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May 02
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mesh announces new keynotes and presenters

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With just under a month before the ninth mesh conference kicks off in Toronto, May 27 and 28, the organizers announced the latest round of outstanding keynotes and presenters at this year’s event:

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Neil Harbison redefines wearable tech, literally. Neil is a Catalan contemporary artist, composer and cyborg activist best known for his ability to hear and perceive colours outside of human vision. He was born with achromatopsia, a condition that only allows him to see in grey scale. In 2013, Neil had an antenna surgically implanted that now allows him not only to perceive colour as sound but to connect live to the colours that others can see. He’ll be talking about new communication possibilities that go beyond our traditional senses.

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Boris Wertz is one of the top tech early-stage investors in North America and the founding partner of version one ventures. His impressive portfolio includes over 50 successful consumer Internet and enterprise companies, including Clio, Flurry, Frank & Oak, Indiegogo, Top Hat and Wattpad. Boris is also a board partner with Andreessen Horowitz and one of the founders of start-up accelerator GrowLab.  He and Jevon MacDonald, co-founder and general manager of GoInstant, will discuss the state of startup funding in Canada and where they believe it should be heading.

“We’re thrilled to have two prominent Canadian entrepreneurs, talents and investors on the stage in Boris Wertz and Jevon MacDonald,” says mesh co-founder Stuart MacDonald.

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Darren McColl in conversation with David Bradfield (closing keynote) – Darren (Daz) is co-author of Storyscaping; Stop Creating Ads, Start Creating Worlds (April, 2014) and chief brand strategy officer of SapientNitro, a new breed of agency redefining storytelling for an always-on world. He and David will discuss how to create an intelligent story system rooted in a creative organizing idea, that’s fueled by innovative technology and creates more meaningful brand-consumer connections. This session will help you activate much of what you’ve learned over the course of the conference.

Other presenters include: Erin Bury, 88Creative, Berry Wellman, NetLab, Melissa Shapiro, WattPad, Jean-Luc David, Alertly and more.

See the full line-up of speakers and the schedule.

Stay tuned for more news!

Mar 07
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Announcing mesh12: It’s time to mesh

By mesh news, mesh12

It’s hard to believe the seventh mesh is just over the horizon. From its humble roots as an event created so Canadians could come together to talk about the exciting things happening on the Web, mesh has become Canada’s largest digital conference with speakers coming from around the world and more than 700 attendees.

We’re proud about what we’ve built but the reality is you need to keep evolving to stay fresh, current and relevant. With this in mind, we’re excited to finally unveil a new and, hopefully, improved mesh featuring a different format and focus.

The biggest change is the four dedicated streams – media, marketing, business and society – are disappearing. Instead, discussions about each topic will happen on both days to provide attendees with more choices to meet their personal and professional needs.

Second, there will be fewer sessions overall. How come? As much as it was great to offer an extensive “menu” of options, we believe (based on lots of feedback) that attendees are interested in delivering content that’s challenging and provocative that will resonate with mesh attendees and provide tons of food for thought.

We believe these are changes that will maintain mesh as an inspiring two-day event that educates, engages and entertains at a time when people have more options and, at the same time, only so much time to escape the office.

The one thing that won’t change about mesh is the importance of networking. As much as having great speakers is a must-have, a key part of mesh’s success is creating an atmosphere that encourages people from different sectors to meet each other, share ideas and establish new relationships. In other words, mesh remains about meshing.

As for who’s coming to mesh, we’re stoked about a line-up of speakers that includes Clay Hamilton, Dave Winer, Andy Carvin, Rebecca MacKinnon, Dr. Michael Evans and Stewart Lombard. We’ll announce more speakers over the coming weeks.

You can register for early-bird tickets for $579 (regular price $679), and we have student tickets for $99.

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