DemoCamp + ICE08 - Blog Contest + Guidelines for Proposals

[michele perras]

This year the Toronto DemoCamp community and Interactive Ontario are
collaborating and featuring a DemoCamp session at ICE08, March 26-28,
2008 at the Carlu in downtown Toronto. Very exciting news!

As well, IO is giving away 2 full passes to ICE08 through our blog
contest. Details for both below! If you have any questions, please
drop me a line. Looking forward to seeing you at ICE08!

Blog Contest
Innovation. Creativity. Enterprise. ICE 2008 is the platform for
showcasing and discussing these themes, bringing together the best in
digital media in Canada and abroad. ICE08 looks across the media and
tech landscape, identifying the trends and issues that will shape our
digital future. We want to know what that future looks like to you -
who are the leaders, what are the brightest ideas, and with what tools
will the future in Canada be created? What's your vision?

Tell us in approximately 300 words (or 2 minutes)! All forms of
bloggable media are accepted, and must be tagged with "ICE08" to be
eligible. Posts will be juried by members of io and the Democamp
community, and the criteria of innovation, creativity and enterprise
must be addressed.

The deadline for submissions is midnight on March 14, 2008. If you
win, and have already registered, your ticket will be refunded 100%.
Early Bird registration ends at midnight on February 29, 2008.

DemoCamp at ICE08
March 26-28, 2008.
Proposal forms for Demos/Ignites can be found here
Deadline for proposals is March 14, 2008

Got something to demo? Thinking about how to Ignite the crowd at ICE
08?

If you had five minutes to show off your stuff or ignite ICE 08, what
would you say? Would you launch a game or a website? Teach a practice
or process? Give an awesome case? Talk about recent learnings,
successes, failures?

The rules are pretty simple. The session runs an hour and 15 minutes.
Demos and Ignite talks are 5 minutes. Demoers don't get PowerPoint/
Keynote/etc. (if you really need slides, please talk to the DemoCamp
Stewards after your session has been accepted). Remember: demos are
not a sales pitch! Use your time on stage to inspire the community and
to show off your accomplishments. Ignite presentations are 20 slides x
15 seconds/slide and the presenter does not have control over the
slide advancement. All Ignite decks must be submitted to the Stewards
before the event in PowerPoint format.

We're looking for Ontario interactive media and technology companies
to celebrate and inspire the community. If you're interested, fill out
the form. Please note that we're looking for talks that will inspire
and teach, not recruiting or product pitches.

DemoCamp is a variation of the un-conference style of event, started
by the TorCamp group in order to have more regular meetings where
community members share what they've been working on, demo their
products, and meet others. We're thrilled to be part of ICE08 and to
help celebrate the amazing work and ideas thriving in Ontario, and
look forward to sharing a stage with you and your fantastic creations.