A unique conference that brings together scholars, artists, critics, designers, screenwriters, producers, architects, programmers, and business leaders to share their view of contemporary entertainment and its future. Presented by the UC Santa Barbara Public Humanities Initiative. Free admission to the public.

Center for Information Technology and Society (CITS), UC Santa Barbara College of Letters and Science, UC Santa Barbara Sun Microsystems, Inc. Digital Media Lecture Series (Media Arts & Technology Program), UC Santa Barbara English Department, UC Santa Barbara Film Studies Department, UC Santa Barbara Comparative Literature Program, UC Santa Barbara Germanic, Slavic, & Semitic Studies Department, UC Santa Barbara Communications Department, UC Santa Barbara Art & Architecture History Department, UC Santa Barbara