Media Party Miami: Innovation for Results - Virtual Reality, Animation & Design

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Based on the successful annual Media Party Buenos Aires, and 2015’s inaugural Media Party Miami, Florida International University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication , FIU’s Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, and Hacks/Hackers Miami are proud to present Media Party Miami from April 1-2, 2016.
This two-day event will feature insightful panels on media innovation and hands-on learning with leaders in U.S. and Latin American media. Media Party Miami will be the premiere showcase of digital innovation within Latin American and Hispanic media in the U.S., as well as an opportunity to share best practices among students and professionals in the U.S. and Latin America. Our goal is skill-building, cross-pollination and transnational bridge-building across the hemisphere. FIU-CARTA-SJMC offers its students forward-thinking education tied to cutting-edge media and technology innovation, and Media Party Miami is one example of it.
Join us on Friday, April 1 at the The LAB Miami in Wynwood for a day of talks, workshops and networking with media leaders across the U.S. and Latin America who are innovating for digital audiences. On Saturday, April 2, join us at The LAB for a hands-on hack day for learning and skill-sharing with experts in new media technologies and tools.

Speakers
Latin American Innovators
Mariano Blejman: HacksLabs/Media Factory, Buenos Aires
Mariana Bezuerro: HacksLabs/Media Factory, Buenos Aires
Homero Hinojosa: Journalist, Consultant and Coach, Mexico, DF
Daniela Pinheiro: Revista Piaui, Brazil
Andres Snitcofsky: Media Factory, Buenos Aires
Nuno Vargas: Designer, JSK Stanford Fellow ’13, Portugal

US Innovators
Robert Hernandez: Professor, Digital Journalism, USC
Julian Reyes: Mars 2030 Project, Fusion and NASA, Miami
Dan Archer: www.empatheticmedia.com and former JSK Fellow, New York
Lope Gutierrez and Matilde Suescun: Former JSK Fellows
Rebecca Monson: Founder, New Tropic, Miami
Ana Benatuil: Arquitect Knight Challenge Awardee, Singularity Fellow
Nicole Hernandez Hammer: Sea Level Researcher, Union of Concerned Scientists
Susan Jacobson: Assistant Professor, SJMC, FIU
Juliet Pinto: Associate Professor, SJMC, FIU
Tiffany Troxler: Research Faculty, SERC, FIU
Miguel Costa, Kit Cross, Olman Hernandez, Pedro Alvarez, Angelica Baini, Rafael Fernandez: Fusion Interactive, Miami

April 1, 2016 Agenda
400 NW 26th St, Miami, FL 33127
8.00 – 8.45
Check-in & breakfast

Intro
9.00:
Dean Schriner, FIU
Frank Mora, LACC
Matt Haggman / other, Knight Foundation
Mariano Blejman, founder of Media Party
Conversations
9.20 – 10.00
Panel on Data Journalism by ICFJ
Mariana Santos, Mariano Blejman, Miguel Paz, moderated by Elisa Tinsley
10.00 – 10.25
The truthful art: data Visualization conversation
Alberto Cairo
10.30 – 11.00
Immersive Journalism
Robert Hernandez, professor on digital journalism at USC
11.00 – 11.15
Coffee break
11.20 – 12.00
Virtual Reality with 360 film
Olman Hernandez, Fusion, Miami Mars 2030 – VR for Computer Graphics
Julian Reyes, Mars 2030 Project, Fusion and NASA, Miami 12.05 – 1.00
Unity and 3D Interactive Storytelling for VR Journalism
Dan Archer, www.empatheticmedia.com and former JSK fellow, New York
Animation for News Storytelling
Pedro Alvarez & Angelica Baini, Fusion Miami Lunch & Media Fair
1.00 – 2.30
2.30 – 3.30
The entrepreneurs series
2.30 – 3.00
Start-up NewTropic
Rebecca Monson, New Tropic, Miami
3.00 -3.45
JSK Entrepreneurship and Media A conversation with the former and recent JSK fellows:
Lope Gutierrez, Daniela Pinheiro and Matilde Suescun, Nuno Vargas
3.50 – 4.50
Conversation: Covering Latin América in USA for millennials
Rafael Fernandez, Fusion
How to Capture and Maintain Millennials with Technology and More
Homero Hinojosa, Journalist, consultant and coach, Mexico Cuba and communications with limited internet
Alejandro @14ymedio.com
Luis Trelles
4.50 – 5.10
Coffee break
5.15 – 6.00
Miami Sea Level Rise Miami Sea Level Rise FIU: Susan Jacobson, Juliet Pinto, Tiffany Troxler, FIUNicole Hernandez Hammer, Sea Level Researcher, Union of Concerned Scientists, Palm Beach April 2, 2016 Agenda
400 NW 26th St, Miami, FL 33127
8.00 – 8.45
Check-in & breakfast
Workshops
9.00 – 3.00
Animation: Andres Snitcofsky, Media Factory, Buenos Aires
Unity and 3D interactive storytelling for VR journalism: Dan Archer
Design Thinking: Nuno Vargas, former JSK, Portugal
Interactive Storytelling and Building Stories that Resonate: Miguel Costa, Fusion, Miami; Kit Cross, Fusion, Miami
WebVR Starter Kit – Virtual Reality for the rest of us: Dan Zajdband, Knight Mozilla Fellow