Defining Digital Media: Join my ‘UnConversation’

Editor’s Note: Justin Kozuch recently won the Mesh prize, an annual award dedicated to projects that improve our digital media industry. Justin won for his concept of a “Pixel to Product” research study, a year-long look at digital media in Canada. CDMN supports Justin’s efforts.

Canada needs a solid definition of digital media, so I’d like to invite industry professionals to have a conversation about what it means and how we might promote Pixel to Product across the country. This definition will help shape the creation of a classification system as well as tasks related to the study.

I’m kicking the project off with a 2 hour casual working session. Registered attendees will help define digital media and share ideas on how to promote the 49Pixels research study across Canada.

Agenda

Date: Monday June 21st 2010
5:30pm: Pre-event networking
6:00pm: Gather in the event space to set the context for the conversation
8:00pm: Wrap-up and break for the evening

Many thanks to Yahoo Canada for donating their space to convene this working session.

What to expect

This event is being styled as a roll up your sleeves, break-out-your-moleskine working session with clear goals and deliverables. Expect a casual working session with smart and creative industry personalities working in groups towards a larger outcome.

Registration Process

1. Register at http://unconversation01.eventbrite.com/
2. Select the ticket type that best describes you in the list.
3. Add your contact information, and tell us what gifts you’re bringing to the table.
4. Check your inbox! You will receive an email confirmation of your registration.

Online Participation

If you’re unable to attend, you can still contribute to this conversation. We’ll be curating a liveblog of the event that you can follow and add your voice to. Our liveblog can be found at http://49pixels.ca/live

I hope that you’ll be able to join us on Monday June 21st 2010 for a fun-but-focused working session!