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Please join us for our Annual General Meeting on Thursday, April 24, 2008. The AGM will be held at 5:30 PM:

LOCATIONS:

CALGARY - Calgary Technologies Inc. - 3553 31 Street NW
EDMONTON - NAIT Room W202

Please RSVP to rene@digitalalberta.com if you are able to join us. Wine and snacks will be provided.

The Nominating Committee of the Digital Media Association of Alberta (Digital Alberta) invites nominations for the 2008-2009 Board of Directors. All nominations must be submitted no later than April 15, 2008. Also note that the bylaws state that you must be a member of Digital Alberta at least 30 days prior to the AGM for your nomination to be accepted.

The DMAA is organizing a Market Access Program focused on Seattle, Washington from July 16 to 19, 2007. The program is aimed at Alberta-based digital media companies in the areas of web technologies, interactive design, and online game development, that are looking to do business with companies in the Washington State region. Washington State is a global leader in digital media development, with one of the largest concentrations of companies in the world.

The DMAA (Digital Media Association of Alberta) is presenting another market workshop, "Digital Media Opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic US" on June 21 in Edmonton. "Join market leaders for a discussion of emerging opportunities in the Digital Media sector. The US east coast offers a unique environment where new media and government technology collide. This is where games are for learning, with the largest “serious games” cluster in the country.

In partnership with the Digital Media Association of Alberta and Calgary Economic Development, The Banff Centre’s Banff New Media Institute is hosting a Digital Mixer at Banff Centre, Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building to celebrate the opening night of nextMEDIA. Find out what’s happening now with Alberta’s digital media industry and learn more about Calgary’s big plans for a Film & Digital Production facility.

The Digital Media Association of Alberta (DMAA) announced its newly elected Board of Directors for the 2007-08 year: Ken Bautista, Hotrocket (President), Adam Jevne, Balance Media (Vice-President, Northern Alberta), Paul Poutanen, Cambrian House (Vice-President, Southern Alberta), Greg Gazin, Parallel2000 (Treasurer), Ron Thiele, XPAN Interactive (Secretary), Owen Brierley, New Globe Media, Leanne Elias, Alberta Association of Colleges & Technical Institutes, Cam Fraser, Sporkfancier Consulting, George Georgeadis, Dreamgazers Interactive, Chad Saunders, CJSR Radio, and Brian Traynor, Mount Roy

The mediaFRESH '07 DMAA Awards, hosted by the Digital Media Association of Alberta are dedicated to the recognition of those professionals and students across the digital media community in Alberta who have created outstanding projects and programs. An Awards Gala & Celebration will be held on Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 in Calgary, Alberta. Entries are now open and will close on April 7, 2007. Visit http://awards.dmaa.ca to submit your entries today!

From March 29 to 31, 2007, join top story artists from leading studios across North America in this exciting two-day workshop that explores storytelling in film, games, and advertising.

On March 19, join Rahul Sood, Director and Chief Technology Officer of HP's Gaming PC business unit in Calgary. He'll speak about how a dropout from Mount Royal College started a computer company (Voodoo Computers) that started building custom-built PCs for business and became focused on building high-end high-performance PCs for gamers. The business grew to the point where Voodoo attracted the attention of Hewlett-Packard, which in 2006 bought the company, to become part of its Personal Systems Group. This mixer is presented by the Digital Media Association of Alberta.

Joe Biglin, co-founder of BreakAway Games is going to be joining us for the Serious Games: Training the Next Generation Workshop we are hosting on April 3rd in Edmonton and April 4th in Calgary. This is rare opportunity to hear from this well established company who has been a pioneer in the Serious Games arena. BreakAway Games has provided solutions in multiple industry sectors.