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Pino Baldassare
Director / CEO
Logica
Holdings - Anne's Diary |
Pino Baldassarre has
held senior management and director
positions of new business start-ups
and established multinational organizations
and has over 25 years experience
in the Security and Communications
Industries. With leadership skills
in management of international operations,
shareholder exit strategies, and
overall business development, he
has utilized a wide range of strategic
programs to maximize organic growth
into specific industry segments
through OEM, alliances, and direct
multi-level distribution channels.
All while maximizing shareholder
value.
Most recently, Mr Baldassarre was
responsible for Business Development
of 123ID, a software development
corporation specializing in biometric
solutions, and acting President
and CEO of BPT Technologies, responsible
for the set up and implementation
of a North American division for
a European multinational company.
Over the years he has held many
senior positions such as the Managing
Director of The Logica Group, a
division of The Mackenzie Group,
NY, where he was responsible for
total corporate infrastructure development,
Intellikey Corporation Florida,
as Senior Vice President, and Pacific
Entrance Systems in Vancouver, where
he was President and CEO.
Pino is a recognized expert in his
field and he is regularly called
on to speak at conferences in both
Canada and the US on issues surrounding
National Security and merging technologies.
Pino holds a BA in Mathematics with
a minor in economics from York University,
Toronto and an MBA -INSEAD from
Fountainbleau, France. |
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Jason Hsaio
Founder
Animoto |
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The founders of Animoto
Productions include veterans from
the TV &
film industry. Their first release
is Animoto (animoto.com), a web
application that automatically produces
unique, MTV-style music videos
using the images and music our users
select. No two videos are ever
the same. Produced in a wide-screen
format, each video is a fully
customized orchestration. The heart
of Animoto is its patent-pending
Cinematic Artificial Intelligence
technology that thinks like an
actual director and editor.This
A.I. makes the same sophisticated
post-production skills & techniques
that are used in television and
film accessible to everyone. Animoto
is based in New York City with an
office in San Francisco. Jason Hsiao
is the Co-Founder & President
of
Animoto Productions. Prior to Animoto,
Jason served a producer on a
variety of shows for MTV, Comedy
Central, and VH1. |
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Gavin McGarry
Joost
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McGarry is an integrated
media consultant specializing
in cross platform content.
He currently consults for
global IPTV company Joost.com
created by the founders of Skype
as well as start up funding
organizations MELT, and
North West Vision and Media
in the UK. He returned to
Canada from London in 2007
where he was Head
of Cross Platform Business
Development at Endemol.
His responsibilities included
creating and exploiting
content across multiple
platforms including mobile,
online, and broadcast. His
background includes business
start ups, creative & production
for television and online,
advertising experience,
and mobile content production.
Gavin is a graduate of the
Alliance Atlantis Banff
Television Executive Program
and teaches a course for
WIFT and the Humber School
of Media Studies and Information
Technology on Emerging Technologies.
He lives in Toronto. |
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| Jennifer
MacLean
VP and GM,
Games
Comcast
(USA) |
Jen’s
responsibilities at Comcast
include management of Comcast's
games products across all platforms,
focusing on outstanding customer
experiences for both core and
casual gamers. During her four
years at Comcast, she has launched
multiple products and websites
for Comcast customers, including
the PlayGames casual gaming
website and Game Invasion service.
Jen has had a long and varied
career in game development,
specializing in online content.
After beginning her career
at Microprose Software in 1992,
she joined AOL in 1996 as a
Product Manager in the Games
Channel; during her tenure
at AOL, she held numerous positions
in the AOL brand programming
division, including Programming
Director for the Games Channel.
Jen is a frequent speaker at
interactive entertainment industry
events, and has earned a BA
in International Relations
from the Johns Hopkins University
and an MBA with a concentration
in International Business from
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| Thomas
Wallner
Co-President
Xenophile
Media |
A filmmaker and producer
with an extensive background in
documentary film production and
interactive media, Thomas Wallner
is a recipient of numerous awards
including five Gemini nominations,
two Gemini Awards and two Emmys.
Most recently Thomas conceived and
wrote the award winning documentary
Mozartballs and recently wrote the
screenplay for the documentary Inside
Hana’s Suitcase, based on an
internationally best-selling children’s
book, to be released in Canadian and
international cinemas in 2008/9.
Prior to founding Xenophile, Thomas
worked as a producer at Toronto’s
ExtendMedia where he was responsible
for the creative vision, financing,
planning and execution of a broad
range of acclaimed interactive TV,
web and CD-ROM projects for clients
such as Ford, Alliance Atlantis and
PBS. Together with Patrick Crowe,
Thomas was responsible for defining
and creating all that company’s
best known convergent media productions.
For the past sixteen years, Thomas
has had an ongoing creative partnership
with Rhombus Media’s Larry Weinstein.
Together they have made a number of
internationally acclaimed films that
have been broadcast in more than 30
countries, including My War Years:
Arnold Schoenberg, Solidarity Song:
The Hanns Eisler Story, Beethoven's
Hair and Mozartballs.Thomas is an
internationally-recognized speaker
and panelist on documentary production
and interactive media innovation and
has expanded Xenophile’s expertise
in cross-platform production, establishing
it as one of best recognized companies
in its field internationally. |
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Take advantage of this OMDC opportunity
and showcase your product at ICE2008!
The ICE 2008 Ontario Product Showcase will feature innovative recently or soon-to-be-released
Ontario products on all platforms that will engage the 450+ entrepreneurs,
executives and innovators in interactive media attending ICE.
This is your chance to have the ICE participants interact with your product – Be
creative, and have fun!
You’ll be in the Grand Foyer, which means right in the middle of the
conference, so you’ll be sure to capture the attention of all ICE participants.
SUBMIT
YOUR PROPOSAL FOR THE ICE 2008 PRODUCT
SHOWCASE NOW
Tell us about your product,
and how ICE delegates will interact
with it, and how you’ll like
to showcase it. All products for the
showcase will be selected in partnership
with the OMDC,
generous sponsors of the Product Showcase.
Deadline for submissions:
FEBRUARY 29
Read
the eligibility guidelines
The ICE 2008 Product Showcase is free of charge and open to all registered
ICE 2008 delegates. Register NOW if
you haven’t already, and take advance of the early bird savings and be
entered to win a red BlackBerry! Curve 8310!
Check
out more information about the ICE
2008 Product Showcase |
| "Fantastic
and content-rich event from start
to finish. I can't wait to see how
next year's event will take shape!"
- 2007
Delegate |
- Discover new innovations
in interactive content;
- Meet new partners, re-establish
contacts;
- Find a buyer or a seller
for your interactive products and
services;
- Get a peek at how successful
companies are creating value through
the creation of innovative products,
services and platforms.
- Online tools to assist
in matchmaking before the event;
- Online delegate area with
tools to showcase your company and
make yourself reachable to other
delegates;
- OneXOne Meetings - sign
up in advance for face-to-face meetings
with buyers and speakers;
- Four great
meals over two days;
- Two evening receptions
with live entertainment;
- Historic art deco ambiance
in the heart of downtown Toronto.
ICE 2008 attendees will include innovators,
entrepreneurs and executives from:
- Advertising Agencies
- Branding and Marketing
- Consumer Electronics
- Content Production
- Film
- Digital Rights Managaement
- Distribution
- Game Developers and Publishers
- Government Departments
- Legal
- Mobile/Wireless
- Management Consultants
- Multi-Platform
- Music
- Radio
- Software / Applications
- Television
- Venture Capitalists and Finance
- Web and Broadband
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| "Excellent
conference: succinct, concise, provocative,
informed and informative." - 2006
Delegate |
Over 440 people
from across Canada and around the world came to the Carlu for three days of
dialogue and deals around Canada's largest Interactive Media business event.
With a grand total of 120 speakers, 34 sessions
and 3 great receptions, the second installment of our
annual conference was rated highly by our delegates as a top-notch networking
and knowledge gathering opportunity! |
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Interested in the many volunteer opportunities
at ICE 2008? Contact lori@interactiveontario.com |
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