MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — When Mark Rober and his team at CrunchLabs launched their own satellite earlier this month to take selfies from space, it was the latest blast-off for CrunchLabs Chief Engineer Ian Charnas who is this year’s SMPTE Student Keynote at the Silicon Valley Video :Summit, Jan. 28 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.
In his presentation entitled “How to Land Your Dream Job: Tips from Outerspace,” Charnas will provide terrestrial and extra-terrestrial tips for inspiring creativity in content creators. His own work blends art and technology in creatively-themed exhibits and group projects, including a musical Tesla Coil performance group, a real-life Mario Kart, and a Waterfall Swing. Featured in Wired, Forbes, NPR, NBC, ABC, and Popular Mechanics, he also co-founded Sears think[box], a 7-story Makerspace and Innovation Center at Case Western Reserve University.
Previous SMPTE Student Keynotes at the Silicon Valley Video Summit include Steve Wozniak (Apple Computer co-founder) and Dr. Robert Ballard (discoverer of the Titanic). Silicon Valley Video Summit is proud to be a benefactor of the SMPTE SF Chapter Student Fund.