OUR UPCOMING EVENTS
Just added events in London and Cannes!
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TODAY!
May 23, 6p
The Fields LA at Banc of California Stadium, DTLA
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Get comped appetizers, drink specials, and play free video games at our casual Digital Drinks networking at the new Free Play lounge at the Fields LA, which just opened at the Banc of California Stadium. Talk digital, pre-E3 games, and more as we enjoy happy hour specials and free video games on the second floor Free Play section of The Fields LA. Free parking.
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Bestselling author of Lifescale Book
May 28, 12-2p
Spaces Hollywood
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Bestselling author Brian Solis is visiting LA from Silicon Valley. Brian is an international speaker and author on digital strategy, customer relationship, and more. His latest book is "Lifescale: How to Live a More Creative, Productive, and Happy Life." If you'd like to be a book sponsor to this event so the book can be given out for free, email info@digitalla.net with SOLIS as the subject.
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Bestselling author of Lifescale Book
May 28, 7-9p
Cross Campus DTLA
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Bestselling author Brian Solis is visiting LA from Silicon Valley. Brian is an international speaker and author on digital strategy, customer relationship, and more. His latest book is "Lifescale: How to Live a More Creative, Productive, and Happy Life." If you'd like to be a book sponsor to this event so the book can be given out for free, email info@digitalla.net with SOLIS as the subject.
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May 29, 6p
Studio at Beverly Hills
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PR Experts discuss how to generate creative successful PR campaigns for digital entertainment brands, and how to use digital tools in PR for entertainment and startups.
SPEAKERS:
- Dana Benson, Fandango, VP Communications
- Natalie Yallouz, MPRM Communications, Vice President. Natalie helped launched digital entertainment brands such as Snap Originals, Warner Bros. Stage 13, Fullscreen & AT&T's Hello Lab and more.
- Dana Benson, Fandango, VP Communications
- Natalie Yallouz, MPRM Communications, Vice President. Natalie helped launched digital entertainment brands such as Snap Originals, Warner Bros. Stage 13, Fullscreen & AT&T's Hello Lab and more.
- Rick Markovitz, Weissman/Markovitz Communications, President. Manages PR for Hollywood guilds and awards shows.
- Katie Gerber, Venture PR
- Erik Deutsch, Excel PR
CALL FOR SPEAKERS: If you're a PR pro, agency, media outlet, or PR for a brand or Hollywood studio, email info@digitalla.net with PR as subject and what you can talk about.
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June 4, 6p
WeWork Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood
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Call for Speakers for our panel featuring experts who will discuss how they reach and engage LGBTQ audiences, work with brands, and engage fans.
CALL FOR SPEAKERS: looking for women, diverse speakers with >10K followers who can discuss reaching LGBTQ audiences, working with brands, etc. Email info@digitalla.net with LGBTQ as subject.
CALL FOR SPONSORS: Show support for the LGBTQ creative community! Detail email info@digitalla.net with LGBTQ as subject.
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June 10
Cross Campus Downtown LA
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Mark your calendar for our Games Summit before E3! Our Games Summit features games industry experts speaking on panels including VR/AR Games, Music for Games, Esports, Diversity in Games and more.
Call for Speakers: email info@digitalla.net with GAMES as subject and a short description of your amazing projects in the past year.
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June 13, 7p
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Join us for this event during London Tech Week! Our founder Kevin Winston will give a presentation on the LA health and wellness scene and related tech startups, followed by a panel with London based health and wellness startups discussing how they launched and get customers. CALL FOR SPEAKERS and SPONSORS: Email info@digitalla.net with HEALTH as subject.
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June 18
Caffe Roma, Cannes, Frances
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Heading to Cannes Lions? Join us for casual cafe on Tuesday afternoon at Caffe Roma on the Croissette. We'll trade notes on best panels, parties, and more.
FREE RSVP to attend
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LA TECH NEWS
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USC Games Expo featured student games, alumni games, and esports on May 8 at USC. Students in the USC Games program demoed their games, from video games to tabletop games. The USC Esports league also set up game play stations for League of Legends and other games so people could play games to win tickets, redeemable for prizes. USC Games alums Freeform Labs demoed their Elementerra game, new and improved with story line and increased graphics over when they developed the game at USC. The founders have spoken at our Digital LA events. Jam City was the main presenter of the event. At the Jam City booth, attendees could spin the wheel to win swag prizes. See our
USC Games Expo article.
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OUR RECENT EVENTS
Digital LA - Influencer Merch panel at Studio71
Influencers are using Kickstarter to crowdfund games, engage their communities and generate additional merch revenue, said Javon Frazier, Garima Sharma, and more at our Digital LA - Influencer Merch and Game Night at Studio71 HQ in Beverly Hills. See
article.
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fter the panel, we played Studio71 card games. Several attendees got prizes including Binding of Issac: Four Souls card game,
plushies, Guava Juice subscription boxes, and more Studio71 merch.
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Digital LA - High Tech: Cannabis CBD Tech panel event before 4/20 featured experts from MedMen, Merry Jane Media, Baker CRM startup, and more. Cannabis CBD digital marketing focuses less on mass marketing due to age and geography restrictions and laws, and much more on CRM: reaching customers who've opted in to e
mail or SMS text messages.
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Customer data privacy and security is especially important: no sharing emails or anonymous aggregate data. Instagram, influencers and events are additional ways to market, tho must be aware of ever-changing rules related to age-gating, geography or sales of products. There's much room for brands to reach new demos like post-operation pain relief, seniors, and more. See our panel recap of
9 Things You Need to Know about cannabis CBD marketing.
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Coachella:
Digital
Art, Apps, and Parties
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Coachella. Half of LA it seems migrated like butterflies to Coachella Weekend 1. In our recap article, we cover the digital art installations like HP's Antarctic Dome and Spectra kaleidoscope tower, and the Coachella app with AR and coin game. We also found digital at parties. At the exclusive Neon Carnival, an inflatable Pikachu greeted guests, thanks to sponsor CGI animated Detective Pikachu movie, and MoviePass. Our Digital LA influencers had a blast at the KROQ House. See our recap of digital art and parties in our
article.
Digital LA - Digital Drinks during NAB Vegas. We had a blast at our Digital Drinks during NAB at the new On the Record club at Park MGM on Wednesday. The new music theme club with secret speakeasy, karaoke rooms, and behind-the-bar dancers feels like Breakroom 86 cuz it's also from the Houston Brothers, like their other LA clubs including Davey Wayne's, No Vacancy, Pour Vous, and Madame Siam. We enjoyed drink specials, and took photos at the big RED bus in the patio. Thanks On the Record for hosting us!
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Digital LA - Robots panel. Robots are becoming less expensive with more applications in education, security, branded, and more said speakers at our Digital LA - Robots panel, our kickoff event to celebrate National Robotics Week April 6-11.
Speakers at local robots companies and startups discussed trends in robots at our panel held at Toolbox LA.
Robots range from children's education to security to battle.
UBTECH's educational robot unicorn teaches girls and boys how to play and program. DASH Systems creates robots that are thrown out of planes to deliver aid packages to disaster areas that are difficult to reach. DASH has dropped hundreds of disaster relief packages in hurricane zones, said Joel Ifill, of DASH Systems.
Battlebots robots fight each other with high-tech weapons on TV. Robot companions for senior living and health, like Baymax from Big Hero 6, are on their way.
UBTECH's philosophy is for a "robot in every home" said Adam of UBTECH Robotics, with offices in downtown LA. See more in our article.
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6 Keys to Comedy Content. We celebrated April Fools on Monday with our Comedy Content panel featuring speakers Hilary Van Hoose from the Laugh Factory comedy club, comedian Gregg Martin, and Ben Bayouth, creator of the popular Comedy Central show "Blark and Son" distributed on YouTube. The speakers discussed 6 Keys to Comedy Content, including how they create a variety of comedy content specifically tailored for Instagram, YouTube, and other platforms, with length, content, and story matching the platform. They also spoke about the importance of having a consistent release schedule (like weekly, etc.) and consistent graphics. And they said it's key to engage your viewers to build your community and fanbase. See 6 Keys to Comedy Content.
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Digital Drinks @ Mrs. Fish We swam to our Digital Drinks with sushi and whiskey at Mrs. Fish in downtown LA. Attendees from Silverlake to Santa Monica and Pasadena enjoyed crispy rice, sashimi, edamame, and drink specials at the new restaurant from the owners of adjacent Perch. We discussed digital marketing, restaurant tech, and social media for restaurants. Mrs. Fish has a sky aquarium with fish swimming above.The kiri drink is served with a smoke reveal, perfect for Instagram. See our
article. If you know a restaurant or bar which can host a Digital Drinks, and can provide a drink discount special, some comp apps, and no room fee or minimums, email info@digitalla.net with DRINKS as the subject.
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Digital LA - GDTea. At our third annual GDTea, attendees from LA and international attendees met to enjoy sunshine and cranberry tea, scones, cheese, and charcuterie at the Samovar Tea Lounge in Buena Gardens. Attendees included: Activision, game developers, game composers, VR startups, and more. We traded tips on best panels, parties, and booth swag (free popcorn and fresh baked cookies, Unreal and Fortnite T-shirts at the Epic Games booth.) See our
GDTea article.
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Digital LA - Digital Drinks - Austin connected startups, artists, actors, and more poolside with a view at the rooftop of the Westin Austin during SXSW. Attendees included LA based Engineering.AI, whose Builder platform powered four activations including Fader Fort, Miles Davis House, and Builder Lab; see more in our article. Also: Olivia, a music artist whose digital avatar performs in a virtual performance app. SocialTap members and friends also attended. We lounged by the pool and cabanas, and enjoyed cocktails and panoramic views of downtown Austin. See our
article recap with pics.
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Digital LA - BioTech Meetup. At our first Digital LA - Biotech meet up, attendees toured the new Wet Lab for biotech startups at Toolbox LA in Chatsworth. Our tour included a preview of the Wet Lab, still under construction. Toolbox LA opened up last fall, with workspace areas for tech, biotech, maker space, and art space. Our group went on a tour of the facilities, including 3D printers, wood and metal working room, nano tech lab, art gallery space, private offices and more. See our
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. We are planning a Robotics, Maker and BioTech event on April 5. If you can join as a speaker, email info@digitalla.net with ROBOT as the subject.
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Esports is expanding into new areas from startups, content, and brands, to diversity, said speakers from YouTube, Abrams Artists Agency, and more at our Digital LA - Esports Expands panel at Phase Two. See
article.
Speakers described top trends they're seeing in our highlights panel
video
focusing on broad industry, teams, and players. Players are creating content, growing their social media, building their brand, and getting brand deals. Startups are meeting the needs of this growing market. Stadiums are adapting to serve sports and fan needs. See more in our
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