You’re invited to a very special event for media professionals: The first-ever San Diego MEDIA PRO CAMP presented by the San Diego chapter of Media Communications Association -Intl. This informative, interactive event will be held Saturday, Feb 6^th at the Art Institute of California, San Diego. (http://www.artinstitutes.edu/sandiego/) in Mission Valley.

 MediaProCamp is an all day gathering of media professionals representing every discipline: acting and performing, producing and directing; creative and technical ...and representing every medium: Film, TV, Radio; Internet, games, business video, audio and more.

 Philip Hodgetts (http://www.philiphodgetts.com/) is keynote speaker and guest host. Philip is the creator of Digital Production Buzz, was co-host and managing editor of DV Guys, and author of The New Now and HD Survival Handbook 2009-2010, Creative COW contributing editor (creativecow.net), and creator of the Intelligent Assistance. (http://www.intelligentassistance.com/).

 MediaProCamp consist of open roundtable discussions on any subject the participants choose--with multiple breakout sessions every half hour or so. This format, lifted from the IT industry (Silicon Valley) is intensely productive and provides for fabulous networking. It's an exciting cross-pollination of useful ideas, techniques and information.  Interactivity among all of the participants guarantees a powerful experience for everyone. Bring your personal expertise (everybody contributes) and plenty of questions. Laptops are useful – but optional. You can create a topic for discussion and form a group... or sit in on any group/any topic you choose.

 This ground-breaking event is being presented by the San Diego Chapter of the MCA-I. The Media Communications Association-International (MCAI) is a non-profit 501c 3 charity with chapters in 27 US cities and three countries.

 Please join us on Saturday February 6th at the San Diego Art Institute in Mission Valley for this first-of-it's-kind event in San Diego. MediaProCamp is FREE but you do have to register in advance so we have enough coffee and food to go around. (see link below.)

 FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.sdmca-i.org