Vancouver International Digital Festival

The power of digital media to create positive change

This year, VIDFEST is highlighting the companies and people who love, love, love digital media, are creative and dynamic, have business savvy, and want to make a better world. Tackling climate change and enabling entrepreneurs in the developing world are just a few of their achievements.

“There’s a positively charged atmosphere surrounding VIDFEST this year,” says Kirstin Richter, creative director of VIDFEST. “We’ve drawn some of the top minds from across the creative industries — people who are using digital technologies to solve complex problems and give back to others.”

VIDFEST 2008 speaker highlights include:

• Tom Williams, CEO of GiveMeaning.com, an online charitable foundation that brings people together to support a charity of their choice
• Erik Karjaluoto, founder of DesignCanChange.org, an online movement to unite designers to collectively address climate change
• Dylan Higgins, from Kiva.org, the first person-to-person micro-lending website that enables entrepreneurs in the developing world
• Jason Mogus, the developer behind NothingButNets.net, a website dedicated to preventing the spread of Malaria throughout the African continent
• Super-star bloggers Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com and Maggie Mason of Mightygirl.com

With all these people coming together, we’ll only be missing one thing. You! Get inspired and become an inspiration. It’s what you’re meant to do. Early bird tix are still available.