InSync works with industry networks & associations to produce a series of activities to encourage new thinking, innovation, commercial partnerships & creative collaborations.

NEXT INSYNC EVENT Thursday 30th October 2008
 
“Playing the Game: Building a Winning Cross-platform Production Company”
Playing the Game is a unique, interactive event structured and designed to help participants to explore the creative and the commercial challenges of developing a cross-platform production company in the UK.
 
Teams of experienced and talented professionals from different sectors of the audio-visual industries will work alongside international experts and mentors to found and grow a cross-platform production company. The players will present their strategies to a judging panel of leading industry experts, who will 'grade' their proposals until a winning company emerges.
 
Each team will need to draw upon a range of skills and experiences, developing new approaches to common challenges and pitching their solutions. By the close of the session, participants will have developed a unique perspective on what it takes to build a successful production business in a converging media market
 
Judging Panel

Matt Locke - Commissioning Editor, Channel 4

Ian Livingston OBE - Product Acquisition Director, Eidos

Jonathan Kingsbury - Programme Director Creative Economy, NESTA

 
Who Should Attend
Producers, senior creatives and business development professionals, from film, TV, games, mobile and interactive companies, who are keen to explore the potential of cross-platform collaboration first-hand and gain a greater understanding of new markets.
 
Background
Playing the Game is a 01zero-one Insync event, produced in partnership Unexpected Media, MTM London and Sheffield Doc/Fest. The first Playing the Game takes place in London, with a second event in Sheffield to follow later in the year. It has been developed with support from Skillset and the Creative Industries Technology and Innovation Network.
 
Playing the Game is part of the London Games Fringe, a festival of alternative gaming events at the end of October 2008, organised by artists, academics, gamers, game developers, educators and creative professionals from a wide range of different media:
www.londongamesfringe.com
 
Cost:  Free but places are limited and registration essential.
  ·  Apply to take part in daytime workshop http://insyncworkshop.eventbrite.com/
  ·  Register to attend free evening pitching event http://insyncworkshop.eventbrite.com
 
Date: Thursday 30 October 2008

Time: Workshop 9am-5pm / Pitching Event 6pm-8pm
 
Venue: 01zero-one, Hopkins Street, Soho, London W1F 0HS (off Peter Street)

Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=W1F+0HS&ie=UTF8&z=17&om=1&iwloc=A
 
Event Contacts
Frank Boyd 07795 057851 / Tara Solesbury 07764 845 255
Jon Watt 07974255398 / John Cass 07725289200
 
More information: http://www.gamesfringe.com