About tech-EM
Welcome to tech-EM.com! On behalf of the event marketing, exhibit technology, and interactive environments teams at Sparks, we hope you will find this monthly round up of event interactives, event and exhibit technology, and emerging interactive technology posts informative as well as inspirational. Each month we’ll deliver to your inbox several examples of intriguing new technology and interactive projects in the event marketing space, as well as exciting emerging technologies from the worlds of media, art, technology and material research, and cross-platform experimentation. Our aim is to illuminate and explain trends and technologies you need to know about, plant seeds for new deployments you should be considering, and document this exciting field as interactive experiences continue to emerge and find their place in our everyday lives.
About the Authors
Jamie Barlow, Director of Interactive Media at Sparks, serves as the primary industry voice for Sparks’ interactive media and technology integration offering. With an impressive portfolio ranging from mobile apps to airport installations, Jamie provides a tremendous amount of insight on the marketplace, particularly in the areas of interactive media design, creation and integration. He collaborates with Sparks’ internal creative teams in ideation, development and production of interactive experiences, as well as supports our clients and account teams in identifying opportunities to integrated these experiences into their overall live marketing programs. Jamie is based in Sparks’ San Francisco location.
Jamie Barlow
Director of Interactive Media
Sparks San Francisco
jbarlow@sparksonline.com
http://www.sparksonline.com/
Joseph Cantrell, Creative Research Specialist at Sparks, responsibilities include scouring the world for emerging technologies, tools and techniques and, working with our account, interactive media and creative teams, integrating these cutting edge ideas into our activations and environment designs. With a background in media art installation and sound design, Joe's focus is to help Sparks' clients remain attentive and aware of available and projected technological resources and creative applications, which may come from off the shelf technologies, the fine arts, or cutting edge scientific study. Joe is based in Sparks' San Francisco location.
Joe Cantrell
Creative Research Specialist
Sparks San Francisco
jcantrell@sparksonline.com
http://www.sparksonline.com/