2015 Panel Discussion: Designed for Disruption
Friday, November 13th from 6:45 - 7:45pm
Stories that have a vision on now, look to our future. |
"It is my hope that new directions and content producing can be introduced to this young filmmaking community. I look at ideas like augmented reality and virtual reality and I realize that the face of content communication is growing and changing. What is being looked at for this new era of creatives and how this influences individuals and society."
--Larry Banks, a BMM Festival Founder/Hollywood veteran cinematographer |
Panel Moderator - Eric Wynne

ERIC WYNNE has created, launched and managed media properties across a range of categories, technologies and formats within the corporate environment, in a consulting capacity and as an entrepreneur through his own companies or companies created specifically for the new ventures.
He and his companies have consulted/provided branding & market positioning, sales & marketing management, content creation strategies, as well as sponsorship & advertising sales for leading companies including Time Inc., The New York Stock Exchange, Porsche Cars of North America, Target, McDonalds, and others.
He was a founding partner of Urban Display Network, LLC. UDN was the first company in the world to create a fully interconnected, large-scale full motion video LED sign network using cutting edge individually addressable signage with content delivered via WiFi technology.
He and his companies have consulted/provided branding & market positioning, sales & marketing management, content creation strategies, as well as sponsorship & advertising sales for leading companies including Time Inc., The New York Stock Exchange, Porsche Cars of North America, Target, McDonalds, and others.
He was a founding partner of Urban Display Network, LLC. UDN was the first company in the world to create a fully interconnected, large-scale full motion video LED sign network using cutting edge individually addressable signage with content delivered via WiFi technology.
Panelists

SAM ROHN is a New York City based 360° VR panoramic photographer with an extensive clientele that includes Weta Digital, Hugo Boss, Der Spiegel, the Central Park Conservancy, Lincoln Center, Nikon, Samsung, and others.
Sam has over 20 years experience as a Location Scout and Manager for motion pictures, television and print working on projects such as Law & Order (tv), Men in Black (film), Jay Z, Roger Waters, Elton John (music videos), in addition to, advertising campaigns for Apple, Mercedes Benz, Louis Vuitton, Coca Cola, Air France, and dozens more.

DR. DARSHAN DESAI is a consultant, researcher and professor teaching at Larry L. Luing School of Business, Berkeley College, New York. She received her MBA from Gujarat University and PhD from Nirma University of Science and Technology, India. Her research addresses technology innovations, new media, gamification, big data, analytics, customer relationship management, and entrepreneurship.
She has been a pioneer in developing gamified online courses and designing innovative experiential learning initiatives. Her research has been published in reputed international journals, magazines, conference proceedings and book chapters. She has years of consulting and business analysis experience, and spearheaded microfinance and entrepreneurship development initiatives in the remote villages of India.

DEAN LANDSMAN is a media and communications specialist, an announcer, radio executive and station owner, renowned ratings analyst, researcher, and broadcasting and music business consultant. He has been among the first to participate in new developments and to train clients to apply New Tech, New Media, Digital Strategy and Social Media technologies to their benefit.
Dean was one of the first communicators to embrace computing and then the opportunities and communication advantages of the Internet. Dean has spoken at a variety of venues on: Marketing, Digital Identity, Media Research and Metrics in the Electronic and Information Age, Digital Strategy and Media Convergence, Transformation, Transmedia, and Transitions from legacy methods to the connected and digital world.
Dean is the Director of PDEC (Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium), a Fellow at NYU’s SCPS (School for Continuing Professional Studies), the Treasurer (as well as a Steward) of Identity Commons, and works with Project VRM at The Berkman Center at Harvard. He is a Research Fellow at the financial research and investment firm Coburn Ventures. Dean is the Treasurer and a board member of the NYC Chapter of Social Media Club.
Dean was one of the first communicators to embrace computing and then the opportunities and communication advantages of the Internet. Dean has spoken at a variety of venues on: Marketing, Digital Identity, Media Research and Metrics in the Electronic and Information Age, Digital Strategy and Media Convergence, Transformation, Transmedia, and Transitions from legacy methods to the connected and digital world.
Dean is the Director of PDEC (Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium), a Fellow at NYU’s SCPS (School for Continuing Professional Studies), the Treasurer (as well as a Steward) of Identity Commons, and works with Project VRM at The Berkman Center at Harvard. He is a Research Fellow at the financial research and investment firm Coburn Ventures. Dean is the Treasurer and a board member of the NYC Chapter of Social Media Club.