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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cities and the Future of Entertainment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011<br>5-7 pm. <br><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E15">Bartos Theater</a><br>MIT Media Lab<br>20 Ames Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As a prologue to the CMS conference on the future of entertainment, this Forum will focus on the emergence of powerful new production cultures in such cities as Mumbai, Shanghai, and Rio de Janeiro. What do these developments portend for the international flow of media content? How does the nature of these cities shape the entertainment industries they are fostering? At the same time, new means of media production and circulation now permit individuals to produce content from suburban or rural areas. How do these apparently opposed trends co-exist? What is their likely impact on audiences and on the international media landscape? <br><b><br></b><a name=speakers></a>Speakers include </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.filmeb.com.br/quemequem/html/QEQ_profissional.php%3Fget_cd_profissional%3DPE726&ei=qNaBTtmqA-nZ0QHO1uCqAQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDcQ7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3DS%25C3%25A9rgio%2BS%25C3%25A1%2BLeit%25C3%25A3o%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GGLL_en___US427%26prmd%3Dimvns"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sergio Sa Leita</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>o</span></b></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, president of RioFilme; </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://parmesh.net/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Parmesh Shahani</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, a doctoral student in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania who previously worked for Mahindra & Mahindra, one of India's largest business conglomerates; </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://annenberg.usc.edu/en/Faculty/Communication%20and%20Journalism/WilsonE.aspx"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Ernest James Wilson III</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, Chair in Communication and dean of the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California; and moderator</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.thealchemists.com/blog/en/quem-somos/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Mauricio Mota</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, a co-founder and chief storytelling officer of the Alchemists Transmedia Storytelling Co.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Shahani is a 2005 graduate of MIT Comparative Media Studies (CMS). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span class=arial1><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Co-sponsor:</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://convergenceculture.org/futuresofentertainment/2011/">Futures of Entertainment 5 conference at MIT</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Forums are free and open to the public. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>More information: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/">http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>===========================<br>Brad Seawell, Program Coordinator<br>MIT Communications Forum<br>14N-430<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Cambridge, MA 02139<br>voice 617-253-3521<br>fax 617-253-6105<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>