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Summer in the City

4/7/2017

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We're delighted to confirm that Digital Jam will be hosting a panel at this year's Summer in the City

Date: 4th August 2017
Time: 1pm
Venue: Excel London

Speakers: 
​Unreal/Epic Games (VR engine)
VR City (360 Film) 
Blend Media (360 film)
Candy Lab (AR)
President of the VR AR Association Los Angeles chapter

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Partnering with very real.io

12/6/2017

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We're delighted to announce a partnership with veryreal.io

Here's what our new partner had to say:
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Veryreal.io, a trusted Immersive Technology (Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality) recruitment partner and pre-investment technology advisor for businesses, is delighted to announce its recent partnership with Digital Jam.
 
The partnership will promote cross-industry adoption of emerging technologies associated with Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality and the retraining and honing of an existing skilled workforce in the UK.
 
Ed Brown, Founder of Veryreal.io commented “We are delighted to cement our close existing relationship with Digital Jam to promote cross-industry recruitment for the Immersive Technology sector. It is a very exciting time for skilled technical and commercial talent to transfer their skills and business acumen into a sector that is comparably open-minded and willing to break the rules in production.”
 
“As businesses try to harness the evolving technical capabilities and commercial potential of Immersive Technologies, it is important for Digital Jam and our network of experts to educate them as to the ultimate value add of their customer offering prior to making an investment.
 
Together Veryreal.io and Digital Jam are scaling production teams with a diverse range of talent and this partnership will bring more referral driven recruitment to intelligently connect companies with the talent they require.
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Media Production Show

16/5/2017

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We are delighted to confirm we will be speaking at the Media Production Show on the 14th June at 12.30.

Date: June 14th
Time: 12.30
Venue: Olympia, London
Stage: Keynote Theatre

Ashley Cowan, co-founder, VR City
Damian Collier, founder, Blended Media
Mark Wynne, director, M7Virtual
Tanya Laird, CEO, Digital Jam
Chair:
Shaun Wilton, managing director, Shooting Partners

​VR is has been spoken about and used across a number of years in the media markets, but a new era is dawning where the technology is in use in homes through gaming but now breaking out into the wider market. The team behind Blend Media have a wealth of experience in the creative industries and are now working with companies to create or license premium content on VR or 360 video. So who should be looking at VR? What is the investment into 360 video content and what is the process to creating the content from start to finish? This panel will help you fill in the blanks when it comes to thinking about your future VR/360 project.

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Zurich Summit

15/5/2017

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We're delighted to announce that the VR Writers Room Live will appear at Zurich Summit as part of the Zurich Film Festival.

Date: 30th September - 1st October
Time: TBC
Venue: The Dolder Grand, Zurich
Speakers:
Tanya Laird, CEO & Founder, Digital Jam
Patrick O'Luanaigh, CEO & Founder, nDreams
Muki Kulhan, Formerly Digital Director of MTV International, and Executive Digital Producer of BBC The Voice UK
Resh Sidhu, Creative Director, VR, Framestore

organised by Spoundation Motion Picture AG in collaboration with Winston | Baker and the Zurich Film Festival. For further details, please visit: www.zurichsummit.com
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Diversity in Tech

8/5/2017

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We'll be speaking at the Diversity in Tech event on 15th June:

Date: June 15th
Time: TBC
Topic: Time for Action
Speakers:
James Stanbridge, Vice President, Product Management, Infrastructure as a Service, EMEA and Asia Regions, Oracle
Maria Campbell, Head of People, Monzo
Donavan Frew, CTO, Secret Escapes
Mark Baker, Executive Vice President, CFO & Information officer, EMEA, NTT DATA Corporation
​Tanya Laird, Vice Chair, BAME in Games
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VR AR World

8/5/2017

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You can catch us twice during VR AR World:

Date: June 13th
Time: 15.30 - 16.00
Venue: Excel London
Topic: Unleashing the full commercial potential of new creative art: Where do we go from here?
Speakers:
James Hedley, Virtual Reality Film Director/Producer, Surround Vision
Tanya Laird, Founder & CEO, Digital Jam
Aimone Bodini, VR Creator, Italy
J'aimee Skippon-Volke, Managing Director, Byron Bay Film Festival, Australia
Patrick Milling Smith, Co-Founder/President, Here Be Dragons

Date: June 14th
Time: 12.40 - 13.20
Venue: Excel London
Topic: TBC
Speakers:
Dean Johnson, Brandwidth
Luke Robert Mason, Virtual Futures
Vera Grablechner, Virtual Village
Simon Barratt, Barog
​Rebecca Jones, Bekito
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Cheltenham Science Festival

8/5/2017

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We'll be joining the Augmented Reality panel at the Cheltenham Science Festival:

Date: June 9th
Time: 6pm - 7pm
Venue: The Crucible, Imperial Gardens (GL50 1QA) next to Cheltenham Town Hall
Topic: Augmented Reality
Speakers:
Moderator: Rory Cellan-Jones
Tanya Laird, Digital Jam
Steve Dann, Amplified Robot
​Bob Stone

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London Comic Con

8/5/2017

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We're back at London Comic Con!

Date: May 27th
Time: 4.30pm
Where: Excel London
Stage: VidFest stage
Topic: How YouTubers can embrace 360
Speakers:
Debby Shepard, AltSpaceVR
Liz Mercuri, Unity
Dave Ranyward, Dream Reality Interactive
Alaster Armitage-Brain, Happy Finish
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Women in Games Awards 2017

8/5/2017

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Our own Master Chef, Tanya Laird has been nominated in the outstanding contribution category for this years Women in Games Awards!

The Awards will be dished out on May 19th, we'll keep our fingers crossed!
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VR World

8/5/2017

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We're delighted to announce we'll be speaking at VR World!

Date: May 16th
Time: 11.10am - 11.50am
Venue: London Olympia
Stage: Developer Theatre
Panel Topic: Lessons Learnt From Developing VR, AR and MR
Speakers: 
Moderator: Jack Kent, Director - Mobile Media Research, IHS Markit
Kate Lechowicz, Sr. Manager, EMEA Enterprise and Events Marketing, NetApp
Tanya Laird, Founder & CEO, Digital Jam
Ross Taylor, 360 Audio Software Engineer, Facebook
Eran Helft, CEO, HaloLabs

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