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Calgary’s Nexen Inc. has announced that at high noon on Wednesday, September 28th, staff will attempt to break the Guinness Record for the “World’s Largest Gathering of People Dressed As Superman.” The record-breaking attempt, which will be held at the Nexen Lobby and Century Gardens, will kick off the Nexen 2011 United Way “Be a Superhero” campaign in heroic style by bringing together 289 or more Nexen employees dressed as Superman. Read the rest of this entry »

On the eve of October 1, a diverse group of fourteen artists, producers and contributors from the latest installment of CFC Media Lab’s TELUS Interactive Art & Entertainment Program (IAEP) will transform the Bata Shoe Museum into a space of collaborative exploration and play. The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is once again thrilled to be an official part of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, the all-night, interactive, cultural extravaganza celebrating contemporary art in Toronto which is open to the public from 6:59 p.m. on October 1st until sunrise on October 2nd. Read the rest of this entry »

Since 2009, GuestLogix, Inc. has opened up its knowledge base to airline, rail and travel customers, as well as channel partners and vendors, to examine the future of the onboard environment, and the sales and revenue opportunities presented by emerging technology onboard. In doing so, GuestLogix has created a unique industry community gathering focused specifically on growing onboard sales and is expecting over 100 delegates from the world’s leading airlines including Delta, United and KLM to attend this year. Read the rest of this entry »

GTEC, produced by UBM TechWeb, announces keynote presentations from a leading speaker line-up including the Honourable Tony Clement, the CIO of Canada, Corinne Charette and the new head of shared services, Liseanne Forand. In addition to keynotes, GTEC presents a multi-day conference program, happening October 17-20, 2011 at the Ottawa Convention Centre, which includes a new Ignite-style session format to discuss the next generation workplace.  Read the rest of this entry »

TEDxVancouver is pleased to announce the first of several exciting speakers in the 2011 lineup.  The concept for this year’s event is “The Frontier” – a topic selected as a reflection of the new wonders undreamt of in our time. This year’s TEDxVancouver event is designed to be a love letter to knowledge and innovation. Like TED’s own mission, “The Frontier” represents boundless possibility and ideas worth spreading. The living boundary with the unknown.

On November 12, 2011, TEDxVancouver celebrates its third annual event with an outstanding line-up of thought provoking talks. Presenters at TEDxVancouver are hand picked for their inspired thinking and world acclaimed accomplishments, and in the TED and TEDx tradition, each is challenged to give “the talk of their life” in 18 minutes or less. Other speakers will be announced in the coming weeks. Applications to attend TEDxVancouver are still being accepted. Read the rest of this entry »

For the third year, TEDxToronto continues to spread ideas worth sharing with its annual conference, taking place this Friday at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning in Toronto. The sold-out conference will showcase 14 inspiring TEDxTalks with 700 delegates on the theme of Redefinition. Free live video streaming of the conference will be available both online and at viewing parties at various locations around Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »

Lionsgate, Google, YouTube, Al Jazeera and Amazon will be among hundreds of conventional and digital media organizations from across North America that will come together at Merging Media 2011 in Vancouver, Canada in October 27 and 28, to discuss and explore the future of cross-media entertainment.

Hosted by Merging Media Productions Inc. and the Canadian Media Production Association – BC Producers’ Branch, this two day Conference and Masterclass is the premier showcase for Cross-Media in Canada. Merging Media is the place where media professionals converge to collaborate and capitalize on the media revolution that’s underway; it provides a high level platform for cross-disciplines to showcase their latest work, strategize, network with key business contacts and learn from each other. Read the rest of this entry »

Social Media Marketing Unplugged is presenting Social Media Monetization, a day-long seminar lead by Rochelle Grayson. In this seminar, attendees will be introduced to concrete tools and real world strategies to generate revenue, increase customer base, maximize profit and business success by utilizing social media. The seminar will take place at the BCIT Downtown Campus on Saturday, October 1st from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm. Tickets for this event are $169.00 + HST until September 26th. After that date, they will be $249.00 . You can save $20.00 on the cost of your ticket by using promo code “villagegamer” when you register. Read the rest of this entry »

The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is preparing to launch the 32^nd edition of Small Business Week®, a BDC trademark event, under the theme: Power up your business. Invest. INNOVATE. Grow.This year, Small Business Week will run from October 16 to 22. Read the rest of this entry »

You are invited to join The Children’s Wish Foundation on Wednesday, September 21^st when ten prominent members of local business, political, entertainment, and community groups will become castaways and be banished to ‘Exile Island’ in an effort to raise funds for The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. The event challenges participants to raise $10,000 each (the average cost of one wish), as well as prepare for banishment to ‘Exile Island’, aka the Vancouver Art Gallery, which is located at 750 Hornby Street. Castaways participate in a day of mental, physical and creative challenges as they compete for the title of “British Columbia’s Ultimate Survivor”. Read the rest of this entry »