May 12, 2011
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
bitHeads, 1309 Carling Avenue, Ottawa
May 12 Generator event: The Ottawa Story - Ottawa as an Emerging International Games Cluster
Join us at this Generator event and find out how Ottawa’s Digital Media Cluster is ranked globally and against other Canadian cities. Also, hear from two of Ottawa’s fastest growing digital media companies and learn from their strategies and experience.
Stuart Jack, Nordicity
DFAIT engaged Nordicity to help create an improved investment case for the Canadian (CDN) video games development industry. The resulting analysis shows the global competitiveness of the Canadian games industry through comparisons of representative Canadian and global games clusters. In this presentation Stuart will focus on the profile of Ottawa as an emerging games cluster and will summarize international comparisons and key investment arguments.
Scott Simpson, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of bitHeads
Scott will share his views bitHeads' recent acquisition of Bedlam Games and its impact on Ottawa’s Digital Media cluster.
Phil Giroux, Director of Mobile at Lixar
Phil will discuss and share his views and strategies on next generation mobile applications.
We look forward to seeing you there!
LOCATION: bitHeads, 1309 Carling Avenue, Ottawa
East Side of Westgate Mall (beside Blockbuster Video)
TIME: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm – Networking and pizza
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm - Featured presentations
8:30 pm to 9:00 pm - Networking
COST: Free
RSVP: Please RSVP to Kirsten Sardelis
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