Sponsors

2011 ScreenBurn Sponsors

Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs, the SXSW ScreenBurn enables you to get inspired, connect, and discover your link to the cutting edge

Interested in becoming a Sponsor or Media Sponsor for SXSW ScreenBurn 2011?

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Interested in becoming a Sponsor or Media Sponsor for SXSW ScreenBurn 2011? Contact Lindsay Muse for more information.

2011 Sponsors

Renowned for its support of the Austin music scene. The Austin Chronicle is Austin’s weekly community newspaper, covering politics, art and culture since 1981. If it’s important to Austin, it’s in the Chronicle.

101X, established in 1995, provides the soundtrack for Austin’s alternative & independent rock crowd. Recently named 2008 Alternative Station of the Year by Radio & Records.

2011 Media Sponsors

The Digital Media Council (DMC) supports and creates industry-led collaborations with educators and community leaders to strategically advance the economic growth of the digital media and creative technology and design industries of Central Texas. The systemic and long-term initiatives of the DMC provide educators and students, from the middle school to the university level, with knowledge, resources, and skills relevant to these fields, in order to cultivate a prepared and successful workforce, ensuring the continued security, expansion, and innovation of these industries in our region.

Gameleon.net is the online networking hub for members of the video games industry's press corps. This business networking tool allows video game journalists to gain ideas from each other, solicit valuable feedback on their work and web destinations, seek new writing opportunities, ask questions, and a lot more. Games industry professionals are invited get in touch and connect with gaming press members across the globe to help them get the word out on their latest projects.

On October 27th and 28th in downtown Toronto, industry experts will explore strategies surrounding funding opportunities including venture capital, angel investment, project financing, public and private equity. GameON: Finance offers great networking opportunities, exceptional value and unmatched industry insight into the world of video game financing and investment. For more information, speaker list, draft schedule, travel and venue information, visit www.gameonfinance.com.

Getin2Games is designed to provide a direct link between businesses in the video game industry and the feeder institutions around the globe that provide us with students for internships and graduates for entry level positions in all aspects of the gaming industry.

The Global Game Jam™ (GGJ) was established in 2009 as an IGDA event with great success and media attention. Lives were changed, jobs found, ideas sold, collaborations and opportunities abound... plus it was a lot of fun. GGJ brings together talented individuals and teams from around the globe and rallies them around a central theme, for which they have 48 hours to create their game. For more information on the Global Game Jam, registration & locations including photos and video from the 2009 event and more, visit at http://globalgamejam.org.

Hope Arcade is your place to enjoy all of your favorite casual games with one very big difference: 70 percent of all net profits from www.HopeArcade.com will be donated to the March of Dimes organization. Play Games, Make a Difference!

The International Game Developers Association is the largest non-profit membership organization serving individuals that create video games. Its mission is to advance the careers and enhance the lives of game developers by connecting members with their peers, promoting professional development, and advocating on issues that affect the developer community. The Austin chapter of the IGDA is a nonprofit advocacy group for the video game industry in Austin, Texas. Our goals are focused on strengthening professional game development in the Austin area by fostering a sense of community amongst game developers, attracting and retaining talent in Austin, and showcasing Austin as an excellent game development community. We hold events, parties, and professional development panels for Austin game developers as well as those soon-to-be game developers. The IGDA-Austin is the networking opportunity for Austin area game developers.

The destination for recruitment, staffing, career and consulting services in the global interactive entertainment industry. Mary-Margaret Network offers valuable resources to help companies and individuals stay apprised of industry trends. We place outstanding candidates, from C-level executives to individual contributors, in every department and profession. Since 1996, our focus on superior service to employers and candidates has earned us an unsurpassed reputation for recruitment management and career development.

Music4Games.Net is the award-winning #1 resource for the video game music industry. Music4Games.Net delivers an invaluable spotlight on today's emerging video game soundtrack industry and is the leading provider of game music infotainment for developers, publishers, producers, audio directors, music supervisors, composers, soundtrack collectors, dedicated gamers, students, marketers and music industry executives. For more information about Music4Games, go to Music4Games.net.