Animation Summit, a property of Ghost Gaming and produced by Skillshot Media, will debut on Thursday, May 23, 2024 to promote professional development and celebrate the growing animation industry in Georgia.
The Animation Summit will be hosted at Skillshot Media at Uptown Atlanta, in partnership with the all-ages Geek Culture Convention MomoCon beginning the following day at the Georgia World Congress Center.
If you have ever traveled out of town to attend a music festival, watched your favorite collegiate team participate in an esports tournament or visited the real world locations where your favorite movies were filmed, you have participated in entertainment tourism.
Not only will the state host a total of eight FIFA World Cup 2026 matches, including a Semifinal, the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center is set to open its doors in 2026. The 200-acre training center and headquarters will serve all 27 U.S. Soccer National Teams, including Senior Women’s and Men’s, Youth, and Extended National Teams.
The Entertainment Tourism Alliance of Georgia (ETAG) and Georgia Entertainment today announced a special event to be held on May 22nd at the brand new Trilith Guesthouse in the Town at Trilith. “Shaping Georgia’s Entertainment Tourism Future” will feature a luncheon, panels, VIP tours of Trilith, a special networking session and other activities
Georgia Entertainment held their Signature Georgia Entertainment 100 on April 22nd at Eagle Rock Studios. The event was presented in partnership by Explore Gwinnett and Gateway85 CID. The special invite only affair drew over 500 of the who’s who in entertainment including directors, producers, legislators, financiers, and other creatives. At the event, Tim Minard, CEO of Eclipse Gaming, was awarded Georgia’s Entertainment Entrepreneur of the Year.
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is pleased to announce that Bob Weis, global entertainment lead for Gensler and former president of Walt Disney Imagineering, has been named the university’s latest Executive in Residence.
CreatorSummit will take place at Skillshot Media at Uptown Atlanta, with panels covering topics including Why Atlanta For Creators, Audience Growth, Best Practices for Brand Integration, Creation for Social Impact, Playable User Generated Content in Gaming, and AI Disruption.
The UK is home to several large film studios, such as Elstree and Pinewood, and has a leading global role in art, architecture, fashion and video games design.
Georgia has discovered that video games and esports are powerful tools for economic development, and even more so for youth skill development and workforce development.