Digifest is Toronto’s international festival celebrating innovation and digital creativity. From October 18-20, we will be bringing together some of the world’s best and brightest to showcase next generation digital art, science & design. Established and emerging designers, technologists and artists will come together during Digifest for presentations, incredible demos, interactive exhibitions and parties.

2011 Speakers

Digifest featured inspiring and engaging speakers at events across Toronto including our Innovation Days, Innovation Field Days, Meet the Media Guru, TIFF Nexus, FPS and more. Select an event below to see the list of speakers from this years’ events:

Meet the Media Guru
Innovation Days (Thought Leaders)
Innovation Days (Guest Speakers)

	Maurice Benayoun New-media artist, theorist & researcher (France) Read more >
	Paolo Rosa Co-Founder, Studio Azzurro (Italy) Read more >
	Tom Igoe Co-Founder, Arduino Read more >
	Rebecca Allen Director of Nokia Research Center Hollywood and Nokia Research Center Cambridge, US Read more >

	Asi Burak Co-President Games for Change (NY) Read more >
	Dr. Ron Burnett Emily Carr University of Art + Design Emily Carr University (BC)
	Dr. Ron Dembo Founder and CEO Zerofootprint Read more >
	Simone Giostra Founder Simone Giostra and Partners Architects (NY)
	Siamak Hariri Founding Partner Hariri Pontarini Architects
	Terrence Masson Director of Creative Industries Northeastern University

	Dr. Ali Arya Associate Professor of Interactive Multimedia Carleton University
	Farzin Farhadi-Niaki Expert/Researcher PhD candidate Electrical/Computer Engineering
	Adam Clare Professor of Game Design At George Brown College George Brown College
	Eugene Fiume Professor and Co-Director, Dynamic Graphics Project University of Toronto
	Dr. Sara M. Grimes Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Information University of Toronto (iSchool)
	Kate Hartman Director of the Social Body Lab OCAD U
	Michael Jemtrud Director, FARMM Associate Professor, School of Architecture, McGill University McGill University
	Jennifer Jenson Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Technology Faculty of Education York University President Canadian Game Studies Association
	Janine Marchessault Canada Research Chair, Art, Digital Media & Globalization York University Visible City Project & Archive.
	Melanie McBride Researcher Experiential Design and Gaming Environment (EDGE) Lab Ryerson University
	Dawn Mercer Faculty Seneca College Popcorn
	Jason Nolan Director Experiential Design and Gaming Environment (EDGE) Lab Assistant Professor School of Early Childhood Education Ryerson University
	Nuket Savaskan Nowlan Founder and President 3D Virtual Crafting
	Siobhan O’Flynn Faculty at CFC Media Lab, CFC Media Lab
	Neil Schneider Executive Director S-3D Gaming Alliance
	Greg J. Smith Designer/Researcher Mission Specialist
	Emma Westecott Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, DFI OCAD U
	Dr. Anthony Whitehead Director, School of Information Technology Carleton University
	Hunter Tura President & CEO Bruce Mau Design