Speaker Series
Join us on Zoom for our Guest Speaker Series, featuring insights from leading professionals in the themed entertainment design industry. If you’re unable to attend the live session, recordings will be available for a limited time below.
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This Friday, we will welcome Joe Jarzen who works in Indy with Schmidt Associates, a full service architecture and engineering firm. This is rescheduled from earlier in the year. They have been involved in creating the amazing Indy Motor Speedway Museum, and many other amazing spaces in education, healthcare, workplace, and community. Come here how these kinds of projects come together integrating story and strong brand presence.
Click below at 10:30am ET to access the live feed.

Click below for videos of our prior speakers from Spring 2026.
Unfortunately, there was recording errors with a recent presentation by Michael Acevedo. Sorry for this problem! We will try to have him back sometime soon.
Videos of our prior speakers from Fall 2025.
We were excited to have Matt Sanker, Producer from Firefly Drone Shows, and his team join us on a cold November night for a presentation about how drones shows are created, then we got to see one. Firefly Drone Shows is a team of animators, developers, producers, and builders coming together to create unforgettable experiences for their audience. By pushing boundaries of drone shows to create the brightest and most life-like displays. They create a story in the sky for everyone to experience. Leading the way for almost a decade, Firefly is a major entertainment provider.
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