Interactive Project Lab
Cross Platform Mentorship Lab
October 26 - 30, 2006
Application deadline: October 9
This annual Interactive Project Lab (IPL) workshop is aimed at furthering Canadian digital media content and technology creators' skills for the interactive media market. The Banff Cross Platform Mentorship Lab focuses on:
- The growing number of delivery platforms and revenue strategies
- Audience development
- Customized business plan support
- Cross platform design and distribution
- Legal counselling
- How to maximize your network
- Effective documentation and presentation of materials/skills
10 Projects (2 members from each team) will receive a full scholarship to attend the lab in Banff!
Scholarship includes: flight, meals, and accommodation, and tuition.
Apply Now!
To apply to for this exciting and intensive mentorship, please send a letter of intent outlining:
- Product name and description
- Name and title (function) of key partners in the project
- Project plan development timeline (e.g. what stage is it at now, what stage will it be at six months from now, what stage will it be at 12 months from now)
- The two strongest aspects of the product plan
- The two biggest challenges of the product plan
- The kind of strategic advice you need
- Funding sources secured and in the process of being secured
- A short biography of all key partners working on this product plan
- A URL of your prototype (if available)
We encourage Aboriginal producers and companies to apply.
The best projects coming out of this four day intensive Lab will be eligible for financial investment and production support from the IPL.
IPL Mentor Bios
Yoshio Arima, Interface Designer, Electronic Arts
After seven years in the post production world, an opportunity at Mainframe Entertainment took Yoshio Arima to Vancouver for a 3D modeling job. He became a member of a small team working on two IMAX 3D-ridefilms based on the “Reboot” television series. Five years later he moved to Electronic Arts in Burnaby, where his dream to work on video games came true. Hired as a 3D artist on “SledStorm”, he soon worked on “Fifa Soccer” and “SSX3”; later crossing between 3D modeling and 2D Interface Design for games such as “NBAStreet V3” and “SSX On Tour”.
Along side his “work” career path, his inner voice always craved expression and his company Bent Perspectives on Design became the outlet for this expression. His style ranges from graphic design for clients, to unique in-store displays, as well as his own line of thought cards. Animation work now includes intro animations for the podcasts “CommandN” and “MuzikDEN” and the show opening for G4TechTV's “Torrent”.
Marty Avery, Chief Catalyst, What-if?
Marty Avery is Chief Catalyst and founder of What if?, a business development strategy based in Calgary that helps leading, bleeding-edge and hard to understand companies connect with the people they need to know in a meaningful way. Over the last twenty years, Marty has researched, created and implemented merchandise, brand and sales strategies for a diverse group of businesses. Folks like Roots, The Framing and Arts Centres, Cornell Trading, Apple, Ivanhoe Cambridge, Sunlife Financial Real Estate, and McMillian Binch have benefited from Marty's expertise.
Among her growing list of client collaboration are The Body Shop, Second Cup, Sklar Peppler, Miller Thomson, I.C.S International, McMillan Binch, Kids and Company, CBC Radio, Atlantic Women Business Owners, Whetstone, Chicken Soup for the Beauty Professionals Soul, and over a dozen technology-based start-ups. She's participated in the Prime Minister's Task Force for Women in Business, and has been a guest lecturer at the Women Presidents Organization Annual Conference, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Ryerson University, the Banff New Media Institute's Interactive Project Lab and the Canadian Film Centre's Habitat New Media Lab.
She has received one North American and six national marketing awards and is a member of the American Marketing Association.
Michael Ede, Principal, REI Inc.
Over the past 18 years, Michael Ede has worked in business development and marketing roles in both early-stage and multinational companies in the hardware, software solutions and communications infrastructure sectors. He has experience in negotiating and managing technology partnerships, developing reference account relationships, creating strategic plans for market entry and growth, managing projects and positioning business for acquisition and investment.
His current consulting practice provides business development services to early-stage international technology companies that are entering the American market and want presence in Silicon Valley. Prior to founding RIE, Inc, Michael worked in product marketing for Packeteer in Silicon Valley and as director of corporate development for Apple Canada.
Louie Ghiz, Investment Analyst, Telefilm
Louie Ghiz is an Investment Analyst for Telefilm Canada in the Atlantic Region. He has been with Telefilm since 2000. Currently Louie handles evaluation, negotiation, contracting and monitoring of New Media projects for both the Halifax and Toronto office. He also represents the interests of the Atlantic Region in the Telefilm New Media Sector. Previously Louie worked in production accounting at Picture Plant Ltd and on various TV and Feature Film productions. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Saint Mary's University.
Ravi Shukla, Technology Counsel, Lang Michener
Ravi Shukla's practice focuses on information technology and Internet law and emphasizes the intellectual property law. Although he at one time had a significant involvement in litigation matters he now approaches his practice primarily from the standpoint of a solicitor. He acts in an ongoing capacity for significant suppliers of information technology products and services, as well as significant customers of those products and services, and projects arising from those relationships have encompassed outsourcing projects.
His emphasis encompasses structuring technology enterprises, technology development, licensing, and transfers. Ravi has experience obtaining, licensing, and enforcing patent and trade secret rights, as well as counselling clients concerning the protection of privacy rights, confidential information and other intellectual property assets. He has a strong background in matters involving online marketing and promotions, and has served on the boards of both public and private organizations ranging in size from large multi-billion dollar enterprises to technology focused start-ups.
Ravi is a frequent writer and speaker on matters within his professional interest.
Please submit all application information and direct inquiries to:
Tahira Baulackey, Coordinator, Interactive Project Lab
Email: tahira_baulackey@banffcentre.ca
Only successful applicants will be contacted. For more information visit www.iplab.ca.
The Interactive Project Lab (IPL) is an on-going cross-disciplinary Canadian new media development initiative encouraging a professional knowledge transfer between creatives and the interactive market. The activities of the IPL are complemented by the activities of the Banff New Media Institute, Habitat New Media Lab at the Canadian Film Centre, and the L'Institut national de l'image et du son in Montreal.
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