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PLEASE NOTE: RSVPing here does *not* get you on the guest list (but it *is* a good way to let your friends know you're coming and that they should come, too). To get on the guest list, make sure you RSVP at:
http://bit.ly/CalSundance2011
Also, this event happens from 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m. *Utah* time (in case there's any time zone confusion).
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Cal at Sundance 2012 is an inaugural event uniting, celebrating, and strengthening an influential and growing community of Berkeley alumni in the arts, entertainment, media, and technology.
Cal Alumni Conversation starts at 5:30 p.m.
-Jason Spingarn-Koff (MJ '01) already confirmed.
-Jigar Mehta ('01 & MJ '05) already confirmed.
Alumni Recognition Ceremony
Stand-Up Comedy by Dan Ilic (
www.danilic.com)
Cocktail Networking Reception until 7:30 p.m.
Light hors d'oeuvres and hosted open bar (beer, wine, cocktails, coffee, tea).
Film/Project Registry:
http://bit.ly/CalSundanceRegistry
Stay posted with the latest info and let your friends know:
Twitter: @CalAtSundance, #CalAtSundance,
http://bit.ly/CalSundanceTweets
Facebook Event:
http://on.fb.me/CalSundance2011FB
Facebook Group:
http://on.fb.me/CalAtSundance
Presented by the Cal Alumni of Utah Club (
http://alumni.berkeley.edu/utah) with support from the Cal Alumni Association (
http://alumni.berkeley.edu), the Victor Pineda Foundation (
www.pinedafoundation.org), Jeremy Guttenplan, Schaaf-PartnerCentric (
http://twitter.com/brookschaaf), and Shoot Edit Burn Media.
Gifts in Kind: Scripped.com (
http://scripped.com), Cal Student Store (
http://calstudentstore.com), Shoot Edit Burn Media, GroupStre.am (
http://groupstre.am/), and Third Workshop (
http://www.facebook.com/ThirdWorkshop).
Event Committee: Duc Bieu Pham '02, Liz Swaney '07, A. Deane Brannen-Jurgenson '11
For Sponsorship Opportunities: Contact Duc Bieu Pham ’02,
ducpham@alum.calberkeley.org, (917) 727-5759.
Bios:
Jason Spingarn-Koff recently joined the staff of The New York Times as the video journalist for Opinion, and is the series producer and curator of the Times's documentary initiative Op-Docs (nytimes.com/opdocs). “Life 2.0”, a feature-length documentary he directed and produced, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network's Documentary Club. His prior films and journalism have appeared on PBS, BBC, MSNBC, Time.com, and Wired News. He was a 2010-2011 MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow and is a graduate of Brown University and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Jigar Mehta is a documentary filmmaker and a journalist. He is currently co-creator of the interactive documentary "18 Days in Egypt," a crowd source documentary project about the Egyptian uprising. The project is supported by the Tribeca Film Institute and was a recent participant in the Sundance Institute’s New Frontier Story Lab in October 2011. Mehta is also the co-founder of GroupStream, a collaborative storytelling platform, developed while a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University. Before coming to Stanford, he worked as a video journalist for The New York Times. He has a passion for telling stories through strong characters and accurate reporting. He believes in collaboration and community-building, and as president of the South Asian Journalist Association, he has fostered programs that reflect those ideals.
Mehta holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering (2001) and a Masters in Journalism (2005) from the University of California, Berkeley.
http://18DaysinEgypt.com
http://groupstre.am
Dan Ilic is an Australian comedian, writer, performer, actor, broadcaster, and filmmaker. He is best known for his work on the sketch comedy TV show "The Ronnie Johns Half Hour," and writing and performing in "Beaconsfield: The Musical." Dan is also a reporter/presenter on the ABC show "Hungry Beast."
http://www.danilic.com
GO BEARS!!
