Connect, Collaborate and Commercialize at CDMN Canada 3.0 Digital Media Conference, Canada’s only national digital media conference; coming to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on May 14 and 15, 2013.
Focused on the commercialization of innovation, the conference will feature world-class speakers, a wide-ranging program and showcase of Canadian entrepreneurship. The conference is organized by the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) and featuring emcee Amber Mac, expecting to draw more than 2,000 attendees from industry, government and academia to advance Canadian innovation.
Now in its fifth year, CDMN Canada 3.0 is attracting a TED Talk-caliber roster of keynotes. Recent additions to the lineup of speakers include:
- Netflix CEO Reed Hastings
- Steve Irvine, Group Director of Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook
Netflix and Facebook join the already impressive list of speakers, which includes:
- Jason Townsend, NASA’s Deputy Social Media Manager (who will be appearing via video conference)
- Chris Anderson, best-selling author and former Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine.
- Jane McGonigal, game designer, futurist and best-selling author.
The program will inspire excellence, showcasing Canadian innovation success stories and providing companies with tools to successfully commercialize their digital media products.
There will be 65+ mentoring roundtables within five topic streams that include:
- productivity
- connectivity
- access to capital
- access to talent
- mobilization of digital content
The conference also features an interactive showcase of more than 100 companies involved in Canadian digital media and ICT innovation. The CDMN Hub Pavilion within the showcase will feature CDMN’s member hubs from across the country, along with their client companies and alumni from CDMN’s own Soft-Landing Program. A Grow Global Pavilion will feature international guests, displaying all the connections and information a company needs to grow globally.
Canada 3.0 2013 programming updates, registration details, partnership and sponsorship opportunities will be posted to CDMN Canada 3. 0.
To keep abreast of the latest developments and Connect, Collaborate and Commercialize at CDMN Canada 3.0 Digital Media Conference you can:
- Follow @can3_0 and @cdmn on Twitter
- Like the Canada30Forum page on Facebook
- and join the LinkedIn Canada30Forum Group for updates
{Disclosure: This is a sponsored post; as always, any opinions expressed are those of Older Mommy Still Yummy}
Looks interesting, I’ll have to pass this post along to my Canadian friends.
I love conferences. I feel energized and recharged after! This one sounds very interesting.
Sounds like a great round-up! Will pass it on to my Canadian friends!
Wow, this looks like a fantastic conference! Once Netflix gets into the mix, you know you are in for a great learning experience.
I wish I lived closer! Sounds like a great time and good learning experience!
Wish I was making this one!
I love all the choices for conferences now – lots of opportunities for people to get out and meet other like minded individuals.
Thanks for the head’s up, Monica! I had not heard of this conference before, and it’s right in my own backyard. I’m going to check it out!
I haven’t attended any conferences; I only recently heard about this one, and while it would be nice to check out, cost and travel are factors for me.
I bet you would learn a lot at that conference. Quite an impressive line up.
Wow, it sounds like there would be an unbelievable amount of information being shared there.
I had no idea they did this! I am definitely going to have to share this! It sounds like such a great conference too(;
Sounds like a good one, wish I had heard of this sooner!
It does look good doesn’t it Tammi, maybe next year!
Looks like a great learning experience for bloggers and digital strategists in Canada.
This conference is new to me, but it looks like something worth checking out for next year. The speaker lineup is drool-worthy – oh, to be a fly on the wall and hear all those wonderful ideas!