[community] Affordable, local (to Toronto) conference alert!

[Mitchell, Jess]

Please join us for this year's FCAD Summer Institute from June 5-7th. This will be an exciting conference with interactive workshops and discussions led by some of the county's leaders in blockchain, music streaming, digital innovation and co-creation. The full agenda has been released and there are only TWO WEEKS left to purchase your tickets.


FCAD SUMMER INSTITUTE PRESENTS

CULTIVATE - RECALIBRATE: CULTURAL INDUSTRIES IN A CHANGING WORLD

A three-day conference, analyzing and sharing the learnings from the best in gaming, music streaming, and digital content creation.
 

The FCAD Summer Institute from Ryerson University’s Faculty of Communication and Design, brings together leading scholars, artists and practitioners in media, design, and technology over an intimate three-day conference. 

Cultivate-Recalibrate focuses on analyzing and sharing the learnings from successful Canadian enterprises in the worlds of gaming, music streaming, and digital content creation.

Full agenda for this conference can be found here: https://www.ryerson.ca/fcad-institute/agenda/.
For conference page go to https://www.ryerson.ca/fcad-institute/



3 Day Conference Pass: $75

Single Day Pass: $25
Student Rate: $45*

*Available on combined 3 day pass only (use code: SISTUDENT3) 

www.ryerson.ca/fcad-institute


Register Now here: https://tickets.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?e=e671aab86afef1f4318d83a61dc9fdcf&t=tix&vqitq=d456fdda-8f9f-42cb-b996-81518675aa8f&vqitp=db097069-989c-418a-892a-ba9e049640a1&vqitts=1524160627&vqitc=vendini&vqite=itl&vqitrt=Safetynet&vqith=f189aba979df7c96a9955ed219b618e5
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Katerina Cizek
Emmy-winning documentarian
Artistic Director, MIT's Co-Creation Studio

David Gauntlett
Professor & Author of Making Is Connecting



Glenn O'Farrell
CEO, Groupe Media TFO

 

Ana Serrano
Chief Digital Officer, CFC
Founder of CFC Media Lab 



Meet teams participacting in the 
Digital News Innovation Challenge 
A partnership between Facebook's Journalism Project, the DMZ and Ryerson School of Journalism

Register Now
SPONSORS



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Jess Mitchell
(GMT - 4:00)
Senior Manager, R&D + Design
OCAD University, Toronto
Inclusive Design Research Centre
jmitchell at ocadu.ca
skype: jesshmitchell
http://idrc.ocad.ca/
http://inclusivedesign.ca/
http://fluidproject.org
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