Written by: Mike Ososki, PMP
Presentation Overview
At the forefront of business transformation and growth for the State of Georgia, we have the Georgia Center of Innovation, where Asante Bradford is a major player. His extensive background in Creative Media brings technical industry expertise to foster research collaborations and form strategic business partnerships, enabling the entertainment industries in Georgia to connect, compete, and thrive. Asante also educates prospects about the Georgia Entertainment Industry Incentives Act to support, promote and grow our industry here.
Takeaways
Our Georgia entertainment industry is alive and well! may be Asante’s primary message. Between media, film, TV, radio, theater, music, sports, fine arts, and especially the monetary
juggernaut of digital gaming, we have all of it well-covered.
Film production: Georgia is #1 among all US states- Video gaming is now a $200B+ industry worldwide—larger than film, TV and music combined, and we have our fair share of talent making this happen.
- The Creative Economy will only grow. Earlier in his career, Asante fought to advance acceptance of YouTube and streaming. Now it’s VR, AR, AI, 6G, Web3, and blockchain. He’s striving to achieve more K-12 education and seed investment to fund projects, so we can continue staying ahead of the curve.
- Education is needed to help creative professionals know how to pitch better. “Anything you can create to make money.”
- All entertainment-related industries continue to converge and integrate more.
- Pair up gifted, motivated students with savvy corporations to create social media and intellectual property that create generational wealth.
- Hot career paths that quickly pay well: “prompt engineering” for AI, and Unreal Engine for 3D graphics.
- We can’t live in fear. You must push boundaries to welcome and embrace new tech, or you’re gone. AI will never replace human creativity, which nothing
Next Event
Join us at the next PMI Atlanta Entertainment Forum on Thursday, November 21, 2024
Register at www.pmiatlanta.org/events/event-calendar