Past Conferences
iDMAa 2009 Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
The 2009 iDMAa “@ the Digital Edge” conference came to Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, November 5-7. The conference featuured pre-conference workshops, keynote presentations, panels, a lounge environment for ad hoc discussions, and an insider’s look at Ball State’s state-of-the-art digital media facilities.
Our keynote speaker this year was Tom Kelly, general manager of IDEO, which was named one of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company magazine.
The conference featured numerous speakers, the iDEAs exhibit, paper presentations, and the Student Showcase.
iDMAa 2008 Savannah College of Art & Design
iDMAa 2008 “Ideas for the Future” conference was in Savannah, Georgia. Sponsors included Schematic, Safari, Savannah College of Art & Design—our local host, and others.
Speakers included Paul Ledak, Vice President, Development, Digital Convergence, IBM who spoke on “Dynamic Machinima and the Convergence of Media, and Gaming Worlds”
The Innovation Showcase—Kurt Kratchman and Schematic’s friends showed us innovations in robotics, adaptive interfaces, motion prototyping, nanotechnology and more…
The conference also included Mahalo.com, Turner, a mobile media showcase, Autodesk, a Digital Media town hall meeting on the future of our field and much more.
iDMAa’s “Ideas for the Future” was truly riveting, and the events in historic Savannah kept us entertained and engaged.
iDMAa 2007 Philadelpha
Beyond Boundaries: Pedagody & Change in the Academic Environment was a three day digital media conference where like-minded thinkers and creators came together as a community — in person — to share insights, concerns and experiences. Beyond Boundaries provided a necessary forum where the difficult questions about digital media were asked and answered.
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iDMAa 2006 San Diego - National University
National University in San Diego, CA, hosted the November 2006 iDMAa conference with a speaker program that included Paul Prensky (celebrated author and game designer), Paul Churchill (ILM), John Katzman (Third Screen Film Festival), and dozens of artists and academics from around the world.
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iDMAa + IMS 2006: CODE
The iDMAa 2006 conference at the beautiful campus of Miami University (Oxford, OH) was a smashing success. We saw many new faces (and many familiar ones) as iDMAa and the Interactive Media Studies program (IMS) at Miami put together a compelling range of exhibitions, presentations, paper sessions, and tutorials.
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iDMAa 2005
Building on the success of iDMAa’s inaugural conference in 2004, iDMAa 2005 provided attendees with a compelling blend of interactive workshops, hands-on tutorials, presentations from industry leaders (including Bing Gordon, co-founder of Electronic Arts), and networking opportunities. The conference also spawned several working groups charged with addressing many different challenges faced by iDMAa member institutions. iDMAa 2005 was also the scene of growing momentum behind iDMAa’s first special interest group - Game Studies - which sponsored several workshops, a tutorial, and machinima screening. For more information about what happened at this year’s conference:
iDMAa 2004
With more than 200 registrants, the Spring 2004, first-ever iDMAa conference was a smashing success. Educators, practitioners, students and artists from all over the world attended the 3-day event in Orlando, Florida (March 10-12). The workshop-focused format allowed participants to connect, problem solve, and strategize together as leaders in the field discussed today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities in digital media and arts.
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