The entertainment and media industry’s showcase for previewing and learning about the latest trends and ground-breaking technology for the content creator.

The Entertainment Technology Expo in New York, formerly known as HD EXPO, is where future technology and creative vision converge. Now expanded to two days, the Expo brings together industry experts and technical innovators for lively panel discussions, informative workshops, and a show floor where the technology comes to life.

Conference Hours: Thursday, Sept. 23 - 10:30am to 6:30pm | Friday, Sept. 24 - 9:00am to 5:30pm

The premier event on the management of digital assets. This conference will shape the standards and explore the urgent global issues of digital asset management in the sectors of advertising, publishing, sports organizations, museums, and higher education.

If you are responsible for the creation, handling, security or underwriting of digital assets, this conference is a must attend event.  The Createasphere Digital Asset Management Conference will provide foundational knowledge on current workflows and best practices, insights into future advancements and the opportunity to connect with industry thought leaders, solution vendors and professional colleges.  The conference and expo are designed to quickly increase your functional knowledge on this quickly evolving topic and allow you to return to your workplace with state of the industry understanding. Register now and become part of the community shaping the future of digital asset management.

StudioSysAdmins is a social networking community dedicated to improving infrastructure, workflows and support across the Entertainment Industry. An expanding community with one common site that joins Systems Administrators, Technical Directors, Pipeline Developers, Consultants, Hardware/Software Support Engineers and Hardware/Software Vendors and Resellers (VARs) that currently work in and/or support production studios in the areas of animation, visual-fx, film, and games.

Our goal is to enable the sharing of all non-proprietary information among all of our Members and to maintain open discussions between Studios, Vendors and VARs to determine standards in order to help improve support for the installation, implementation, monitoring and maintenance of hardware, software and operating systems.

Information about Local Meetings:

StudioSysAdmins currently holds regular meetings in several cities (Los Angeles, Montreal, Sydney, Toronto and Vancouver) and we will continue to expand local coverage as our membership continues to grow. Meetings are hosted by one of our studio Members  and/or sponsored by one or more of our supporting member Companies to present and discuss ongoing issues/concerns, future technologies; and of course, great social conversation.

StudioSysAdmins currently has 755 registered Members which represent 408 different Companies.

Also note that 251 of these Companies are either Production Studios, Research Labs or Training Facilities.

Information about Membership Registration:

We are always looking to expand our global membership (membership is free). If you are interested in becoming a member, please send an e-mail to SignMeUp@StudioSysAdmins.com and make sure you include the following information:

Also, please indicate if you do not wish to be added to any of the following e-mail lists:

Please read more About StudioSysAdmins and register today!

Seven Group and Extreme Networks have joined together as Platinum Sponsors for both  Polaris 24 and the Constellation Awards.  Join us for an exciting weekend to celebrate the efforts of the Digital Media industry in Canada.

Seven Group and Extreme Networks would like to exclusively invite you and your colleagues on July 17th to our pre-show party (3:00pm to 5:00pm) where Technicolor will be showing a number of Stereoscopic trailers on the new 46” JVC  3D LCD display, attendance  to the Constellation Awards (7:00pm to 9:00pm), and after-show party (starting at 10:00pm).

When/Where:

Polaris 24 will be held on the weekend of July 16 to 18 at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel.
Make sure to take the time to come out and take part in the many events, workshops, auctions, and exhibitions. 

For more information regarding Polaris 24 please take a look at their website:

                http://www.tcon.ca/polaris/modules/tconguests/

Also being held this weekend are the Constellation Awards on July 17^th in the Grand York ballroom of the Sheraton North Hotel.
The show will be hosted by comedian, writer and one of Canada’s 10 funniest people; Gavin Stephens. 

For more information on the show please take a look at their website:

                http://constellations.tcon.ca/

If you would like to attend any of these events, please RSVP to anthony@sevengroup.ca or sherry@sevengroup.ca.
Please also indicate if you would like to attend the Polaris 24 Convention running all weekend – tickets are limited.