Projects

New Media BC isn’t all warm handshakes and cold beers. Behind the scenes we work tirelessly to promote and grow BC based digital media initiatives. Advocacy efforts, industry research, valuable tool creation and bringing home the bacon are all a part of our mandate to make sure our members are the best represented in the country.

Be warned, reading below could result in an hour or two of some of the most provocative and informative web surfing you have ever experienced. Experts only past this point.

The Fusion Forum 2009

Fusion 2009, the only Western Canadian financing forum dedicated to digital media, showcasing early and growth stage companies that are original content/intellectual property ventures and firms developing new platforms & applications, will take place on November 12-13 at Robson Square in the heart of downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.

Twenty of Canada’s hottest digital media companies will present before top tier investors from North America, with the intention of establishing connections and securing investment required to grow their businesses.

iPhone Forum Vancouver

The Vancouver iPhone Forum will bring local business leaders, educators, designers, and developers, together to share knowledge, personal experience, and best practice for doing business on Apple's Touch Platform.

On November 24, 2009 at BCIT’s downtown campus, the Vancouver iPhone Forum will bring local business leaders, educators, designers, and developers together to share knowledge, personal experience, and best practice for doing business on Apple's Touch Platform. The aim is to grow awareness of the opportunities this revolutionary platform offers and to foster mobile innovation in the Canadian market.

WINBC and New Media BC announce $300K in funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada

The 2010 Showcase and Service initiative will showcase existing innovative wireless and digital media technologies in the region and provide some innovative wireless services to business visitors, media, locals and visitors. The initiative at the British Columbia's 2010 commerce, media and celebration site at Robson Square in Vancouver is a unique strategic initiative timed to coincide with the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 2010 Showcase and Service initiative footprint at the BC Showcase in Robson Square will be programmed with an impressive array of video content featuring leaders in the mobile and digital media industries. Mobile services will be offered including mobile optimized views into the 2010 directory and matchmaking services based on made-in-BC technologies. A digital directory will bring together BC’s top wireless and digital companies with businesses and delegates from around the world. The directory’s matchmaking functions will create a point of contact for world business delegates in discovering our industry, and enable immediate and simple lead generation between visitors and BC wireless and digital companies.

Vancouver Digital Week 2009

What do you get when you take animation, video games, web 2.0, interactive design, digital marketing and then add a little convergence to the mix? Vancouver Digital Week 2009!

Vancouver Digital Week 2009 features the following major events:

Games Developer Conference Canada (GDC Canada)

The Vancouver International Partnering Forum

Future Play Conference

Cossette's Convergence 09 Digital Marketing Conference

nextMedia Keynote Reception

New Media BC PopVox Awards Gala

Center for Digital Media Workshop

MITACS Interactive Gaming Forum

Step up to the next level by immersing yourself in a week of innovative programming and partnership opportunities for the digital media industry that features top minds from around the globe.

Vancouver Digital Week is for professionals in digital media, film, television, music, radio, publishing, mobile, content production, government, finance and other organizations connected to the digital media industry.

Get access to international business match-making, 'big picture' conference sessions on the latest trends and markets in digital media, a trade show featuring some of industry's biggest names, high-level seminars for creators, designers, and producers, and networking parties.

British Columbia is a global center for digital media and has attracted thousands of companies, talent, investors and entrepreneurs from around the world. Vancouver has earned the distinction of being one of the world’s most desirable places to live.

Vancouver Digital Week is organized by New Media BC, the industry association for BC's digital media companies.

For more information, contact:

Kenton Low, Executive Producer, Vancouver Digital Week / kenton@newmediabc.com

or

Kirstin Ritcher, Producer, Vancouver Digital Week / kirstin@newmediabc.com

Check out Vancouver Digital Week 2008 Highlights

Mobile Muse — We help make mobile ideas possible

MobileMuse is a Network of small and large companies, industry associations, community organizations and academic institutions dedicated to realizing the mobile media opportunity in Vancouver. We are a testbed for new mobile cultural applications, connecting new media and cultural organizations with real opportunities, the mobile community, and the tools to make their mobile ideas possible. Join the global conversation on mobile lifestyle and culture headquartered in Vancouver, BC Canada. Power up with www.MobileMuse.ca.

Opportunity Alert

Opportunity Alert is a matchmaking service for digital media companies seeking partnership opportunities and new business. Opportunity Alert provides a matching service where companies can present their projects, search for the best business partners, and begin a discussion with companies from around the world. Succinctly put... joining Opportunity Alert can make you money. Let the power of web 2.0 help your company. www.opportunityalert.ca

Vancouver International Digital Festival — VIDFEST!

Canada’s biggest digital content event, VIDFEST is for the creators, producers and consumers of digital media. It's a chance to meet with peers from all over the world, see their work, develop new partnerships, and engage your mind by listening and talking to people like you who explore and push the boundaries of creativity in digital media. Do VIDFEST at www.vidfest.com.

New Media BC's PopVox Awards 2008

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