Dana DiTomaso
URLS:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dditomaso
http://www.twitter.com/danaditomaso
Location: Edmonton, AB / Hamilton, ON
Willingness to travel: Yes
Area of specialization: Running a business/freelancing, usability, web design, analytics, search engine optimization, pay-per-click (PPC) campaign management, social media engagement and marketing.
Topics presented: Running a business/freelancing, building a website (for business owners), SEO/PPC, social media, email marketing.
Speaking history:
FITC (Toronto) 2009
Private speaking events to corporate groups, 2005-Present
Bridges to Better Business, Halton Region, 2008
Niqui Merret
Location: Brighton, UK
Willingness to travel: Yes
Area of specialization: Accessible Flash
Topics presented: Accessible Flash
Speaking history:
- London & South African MMUG (Macromedia User Group), Flash on the Beach 06
- WSG London (Web standards group)
- LFPUG (London Flash Platform User Group)
- FITC Toronto 07
- D×3 Conference Boston 07
- Multi-Mania 07
Bio:
Niqui Merret is a Flash developer, instructor and consultant. She is focused on accessibility for audiences with special needs. For the past few years she has researched user requirements, trying to understand better how users, with different needs, interact with computers and the Internet. Niqui believes that Flash can provide a rich experience for all users, regardless of ability. After being repeatedly told that Flash could never be accessible, her focus became to fight that very perception.
Lisa Larson
URL: learnfromlisa.com
Current Location: New York , NY
Willingness to travel: Will travel
Area of Specialization: Adobe Community Professional specializing in web video, Flash Media Server and related technologies.
Speaking History:
Flashbelt
Minneapolis, MN
2007, 2009, 2010
Digital Media
Syndey, Australia
2007
Adobe MAX
Chicago, IL
2008
Flash in the Can
Toronto, Canada
2007
Flash in the Can
Hollywood, CA
2006, 2007
Flash Forward
Boston, MA
2008
Flash on the Beach
Brighton, UK
2007, 2009
Flash on Tap
Boston, MA
2009
Streaming Media East
New York, NY
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Streaming Media West
San Jose, CA
2007, 2009
Publications:
Lisa is currently working on an e-book, The Flash Video Handbook. For input
on the book and advanced access to the content, visit
LearnFromLisa.com and join the mailing list.
Flash Video for Professionals: Expert Techniques for Integrating Video on the Web
Wiley Publishing
http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Video-Professionals-Techniques-Integrating/dp/0470131136
Adobe Flash Developer Center
Flash: Ten Years, Ten Perspectives
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flash_anniversary_06.html
StreamingMedia.com
Flashforward Austin, Flash Enters Its Second Decade
http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=9408
Renée Costantini
URL: www.gotogroupinc.com
Current Location: New York , NY
Willingness to travel: Will travel
Area of Specialization: go:toGroup Inc is a digital media firm currently specializing in Flash video.
Speaking History:
Flashbelt
Minneapolis, MN
2007
Flash in the Can
Toronto, Canada
2007
Flash in the Can
Hollywood, CA
2006
Karley Cunningham and Sandy Gerber
URL: www.3degreeswest.ca
Current location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Willingness to travel: Absolutely, let us know when our flight leaves
Area of specialization:
• Flash Creative Conceptualization, Flash Marketing Integration, Brand Development and Design, Flash Client Needs Assessments, Requirement Gathering and Brainstorming, Project and Production Management, Marketing Coaching and Public Speaking.
• We meet with you and identify what you need, then we build your presentation and deliver it to a crowd who finds it fun, interesting and most importantly, a valuable use of their time!
Topics presented: Creative Branding, Web Marketing, Creative and Marketing Case Studies, Creative Brainstorming, Project Management, Production Management, Marketing Calls To Actions, Internet Advertising, Team Motivation, Building Your Process, etc.
Speaking history: KeyNote Speaker for Women in IT, New Media Conference Presentations and Workshops, Business Network International Chapter President and Key Speaker and Corporate Business Guest Speakers.
Thea Eaton
URL: www.snertstudios.com
Current location: Houston , TX
Willingness to travel: Will travel.
Area of specialization: Accessible Flash, Self-voicing Flash, Usable Interfaces for Children, Children’s Edutainment, Character Animation in Flash, Rapid Lipsynching inFlash.
Topics presented: Accessible Flash
Speaking history:
May 2005- St. Edwards University, Austin TX
Taught Accessible Flash Workshops
July 11 2005- University of Texas, Austin, TX
Spoke at UT Flash Users Group on Accessible Flash
April 2006- San Francisco
Web accessibility conference of the Pacific DBTAC
Taught Accessible Flash Workshops
March 10-19 2006- SXSW Austin, TX
Spoke in panel “Social Responsibility in Education”
April 2006- Florida, Harcourt
Taught Accessible Flash Workshop to Harcourt employees
June 2006- Austin, Harcourt
Taught Accessible Flash Workshop to Harcourt employees
September 2006- Austin, IEEE Women in Engineering
Will speak in panel “Accessibility and Technology”
Kristin Henry
URL: www.galaxygoo.org
Current location: San Francisco , California
Willingness to travel: Yes, willing to travel.
Area of specialization: Dynamically generated interactive data visualizations, especially scientific data and information. Science animation and educational applications. Computational art, and the intersection of science and art.
Speaking history:
Beyond Usability: Building Meaningful Learning Applications
FITC
Toronto, Canada
April 21-23, 2006
Effectively Communicating Scientific Information Through Data Visualizations
Education and Outreach Colloquium
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
April 12, 2006
Avoiding Design Artifacts When Developing Science Animations
Gordon Research Conference on Visualization In Science & Education
Oxford, UK
July 3-8, 2005
Poster Presentation
All About Fractions: Learning with Flash
Flash Forward Conference
San Francisco, CA
April 6-8, 2005
Visualizing Science with Flash *Event cancelled by organizers
MXEurope Conference
London, UK
Jan 31-Feb 2, 2005
Visualizing Science with Flash
Flash Forward Conference
San Francisco, CA
March 4, 2004
Panel Discussion: Aesthetics vs. Functionality: Where Should The Two Meet?
Flashkit Conference
San Jose , CA
August, 2003
Panel Moderator: Kristin Henry
Poster Presentation
84th annual meeting AAAS, Pacific Division
San Francisco , CA
June 16, 2003
Reinventing the Chalkboard: Using Online Technologies to Communicate Science and
Mathematics.
North Bay Multimedia Association – Web Developers SIG
Marin, CA
May 22, 2003
Publications:
Special Edition Using Macromedia Studio 8
by Sean Nicholson, Kristin Henry (Flash chapters)
New Masters of Flash Vol 3
http://www.friendsofed.com/newmasters/flash/content/kh/index.html
Links about Kristin
https://www.flashgoddess.com/html/gallery_khenry.html
http://www.actionscript.com/archives/00000593.html
Karen Ingram
URL: www.kareningram.com
Current location: New York
Willingness to travel: Yes
Area of specialization: illustration, combining hand drawn and digital techniques, personal projects vs client projects.
Topics presented: personal work and client work, combining hand drawn and digital techniques
Speaking history:
- BD4D London  4
- Flash in the Can, Toronto , 2004
- AIGA New Orleans Biennial (Judged and presented) January, 2005
- AIGA New Orleans “Design Talk”, April 2005
Vera Fleischer
Current location: San Francisco
Willingness to travel: yes, if paid
Area of specialization: ActionScript
Topics presented: Web Services in Flash
Speaking history:
- SXSW Interactive, Austin TX, March 2005: Flash vs HTML Game Show panelist
- Flash in the Can, Toronto , April 2004: Web Services in Flash MX 2004
Amy Franceschini
URL: www.futurefarmers.com, www.free-soil.org
Current location: Sept-May in San Francisco / June – August Gent, Belgium
Willingness to travel: yes
Area of specialization: Art, Design, Sustainability, Research, Architecture, Information, Visualization, Games, Play
Topics presented: Politics of Play, Sustainable Design, DIY approach,
Collaboratives/Collective Practice, Gaming.
Speaking history:
Lectures
2006:
– Lynfabrikken, Aarhus , Denmark . Visiting Artist Series
– Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago , Collectives, Collaborations and Groups
– Kent State University, Ohio, Art and Architecture Series
– Compostmodern, AIGA Conference, San Francisco
– Anderson Ranch, Aspen, Colorado. Residence Lecture
2005:
-FITC // The Design & Technology Festival, Toronto, Canada
– UC Davis. Nature + Culture Department
2004:
– University of Oregon, Eugene. Art + Architecture Department Visiting Lecture Series
– Milan Triennial of Architecture, Milan, Italy. Utopia and Betrayl
– Outside/In: Goteborg Sweden: Panel on Public Space
– Pasadena Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. New Media Lecture Series
– Vooruit, Gent, Belgium. Communectivity, Keynote
– Lynfabrikken, Aarhus, Denmark. Visiting Artist Series
2003:
– Media Lab Europe, Dublin Ireland: Physical Computing
– DATA: Dublin Art and Technology Association, Dublin, Ireland . Visiting Artist Series
– Bristol Animation Festival, Bristol, UK. Interactivity and the Web
– Cal Arts, Valencia: Visiting Lecture Series
– Pasadena Art Center College of Design, Visiting Lecture Series
2002:
-Madrettor Festival, Rotterdam , Netherlands
-Vasi Communicati. Museo Fortuny. Venice Italy
-Massey University. Art Dept. Wellington, NZ. Visiting Lecture Series
-University of Otago, Art Dept. Dunedin, NZ Visiting Lecture Series
-Auckland University Of Technology. NZ Visiting Lecture Series
-SPARC 2002: Media Arts, NZ Futurefamers
-Waikato Institute of Technology, Waikato, NZ Visiting Lecture Series
-IdN Fresh Conference, Singapore. Futurefamers
2001:
-manTRANSforms: Technology + Culture. NY Futurefamers
-IdN Fresh Conference, Hong Kong Futurefamers
-Flash Forward Conference, San Francisco Futurefamers
-Concordia University, Montreal. Declarations
2000:
-Fabrica/ Benneton, Treviso, Italy . Visiting Artist
-The Art, Technology, And Culture Colloquium: UC Berkley
-SFMOMA: AIGA Design Lecture Series
-Pasadena Art Center College, Digital Dialogues
-University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Visiting Lecture Series
-University of Minnesota, Duluth, Visiting Lecture Series
1999
-Cameraworks, San Francisco, CA. Net Futurama Panel Discussion
-San Francisco Art Institute, Visiting Lecture Series
-AIGA Design Retreat, Minnesota
-Cellspace, San Francisco, CA.. Perception Delivery Systems.
1998
-Stanford Alumni Digital Media Conference
-Cal Arts, Valencia, CA. Visiting Lecture Series
Workshops
2006:
-The Politics of Play. Pixelache Festival, Paris , France (1 day)
-The Politics of Play. Lynfabrikken, Aarhus, Denmark (1 day)
2005:
-Physical Computing Workshop. University of Oregon, Eugene (5 days)
-Collaborative Mapping, FITC Toronto, Canada (1 day)
2004:
-Sensitive Spaces, Fabrica/Benneton, Treviso, Italy (3 days)
-Communectivity: Connecting People in Public Space, Vooruit, Gent (5 days)
-Vlotjes door Gent (Floating Architecture for Gent), Spotters, Gent, Belgium (5 days)
-Analog Robots, Academy of Media Arts (KHM), Koln, German (5 days)
2002:
-Media Knitting, DEAF (Dutch Electronic Art Festival), Rotterdam (3 days)
-Connectivity, Madrettor Festival, Rotterdam (1 day)
2001:
-Constructing Superhero, Fabrica/Benneton, Treviso, Italy (3 days)
-Social Games, Flash Forward, Hong Kong (1 day)
Imelda Gunawan
URL : www.in-bleu.com
Current Location: Jakarta , Indonesia
Willingness to Travel: Yes – but sponsored
Area of Specialization: Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Freehand, CSS and HTML, Website techniques, Tips and Tricks, Macromedia software cross usability.
Topics presented: Dreamweaver and CSS, Flash and Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Dreamweaver, Flash and RSS, Flash and PHP
Speaking History:
• University of Tarumanegara Indonesia : Macromedia Dreamweaver & Fireworks
• UKRIDA University Indonesia : Macromedia Flash
• Universitas Trisakti : Macromedia Flash
• Macromedia User group Indonesia : Macromedia Flash & RSS, Freehand, Dreamweaver & CSS
• Binus University : The future of Web Development
Sas Jacobs
URL: www.sasjacobs.com, www.aip.net.au
Current location: Perth , Western Australia
Willingness to travel: Yes
Area of specialization: XML, database integration and application development
Topics presented: XML, database integration and application development
Speaking history:
- WebDU, Sydney , 2006: Invited to speak at WebDU, the only Australian Flash conference, on the topic of Web Services. This conference was held in March 2006.
- FlashForward, San Francisco , 2005: Invited to speak at the International FlashForward San Francisco conference on the topic of Dynamic Flash. This conference is the largest and most prestigious Flash conference in the world. This conference was held in April2005.
- MXDU, Sydney , 2005: Invited to speak at MXDU, the only Australian Flash conference, on the topic of Dynamic Flash. This conference was held in February 2005.
- MediaElements , Netherlands , 2004: Invited to speak at MediaElements 2004 on the topics of Flash and XML, and Rich Internet Applications. This conference was held in November 2004.
- FlashForward , New York City, 2004: Invited to speak at the International FlashForward New York City conference on the topic of Flash and XML. This conference is the largest and most prestigious Flash conference in the world.
- FlashForward, San Francisco , 2004: Invited to speak at the International FlashForward San Francisco conference on the topic of Building XML-based Flash applications. This conference is the largest and most prestigious Flash conference in the world.
- Flashkit, San Jose , 2003: Invited to speak at the International Flashkit San Jose conference on the topic of Scripting Flash Components. Subsequently asked to present training at the University of Nebraska in March 2004.
- Kinetic Flash Conference, Kuala Lumpur and ActionScript Conference,Singapore 2003: Invited as one of six presenters by Asia Events to speak at two International conferences on Flash Applications Development with XML.
- Kinetic Flash Conference, Singapore , 2002: Invited as one of eight presenters by Asia Events to speak at International Kinetic Flash Conference in Singapore on two topics: Building Web Applications with Flash MX and ActionScript and Flash MX Components. Subsequently asked to speak at conferences in South East Asia in 2003.
Additional Comments: I’ve also written and contributed to several books:
- Beginning XML with DOM and Ajax : Released June 6th, 2006 .
- Flash 8 Accelerated: Rewrote this book for Youngjin. Released June 2006.
- Object Oriented ActionScript for Flash 8: Contributed two chapters to this book for Apress/friendsofed. ReleasedJanuary 2006.
- Foundation XML and Flash book: Wrote Foundation XML and Flash for Apress/Friends of Ed. The book was released in October 2005 and has been reprinted.
- Out of My Mind, DMXZone ebook, September 2005â€Ebook Out of My Mind released by DMXZone at their Web sitehttp://www.dmxzone.com . The book covers the new features of Flash 8.
- Flash Cocktails, DMXZone ebook, April 2005: Ebook Flash Cocktails released by DMXZone at their Web site http://www.dmxzone.com .
Jennifer Shiman
URL: www.angryalien.com
Current location: Los Angeles , California , USA
Willingness to travel: Yes
Area of specialization: Independent Flash animation, creative process
Topics presented: Sample topics include “Stalking the Wild Viral Content (with bunnies)” and general biography with screening of works
Speaking history:
- George Eastman House ( Rochester, NY )
- Occasional speaker, LAFlash.org ( Los Angeles, CA )
- FITC ( Toronto )
- (pending as of 0606) Dreamworks ( Burbank, CA )
- (pending as of 0606) FITC Hollywood ( Hollywood, CA )
Christine Leakey
Current location: Toronto
Willingness to travel: Yes
Area of specialization: Flash
Topics presented: Speaks on a more organic, creative level rather than technical with regards to how she applies herself to design and Flash media
Speaking history:
- Flash in T.O. presentation in 2003 at the Mockingbird, Toronto
Donna Leishman
URL: www.6amhoover.com
Current location: Scotland , UK .
Willingness to travel: worldwide
Area of specialization: Narrative design, Interactive narrative, Flash/ Net Art.
Topics presented : NEW MEDIA NARRATIVE: BEYOND THE LINEAR, WHAT IS INTERACTIVITY? DESIGN & NARRATIVE, HISTORY OF FLASH/NET ART, TOUCHING REDRIDINGHOOD.
Speaking history:
- 14th March 2006 . Lecture to MPhil New Media students, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland.
- 9th April 2005 . By competition. Speaker at Flash In The Can: Design and Technology Festival, Toronto Canada .
- 10th April 2005 . Invited panelist on the Story – Narrative Design Panel. Flash In The Can: Design and Technology Festival, Toronto Canada .
- 15th October 2005 . Presentation of practice, MSC Electronic media and animation students, School of Television and Imaging, Dundee , UK .
- 2nd March 2005 . Lecture to MPhil New Media students, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland.
- 27th August 2003 . Invited chair of the readings session at the ACM Hypertext 03 Conference Nottingham Trent University, UK. Co-curation of artists with Dr. Anja Rau.
- 19th –20th January 2002 . Re-presenting RedRidingHood presentation of the artwork RedRidingHood at the: Hypertext, Narrative, Flash, Time, seminar Boston MA , USA .
Additional Comments: Dr. Donna Leishman, has recently completed her PhD in interactive storytelling at the Glasgow School of Art and is principal of 6amhoover. com. Her Masters in Design (1999-2000) produced the darkly romantic Little Red Ridinghood, which has been widely acclaimed. Donna has worked commercially in both Scotland (with Flamjam, MMI, Itsnotrocketscience, the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Group, and BBC Choice) and New York as a web designer, illustrator, and animator, for which she was an Emmy award nominee for her work on the Rosie O’Donnell Show and development of broadcast Flash with Bullseyeart.com / Rawpower.tv. Her animations have also been showcased in both the New York Times and the Guardian Online. At present Donna is the programme leader in Illustration at Dundee’s School of Television and Imaging where she continues to exhibit, work freelance and research.
Willo O’Brien
URL: www.willotoons.com
Current Location: San Francisco , CA
Willingness to travel: yes
Area of specialization: Flash design, Post Production, Character & Title Sequence Animation, and Running a Business (Going Freelance)
Speaking History:
- Presented to classes at both on the high school & college level.
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