crisis. Produced by the social impact agency YEA! Impact, the programming was developed in collaboration with the agency’s fiscally sponsored coalition, Young Entertainment Activists, and its Jr. Executive Board, which consists of 50 young Hollywood leaders and changemakers.
First 100 students to register here is FREE
If you're not the first 100, register here in a "pay what you can" Eventbrite listing

9/29: Variety Power of Women Virtual Summit - Listen to conversations with some of Hollywood's highest achieving and influential women who are making a positive impact on the industry and their communities.

9/30: Music Forward Foundation All Access Fest - All Access Fest is a music industry career fair designed for youth ages 16-24 to follow their dreams of a career in the music industry, spark discovery, and map pathways to success. This event offers keynote speakers, panels, hands-on learning, career resources, venue tours, and exhibitors. This day-long event features networking, activities, and access to leading industry experts and companies to inspire and prepare the next generation of artists, leaders, and innovators.

October 2021:

10/5: Henry Stewart Events - Festival of Creative Operations: Creative Operations is all about making the creative workflow of a business more structured and streamlined for content creators, so they can produce their best creative work.

10/7-9: UCI Esports Conference - The importance of technology and video games grew exponentially since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our computers and consoles have been our gateway to learning, teaching, and connecting with each other while being confined to our homes. For this year’s conference, you can expect to hear from respected leaders across our three content tracks: Research, Collegiate, and Scholastic (K-12). For this year’s conference, you can expect to hear from respected leaders across our three content tracks: Research, Collegiate, and Scholastic (K-12). Free for undergrad students!

10/26-28: Adobe MAX - The Creativity Conference: Join Adobe for an extraordinary virtual experience to find inspiration, connect with creatives from around the world, and learn the best ways to bring your best ideas to life. Open to all, at no cost.

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Ongoing:

House of Blues Music Forward Foundation/Live Nation Music Industry Webinars - Ongoing events calendar

Sundance Collab's Writer's Cafe: Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 9-10:30 AM PT from June 1- 29th 2020 - Writers from around the globe continue to converge on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in our Writers' Café for an hour of dedicated writing followed by an optional half-hour meetup.

Sundance Collab's Free Master Classes - Spend three hours with the best in the industry learning about all things filmmaking, exclusively on Sundance Collab.

Sundance Collab/ Film / Screenwriting Events - Connect to Sundance Co//ab resources, events, and creators both online and in the real world

Variety Screening Room - "Rebooting The Entertainment Industry" Events

Winston Baker: Webinars on Entertainment related topics! Since the start of the shelter-in-place, Winston Baker has been putting together some fantastic virtual events. You can find out about upcoming ones, or go back and watch previous (like an interview with SFSU Alum Danny Glover) at the link below. Many of their events are free, but if you want to attend one that costs, please e-mail Haley Seppa at hseppa@calstate.edu for a discount code!

Writers Guild Foundation From panels to workshops, the WG Foundation is giving you access to the top film and TV writers in the industry in these free virtual events.

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EVENTS THAT WILL BE COMING BACK IN THE FUTURE:

Behind the Scenes of Post-Production - Come and learn about Post-Production in Hollywood from leading experts in VFX, Color Grading, & Sound Design!

TVOT - TV of Tomorrow Show | San Francisco, CA

Over the past few years TVOT and TVOT NYC have become the leading venues for agencies, brands, broadcasters, content-owners and adtech companies to explore the complex interrelationships between audience measurement, big data, and advanced advertising. The shows also provide multiple opportunities for TV and video professionals to examine the potential of significant new technologies, such as ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV, 5G, autonomous vehicles, Blockchain, artificial intelligence/machine learning, voice assistants, VR/AR, and more. Additionally, the shows have become one of the very few places where established TV players can meet and network with the creative and business communities that have emerged on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitch, TikTok and other social-video platforms to address the rapidly evolving viewing habits and programming preferences of Millennials and Gen Z.

Click here for more info!

TBD - SAGAftra 101 & Actors Panel | Los Angeles, CA

The CSU Entertainment Alliance has teamed up with SAG-AFTRA to offer another exciting, informative and FREE event for Cal State entertainment arts & media studies studies! Learn from some of the industry's leading actors on how to go from campus to successful career & gain valuable insight into entertainment industry unions. Plus, FREE lunch!

Click here for more info!

TBD 2020 - New Filmmakers LA | On Location - Exploring the LA Media Pipeline

This is a two week-long intensive class that will explore LA's role as the epicenter of the film industry and shed light on how to successfully create digital content. This course will provide a realistic, insider view into the world of new media production.

Please e-mail hseppa@calstate.edu for more info!

ET Summit | Entertainment Technology Summit & Career Faire | Bay Area, CA

The CSUEA and WINSTON BAKER will be teaming up to host a 1-2 day summit in Northern California, exploring the intersection of Entertainment and Technology.

Please e-mail hseppa@calstate.edu for more info!