2006 Annual Computers in Entertainment Scholarship Awards Reception
Co-sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI)

Special Guest Appearance of Quincy Jones Keynote Address by Dr. Alan Kay Saturday, November 4, 2006, 2 pm - 5 pm American Film Institute (Mark Goodson Theater) 2021 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027

2006 ACM Computers in Entertainment $15,000 Scholarship Winners: Congratulations to Omer Rashid and Will Bamford of Lancaster University (UK), and Jurgen Scheible of the University of Art and Design (Finland). The title of the winning paper is "PAC-LAN: Mixed reality gaming with RFID enabled mobile phones." Mr. Quincy Jones, Dr. Alan Kay, and Editor-in-Chief Newton Lee presented the awards. Watch video clips of Quincy Jones, Alan Kay, Will Bamford, and Jurgen Scheible at the American Film Institute in Hollywood, California on November 4, 2006. Photo by John Michael Ferrari

Silent Auction

	1-hour Individual Brainstorming Session with Alan Kay Alan Kay is one of the earliest pioneers of object-oriented programming, personal computing, and graphical user interfaces.
	1-hour Individual Gaming Pow-wow with Seamus Blackley A co-creator of the Xbox gaming platform at Microsoft, Seamus Blackley is an agent at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
	1-hour Individual Educational Discussion with Seymour Papert Seymour Papert is considered the world's foremost expert on how technology can provide new ways for children to learn.

Organizational Sponsors: ACM Computers in Entertainment American Film Institute (AFI) Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS) IPv6 Summit, Inc. The National University of Singapore (NUS) Hollywood Lab The National University of Singapore (NUS) Mixed Reality Lab NCSoft Europe SHOP.com Truman Van Dyke Company Individual Supporters: Seamus Blackley (Creative Artists Agency) Adrian David Cheok (National University of Singapore) Ken Goldstein (SHOP.com) Quincy Jones (Quincy Jones Productions) Alan Kay (Viewpoints Research Institute) Newton Lee (ACM CIE, IFERS, and NUS Hollywood Lab) Alex Lightman (Charmed Technology, Inc. and IPv6 Summit, Inc.) Bonnie MacBird Seymour Papert (MIT Media Lab) Anna Marie Piersimoni (American Film Institute) Stephen Reid (NCSoft Europe) Kim Rose (Viewpoints Research Institute) Marcia H. Shipwash (Southpaw Development, Inc.) Volunteers and Musicians: Ben Aldanese (M12 Productions) The Belles Of Bourbon Street (Jazz / Blues) Vincent Cheung James Dalrymple The Disney VoluntEARS led by Ingelis Jensen Alejandra Duque (The Power of Love & Skipstone Productions) Marvin Estrada (TotalAXIS) John Michael Ferrari Eric Huff Arron Kinser Chris Marquez Arthur Thomas Ben Martinez Stig Mathisen (Guitarist) Merethe Mikkelsen (Vocalist) Chris Murphy (Violinist and Composer) Joan Marie Walsh

The 2006 Annual Scholarship Awards Reception is organized by IFERS (Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships) in association with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and ACM Computers in Entertainment. IFERS and ACM are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. The 2006 Awards Reception is co-sponsored by the American Film Institute as well as other organizations and individuals acknowledged on this web page. The 2006 scholarships are sponsored by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Mixed Reality Lab. Each of the 2006 winners will be awarded scholarships for studying at NUS or interning at either the Mixed Reality Lab in Singapore or the Hollywood Lab in Los Angeles. © 2005-2006 ACM Computers in Entertainment and Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships. All rights reserved.