Emerging Mobile and Digital Media Technologies, Methodologies and Opportunities

Event Details

February 7, 2014 | Vancouver, BC

GRAND is pleased to host a workshop at the University of British Columbia, Robson Square Conference Centre, Vancouver, B.C. on February 7, 2014 on Emerging Digital Media Technologies, Methodologies. The event is sponsored by the BC Innovation Council.

GRAND is hosting a free networking workshop with leading members of the Canadian digital media community, including researchers, developers, venture capitalists and representatives from supporting agencies and organizations in British Columbia. The goal is to increase industry-academic collaboration and to forge partnerships that will provide solutions to key graphic, animation and digital media problems and needs and lead to future product development and commercialization, and stimulate entrepreneurship and continuous innovation.

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Date: February 7, 2014

Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Location: University of British Columbia, Robson Square Conference Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Conference/Workshop Fee: $0 (Lunch provided)

Due to space constraints please register early. Our last event brought together over 160 participants – researchers, console and mobile game developers, studio heads, film producers, angel and venture capitalists. We hope to match or exceed last year’s attendance.

RSVP:

Mark Salopek

Please include in your RSVP your organization title, contact info, and any food allergies.

Workshop Agenda

8:00am – 8:20 am	Networking & Early Morning Coffee
8:20am – 8:30am	Welcome & Opening Remarks Speaker: Mark Salopek, GRAND NCE
8:30am – 8:45am	Industry and Academic Collaboration Speaker: Nicholas Vining, University of British Columbia/GasLamp Games
8:55am -9:10am	Content Creation Tools Speaker: Miles Thorogood, Simon Fraser University
9:15am – 9:30am	Lean Launch Pad Program Speaker: Andrew Talbot, entrepreneurship@UBC, University of British Columbia
9:35am – 9:50 am	Gaming Technologies Speaker: Carman Neustaedter, Simon Fraser University
9:55am – 10:10 am	Face Morphing Technologies – Advances in 3D modeling on mobile devices Speaker: Steve DiPaola, Simon Fraser University/www.faceco.co
10:15am – 10:30am	Lane Marker Detection – the New Mobile Environment Speaker: Payam Rahmdel, Middlesex University/UBC, MAGIC Lab
10:35am – 10:45am	Coffee Break
10:45am – 11:00am	MITACS Program: Procuring Talent Speaker: Sang Mah, MITACS
11:05am – 11:20am	Advances in Visualization: CZSAW Speaker: Jeffrey Guenther, Simon Fraser University/LOMAS
11:25am – 11:40am	Kieretsu Angel Investors Program Speaker: Harvey Lawson, Keiretsu Northwest
11:45am – 12:00pm	Mobile Projection Speaker: Matt Negulescu, University of British Columbia
12:05pm – 12:35pm	Luncheon and Networking
12:35pm – 12:50 pm	Visualization Text Content Analysis Speaker: Aaron Smith, Simon Fraser University
12:55pm – 1:10 pm	New Ventures B.C. Program and Challenge Speaker: Angie Schick, New Ventures BC (NVBC)
1:15pm – 1:30pm	Supporting Canada’s Young Entrepreneurs and Startups Speaker: Paulina Cameron, Canada Business Youth Foundation (CBYF)
1:35pm – 1:50pm	Interactive Video Gaming for Health Speaker: Darren Warburton, University of British Columbia
1:55pm – 2:10pm	Industry and Research Interaction and Experiences: NRC Concierge Service Speaker: Julie Rezler, NRC-IRAP
2:15pm – 2:30pm	NSERC Partnership Programs Speaker: Rick Warner, NSERC
2:35pm – 2:50pm	Interactive Video and Content Control Speaker: Sid Fels, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
3:00pm -3:15pm	Coffee Break
3:15pm – 3:30pm	Canada 3.0: Mobile Developers Needed: Tap the Requirements of the Energy Sector Speaker: Richard Miller, TRTECH/CDMN/Canada 3.0
3:35pm – 3:50PM	Urban Opus – Data Integration and Management: Challenges and Opportunities Speaker: David Vogt, University of British Columbia
3:55pm – 4:15pm	Applying to the Canada Media Fund and Succeeding Speaker: TBA, Telefilm – Canada Media Fund
4:20pm – 4:35pm	Launch Academy Speaker: Ray Walia, Launch Academy

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