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Show off your company to thousands of visitors
Next February, Vancouver will host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Millions of visitors and thousands of media and business representatives from around the world will be in Vancouver before, during, and after the event. Showcase innovative wireless and new media technologies and create a Service that will provide locals and visitors with an enhanced experience in Vancouver.
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User Experience + Media
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. No Olympic Games in the history were able to offer a mobile and new media experience like the Olympic and Paralympic Games can. The exposure to 3,000 non-accredited media and hundreds of business development contacts is priceless.
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Content + Community + Commercialization
The BC wireless and new media industries have never collaborated on such a large scale on such a focused world class project. Opportunity to show that we are truly a world class wireless and new media cluster!
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Canada, BC, and Vancouver Brand
We need to tell the world our story and make sure that the world sees that Vancouver, BC and Canada are more than just beautiful mountains, grizzlies, geese and Mounties.
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Wireless and New Media Showcase and Service
Next February, Vancouver will host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Millions of visitors and thousands of media and business representatives from around the world will be in Vancouver before, during, and after the event, bringing with them millions of wireless devices. Never before has an Olympic event offered visitors wireless tools to enhance their experience during their time on the ground in a host city.
This initiative seizes the unprecedented opportunity to Showcase innovative wireless and new media technologies in the region and to provide locals and visitors with a Service that will enhance their experience in Vancouver.
It is a joint, industry lead initiative of WINBC and New Media BC consisting of two components: a focused Showcase and a targeted Service, both aimed at the non-accredited media, business delegates and other visitors.
How it works
Companies and individuals selected to participate will be required to make an in-kind donation of employee hours to the project. And although there is no mandatory monetary cost involved for selected participants, as an industry lead initiative, it is expected that some companies will make a cash contribution to the project.
What applications/services are needed?
Any innovative product/service in the wireless, LBS, social media, visitor info services, web 2.0, gaming, TV, film, entertainment, digital media that is produced by a BC or Canadian company.
Why should I participate?
- Get exposure for your company in front of 3,000 non-accredited media and hundreds of thousands of visitors.
- Connect yourself with economic opportunities created by the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games; build capacity; develop new relationships, realize investment and commercialization opportunities.
- Collaborate with peers from all sides of the wireless and new media community on a focused, world-class project.
- Create an innovation system that will connect R&D with industry's commercialization focus, develop new content and work in a truly open development process.
- Provide a unique and valuable service that will enhance the experience for visitors, locals, media, and athletes in Vancouver.
- Build a legacy.
Who can participate?
- Any BC or Canadian company/organization involved in wireless or new media
- Entrepreneurs, developers, designers and students from all sides of the wireless and new media community