Sponsors

Partnering Sponsors

OMDC

An agency of the Government of Ontario, Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) plays a leading role in supporting the province’s creative economy by delivering innovative programs, services and funding for the publishing, music, film, television and interactive digital media industries. Ontario’s creative media companies have developed a thriving, multi-billion dollar industry with a wealth of opportunity.

» Visit omdc.on.ca

Contributing Sponsors

HailO

We’re a new service, designed by licensed taxi drivers, bringing the cab into the 21st century.

We make sure people are never more than two taps away from a licensed taxi. And that cabbies get more passengers when they want them. We also have offices in Dublin, New York, Boston, Chicago and Toronto.

» Visit the HailO website

Microsoft

Windows Phone 7 is backed by a rich developer ecosystem that is creating a variety of quality apps and games that take advantage of the phone’s unique features and design. Microsoft’s companywide commitment to establishing a new mobile developer platform has already attracted hundreds-of-thousands of creative app and game developers from around the world. Windows Phone 7’s smart design, integrated experiences and fresh developer platform provide a variety of unique features that change the way people engage with apps and games; notification, location and map services, Live tiles on start, hub integration, Xbox LIVE, Bing and Zune integration.

With the Windows Phone 7.5, Microsoft is introducing even more features that make it a true competitor in the mobile space. New features include fast-app-resume, third party multitasking, background tasks and agents, camera stream access, full TCP/IP socket support, local database support, enhanced notification services, deep linking into applications from the home screen, the ability to use Silverlight and XNA in the same project and enhanced in-app search capabilities through Bing Search Extras.

» Visit Microsoft App Hub

Educational Sponsors

Mozilla

Mozilla is a proudly non-profit organization dedicated to keeping the power of the Web in people’s hands. We’re a global community of users, contributors and developers working to innovate on your behalf. When you use Firefox, or any Mozilla product, you become a part of that community, helping us build a brighter future for the Web.

Visit Mozilla on the web.

Ontario Science Centre

An iconic cultural attraction, the Ontario Science Centre is home to fascinating
interactive experiences with science and technology.

Special Exhibition: Game On 2.0:

The history, culture and future of video games – Open March 9 to September 2, 2013 – This exhibition takes a global perspective on exploring gaming’s intriguing past
and limitless future.

Exhibition organized and toured by the Barbican Art Gallery which is owned and funded by the City of London Corporation.

» Visit the Ontario Science Centre website

Humber College

Humber’s Game Programming diploma program is project-driven and focuses on the design and development of games. You work on team projects, using multiple 3D graphic application programming interfaces (APIs) and programming tools to design, develop, test, and maintain game applications.

Students create applications that apply theories of usability, information architecture, network architecture, and industry standards of practice. Students graduate with significant work samples showcasing their talents and skills, and a skill set that combines high levels of mathematics, physics and visualization within the field of computer programming. Knowledge of game engines, modelers, game scripting and technical direction will allow graduates to compete in this rapidly growing field – developing games for personal computers and dedicated game players, as well as online gaming applications and games for mobile devices.

» Visit humber.ca

George Brown College

Toronto has Canada’s largest concentration of design businesses and is one of North America’s top four centres for design. This means you will be not only learning design, but also living and breathing it in our brand new, state-of-the-art facilities in downtown Toronto.

Our programs are set up to allow you to reach your career goals in steps. For example, our one-year Art and Design Foundation program will help prepare you to meet the entrance requirements of our Graphic Design program. For Graphic Design grads who wish to specialize further, we offer postgraduate programs in fields such as game design, advanced digital design and design management. The School of Design was named one of the top design schools in the world in Business Week (October 2007).

» Visit Georgebrown.ca/design