Conference to Take a Creative Approach

More than 50 high school students from Los Angeles and Ventura counties will participate in this year’s Cyber Summer ’98 at Moorpark College.

Beginning Monday and continuing through Thursday, the event will offer participants the opportunity to learn about the finer points of creative writing, concept development, drawing and design through hands-on experience with computers, television and audio equipment and digital cameras.

Advertising expert Jack Foster will kick off the event at 9 a.m. Monday with his insights on the creative process and its applications. He will deliver his speech in the college’s Studio Theater, and the public is invited to attend.

Foster, who has written the book “How to Get Ideas,” has spent more than 35 years in the advertising business.

The first two days of the conference will be focused on classroom-style courses. The following two days will give students an opportunity to focus on specific topics such as photography, digital retouching, animation, special effects, multimedia and Web designs.