Dinner/Chapter business: 6:30 PM – 7:00 P.M.

Program: 7:00 ~ 9:00 P.M.

Place: Holiday Inn Select

(Highway 75 and Campbell)

Speaker: Dr. Corey P. Carbonara, Director, Digital Communication Technologies Project; Professor, Telecommunication Division, Communication Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Baylor University

Program Summary: “Future of Gaming”

This presentation is on the future of videogames and fluid learning. I will discuss the relationship between wireless technologies and gaming, showing highlights of trends in the videogame industry as well as the importance of understanding machine to machine and human/machine interface, networks and how videogames are moving toward mixed reality environments where the game world blurs with the real world and how this affects simulation and learning. Gaming and simulation trends will be put into the overall perspective of pervasive and ubiquitous computing and communication, highlighting anytime and anyplace media delivery and its connectivity—the backbone of the entertainment future.

Resume Summary: Dr. Corey Carbonara

Dr. Carbonara is a Professor of Telecommunication in the Communication Studies Department at Baylor University. In addition, Dr. Carbonara currently serves as the Director of the Digital Communication Technologies Project at Baylor. Dr. Carbonara is a Senior Research Fellow of the IC² Institute and has served as a Visiting Adjunct Professor/Lecturer in the Management Department of the Graduate School of Business at UT Austin where he has taught for the new Executive Master’s Degree Program in Science and Technology Commercialization. Professor Carbonara also served as the Associate Vice-President for Technology Management and Executive Director of the Institute for Technology Innovation Management at Baylor University.

Prior to his positions at Baylor, Carbonara was the product manager of high-definition systems at Sony Broadcast Products Co. Professor Carbonara currently serves in a variety of capacities (as a co-chair, vice-chair, or member) on numerous state, national and international engineering committees, working groups, subcommittees and panels for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-R). He also serves as an U.S. Delegate appointed by the US Department of State and the White House to the ITU-R on topics ranging from High Definition Television to Digital Cinema. He is a member of numerous professional societies and organizations in broadcasting, telecommunications, consumer electronics, motion picture management and engineering. In the March 2000 issue, Texas Monthly distinguished Dr. Carbonara as one of the “…Most Powerful Texans in High Tech.” Recently, he was selected to be a member of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers for his contributions to the development of high definition television. He also was elected to serve on the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society. He is the author of a variety of journal articles, book contributions, encyclopedia chapters, magazines publications, and national and international presentations on a variety of technical subjects such as digital television, digital cinema, video game technology, digital communications networks, wireless media communications, technology commercialization, and the creative and innovative management of technology.

Professor Carbonara is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Iowa, where he earned a B.A. in Radio/Television and a M.A. in Mass Communication Theory. He is also a Phi Kappa Phi graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where he received a Ph.D. in Radio/Television/Film.

There is no cost, nor membership requirement to attend this meeting.

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