events

Please join us for sociables and snackies at 5:00 PM on Thursday, September 20 when we will announce what the DMAA has in store for the upcoming 2007-2008 Program Year like our Storytelling and Social Networking Workshops, our involvement in the Tri-Media Conference, ICE Conference, Market Access Programs, Awards Festival and much more! Calgary's Mixer will be held at Brewster's on 11 Avenue SW. Edmonton's Mixer will be held at Hudsons Downtown (Oliver Square). For more information and to RSVP, contact rene@dmaa.ca. Hope to see you there!

Calgary blogger Kempton Lam reports that DemoCampCalgary3 was a great success. Held on August 30 at the University of Calgary, several Alberta companies and digital media pros demoed their software including MoboVivo, Popfly, and FrameBuyFrame. Be sure to register today for DemoCampCalgary4 being held Sept 27.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada's Intensive, One-Day Course In Social Media Marketing, is designed to simplify and demonstrate the many new channels of marketing, advertising and communication that make up the Social Media and Web 2.0 space. This year, the course will be offered in Calgary, on September 7. Attendees will learn about Online Social Networks, RSS, Tags, Consumer Generated Content, Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis and Virtual Worlds – and more importantly, how to leverage these marketing channels for optimal results.

From August 12 to 17, the Banff New Media Institute is hosting "Interactive Screen 0.7: User Friendly Is Not Enough!". Each year the majestic mountain setting of Banff is host to a mix of international and Canadian new media luminaries and rising stars. For 12 years participants have come to Interactive Screen at BNMI to reflect on the current state of new media and the shape of things to come.

The Vancouver International Digital Festival is an event for the top creative minds working in digital media. Attracting visionaries from games and digital entertainment, Web 2.0, interactive design, animation and mobile applications, it is an annual ‘must-attend’ in Vancouver, Canada. The event includes international business matchmaking, ‘big picture’ conference sessions on the latest trends and markets in digital media, a recruiting fair, high-level seminars for creators, designers, and producers, and loads of networking parties.

This year, more then any other, has been the year of the digital media executive, and nextMEDIA - The Future of Digital Content, held June 8-10, in Banff was the place to be, scoring record delegate attendance from leading digital media executives from around the world. The sold-out, three-day event, which wrapped on Sunday with a fascinating question and answer session with BBC Director General Mark Thompson, attracted close to 350 attendees.

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.

We are excited to confirm that registration for Computational Aesthetics is now available. This year's conference will be held at The Banff Centre, in the majestic Rocky Mountains of Banff, Alberta, Canada, from June 20-22, 2007. Follow the link: http://innovis.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/cae2007/pmwiki.php/Main/Registration and register before our early bird deadline of May 14th, 2007.

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!