Schedule at a Glance

Thursday, October 18 | Friday, October 19 | Saturday, October 20

TIME

Thursday, October 18

8:30 am

The Biz Learning Forum registration opens

9 am – Noon

The Biz Learning Forum featuring Tracey Kitts VP/COO, National Business Incubation Association Free to attend (invitation only) 8th Floor Theatre and Lounge

Noon – 1 pm

Digifest public registration and exhibit floor open.

1 – 1:10 pm

Opening Remarks

1:10 – 1:40 pm

“Hacking Reality”
Keynote speaker Claire Boonstra, Co-founder, LAYAR (Netherlands)

1:45 – 2 pm

Break / Exhibit Browsing

Feeling The Interaction

Hacking How We Live

Playing With Design

2 – 2:25 pm

Alex McLeod
3d Artist

PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Hossein Rahnama
Ryerson DMZ;
DEBBIE GORDON, CENTENNIAL COLLEGE;
Terry Posthumus
Humber College;
James Elder & Gunho Sohn, York University

Chris Solarski
Solarski Studio

2:30 – 2:55 pm

Ariel Garten
Interaxon

Julian Spillane
DHX Interactive

3 – 3:25 pm

Michel Elings
TRVL (Amsterdam)

Farhan Thawar
Xtreme Labs

Kathleen Webb
MEIC

3:30 – 3:55 pm

Steve Angel
Head Gear Animation

Andy Walker
Cyberwalker Media

Paul Pattison
All Play, No Work

3:55 – 4:30 pm

Break / Exhibit Browsing

4:30 – 6:00 pm

Disney Epic Mickey 2 panel discussion featuring Warren Spector & Marv Wolfman. Priority limited seating will be available on site for Digifest ticket holders.

For non-Digifest ticket holders; Due to limited seating, pre-registration for this free presentation is required. Please register at disney.digifest@highroad.com.

6:15 – 8 pm

Meet the Media Guru evening keynote speaker featuring
Luc Courchesne, Society for Art & Technology

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FRIDAY, October 19

8:30 am

The Biz Learning Forum registration opens

9 am – Noon

The Biz Learning Forum featuring Brandon Corman NAO-Ontario’s Outreach Officer Free to attend (by invitation only) 8th Floor Theatre and Lounge

Noon – 1 pm

Digifest public registration & exhibit floor open.

1 – 1:10 pm

Opening Remarks

1:10 – 1:40 pm

“Feeling The Message”
Keynote Speaker: Morihiro Harano
PARTY (Japan)

1:45 – 2:15 pm

“Hacking The Experience”
Keynote Speaker: Lotte Meijer (Amsterdam)

2:15 – 2:35 pm

Break / Exhibit Browsing

Feeling Connected

Hacking The Media

Playing Today and Tomorrow

2:40 – 3:05 pm

Jean-François Mayrand
Phi Centre

Dave Farough
Corus Social Radio

PAUL NOWOSAD
Transgaming

3:10 – 3:35 pm

Sébastien Pierre
FFunction

 Panel Discussion: Angela Pacienza
The Globe and Mail, Derek Chezzi, Yahoo! Canada; Gary Campbell, Aggregation Magazine

Local Indie Game Showcase
feat: Drinkbox Studios, Capy, Queasy Games & DYAD

3:40 – 4:05 pm

Shane Williamson
Williamson Chong Architects

Dr. Jorge Silva
OCAD University

Panel PRESENTATIONS
JOHN HELLIKER, SHERIDAN COLLEGE; JOHN GOODWIN, DURHAM COLLEGE; MATTHEW SCOTT, GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE

4:10 – 4:30 pm

Jeremy Mendes
NFB / Bear 71

Mark Surman
Mozilla Foundation

4:30 – 5 pm

Break / Exhibit Browsing

5 – 6:30 pm

Meet the Media Guru evening keynote speaker featuring
AiEP: Ariella Vidach & Claudio Prati (Italy)
“Digital Interactive Dance”

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SATURDAY, October 20

10 – 10:10 am

Opening remarks

10:15 – 11:45 am

Digifest ticket holders only

Playing For Keeps: Diversity In Video Games
keynote panel discussion

Presented by OCAD University featuring

Anna Anthropy, Emma Westecott, ocad  university; Jaime Woo, gamercamp; Cecily Carver, dames making games; & Stephanie Fisher, york university

noon – 5 pm

FREE EVENTS

Digifest exhibit floor opens to the public featuring;
Interactive Showcases: Let’s Try (free)

  • Wearable Technology with Eric Boyd

  • Motion Capture

  • Thought Controlled Art

  • AiEP Interactive Dance

+ Dames Making Games / Bento Miso Community Video Game Arcade

12:30 – 4 pm

Hive Pop-Up: Tech workshops for kids, aged 8-14.
free; Pre-registration required by visiting: hivepopupdigifest.eventbrite.com

More information

Hive Pop-Up: Workshops for kids ages 8-14. Join us on October 20th for a fun event that will mix kids, technology and fun! A bunch of awesome youth-serving organizations are getting together to show kids how much is possible when you become a creator – and not just a consumer – of technology and the web. Want to build a website? Make a video? Build a game? Design an app? All of that and more will be possible on October 20th! Bummed that you’re a parent and not a kid? Don’t worry – Digifest is designed to be a fun event for the whole family!

2 – 4 pm

It’s a Start Competition: 8th Floor Theatre
Free to attend (no registration required)

5 – 6:30 pm

Meet the Media Guru evening keynote speaker featuring
Carlo Ratti, Director, Senseable City Laboratory
“Smart Cities”
Digifest ticket holders only

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