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 2008 PopVox Awards are open and calling for Submissions!

Check out the new site @ www.popvoxawards.com

Key Dates:
April 30, 2008 – Submissions Close
May 1st, 2008 – Voting Begins!
May 12th, 2008 – Voting Ends!
May 23rd, 2008 – Winners announced!

The PopVox Peoples Choice Awards for Digital Media have returned for the 2008 season and we invite the digital media community at large to participate in this annual celebration of international talent.

The Nominating Committee of the Digital Media Association of Alberta (Digital Alberta) invites nominations for the 2009-2010 Board of Directors. All nominations must be submitted no later than April 17, 2009. 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.

Thursday, February 21, 2008
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Calgary Location - Brewster's on 11 Avenue
Edmonton Location - Hudson's Downtown

There is no cost to attend this month's mixer. Come on down, enjoy some snacks and a great networking opportunity.

Please RSVP to Rene@digitalalberta.com.

Digital Media Connects Us: How Social Media is Enabling Business, Relationships, Entertainment and Play
Dates: May 1 - May 4, 2008
Location: Banff, Alberta, Canada

MATT COSTELLO: Bridging the Next Generation Gap between Storytelling and Gameplay

DATE: Monday, January 28, 2008
TIME: 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Calgary Technologies, 3553 31st St NW, Calgary

Join Matt as he provides a highly interactive presentation that explores -- from one long-time practitioner’s point of view -- some key ways that ‘story’ is built. He will expose key story elements creators and audiences should be looking at even as interactivity transforms the traditional media landscape. Then, through real exercises, we’ll look at how gameplay changes significantly when ‘story’ is introduced, and vice-versa; the goal to show that story and interactivity are best ‘built’ together.

This presentation is made possible through our strategic partnership with The Banff New Media Institute and Level Up.

Join us at Hudson's in Edmonton and Brewsters on 11th Ave in Calgary at 5pm for an informal networker as we welcome in the New Year and get back to work.

 For more information or to register, email rene@digitalalberta.com

Join us for a special presentation on Wednesday, January 23 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon in Calgary at Calgary Technologies Inc (3553 31 Street NW), featuring Joel Greenberg, a marketing consultant specializing in the variety of new media opportunities available to companies to reach and engage customers in a world where consumers are tuning out marketing. Joel will be presenting on several topics including Business Strategies & the Influence of Interactive Media, The Demand for New Interactive Advertising Solutions, and an overview of the digital media scene in Texas, including the upcoming South by SouthWest (SXSW) Interactive Festival.

Digital Alberta, a non-profit association, seeks a dynamic executive director to take it into the future. In order to better meet the needs of the growing membership and the digital media industry, the Board of Directors has determined that an Executive Director is needed.

Digital Alberta and the Banff New Media Institute Accelerator Program at The Banff Centre are pleased to present "Story, Character & Interactivity 2008", being held January 24 to 27, 2008 at The Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta.

This two-day workshop focuses on how to create successful interactive experiences that rival a movie’s level of depth and engagement. With past speakers from studios such as Pixar Animation Studios, Sony Pictures Animation and Cyan Worlds, this workshop offers insight into several exciting topics including creating narrative in interactive medium, idea generation, and other storytelling techniques. This year our speaker line-up features artists from BioWare Corp., Belle & Wissell Co., Born Magazine, and Starz Roman Film Studios.

For more information about this workshop, click here.