Vancouver International Digital Festival

08.05.15

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Digital

Jordan Kawchuk is a producer / director who currently makes the video podcasts for CBC Radio3. This is his guest post.
It took me a while to digitize myself.
When I made the leap from making capital “T” television with a large crew and big broadcaster to making TV by myself with a camera, a laptop, […]

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Who’s doing this VF thing anyway? Meet the people that are making it happen in 08.

The Festival is produced by New Media BC and aided by an Advisory Board and Program Committee. New Media BC is a not-for-profit full service agency. We represent the digital media industry at large and implement strategic projects derived from ongoing dialogue and consultation with our sector.

Team VIDFEST:

Kenton Low, Executive Producer
Kirstin Richter, Creative Director
Kelly Verchere, Program Coordinator
Dennis Chenard, International Partnership Manager
Adam Gooch, PopVox Awards
Jessica Schaap, Content Editor
Monica Krake, Marketing Coordinator
Philippe Filiatreault, Sponsorship Coordinator
Karen Sargeant, Registration Coordinator
Shylo Smith, Volunteer Coordinator

Program Committee:

Jennifer Ouano, President, Elastic Entertainment (Chair)
Michael Tippett, Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, Now Public
Wil Arndt, Principal & Creative Director, mod7
Mark Baxter, Co-founder & VP of Product Development, Fit Brains
Philipp Postrehovsky, MovieSet.com
Gordon Ross, Partner, OpenRoad Communications

New Media BC Board of Directors:

Rick Mischel, President, Reach Games (Chair)
Warren Franklin, CEO, Rainmaker (Vice Chair)
Carla Mauro, VP, Assistant General Manager, Nintendo of Canada (Treasurer)
James Topham, Partner, KPMG
Delna Bhesania, CEO, Bardel Entertainment
Howard Donaldson, VP, Studio Operations, Propaganda Games
McLean Mashingaidze-Greaves, President / Founder, The Nimble Company
Matthew Peters, Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Justin Webb, VP, Olympic Services, Bell Canada
Douglas Tronsgard, CEO, Next Level Games