The Portland Creative Conference is an interdisciplinary exploration of the
creative process across creative industries professions. The conference features keynote presentations from leading creative thinkers who reveal their work and let attendees in on their secrets, influences and inspirations.
This is an opportunity to get inside the heads of visionaries who are generating original and effective ideas for fun and profit, inspiring us in entirely new ways to gain a fresh perspective on our own creative endeavors.
DETAILS:
To attend the Portland Creative Conference, register online at
http://cre8con-fb.eventbrite.com/
Confirmed Speakers include:
• Jim Kouf: screenwriter (National Treasure, Rush Hour, Stakeout), Producer (Con Air, Ghost Whisperer, Angel, Grimm)
• David Greenwalt: producer (X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Eureka, Grimm); writer (Wonder Years, X-Files, Buffy, Miracles, Angel, Grimm); and director (Help Wanted Kids, Double Switch).
• Rob Legato: special effects supervisor (Avatar, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Titanic, Apollo 13, Armageddon and others).
• Brynn Bardacke: global creative director, Coca-Cola
• Peter Richardson: Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner for
documentary How to Die in Oregon
• Robert Thompson: architect and design director at TVA Architects (Nike
campus, Matthew Knight Arena at University of Oregon, Fox Tower and Proctor and Gamble headquarters)
• Naomi Pomeroy: chef, (Bravo’s Top Chef Masters TV show)
• Irene Taylor Brodsky: documentary director (Saving Pelican 895, Hear and Now)
• Robyn Tenenbaum: producer (OPB's Live Wire! radio show)
The original conference was founded by Will Vinton and ran throughout the 90′s and after 7 years away was brought back in 2008 by event chairman Steve Gehlen as a non-profit fundraiser for arts education. The event is produced by Oregon Creative Industries (a trade association) on behalf of the non-profit fiscal sponsor, Keeping the Arts (a public charity that raises money to support arts education in Oregon).
