cdmn overview 03082010

Canadian Digital Media Network

Making Canada A Digital Nation

March 8, 2010

What Is This Digital Media

Thing?

Digital Media is most simply defined as any information that is created and shared virtually, rather than physically.

digital media underpins many sectors

Internet, Entertainment,

Medical, Manufacturing,

Education

Web 2.0 3.0•Streaming•E-learning•Semantics

Mobile•Apps•Web•Gaming

Gaming•Consoles •Desktops

Digital Content•3D, 2D

Dig Cinema•3D, Film, •Video

Digital Prototyping•Engineering, Design,•Analysis

Medical•Drug, Biotech•MRI,CT, Ultra

E-Health•PACS, HIS, RIS

CDMN Purpose

Canadian commercialization leadership in the global digital media economy

Member Benefits

• Connect/Collaborate with companies /orgs

• Promote node capabilities and Canada’s Digital Media industry

• Aggregate & disseminate information

• Provide input and advice to grow Canadian industry.

COMMERCIALIZE

To the rest of

the world

CDMN is also

a door...

ORICoric.ca

MaRSMarsdd.com

nGenngen-niagara.com

NRCbit.ly/9uLt6G

Wavefrontwavefrontac.com

Stratford Institutestratfordinstitute.uwat

erloo.ca

The HUBwww.communitech.ca

Quebectbd

TR Labstrlabs.ca

TR Labstrlabs.ca

TR Labstrlabs.ca

NRCbit.ly/9uLt6G

The HUB

a centre to accelerate the commercialization of Ontario digital media & mobility start-ups and new technologies

New Digital Media Institutes

Partnering with Industry

Open Text

Canada’s premier Digital Media ForumMay 10-11, 2010 Stratford, Ontario

Defining Canada’s Digital Future

Anyone can do anything online in Canada by 2017

Canada 3.0 “Moonshot”

NASA/Newsmakers

1,500 Attendees, 70+ Speakers

2010 Program Streams

Changing:Policy/Digital Rights

Empowering:Infrastructure/Mobility

Learning: Talent/Research

Creating:Content/Commercialization

Imagining:Now & Future

CDMN Vision

www.educatednation.com/category/digital-learning/

Making Canada a Digital Nation

Maclean’s: MATHIER BELANGER/REUTERS

What is a Digital Nation? Every citizen is connected Every citizen can create in a digital

expression All content used in society is

available An ownership model is fair and

transparent Common activities in society are

just as easy in digital

Maclean’s: REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC)

join us …

Making Canada a Digital Nation

Maclean’s: REUTERS/Blair Gable (CANADA)

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