Digital Alberta @ nextMEDIA 2007
nextMEDIA is where the world’s leading edge content creators, aggregators, and most influential solution-providers meet to develop key business relationships. At the recent edition of nextMEDIA, Digital Alberta hosted a kick-off event themed, "Mixer in the Mountains" in partnership with the Banff New Media Institute and Calgary Economic Development. Hosted at the Banff Centre, guests learned more about Alberta’s digital media industry and about Calgary’s big plans for a Film & Digital Production facility. Guests also were treated to a behind the scenes look at one of Canada’s most innovative virtual reality productions “The Northern Lights Project”. Guests socialized and networked over the beautiful mountain tops of Banff while local DJ Knocker provided the sound track to the outdoor and 3D immersive experience.
As a sponsor of nextMEDIA, Digital Alberta also produced a panel entitled "Interactive Games & Social Networks" . Moderated by Adam Jevne from Digital Alberta, the session focused on games (video/online/console/mobile) with a social networking aspect, as well as, websites and services that enable group interacting. From the game world this included massively multiplayer online role-playing games, community-based games, and network-based gaming. For the social network side of the presentation, this included businesses that based their product around community building initiatives and products that rely on group interacting. Panelists included Tim Lambertus (BlogTV, Alliance Atlantis), Steve Bocska (Hothead Games), Ron Martin (Sanctuary, Stage3Media), and Gene Endrody (Maid Marian Entertainment). (Photo credit: Megan Cole)
