Georgia Rakusen, Haus Projects
Georgia is Co-Director of Haus Projects, the North East production company specialising in the creative and cultural sectors. For more information visit www.haus-projects.com.
Georgia will speak about the challenges and rewards of running a business that supports an honest urge to make cool stuff happen. She will elaborate on the trials of creative project management in the digital sector, what opportunities exist for those trying to launch new creative ideas, and how the North East scene has impacted the shape and direction of the company.
Sam Goldwater, Polygon Fiction
Sam Goldwater is Creative Director of the Newcastle based animation studio Polygon Fiction. Sam’s background is in games studies. For more information vsist www. polygonfiction.com.
He’ll speak about developing original IP - about freedom of speech and the internet, the techniques he’s been using in animation, with rotoscoped social realism, and insight into the complexities of conceiving and creating original content in the digital market.
David King, 1DayLater
New to the startup scene, brothers David and Paul King’s first venture into business "activity tracking" takes the KISS ethos (Keep It Simple, Stupid) to the extreme without compromising on value or service. For more information visit www.1daylater.com.
David will talk about:
- Why achievement systems work in games
- A little on the mathematics involved (very simple)
- How it can be applied to pretty much any environment including a demonstration on how it works for the King Brothers.
Brian Degger, Transitlab
Dr Brian Degger is an art and science researcher with a background in biotechnology and open source hardware. He is interested in the boundaries between art, technology and science and how these can be made permeable. For more information visit www.transitlab.org.
He will talk about the curve from scientist to new media and how it informs his practice and his nascent business. Like the other speakers tonight, he is a former DigitalCity Fellow, interested in turning his varied passions into a sustainable business that will help in fostering an engaged future.