Village Gamer

http://www.interactiveontario.com/events/view/768

If you make it, will they come? Your mobile IP needs to to have the right business strategy in order to get the best ROI. This session will focus on helping game developers and IDM producers to find the right growth and exit strategies. Just a few of the topics and tips covered in this session will include: Examining free to play vs paid models, innovative and successful promotional methods, increasing exposure and purchases, virtual goods/add-ons and microtransaction options.

11:30am Doors Open & Pre-event Networking
12:00pm Lunch is Served
12:30pm Session Begins
1:30pm Q&A Period
2:00pm Event Wrap & Post-Event Networking

Panel Moderator: Gary Schwartz – CEO Impact Mobile

Speakers:

• Andrew Giosa – Senior Account Manager, Media & Entertainment Team Royal Bank of Canada
• Marc Askenasi – Founder, President & CEO Nowphit
• Santino Mariani – Partner, Taxation KPMG

http://www.ieee-icc.org/2012/index.html

Since 1965 the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) has been the flagship event of the IEEE Communications Society.

The IEEE Ottawa Section is proud to host IEEE ICC 2012 Conference, Industry Forums and Exhibition from 10-15 June 2012 at the newly Ottawa Convention Centre which is located on the scenic banks of the Rideau Canal and embedded in the cultural centre of Ottawa.

The ICC 2012 is expected to attract and bring together thousands of the world’s industry leaders, scientists, academics, engineering professionals, policy makers, and government officials to the presentation of nearly 1,500 keynotes, business panels, technical papers, workshops and tutorials held under the theme of the conference is “CONNECT • COMMUNICATE • COLLABORATE“. For participants it promises to stimulate the scientific exchange of ideas, the identification of future trends in communications, and the illumination of business opportunities.

The ICC 2012 conference has a balance between the industry and academia participation. The ICC 2012 conference has also been expanded to include the new 16 Industry Forums (recommended by industry), which will detail the latest advancements in communications worldwide:

The conference also features 12 Technical Symposia where hundreds of high qualified accepted technical papers will be presented:

Therefore the focus of IEEE ICC 2012 is to bring the industry and academia to meet and discuss the trends of the of the communications market.

The Ottawa region is an ideal location for ICC 2012. It is not only the hub of the Canadian government but it is also a core Canadian centre for high technology and referred to Silicon Valley North. There are more than 1800 companies in the area of software, telecommunications, photonics, semiconductors, defence and security, wireless technology, and many other. It boasts the highest level of R&D spending per capita in Canada.

Come early and enjoy your stay in the National Capital and Canada’s hub of technology innovation and creativity.

http://www.meetup.com/Appsterdam-Vancouver/ – visit the meetup page, and then click Upcoming Meetups for individual event RSVP pages.

Bring a project to work on, if you don’t have a project we’ll help you come up with one! See you there.

http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-iDevelopers/events/44957142/

Save the date. Details to follow.

http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-iDevelopers/events/44957082/

Save the date. Details to follow.

http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-iDevelopers/events/44956972/

Save the date. Details to follow.

http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-iDevelopers/events/45883192/

Interested in volunteering with the operations of Van iDev? Let’s get together for some drinks and design the future.

http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-iDevelopers/events/44956822/
iCandy Presenters

• George Mobile with Stephen Duke (to be confirmed)
• Prism with Allen Pike
• DaVinci with Argun Tekant
• Room for one more, any takers?

SR&ED Claiming [tis the season] by KPMG (to be confirmed)

• How hard is it to make a claim?
• What you can claim
• What’s changing next year

Component Oriented Design with John Warner (Harmony Arcade)  CONFIRMED

This presentation is on Investing in your company with component oriented design. John will brief you about what C.O.D. He’ll show a few examples of typical game design patterns that are prevalent in modern games and how they could be built in component oriented architectures, thus accumulating a library of value for your company over time.

http://www.meetup.com/levelup/events/bqkppyqqbfb/

“We love showing off our current projects!”
Let’s discuss the latest events in the industry, tales of going Indie, and gameplay design, challenges, and solutions!

We have a private room with a projector, screen, and a ton of tables and chairs. Show off your current projects; do some playtesting; or just relax and enjoy the awesome local food and beer.

Because this is a private room, under-age individuals are allowed to come (with parent/guardian permission of course).

http://www.meetup.com/levelup/events/bqkppyqpbhb/

“We love showing off our current projects!”
Let’s discuss the latest events in the industry, tales of going Indie, and gameplay design, challenges, and solutions!

We have a private room with a projector, screen, and a ton of tables and chairs. Show off your current projects; do some playtesting; or just relax and enjoy the awesome local food and beer.

Because this is a private room, under-age individuals are allowed to come (with parent/guardian permission of course).