Starting today, listen to podcasts and streaming audio interviews with many of our great ICE08 speakers. Hosted by Alan Sawyer of Two Solitudes, each short segment gives you some insight into the issues and ideas that will frame the conversations at the event.

Available from the ICE08 homepage.

1 x 1 Meetings: Sign up starting tomorrow!
Is there someone on our speaker list you've been dying to meet? Looking to buy, sell or lisence your content or technology? Access our ICExchange Delegate area on our website to sign up to meet up to 5 ICE speakers.

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The End of Copyright (as we know it)?

Almost everybody agrees that creators should be paid fairly for the works they produce. But as Chris Anderson points out in his recent Wired article, the new economic of the Internet dicate that "the moment a company's primary expenses become things based in silicon, free becomes not just an option but the inevitable destination." Do digital cultural and entertainment have real monetary value in the eyes of consumers? In what manner are they willing to pay? Do our copyright laws, particularly those that prevent personal sharing and mixing, have any real impact? Or are there new economic and legislative models we ought to embrace?

Explore the business, legal and economic issues with some of Canada's top minds.

Alan Sawyer (Principal, Two Solitudes) leads a panel with Susan Abromovitch
(Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP), Claude Gallipeau (VP Interactive Media, Astral Media Inc.), & Ajay Agrawal (Peter Munk Professor of Entrepreneurship, Rotman School of Business).

Panel:

END OF COPYRIGHT?
March 28 - 2:15 - 3:15pm - Round Room

Games in the Age of Persuasion

Is adding marketing dollars to game development changing the nature of play?
Games have incredible power to engage - which has been used to connect consumers to branding, blurring the line between play and consumption. If it's a great game does it matter?

Does marketing enhance the play experience with $, or degrade through distraction?

Join Austin Hill, Co-Founder & CEO, Executive Instigator, Akoha as he gets the answers from Ian Bogost, Co-Founder, Persuasive Games (USA) and Jim McNiven, CEO, Kerb.

Panel:

GAMES & MARKETING: Walking the Line?
March 28 - 10:30 - 11:30am - Round Room

Meet the Geeknews Team @ ICE08!

Geeknews will be recording various bits of ICE. Look for them - they might just
pull you aside and ask for your thoughts on the business of interactive
media!

These ICE08 webisodes will be available after ICE. See select sessions you missed, and watch daily recaps of what went down @ ICE08!

Geeknews is a New Media news magazine show following the latest in what’s making news online. Covering technology, gaming, viral videos and Fanboy entertainment.
www.geeknews.com

Rapid Fire: Ontario's hottest companies in the spotlight

Ontario companies are definitely hot when it comes to creating leading edge products in the interactive media industry. This short but sizzling session will shine the spotlight on Ontario companies – including some of our ICE exhibitors! - for 5 minute presentations. Come check them out!

March 28 - 11:30am - Sky Room

REMINDER: SUBMISSION DEADLINE TODAY!

Are you really cheesed about something?
Is there something you need to get off your chest? What issues really drive you mad?

Want a chance to share with the rest of the industry?

Fire@ICE, an interactive rant competition, gives you five minutes on stage March 28 to tell the world what you REALLY feel about the issue that affect you. Be creative and tell us what bothers you and how you would like to share your thoughts on the main stage at ICE 2008.

More info and how to apply at www.ice08.com/about/fire

The most popular rant wins a special prize!