Digital momentum over the long haul: that's what Canada 3.0 is about. The event itself provides a once-a-year opportunity for Canadians in digital media to come together to discuss the key issues and make the plans required to propel Canada to a leadership position in global digital media. But Canada 3.0 is greater than an event - it's a shared idea that requires the energy and passion of inventors, academia, entrepreneurs, industry, and government to become reality. The Canada 3.0 Community provides the repository for collecting and sharing the information, discussion, and outcomes of our collaborations.

Canada 3.0 is a join effort of UW's Stratford Institute and the Canadian Digital Media Network. We recognized in 2008 that Canada had existing expertise in many areas digital media. Though the industry was (and is) dispersed, our national know-how could be harnessed to create greater momentum for all areas of digital media. Canada 3.0 was born to start the discussion. To create critical connections and networks. And to determine - as a group - how we can position our nation to advantage as we move from the 2.0 world of information sharing, collaboration, interoperability, and user-centred design to 3.0: the next stage of digital - whatever it may look like.

About the Stratford Institute

The Stratford Institute is a forward-looking outreach, research and commercial convergence centre that will drive the next generation of digital media learning, technologies, applications and content models. Leading researchers, businesses, and entrepreneurs will collaborate to create, examine and commercialize opportunities in the digital media field. Visit: www.stratfordinstitute.uwaterloo.ca

About the Canadian Digital Media Network

The Canadian Digital Media Network will connect Canada's digital media hubs - regional, provincial, national and global - to build research, technology, and digital commercialization depth and expertise. It's designed to create momentum in Canada's digital economy through focused commercialization, access to critical resources and strong partnerships between the business and research communities.  Visit: www.cdmn.ca

About the University of Waterloo - Stratford

The UW-Stratford Campus will immerse students in a rich, technology-driven environment where theory and practice, science and commerce, creativity and innovation merge. The campus, located in Stratford, Ontario, will provide undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to explore and create digital media content while working closely with researchers, companies and entrepreneurs. Visit: www.arts.uwaterloo.ca

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