Session Details: FCLA

WET Design

Fountains of the Future: How Wet Built a Creativity Dream Team to Defeat Gravity Itself

With more than 250 fountains across five continents, it’s safe to assume you’ve seen WET’s work (they’re behind the fountains at the Bellagio and the Dubai Fountain—the world’s largest performing fountain). At this visit to the eminent water-design firm’s Burbank Idea Playground, you’ll break into groups and explore everything from the company’s design studio to Area 9 (WET’s secret R&D Lab) and WET You University—the company’s internal staff education and enrichment program. Then you and your team will embark on a design sprint led by WET’s design team that will take you decades into the future as you imagine the future of water art and entertainment. The winning team will successfully pitch WET CEO (and Fast Company Most Creative Person) Mark Fuller—and take home a prize!

Hosted by Mark Fuller, Cofounder and Chief Excellence Officer, WET; Tim Hunter, Senior Designer, WET ; Jesse Im, Visualization Manager, WET; Kristina Jenesa, Designer, WET ; Nadine Schelbert, Director of Design and Branding, WET; Andrea Silva, Senior Project Designer, WET

Comedy Dynamics

How Comedy Dynamics Propelled Stand-Up Comedy Into a New Era

Visit Comedy Dynamics, the nation’s largest independent producer and distributor of comedy specials, and take a seat as CEO Brian Volk-Weiss (and a special guest) bring you inside the modern world of stand-up comedy. From initiating innovative partnerships with the likes of Amazon and Hulu to experimenting with VR, Volk-Weiss and his team have had a major hand in giving the spotlight to the stand-up work of today's biggest comedians, including Kevin Hart, Louis C.K., Ali Wong, and more. On this visit to the Comedy Dynamics HQ (home to a full camera house and postproduction line), learn what it takes to always think a few steps ahead of where culture is going.

Hosted by Brian Volk-Weiss, President and Founder, Comedy Dynamics

Hasbro

The Profitability of Play: Hasbro’s Game Plan for Injecting Fun Into Everything it Does

Step inside Hasbro West’s brand-new 80,000-square-foot campus and see how the worldwide brand makes fun a priority, from photography to animation to toy making (down to the doll-hair machine!). You’ll explore the brands that Hasbro has brought to life in film, games, and on toy-store shelves in a tour led by SVP of entertainment and consumer products Simon Waters—and see how the company goes beyond toys with its signature consumer products and experiences. Plus, you’ll get an inside look at Hasbro’s new projects and how one of the world’s largest toy makers evangelizes its ethos of play company-wide with an unbeatable company culture.

Hosted by Simon Waters, General Manager and SVP of Entertainment and Consumer Products, Hasbro