VEXPO - Comics And Coffee
Location: Café Neo, Adeyemi Lawson, Ikoyi,Lagos.
Industry: Comics, Animation, Gaming & Design
Demography: 5 – 45 (Family Event)
Date: 18th December, 2016.
Time: 12:00PM – 5:00PM
Comics & Coffee is an informal event where players in the digital art & animation industry come to exchange ideas and relate which each other on a personal level. There would also be screening of Multiple Nigerian animated content. Comics & Coffee is a VEXPO initiative
AIM:
• Create an atmosphere for collaboration and association amongst industry
players.
• Create partnerships amongst industry members.
• Develop awareness animated projects in the industry.
• Create investment interest.
• Improve body of work in local animation & illustrated content.
• Family Entertainment
• Product Familiarisation – Incept to sales.
Event Menu
• Opening Address – Mike Kayode (Head Of Operations Vortex)
- Bariyu – DOG (5 Minutes)
• Saxophone Rendition – Tobi Sax (Instrumentalist)
• Introduction of each Panelist – AFRICAN CONTENT MEDIA , WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE NEED TO BE, HOW TO GET THERE:
- Ayodele Elegba (LCC)
- Ibrahim Ganiyu (CEO ICS)
- Stephany Hegarty
(Head Producer, BBC Africa)
- Wale Adenuga Jr. – WAP TV
GOOGLE HANGOUT
- Mshindo Kumba – Pro Illustrator America
- Nick derington – Comic Creator, DC Comics.
- Mark Osborne – Creator: Little Prince, Netflix
- Mantse – Founder, Chale Wote, Accradolt
Human Market – Networking / Exhibition Viewing
- Art by Dennis Osadebe
- Art Tunde Alara
ANIMATION VIEWING
- Ramscomics – South Africa
- Strike Guard – Nigeria
- Aje & Kpako – Nigeria
- Rat Race – Nigeria
- Town Crier – Nigeria
- Hogan – Ghana
NTDIL / Secret Cinema Picnic
All interested parties should please send: Your Name, Email Add, Mobile Number to EVENTS@AFRICGAMES.COM
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