Good Reasons to attend iDMAa Conference – 11/8 – 11/10, Philly

I have told you before about the International Digital Media and Arts Association (iDMAa, http://www.idmaa.org/). It is my favorite conference – and one of the few I still attend. Why? Because you have an opportunity to talk with creative people using technology in innovative ways right now. You don’t just sit through boring 10-minute presentations about research at least a year old. The 5th Annual iDMAa Conference is going to be held in Phildadelphia November 8 – 10th (http://www.idmaa.org/idmaa2007/). You have until Wednesday (9/12) to submit an abstract. I am going to be there. Here are 10 other good reasons for you to attend.

• #10 -- No other conference gives you and your students better bang for the buck, including top session leaders and speakers from around the world and across the field, a gala reception and both faculty and student digital art exhibitions, an area campus visit, dinner, lunch and…..;
• #9 -- A paid ticket to visit over 100 digital media examples at the fabulous Constitution Center one block from the conference;
• #8-- A truly dynamic international exposure to digital media issues and applications from European campus life to media and film applications in a leading studio/academy in India;
• #7 -- A stellar pre conference day on content, where to get it and how to make it pay, November 7;
• #6 -- Interactive and demonstration oriented sessions with Avid, Autodesk, AOL, and others;
• #5 -- An evening at F.U.E.L. the incredible former bank turned gallery for the iDEAS art exhibition, followed by a post production party.
• #4 -- The premiere of three public service commercials alerting young people on HIV/AIDS issues done live on Philly streets that day by student production teams using cell phones and wireless technology (courtesy of the University of Georgia and Verizon);
• #3 -- Get a free copy of the updated “Digital Media Programs in the USA” study;
• #2 --Network with the best in the field; and,
• #1 -- Be part of a truly interactive conference where you spend time sharing ideas and participating, not just going from one session to another listening and not participating.