KR8V.Asia to be held on 6th - 8th April in Kuala Lumpur; high profile Speakers announced

KR8V.Asia, an international event for executives in the creative industries will be held from 6th to 8th April 2012 at Hilton, Kuala Lumpur. The CXO Conference Day is on Friday April 6th and the Creative Weekend is on Sat & Sun April 7-8th. KR8V.Asia is a regional showcase; the event will act as a catalyst for creative industry development through skills and talent development, deal making and business matching, industry intelligence and policies.x

KR8V.Asia consists of a CXO level professional day conference and Creatives Weekend Master Class which will be conducted by Highly Acclaimed International Speakers who worked with global brands such as Avatar, Pirates of the Carribean, Tron, Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, LucasArts, Lady Gaga, Nike and many more. The speakers will be covering topics on Interactive Story Telling, Creative Leadership, Transmedia, Animation, VFX, Gamification, Mobile apps and Games, Social Media, Location and Mobility, Producing and Pitching, Digital Marketing, Branded Entertainment, Visual design and Concept Art.

The speakers for KR8V Asia 2012 includes-

Howard Goldkrand: Co-founder SoundLab Cultural Alchemy (NFA - Digital Nomad)

Howard Goldkrand is the Innovations Director for Modernista! where he has provided visionary direction on the future of storytelling and how brands communicate across all media opportunities. He led the team for the massively successful Dexter/Showtime alternate reality game (summer-fall 2010).




Derek Woodgate: CCO, Plutopia Productions, Inc and President, The Futures Lab, Inc, Austin TX, USA.

Derek founded The Futures Lab, Inc in 1996 and has spent the past 16 years as a practicing futurist, author, speaker, and innovator, with a focus on the media, communications and entertainment industries. In 2006, Derek founded Plutopia Productions, Inc - a creator and producer of future-focused, entertainment and events, which leverage the convergence of technology, art and entertainment.





Jason Manly: President of the Art Department

Jason is President of www.theartdepartment.org the renown online and brick and mortar college of art and entertainment development which has students worldwide. Jason is founding shareholder and Board Director of Massive Black Inc, the Entertainment Art and I.P. production studio group with studios in the US and China.





Leah Hoyer: Levity Entertainment Group; Former Director of Development, Walt Disney Co. (Los Angeles).

With well over a decade of experience in the entertainment industry, Leah Hoyer has overseen more than 200 hours of programming for network and cable television, both in the US as well as internationally, for ABC, Disney Channel, UPN, Toon Disney, and Disney XD networks worldwide.





Carlo Donzella: Advisor on Digital Technologies & Creative Industries, FILAS, Italy; Digital Media Strategist, FTZ, Malta; CEO, MediaKIS Ltd, Malta.

Carlo Donzella has almost 30 years of experience in Digital Technologies, R&D and Innovation Management. Currently, he teaches the “Brave New Media World” course at the Master in Development, Innovation and Change (MiDIC) of the University of Bologna (Italy) and at the PopAkademie of the University of Mannheim (Germany). He is a sought-after speaker, moderator, coach and content organizer, in international conferences on ICT & Media.




Carolyn Handler Miller: Writer, Consultant and Specialist in interactive media; Author of "Digital Storytelling" second edition, Focal Press.

Carolyn Handler Miller is one of the pioneering writers in the field of interactive media and digital storytelling, having begun working in this area in the early 1990s. Her book, Digital Storytelling: A Creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment (Focal Press) is now in its second edition.





Esther Lim: Digital Strategist & Transmedia Producer (San Francisco)

Esther Lim is a well respected Digital Marketing Leader, Transmedia Producer, Social Media Strategist, and Game Analyst. She has over fifteen years of combined interactive agency and consulting experience creating digital, social media and transmedia storytelling programs for Fortune 500 brands.





Gigi Wang: Chair Emeritus of the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (San Francisco)

Gigi is the Chair Emeritus of the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (where she remains on the Board) and is Managing Partner at MG-Team, an international strategic marketing and business development firm for mobile, web services and telecom companies. Gigi is also Co-Chair, Location Based Services SIG - Wireless Communications Alliance and Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at National University of Singapore.





Noah Falstein: Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer at Suddenly Social & Owner at The Inspiracy (Sole Proprietorship)

Co-founder of Suddenly Social, a new startup in the Bay Area doing some revolutionary realtime multi-user, location-savvy tech for mobile (games and other apps). Noah has been in the computer game industry since 1980 with many hit title credits and work experience at major developers like LucasArts, 3DO, and Dreamworks Interactive. He is executive Producer at Dreamworks Interactive as 3rd employee and worked directly with Steven Spielberg on several unreleased titles.





Arvind Ethan David: Writer and Producer art Freelancer and Founder and Producer at Slingshot

Slingshot is a financier and producer and hands on marketeer of feature films. Since inception Slingshot has produced and co-financed 5 films, most recently the break-out indy-hit "The Infidel", the television spin-off of which he is currently developing at NBC.





Caitlin Burns: Transmedia Producer with Starlight Runner Entertainment

As a Transmedia Producer and Editorial Lead at Starlight Runner Entertainment, Caitlin Burns creates and influences rich fictional universes that are readily familiar to millions. An expert at transmedia storytelling as well as what makes a storyline rich, immersive and resonant, she has been involved in strategic planning and production of video games, comic book series, movies, toys and animation for world-class franchises.




Dr. Beth Coleman: Director of City as Platform/XRML Amsterdam

She is the Director of City as Platform/XRML, Amsterdam, and is currently a Harvard University Faculty Fellow at Berkman Center for Internet and Society and a visiting Professor at the Institute of Network Cultures, Hogeschool van Amsterdam. From 2005-2011, Coleman has been a Professor of Comparative Media Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she is the primary investigator of the Pervasive Media research and design lab.





Jaunique Sealey: Digital Strategy, Social Media Marketing and Business/Product Development Executive

Responsible for lead operations, strategy and business development role within cutting-edge interactive marketing agency with clients including Lady Gaga, Mindless Behavior, Greyson Chance, Sony Pictures, Coty Fragrance and Barneys New York.




Suleiman Bakhit: Founder and CEO of Aranim Games and Aranim Media Factory

Founder and CEO of Aranim Games and Aranim Media Factory, a best-selling comic book author and game producer with a passion for creating super heroes, committed to providing the youth with inspiring role models and bring positive change to the Middle East through state of the art creative and entertaining media such as comics, animation, games and film.




Ming Chan: CEO at The1stMovement and Emmy Award-winning Digital Technologist

As Founder and CEO of The1stMovement, Ming understands digital media technology in a way rarely seen in the Advertising industry today. Named as one of the "Top 10 Asian Entrepreneurs" by Inc. Magazine, Ming has led the agency to numerous accolades including 2-time Inc. 500 fastest growing companies in America, 2-time Best Places to work in LA, Top 20 agencies in LA & Denver, Digital Media Firm of the Year, and 5000% growth in 5 years with his passion for innovation and company culture.