* Wednesday, March 14, 2001. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.



As part of InternetWorld, FlashCore, the new media community that hosts the Flash User Group, is presenting an online entertainment forum. The keynote address will begin at 5 pm, and the speaker is TBA. Beginning at 5:45 pm, Clive Henrick, multimedia developer, Netgroupie.com, will run a demonstration of integrating DVD and Flash with the Web using InterActual Player 2.0. At 7 pm, John Welch, senior director and executive producer, games for Shockwave.com, will speak on the future of Web interactivity and online gaming. At 7:45 pm, Chris Takami and the team at Flinch Studio will give an online animation case study of their production of Tim Burton's STAINBOY. At 8:30 pm, moderator Roger Vertruba, CEO, Toonshoppe Animation, will lead a panel discussion on the future of online entertainment. The panelists will include: John Andrews, senior VP and exec. producer, Klasky-Csupo; Chris Takami, co-founder, Flinch Studios; Kevin Foxe, producer, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT; Tom Winkler, founder, Doodie.com; Alex Thompson, CEO and president, Mixed Signals Technologies; Jorge Hinojosa, artist manager for Ice-T and Internet strategy consultant for Maverick Records and Warner Bros. Records; and Hans Fischmann, senior product manager, Apple Computer. For more information contact Flashcore's John Tidwell at: E-mail: johntidwell@flashcore.com or Tel.: (818) 994-7199; or Mark Winstanley at: E-mail: mwinstanley@flashcore.com; or Tel.: (323) 436-0169.