GSCA 2014 International Conference and Trade Show
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Schedule as of September 3, 2014
Schedule Subject to change*
Thursday, September 18 / Pre-Conference Day / Location3:00 pm / 24-Hour Rule begins
3:00 pm - 8:00 pm / Registration and Information: Sponsored by BIG & Digital / Sheraton: Elgin
Friday, September 19 / Pre-Conference Day / Location
8:00 am - 8:00 pm / Registration and Information: Sponsored by BIG & Digital / Sheraton: Elgin
8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Film Rehearsals / Scotiabank Theatre
Ontario Science Center OMNIMAX
8:30 am – 11:00 am / Board Meeting (working breakfast meeting) / Sheraton: Wentworth
11:00 am – 12:45 pm / Committee Meetings
· Conference
· Marketing and Member Services / Sheraton
Kenora
Huron
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm / Committee Meetings
· Technical
· Lifelong Learning
· Professional Development / Sheraton
Kenora
Wentworth
Dufferin
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm / 3D Film Interest Group* (by invitation only) / Sheraton: Simcoe
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm / Giant Screen Industry 101: Best Practices
Exhibitor-Focused Session
Filmmaker-Focused Session / Sheraton
Dominion North
Dominion South
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm / Distributor’s Interest Group* (by invitation only) / Sheraton: Wentworth
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm / New Members and First-Timers Reception (by invitation only) / Sheraton: City Hall
Saturday, September 20 / Conference Day 1 / Location
Breakfast on your own
7:15 am – 8:00 am / Walk to Scotiabank Theatre
8:00 am – 11:45 am / Registration and Information: Sponsored by BIG & Digital / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
8:00 am – 8:35 am / Digital Film 1: Soldiers’ Stories / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
8:35 am – 9:10 am / Digital Film 2: Watermelon Magic 3D / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
9:10 am – 9:55 am / Digital Film 3: Antarctica 3D: On the Edge / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
9:55 am – 10:40 am / Digital Film 4: Walking With Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
10:40 am – 11:30 am / Digital Film 5: Tiny Giants 3D / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
11:30 am – 11:45 pm / Walk to Sheraton
11:45 am – 1:15 pm / Members Meeting and Lunch sponsored by National Geographic / Sheraton: Dominion Ballroom
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm / Walk to Scotiabank Theatre
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm / Registration and information: Sponsored by BIG & Digital / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm / Digital Film 6: Panama Canal 3D: A Land Divided A World United / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm / Digital Film 7: The Great Apes 3D / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm / Digital Films in Production / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm / Projects in Development / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
5:30 pm / Walk to Sheraton
6:00 pm / Buses depart for Opening Reception at Ontario Science Centre / Depart from the Richmond entrance of the Sheraton
6:40 pm / Welcoming Remarks and Award Announcements / Ontario Science Centre OMNIMAX Theatre
7:00 pm / Opening Reception sponsored by IMAX / Ontario Science Centre
8:30 pm / IMAX Hall of Fame Film presentation: Chronos
9:30 pm / Shuttle buses will run continuously for returns to the Sheraton; final shuttle at leaves OSC at 9:30 pm
Sunday, September 21 / Conference Day 2 / Location
Breakfast on your own
8:30 am – 9:00 am / Walk to Scotiabank Theatre / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
9:00 am – 3:00 pm / Registration and Information: Sponsored by BIG & Digital / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
9:00 am – 9:50 pm / Digital Film: Secret Ocean 3D / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
9:50 am – 10:40 am / Digital Film: Deepsea Challenge 3D / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
10:40 am – 11:30 am / Digital Film: Aviation: The Invisible Highway / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
11:30 am – 1:15 pm / Euromax Meeting (by invitation only) / TBA
11:30 am – 1:15 pm / Alternate Content SIG Meeting (by invitation only) / TBA
11:30 am – 1:15 pm / Lunch on your own
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm / 15/70 Films in Production / Scotiabank Theatre
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm / Giant Screen WOW Moments Session (15/70) / Scotiabank Theatre
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm / Walk to Sheraton
3:00 pm – 6:30 pm / Registration and information: Sponsored by BIG & Digital / Sheraton: Lower Concourse
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm / GSCA Audience Research Survey Results / Sheraton: Osgoode Ballroom
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm / Professional Development Concurrent Sessions
1. Giant Screen Production Workflow
2. Alternative Content / Sheraton
1. Sheraton Hall A
2. Osgoode Ballroom
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm / Break sponsored by IMAX / Sheraton Hall D
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm / Marketing, Merlot and Martinis Professional Development Session sponsored by IMAX / Sheraton: Osgoode Ballroom
6:30 pm / Walk to Scotiabank Theatre
6:45 pm – 7:30 pm / MacGillivray Freeman Films Sponsored Reception / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm / Fine Cut of Humpback Whales Sponsored by MacGillivray Freeman Films
8:30 pm / Evening on your own
Please note there are flat screen presentations at the Scotiabank Theatre as well as dome screen presentations at the Ontario Science Centre throughout the day on Monday, September 22. The schedule below is separated by screen type.
Monday, September 22 / Conference Day 3: ALL DELEGATES / LocationBreakfast on your own
8:00 am – 4:00 pm / Trade Show set up / Sheraton: Osgoode Ballroom
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm / Registration and information: Sponsored by BIG & Digital / Sheraton: Osgoode Ballroom Foyer
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm / Trade Show with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres / Sheraton: Osgoode Ballroom
8:00 pm – 12:00 am / Trade Show break down
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm / GSCA Board Meeting – Working Dinner / Sheraton
8:00 pm / Dinner on your own
9:30 pm – 1:00 am / GSCA Party sponsored by FotoKem / Hard Rock Café
Monday, September 22 / Conference Day 3: FLAT SCREENINGS / Location
8:30 am / Walk to Scotiabank Theatre for films on the flat screen
8:45 am –3:00 pm / Registration and Information: Sponsored by BIG & Digital / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
8:45 am – 9:45 am / 15/70 Film D-Day Normandy 1944 / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
9:45 am – 10:45 am / 15/70 Film Journey to the South Pacific / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
10:45 am – 11:45 am / 15/70 Film Island of Lemurs: Madagascar / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
11:45 am – 12:45 pm / 15/70 Film Wonders of the Arctic / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm / Scotiabank delegates: Lunch on your own
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm / DIGITAL Film Pandas: The Journey Home / Scotiabank IMAX Theatre
3:00 pm / Walk to Sheraton / Sheraton
3:30 pm – 8:00 pm / Registration and information / Sheraton: Osgoode Ballroom Foyer
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm / Trade Show with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres / Sheraton: Osgoode Ballroom
8:00 pm – 12:00 am / Trade Show break down
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm / GSCA Board Meeting – Working Dinner / Sheraton: Willow Room East (22nd Floor)
8:00 pm / Dinner on your own
9:30 pm – 1:00 am / GSCA Party / Hard Rock Café
Monday, September 22 / Conference Day 3: DOME SCREENINGS / Location
Breakfast on your own
7:30 am / Buses will run as a shuttle service between the Sheraton and the Ontario Science Centre for DOME film screenings / Depart from the Richmond entrance of the Sheraton
8:00 am – 3:00 pm / Registration and Information: Sponsored by BIG & Digital / Ontario Science Centre
8:00 am – 9:00 am / Dome Film 1: Mysteries of the Unseen World / Ontario Science Centre OMNIMAX
9:00 am – 10:00 am / Dome Film 2: Pandas: The Journey Home / Ontario Science Centre OMNIMAX
10:00 am – 11:00 am / Dome Film 3: Wonders of the Arctic / Ontario Science Centre OMNIMAX
11:00 am – 12:45 pm / The Digital Pathway for Domes (includes lunch) / Ontario Science Centre: Telus Room
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm / Dome Film 4 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar / Ontario Science Centre OMNIMAX
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm / Dome Film 5 Journey to the South Pacific / Ontario Science Centre OMNIMAX
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm / Dome Film 6 D-Day Normandy 1944 / Ontario Science Centre OMNIMAX
3:30 pm / Final shuttle buses depart from Ontario Science Centre to return to Sheraton / Sheraton
Tuesday, September 23 / Conference Day 4 / Location
8:15 am / Buses depart for theater for technical sessions
Buses will operate on a shuttle basis for return to the Sheraton. Final bus to depart at 6:15 / From Sheraton Richmond entrance
9:00 am – 6:00 pm / Registration and Information: Sponsored by BIG & Digital
9:00 am – 12:45 pm / Technical Session Sponsored by Christie and Electrosonic
• Laser Landscape Panel
• Laser Demonstration presented by Christie and Electrosonic
• Dolby Atmos sound presentation
• Bringing Back Our Wide Shots
• High Frame Rate Demo
• 3D for the Giant Screen
• UFOTOG / Cineplex Cinemas Queensway
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm / Lunch on your own
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm / Star Spangled Banner: Anthem of Liberty / Cineplex Cinemas Queensway
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm / Antarctica’s Penguin Emperors / Cineplex Cinemas Queensway
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm / Dark Universe / Cineplex Cinemas Queensway
3:45 pm – 4:30 pm / Remnants / Cineplex Cinemas Queensway
4:30 pm – 5:15 pm / Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin / Cineplex Cinemas Queensway
5:15 pm – 6:00 pm / The Life of Trees / Cineplex Cinemas Queensway
6:15 pm / final buses return to Sheraton
12:00 am / 24-hour rule ends
*These special interest groups are privately held meetings and are by invitation only. Special interest groups are run and managed by GSCA members; however, they are not official GSCA groups.
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GSCA 2014 Conference Schedule