Conference Executive Team
The backbone of c3:VisionLAB™’s SOA 2010 Symposium is a superior team of professional organizers with a winning track record of more than 20 years producing successful events for Fortune 500 companies and high profile international trade shows.
• KATE MCCALLUM- Executive Director c3™ and c3:VisionLAB™/Conference Chair
Entertainment and arts professional, Kate McCallum, founded Bridge Arts Media, LLC, a transmedia development and production company based in Los Angeles which specializes in both traditional and new media. She also founded and serves as President of the c3: Center for Conscious Creativity, a non-profit organization, creative collective and think-tank of artists, media-makers, futurists and consciousness experts who examine and explore the impact of art, story and media on culture and society, as well c3 produces and presents artists, concerts, screenings and educational forums relevant to the mission of transformation and the evolution of human potential. Kate is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, the World Future Studies Foundation and is a frequent speaker on the transformative power of the arts and media.
Kate’s 30 year professional background ranges from positions in arts administration, television and feature film production and writing, to development and programming. She holds a BA in Communications and Music from Western Michigan University, and an MA in Consciousness Studies from the University of Philosophical Research, Los Angeles. Kate spent 20 years at Universal Studios and Paramount Studios on prime time commercial series such as; THE EQUALIZER, CRIME STORY, MIAMI VICE, THE HUMAN FACTOR, and LAW AND ORDER. She produced and sold long form content to Showtime, UPN, and NBC (Producer on NBC MOW, “What Kind of Mother Are You”) and served as VP of Creative with Western Sandblast at Paramount TV. Kate joined the Harmony Channel executive team to launch an innovative visual music VoD cable channel on COMCAST to over 11 million homes, then from 2006-2009 she was employed by the Los Angeles Opera in the position of Board Liaison and Executive Administrator to General Manager, Plácido Domingo.
• ED LANTZ- Technical Adviser
Ed Lantz is an entertainment technology engineer and entrepreneur pioneering immersive cinema, augmented/virtual reality, gesture interactivity and other emerging technologies for next-generation entertainment venues. He is President and CTO of Vortex Immersion Media, Inc., an entertainment company focused on immersive and interactive experiences, and is co-founder of IMERSA, a trade association focused on digital domes and immersive cinema .
• JEANETTE DE PATIE - Producer/Writer and PGA New Media Committee, Head of Broadband
Production Team (cont.) 
