2023 Events Archive

Ron Domingue graduated from ULL in 1996 and has a varied career from comics to graphic design to web design to UI design to art direction to XR and is currently an adjunct professor at Tulane. He is currently collaborating with LucyXR and is dabbling in Virtual Production. Come to the new Digital…

Joe Statham is an LSU alumni who graduated in 2008. He has been working in Visual Effects since graduation. He jumped very early into Virtual Production and has worked on very large franchises such as Avatar: The Way of the Water, Fantastic Four, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Battle of Los…

Unreal Fest 2023 is returning to the New Orleans Convention Center on October 3 though 5. Unreal Fest 2023 is back! This year’s event is shaping up to be our biggest and most exciting yet. Join us in New Orleans for more than 100 sessions across three action-packed days. We’ll have hands-on…

After a two-year Covid hiatus, the ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS returns to LSU this fall. This 22nd edition comprises 10 films -- nine recent, along with one restored classic -- which deal with both the anxieties and hopes of a world faced with a seemingly endless series of existential crises. All are…

Big Fish Games has opened up shop in the state of Louisiana. Big Fish is looking to expand to over 40 empolyees in New Orleans over the next few years. They are a global leader in casual gaming and will continue to grow the video game infrastructure in the state. John Rosser will be presenting and…

Visit New Orleans' primer co-working and entrepreneurial hub The Shop at The CAC! Friend of The Shop Erik Weaver will conduct a short presentation on innovative virtual production elements and The Shop will provide a specialty cocktail and food for a networking happy hour with members of The Shop's…

LSU is taking part in a national virtual tour and discussion with the Nvak Collective. The Nvak Collective is a next generation record label and artist advocacy collective that fully embraces Web 3.0 to drive change for creators.Nvak Collective is rebuilding the music industry from the ground up by…

Swaybox is again ramping up for a few productions this summer and is looking for a wide range of entry level folks (compositors, modelers, sculptors, animators and generalists). If you are interested finding out more please join Josh Fleig (Vice President of Business Development at Greater New…

Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU presents: 2nd Annual Telling Our Stories Event Katrina Babies Film Screening & Discussion with Director, Edward Buckles, Jr. Join us for a screening of this HBO documentary and a conversation with director, Edward Buckles, Jr. of New Orleans, LA about how…