Content Now: Panelists Speak About the Digital Media
Cubberley Community Center (4000 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303)
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- $15.00
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- $7.50*
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All offers for Content Now! -- The Digital Media Showcase have expired.
The last date listed for Content Now! -- The Digital Media Showcase was Wednesday May 21, 2008 / 7:00pm.
Currently at Cubberley Community Center:
Activist/Author Raj Patel Investigates the World Food Crisis
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British-born Raj Patel has lived and worked in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the United States, so it's safe to say he has a pretty comprehensive world-view. Called "the rock star of social justice," this activist is best known for his 2008 book Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. See him live at the Cubberly Community Center, where he'll delve into the complex reasons why half the world is malnourished while the other half suffers from overabundance and obesity. He'll have you looking at the food on your plate in a whole new way. Learn More
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Description
As a society, we can now experience entertainment like never before: personal, immersive, addictive. Whether it's a film you watch right now or a masterpiece you broadcast to the world, the online video revolution is delivering content everywhere and in every form you desire. The Commonwealth Club hosts a group of panelists as they make sense of this fragmented market and explore ways in which fans are finding favorites--and filmmakers are finding fame and fortune in the long tail of digital distribution.
Panelists:
Steve Nelson, Director of Product Management, Netflix Instant Viewing
Jonathan Shambroom, SVP & General Manager, Crackle, Inc.
Scott Roesch, VP General Manager, MTV's AtomFilms
Angela Gyetvan, VP Marketing & Content, Revver
Faisal Galaria, General Manager & VP Corporate Development, Jaman
Martine Paris, Strategic Content Partnerships -- Moderator
About the Ticket Supplier: Commonwealth Club
The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, presenting over 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.
Founded in 1903, the Commonwealth Club has played host to a diverse and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to Erin Brockovich in 2001. Along the way, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates have all given landmark speeches at the Club.