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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A selection of keynotes and speakers from past VIDFEST:

John Walker, Feature Film Producer/Director of Production, Pixar Animation Studios

Don Mattrick, former President, Electronic Arts Worldwide

Terry McBride, CEO, Nettwerk Music Group

Nolan Bushnell, Founder, Atari / PONG Creator CEO, Founder of uWink, Inc.

Dr. Ray Muzyka, Co-CEO, BioWare

Joshua Davis, Designer, www.joshuadavis.com

Mark Verheiden, Co-Executive Producer; Writer, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

Ori Brafman, Co-author, The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

Amanda Tapping, Lead Actor, Executive Producer, Sanctuary

David McGrath, Director of Development, MTV and MTV Animation

Mark Pesce, Honorary Associate, University of Sydney / Author, ‘The Playful World: How Technology is Transforming Our Imagination’

Sander Schwartz, President, Warner Brothers Animation

Douglas Gayeton, Chief Creative Officer, Millions of Us

Andrew Keen, Author, “The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture”

Glenn Entis, VP/Chief Visual Officer, Electronic Arts WW Studios

Paul Marino, Executive Director, Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences; Author, The Art of Machinima

Madeleine Levesque, Director of Original Production, Teletoon

Cliff Plumer, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Domain

Dave Sylvestre, Group Creative Director, Organic

Malcolm Garrett, Creative Director, AIG (Applied Information Group)

Ken Lobb, Studio Manager of Studio RX, Microsoft Corp

Victor Lucas, Executive Producer & Co-Host, Electric Playground

Heather Kenyon, Director of Development, Original Animation, Cartoon Network

Dr. Ron Burnett, President, Emily Carr Institute / Author, How Images Think

Anastasia Goodstein, Publisher, ypulse.com; Author, “Totally Wired: What Teens And Tweens Are Really Doing Online”