28th June 2012

Join Canada at Casual Connect Seattle

Government of CanadaVia the Trade Commissioners’ Office: Game Nation is headed to Casual Connect 2012 in Seattle, ground zero for the casual gaming industry.  The conference, which will take place at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall this July 24th to 26th, attracts over 2,500 industry professionals with a cutting edge lecture series and highly popular nightly networking events.

Join the more than 50 Canadian companies that are expected to attend this year’s conference and take advantage of the following:

  • Access to Canada’s free on-site meeting space during the conference. Contact Business Development Assistant Jane Toulson to reserve your time slot.
  • Private briefing with Amazon’s Appstore on July 25 at 4:30pm at the Four Seasons Hotel just steps away from the conference.  Space is limited. RSVP to Jane Toulson by July 17th.
  • Canada Networking Reception on July 25 from    5:30 – 7:30pm at the Four Seasons Hotel.  This event is being supported by the Provinces of BC and Quebec, Canadian Interactive Alliance, Ontario Media Development Corp and Western Economic Diversification. This event is invite only, so please contact Trade Commissioners Troy DeFrank or Victoria Hayes if you are interested in being added to the invite list.
  • Inclusion in the Canada Company Directory. We will be using our Canada@ GDC profile template, so please contact Troy or Victoria if you need to update your profile or need to create a new one.

Don’t delay your Casual Connect registration – the Early Bird discount ends on July 16th.

The BC Government Trade Reps will also be at Casual Connect and would be pleased to meet any BC companies to discuss their interests in meeting particular publishers/ platforms/ partners. Please contact Richard Sawchuck (Americas/ Europe) or Rick Stolle (California Trade Rep) for more information.


This entry was posted on Thursday, June 28th, 2012 at 10:34 am and is filed under Business News, Events, Government, National News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
  1. Tami Quiring (@VillageGamer)
    3:37 am on June 28th, 2012

    Join #Canada @CasualConnect Seattle http://t.co/pvAN4Xp6 – you can also get more info directly from @CanadaTechPNW

  2. Troy DeFrank (@CanadaTECHpnw)
    3:48 am on June 28th, 2012

    RT @villagegamer: Join #Canada @CasualConnect Seattle http://t.co/AxYYmL07

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