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The 2010 3D Gaming Summit™ is the newest
addition to the 3D Entertainment Series of events produced by Unicomm, LLC. The 3D Entertainment Summit has been held the
past two years in Los Angeles, CA.The 3D Entertainment Summit™ - This year’s event, Co-produced by Bob Dowling, Former Publisher and Editor of the Hollywood Reporter
and in association with Variety, was held at the Hilton Los Angeles in Universal City September 16 and 17, and attracted more than
500 attendees representing the “who’s who” in 3D from top brands and all aspects of the entertainment community,
while drawing international media coverage. Major sponsors included Sony Digital, Sony Electronics, RealD, 3ality, DreamWorks,
Panasonic and IMAX.. The opening day keynote was a discussion between David Cohen, Features Editor, Daily Variety,
Director and Screenwriter Henry Selick and Academy Award winning Visual Effects Supervisor Brian Van’t Hul for the LAIKA/Focus
Features 2009 breakout 3D animated hit film Coraline. The trio focused their discussion on the creative side of 3D. Day two
featured a conversation between Mr. Dowling and Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chief Executive Officer & Director of DreamWorks Animation
SKG. Mr. Katzenberg highlighted to Dowling the tremendous opportunity 3D continues to present the entertainment community.
Unicomm LLC. is an independent business-to-business communications company specializing in originating and managing
world class trade shows and conferences in underserved and nascent markets. Founded in 1998 in Milford, CT, Unicomm enjoys
impressive track record of dozens of successful show launches and hundreds of event productions. Unicomm’s properties
include the 3D Entertainment Summit in association with VARIETY, The 3D Gaming Summit, the LA Times Travel & Adventure Show,
Adventures in Travel Expo in NY, CH, DC and Seattle, and the Green Travel Summit.
The Bob Dowling Group - For the last 17 years through 2007, Bob Dowling was editor-in-chief and publisher
of The Hollywood Reporter and president of the VNU Business Media Film and Performing Arts Group.During Dowling's tenure, The Reporter launched numerous new products, including the HollywoodReporter.com Web site,
e-mail edition, weekly edition, THR East, Literary Hollywood, Festival de Cannes dailies and the Oscar Screening Guide, as
well as many annual events such as the Women in Entertainment Power 100 stand-alone issue and its related breakfast event,
the Next Generation ranking of prominent young executives, the Film and TV Music Conference and the reorganized Key Art Awards.Dowling recently started his own information and consulting firm, the Bob Dowling Group, to serve clients looking
to navigate the converging worlds of entertainment and technology, with the 3D Entertainment Summit as a lead project.
About The Variety Group Variety is the leading publication
for entertainment news, recognized and respected throughout the world of show business. The Variety Group – Daily
Variety, Daily Variety Gotham, Weekly Variety, Variety.com, Video Business, Tradeshow Week, LA 411, Variety 411 –
are all owned by Reed Business Information (RBI), the largest business publisher in the U.S. RBI is a member of the Reed Elsevier
Group plc (NYSE: RUK and ENL)
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