Scott Kirsner (Cinematech, Variety) is ever-present at the point where film and technology meet. Now he’s involved in co-hosting a “two-day conversation… about the future of cinema, video, games, and telling stories with new media.”

The Conversation will take place October 17 & 18 at the Pacific Film Archive theater in Berkley, CA. The guest list is exciting and includes Reed Hastings (founder Netflix), Peter Broderick (Paradigm Consulting, early advocate of digital moviemaking), Sharad Devarajan (CEO, Virgin Comics/Virgin Animation), John Batter (DreamWorks Animation SKG), and our friend Sara Pollack of YouTube among many others. You are eagerly invited to suggest topics and guests for the event, so it remains firmly informal, open and non-PowerPointy.