Programmer

Lead Programmer

a series of Creative Jams and Conferences designed to foster cross-sector collaboration amongst Ontario’s Film, Gaming and New Media silos

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TIFF Nexus Event Series

This was a large-scale project that took place over 18months – videos outlining TIFF Nexus’ Industry and Community Partnerships, creative outcomes, as well as speaker presentations are available online at tiffnexus.net.

My Role as Lead Programmer

Organizer

Invited and collaborated with the eight Partner organizations to tailor the vision, goals and overall series structure:

Ryerson University
The Hand Eye Society
Interactive Ontario
Ubisoft Toronto
WIFT-T
George Brown’s digiFest
Site3.ca
Designing Digital Media for the Internet of Things Consortium ddimit.org

Programmed all conferences, invited dozens of high profile speakers, researched and created hands-on media technology workshops. Invited community partners The Hand Eye Society who conceived of and collaborated with other TIFF Nexus partners to lead hands-on “creative jam” sessions that offered participants the chance to prototype innovative media and gaming experiences and showcase them to the Public and Industry.

Liaison

Act as point of contact for programme series. E.g., Shane Smith, TIFF’s Director Public Programmes and I were interviewed by PlayBack on the convergence of Film, digital, gaming; the article neatly sums up the rationale behind Nexus:

Part 1 of Playback Interview

Part 2 of Playback Interview