Market Access Program: Digital Media Opportunities in the Asia Pacific Region
Locations:
Hong Kong, China; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB
Program Dates:
Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum (DELF), March 18 – 25, 2007
Market Access Program: February 15 – May 8, 2007
Pre-market activities: February 15 – March 17*
In-market activities: March 18 – 25**
Post-market activities: March 26 – May 8***
*This program is full and is no longer accepting applications.
In support of the development of the digital entertainment industry in Hong Kong, the Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum (DELF) 2007 is positioned as an international event and platform to connect Hong Kong’s creative talents to the rapidly evolving and growing global digital content and entertainment industry. Driven largely by science and technology based innovation, the Asia Pacific region is home to one of the fastest growing economies of the 21st Century.
The Digital Media Opportunities in the Asia Pacific Region market access program focuses on opportunities for Alberta’s digital media companies who are interested in doing business in the Asia Pacific region. This market access program provides participants with a close up of the distribution and production of Asia Pacific’s TV programs, digital entertainment games, music, and video industries. Interaction with digital media companies in Hong Kong will provide attendees with cross media delivery as well as cross business partnership opportunities.
Digital Media Opportunities in the Asia Pacific Region provides participants with the opportunity to share their experiences, insights, and connections with one another and the larger Alberta digital media community through a variety of activities including pre-planning strategic meetings, presentations, workshop participation, teleconference participation, attendance at the Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum conference from March 18 – 25, and de-briefs.
*Registered participants in this program will partake in a series of pre-market activities offered throughout Northern and Southern Alberta. Pre-market strategic support is offered through telephone conferences and workshops where participants’ goals for in-market activities are outlined. The goal of the pre-market programming is to ensure companies preparedness for attendance at the Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum (DELF). These activities will take place between Feb 15 – March 17.
**Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum connects innovative digital media creators with entrepreneurs to create unparalleled career inspiration and networking opportunities for entertainment media and game creation with the Asia Pacific region. Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum 2007 is positioned to connect Hong Kong’s creative talents with cross business partnership opportunities, domestically and internationally. In-market activities take place at the Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum March 18 – 25.
***Post-market activities will take place between March 17 – April 25. The goal of the post-market activities is to have participants interact with the larger Alberta Digital Media industry by providing feedback about their pre-market and in-market experiences through a series of pubic workshops. Participants are also required to provide written reports of their market access program experience.
The Market Access program, supported by the DMAA and the BNMI Accelerator program provides participants with the opportunity to share their experiences, insights and connections with one another and the larger Alberta digital media community through a variety of pre-market, in-market and post-market activities. The Market Access program endeavors to connect Alberta companies to important national and international
conferences, festivals and related market opportunities. This program is currently accepting applications for attendance by Alberta companies. In support of this market access program, some funding is available to eligible Alberta companies. All companies with relevant interest and involvement are encouraged to apply.
- Ken Bautista, CEO & Executive Producer
- Tom Dodd, Partner, Executive Producer & Director
- Susan Kennard, Director/Executive Producer Banff New Media Institute
Ken Bautista, CEO & Executive Producer
One of the original Hotrocket founders, Ken’s experience combines strategic and creative vision, user experience design, industry knowledge, marketing expertise and entrepreneurial spirit. He was featured as one of Edmonton's "30 Under 30", is an active champion of Alberta's digital media industry, currently serving as vice president of the Digital Media Association of Alberta. He is also CEO of Rocketfuel Productions, which was named "Most Promising New Company of the Year" at the 2006 Canadian New Media Awards.
Tom Dodd, Partner, Executive Producer & Director
Tom Dodd is partner, executive producer and director of Fission Media Group.
As an accomplished Director and Producer, Tom has over four hundred TV programs to his credit, many of them award winners. Recently, Tom directed Truckers: A Road Well Traveled for the National Film Board. After leaving CBC Television in Vancouver, B.C., Tom spent eight years working for BBC-TV and ITV companies in the United Kingdom as a director and producer, followed by positions at CFRN Television and as Executive/Supervising Producer for ACCESS TV, where he worked closely with CHUM-TV’s Moses Znaimer.
Over the past eight years, he has focused on creating complex new media applications, as well as continuing to develop and produce a variety of video productions.
Susan Kennard, Director & Executive Producer of The Banff New Media Institute
Susan Kennard is the Director & Executive Producer of The Banff New Media Institute. From 1998 - 2005 Susan held the role of Executive Producer, BNMI. Prior to her work with The Banff Centre, Susan worked in television as an associate producer for the International Hour, CBC Newsworld, and Dateline NBC, and in radio as a writer/broadcaster for CBC Radio and as station manager for CKIZ radio in Pincher Creek, Alberta. She has extensive experience in policy development, training, and advocacy for the not-for-profit community radio sector across Canada, and is the co-founder of radio90.fm, a hybrid net/fm pirate radio station. In June 2005, Susan concluded a master's degree in Communication for Development from the University of Malmo, Sweden, completing a thesis on the relationship between contemporary art practice, social change and civil society in post-war Sarajevo. In 2007 Susan is a member of the Culture.ca Editorial Advisory Committee and is the Jury Chair of the Interactive category of the Banff World Television Festival.
For more information on this market access program please contact:
Accelerator Program
Phone: 1.403.762.7500
Email: accelerator@banffcentre.ca
For more details about the activities of this market access program, or to apply, please visit
Digital Alberta
Engaging Youth through Digital Media Opportunities in the Asia Pacific Region is brought to you in partnership with:
The Banff New Media Institute Accelerator Program
Digital Alberta
Digital Media Association of Alberta