Tom Looney Editorial
Tom explains the evolution of Cucalorus – and he nails it!
Cucalorus Connect 2018
Read more about the 2018 Connect Conference. See our proposed tracks and get a sense of where we’re headed this November.
Connect in the Press
Cucalorus Connect won a Coastal Entrepreneurship Award in 2017, read about our history!
Check Out the Speakers at Connect 2017 ::
10x10 Challenge Screening
10 entrepreneurs are paired with 10 filmmakers and challenged to make a four minute promo video in five days. See the results on Sunday afternoon at Cucalorus Connect. Entrepreneurs:: Anahata...
Accelerating the NC Seafood Economy – Fish 2.0 and More
Various
Panel Moderator: David “Clammerhead” Cessna, commercial shellfish harvester and co-founder, Sandbar Oyster Company; documentary film star (along with son, Fairley Kenneth) in “Clammerhead” a short film by producer, Natalie Taylor;...
Blind Elephant in the Room: Women in Film
Film Fatales, Wilmington Female Filmmakers' Collective
Film Fatales and Wilmington Female Filmmakers' Collective invite you to a female filmmaker meet-up at the Cucalorus Festival: The Blind Elephant in the Room Thursday November 9th 2pm Blind Elephant...
Branded Video Showcase
Various
Original, creative content is essential for successful, international brands. See examples and speak with the creators to make this valuable tool work for your business.
Cape Fear Women In Tech Show and Tell
Various
Cape Fear Women in Tech is bringing a new challenge to our members for Cucalorus — a grown-up show and tell! Come to see members present their latest passion projects,...
Collaboration Fuels Design Innovation & Social Change
Aly Khalifa, Andrew Williams
Collaborating with experts across diverse disciplines leads to revolutionary new products, technologies and methodologies— join Aly Khalifa, Designbox and Andrew Williams, Elite Innovations on how to leverage your networks for...
Corning Incorporated: Connecting the Digital Economy
Michele Holbrook
Today’s world depends on fast-flowing information, and plenty of it — Corning continues to revolutionize the way data keeps moving. We helped enable the Internet explosion when our scientists developed...
Crowdfunding to Build Independence
Emily Best, CEO and Founder of Seed&Spark
Crowdfunding to Build Independence clearly lays out the steps toward a successful crowdfunding campaign, as well as the intersection between crowdfunding, audience connection, and career independence. Skills discussed: gathering true...
Cucalorus Beer Party
George Taylor
Come enjoy an evening of craft beers and finger foods at local app startup Untappd.
Cucalorus Kickoff Party
Joins us at tekMountain for a night of fun and festivities to kickoff the 23rd annual Cucalorus Festival!
Cucalorus Oyster Party
Sandbar Oyster Company
Button up for a cocktail and raw oysters party at the Bellamy Mansion, with fresh oysters courtesy of Sandbar Oyster Company! FREE All-Festival Event!
DisruptHer: Women Leaders Are Transforming Their Industries
Emily Louise Smith, Cassidy Lamb, Annemarie Petroff
Market disruptors have paved the way for innovation across a range of industries. In this panel, women leaders in media, technology, clinical research, the arts, and education share their perspectives...
Employment Branding: Attracting the Right People through Culture
Jill Harrington, David Hitchcock, and Patrick Smith
Employment Branding helps companies attract not just talent – but the kind of talent that will thrive in their unique culture. It is the market perception of what it’s like...
Enhance your digital customer experiences: Take your data seriously.
Wilson Raj
As you battle to keep the average consumer’s diminished attention span, you must also embrace multichannel and multiscreen behaviors to create relevant content and foster meaningful audience engagement— faster, and...
Featured Lunch Keynote: Fred Meyers and Paul Palmieri
Paul Palmieri and Fred Myers
Intuition, Character and Innovation in Teams, Business and the Digital Economy: Fred Meyers:: What makes a great team? Queensboro.com, a custom logo apparel and promotional products company based in Wilmington, NC, has...
Featured Lunch Keynotes: Gary Bonilla and Tom Morris
Tom Morris, Gary Bonilla
Socrates in Silicon Valley: The Philosophy of Steve Jobs: Tom Morris:: What were his secrets? Philosopher Tom Morris digs deep into the myth, mess and magic of Steve to provide a...
From the First Light Bulb to the Industrial Internet – An Innovation Journey
Mona Badie
Founded by Thomas Edison 125 years ago, GE has grown to be a global conglomerate with more than 330,000 employees worldwide. Today, it is reinventing itself and leading the Industrial...
Gangs, Entrepreneurship, and Beer
George Taylor
From George Taylor :: On December 20, 2015, 16-year old Shane Simpson was killed in a drive-by shooting in Wilmington. At the time, I didn’t know anything about gangs, but...
Giving New Life and Memory to Metal
Pete Peterson, Lisa Ferrara, Bruce Mancinelli
We want to feature Lucid Innovative Technologies, www.lucidinnovativetechnologies.com as the new collaborative 2017 startup created by combining the expertise and capabilities of two local and growing companies, Manufacturing Methods, www.manufacturingmethods.com...
Hustle in Comfort
Dory Weiss & Mike Bonner
Software teams don’t need to choose between providing a great workplace or pushing hard to build great products; they can do both. At nCino we call that balance "hustling in...
If it makes you uncomfortable, we should probably talk about it.
Claire Wasserman
This talk will be about how I created an organization and community of more than 8,000 women from all over the world who come together online and in person to...
Inspiration: Five Stories
Scott Moody
Five Stories. Five ordinary people. From a funeral in the middle of rural America, to a coffee shop in the middle of Africa. The people that made a difference in...
Intuition, Character and Innovation in Teams, Business and the Digital Economy
Fred Meyers
What makes a great team? Queensboro.com, a custom logo apparel and promotional products company based in Wilmington, NC, has spent 35 years answering that question – using the work of...
LimbForge: Digital Transformation & 3D Prosthetic Technology for the Developing World
Grace Mastalli, Sam Hobish
Millions of amputees around the world do not have access to prosthetic care. In regions where those with disability or disfigurement are severely stigmatized, social and familial exclusion of amputees...
Media in the Age of Digital Disruption
Tom Haberstroh and Will Brinson
The media industry — starting with print and music but now spreading to TV and film — has been upended by new technology over the past 20 years. Our panelists,...
Microsoft in Healthcare
Kevin Dolan
Needles have been essential instruments in field of health believed to be first introduced into healthcare in 1656 by Dr. Chris Wren... actually injecting alcohol into a dog for intoxicating...
Recruiting in the Now and Next Economy
Tom Looney- Led panel of experts
Join traded-sector executive recruiting specialists Rob Hawthorne, Tom Ryder, Bo Burch, and Lauren Henderson for their insights into collaborating with hiring businesses to identify the best talent to relocate into...
Seahawk Innovation – SportGait and ERBITs
Tobin Geatz
SportGait (http://www.sportgait.com) is LifeGait’s first commercial solution. SportGait is a unique safe-to-safe concussion management system (CMOS) where all critical clinical observations and decisions for youth athletes are removed from the...
The Impact of Digital on the News Media: The Growing Offense Against Fake News
Fran Scarlett, Michelle Rhinesmith, Scott Saxton, Melanie Sill, Nation Hahn
This lively panel discussion will highlight how local media have pivoted to incorporate the digital influence on their audiences. The discussion will also showcase the growth of nonprofit news nationally...
The Nuts and Bolts of Grant Writing
David Morrison
This workshop will walk attendees through the nuts and bolts of grant writing no matter if you are a filmmaker or an entrepreneur. It will shine a light on some...
The Wilmington Startup Social
The Startup Social is all about seeing old friends, meeting new ones and talking startup with other entrepreneurs, investors and students. A free token at the door gets you a...
Thinking Forward: Distribution and the Festival Circuit
Anna Roberts, Caleb Ward, Emily Best, Dan Shoenbrun
What is the difference between marketing to a festival versus marketing to the rest of the world? Through careful examination of the changing trends in Theatrical and Digital distribution we...
Cucalorus Connect 2017 is presented by the UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and tekMountain and hosted at Union Station Conference Center.
PRESS:
- Cucalorus Festival Gets State Economic Development Funds
- Cucalorus Connect Forms Executive Board, Names President
- 2017 CEA Winner In Film: Cucalorus Connect
For more information or to get involved, contact:
- Rachel Pepperman Taylor, Programming Coordinator: programming@cucalorus.org
- Beth Roddy, Connect Coordinator: connect@cucalorus.org
Connect Founding Partners
Surfalorus Seeks Bold, New Surf Flix For Annual OBX Film Festival
Cucalorus and Dare County Arts Council announce a call for entries for the seventh annual Surfalorus Film Festival being held September 20-22, 2018 on the Outer Banks. The free, family-friendly event will feature international, regional and local surf film screenings...
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Announcing Recipients of the 2018 “Filmed in NC” Filmmaker Grants!
Cucalorus is excited to announce the ten filmmakers awarded “Filmed in NC” grants for 2018. This program is an initiative of the Cucalorus Film Foundation and the NC Film Office to support indie filmmakers in North Carolina. The grants are funded by the NC Film Office...
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Registration Open — Film Festival Alliance Regional Roundtable at SIFF
The Film Festival Alliance is excited to announce that registration is now open for our first Regional Roundtable conference at the 44th annual Seattle International Film Festival (May 25-28)! Group discussions will take place on Saturday May 26th and Sunday May 27th,...
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