Do you work in -- or report on -- Canada’s digital media industry? With the Canada New Media Fund being eliminated, do you wonder which parties will invest in Canadian new media? Can Canada make the leap from making car engines to making game engines? Join us for a complimentary lunch and panel discussion on October 7, 2008 from 11:30am to 2pm at the Gladstone Hotel www.gladstonehotel.com in Toronto to debate where Canada’s digital media industry is heading.
The theme for iLunch 7.01 is: Financing the Future: Raising Capital in Uncertain Times and we’ll examine the current financial crisis, private vs public investment opportunities and the rapid growth of the interactive digital media sector.
The iLunch series is made possible with the generous support of the OMDC and KPMG. iLunch 7.01 is a free event thanks to the support of our media partner, GCI Canada.
Schedule:
11:30 Doors open, badge pick-up for RSVPs, Networking....” (no onsite registration available – this event is sold out event –press excepted).
11:45 Lunch
12:15 Introductory remarks
12:35 Panel discussion with:
13:30 Question and answer period for audience
13:55 Final remarks
14:00 Post-event networking
iLunch is a highly interactive discussion where attendees will be given the opportunity to plug into the conversation, ask questions and speak their minds – content producers, industry stakeholders and journalists are all welcome! Bring your laptops as there’s free Wi-Fi so you can Twitter or blog live from the event.
Panelists for iLunch 7.01
Mark Bishop – Partner/Producer marblemedia
Mark is the co-founder of marblemedia. He has guest lectured at Ryerson University, the Canadian Film Centre, WIFT-T, and Sheridan College among others. He has also acted as a curriculum advisor and instructor of new media at Centennial College and Ryerson University. He is a board member and vice president of Interactive Ontario, as well as a member of the Alliance for Children and Television, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
Charles Zamaria - Moderator
Professor Zamaria is a tenured faculty member at Ryerson University and is appointed Research Fellow at the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University. He serves as Principal Investigator for the Canadian Internet Project (www.cipic.ca) – a longitudinal research study that examines the behaviour and attitudes of Canadians towards the Internet, mobile devices and emerging new technologies (2004, 2007.) As a member of the World Internet Project, CIP compares its findings with thirty research centres around the world.
He has led and participated in several international missions, forums and gatherings that examine content development, exchanges and strategies, from both creative and business perspectives. Concurrently, he is Financial Director for several film, television and new media content funding agencies in Canada (Bell Fund, Independent Production Fund, Cogeco Fund, Canwest Alberta Fund ). His background is as an independent producer, broadcast executive and until recently, he ran a sanctuary for abused and mistreated chickens.
Jody Shapiro
Jody Shapiro is a filmmaker and photographer. Jody formed his production company, Everyday Pictures Inc. in 2004. Ice Breaker, a full length documentary shot aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Henry Larsen, Jody's most recent project, was produced in association with CBC Newsworld and had its world premiere at the HOT DOCS documentary festival in 2005.
Prior to starting his own company, Jody worked as a producer for Rhombus Media where he produced such projects as Guy Maddin's award winning feature film, The Saddest Music in the World, Kevin McMahon's documentary An Idea of Canada and Larry Weinstein's Beethoven's Hair. Jody also produced the Preludes, ten short films celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival. These included the Genie nominated short, Camera, directed by David Cronenberg and Guy Maddin's Genie winner, The Heart of the World. Jody collaborated once again with Guy Maddin and Isabella Rossellini in producing a short film based upon the work of Roberto Rossellini: MY DAD IS 100 YEARS OLD premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. Jody has most recently worked with Maddin as DOP and Executive Producer of My Winnipeg and Co-Directed the Green Pornos series with Rossellini. Jody joined the board in August of 2005 and became Co-Chair in September 2007
Trevor Fencott - Managing Partner & CEO, Bedlam Games
Trevor brings eight years of game industry experience to the Bedlam management team and has been credited on more than 20 games including Playboy: The Mansion, Pariah and Land of the Dead. He was co-founder and president of boutique video game publisher, Groove Games. Previously, as a practicing attorney, Trevor guided the video game practice at the law firm Goodmans LLP and Goodmans Venture Group, where he advised developers, publishers and the investment community on licensing, game development and financing. He is a founding member of the Toronto IGDA, frequent industry speaker and holds both and Honours B.A. and a Bachelor of Laws degree.
| | Companies that attended iLunch 7.01 Apple Artez Interactive A-Train Media Inc. Bell Broadcast & New Media Fund BunnyEars.tv Cameron Thomson Group Canadian Video Biography, Labour Video Communications CBC CFTPA Chad Management CineFocus Canada Comet Entertainment Inc. Communitech Digital Journal Distribution Fusion3/Justin Time/Secret City Records E-axis.com Inc. Ellis Entertainment University of Toronto FAD Research FilmOntario Game Pill Inc. GreenHAT Digital Historica Foundation Hop To It Productions HSBC Bank Canada Jazzeler JR Consulting KMDI University of Toronto KPMG Lone Locust Marblehead Marblemedia McLuhan Festival Mediacaster Magazine MediaScrape MITI Mobile Experience Innovation Centre [murmur] MW Research & Consulting My Pet Brainstorm Digital Media Noesium Consulting Inc. OACCAC OCAD Octopz Inc. OMDC Palomino Inc. PixelScout Poetry e-motions Redwood eLearning Remedy Research Capital Corporation Ryerson University: Chang School Sheridan, Visualization Design Institute Silicon Knights Smiley Guy Studios Smokebomb Entertainment The Learning Edge Corp. Two Solitudes Consulting UK Trade & Investment/British Consulate-General UK Trade & Investmnet/British Consulate-General Upshift Marketing Group Vapor Music Inc. Vizible White Pine Pictures Xybermedia Zapdramatic Zinc Roe Design
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