The Chicago Convergence

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The Chicago Convergence is an annual conference of select presenters and companies powered by a collective of journalists, entrepreneurs and organizations with noteworthy accomplishments in digital technologies, entertainment and design.

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You bring the digital sparks, we'll supply the gasoline.

It's time to ignite the collective genius of Chicago's digital minds. The Chicago Convergence celebrates digital ideas in every form, in every place and in every person. Its' where the energy between your ears is cultivated and grown, and then let loose into the world.

You don't have to be the CIO or the CEO or even Einstein. If you're in the digital arts, entertainment, communication, business or government, we want your brain. Chicago is already the leader in the digital world. But now it's time for the rest of the world to know.

The Chicago Convergence. Where ideas, talent and code collide.

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John Patterson

The Influence Ecology - Architecture

This is a series of talks inside an abstraction I call The Influence Ecology.

[see primer for more definition]



Tending to the 'water' or ecology rather than simply tending to you requires an awareness of forces that shape and impact the You that you are.



That you were born in a specific place, time, country, race, culture, r

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Posted by John Patterson on November 10, 2009 at 12:10am

John Patterson

Will Oprah throw us over for L.A. in 2011? If so, the local film industry will feel the pain

Over the 25 years Oprah has broadcast her daily talk show from Chicago, it was inevitable that one day she would move the show to Los Angeles.

Apparently that day will arrive in 2011 when her CBS syndication contract ends and she will transition to her own Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on cable in a joint venture with Discovery Communications.

The world will await [… Continue

Posted by John Patterson on November 9, 2009 at 3:51pm

John Patterson

Local investors are new $80 M studio owners - Mirkopoulos brokered deal, will manage the facilities

Steel plant to convert to stages
While it was believed the owner of three Toronto movie studios was also the owner of an $80 million movie studio for Chicago, it turns out that a local group of investors are the real owners.

Nick Mirkopoulos, chairman of Cinespace Studios, who is brokering the deal for the purchase of the Ryerson Steel property, said his company will simply manage the studio.

In fact,… Continue

Posted by John Patterson on November 9, 2009 at 3:44pm

John Patterson

Federal Film Incentives End The Year

By Liz Storm
If you are involved in any type of film or TV or theatrical production and have not taken advantage of the federal tax incentives, please do so before January 1, 2010. The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, which took effect October 22, 2004, extended Section 181 and Section 199 and provides significant tax breaks and tax incentives if you have the proper investor documents and have filmed at least one day between December 31, 2007 and January 1, 2010.

I recommend that you consult… Continue

Posted by John Patterson on November 7, 2009 at 9:53am

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