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Dolby
For 50 years, sight and sound experiences have become more vibrant, clear and powerful in Dolby. Best known for high-quality audio and surround sound, Dolby technologies support over 5000 game console titles, 1200 mobile games titles, and are now empowering the next generation of HTML5 solutions for PCs and tablets. Visit Dolby Developer for the latest information on how to best use Dolby technologies within your project.
The Samsung Developer Program is a support and marketing organization that enables developers’ success within the Samsung Ecosystem. We work with our partner’s hand in hand in an effort to create the best engaging content and unique experience for our customers. Join the Samsung Developer Program.
Adobe Creative Cloud gives you all of the Adobe web tools, along with industry-leading design, video and photography apps, so you can create without limits. With ongoing enhancements, a growing library of training resources, sharing and collaboration capabilities, and access to your content from almost anywhere, Creative Cloud is always evolving – just like you.
We help cloud developers build applications faster with less code, reduce development costs, and effortlessly scale those apps. Learn about best practices and take advantage of low code tools today to accelerate your web and mobile front-end development.
Rangle is a product transformation consultancy that partners with enterprise-level companies and scale-ups to solve their most complex digital challenges. Our expert teams work directly with clients to embed the practices of leading companies by co-creating goals, growth strategy, processes and products. We work smart, and we work fast — we’ve delivered best-in-class apps in three months, and can guide any organization to launch a design system within three to six months, using our open source accelerators.
TribalScale is a digital firm specialized in creating connected digital experiences by providing three key pillars of service; Product Development, Digital Transformation, and Venture Creation and Investment. Our teams are headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Dubai. TribalScale works with premium brands to usher businesses into the connected age, while fostering the growth and success of young startups.
Assiniboine Community College is committed to being a college that is the first choice of students, that students enjoy attending, that students are proud to graduate from and whose graduates are sought after by employers.
Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything
Globacore Interactive is a creative technology studio that makes digital experiences for any space. Specializing in game development, custom electronic hardware, motion graphics, video magic, touchscreens, VR, AR, Big-Pressable-Buttons, websites, applications and more. Globacore is an experiential studio with experience to fill a stadium, using physical and digital elements to tell stories for brands, products, people and events. With the combined knowledge of traditionally trained computer scientists and the aesthetic vision of digital artists, Globacore has the key skills and talents to enable them to stay at the cutting edge of interactive design and development. Globacore has deployed activations in cities around the world including New York, Hong Kong, Paris, London, Barcelona, Dubai and all over the US and Canada. They play nice in the sandbox with advertising agencies, marketers, brand strategists, exhibit designers and museum curators, and encourage their customers to come to them with any idea.
We’re on a mission to offer the best learning experiences for people who want to learn coding, design or other digital skills. Our recipe is a combination of hands-on, project based learning from industry-leading professionals. Our courses feature small classes and a 10:1 ratio of students to instructors, hosted at our custom-designed 12,000 square foot learning centre in downtown Toronto. This is the year you should level up with us. Join our 1000+ alumni and climb the corporate ladder, upgrade your skills, or start an exciting new career. We’re here to help you get there
Images are the most important connective tissue of the Internet, informing peoples’ buying decisions, linking content to people, and people to each other. Most businesses wrongly view images as a long-solved problem despite the visual media landscape becoming more complicated and diverse than ever in the last ten years. Getting your images wrong has negative consequences that will compound over time, severely limiting your business in unexpected and resounding ways. The challenges are especially apparent for highly interactive websites with frequent updates and rich multimedia content.
At imgix, we make enhancing your business through images simple. Integrate your image repositories with our platform, and you can effortlessly create and deliver optimized images to any device worldwide in minutes. Count on us for image management, rendering, and top-tier technologies like AVIF, HLS transcoding, and image AI. Instead of managing multiple tools and keeping up with evolving tech, let us handle it all.
MetaVRse is a leading Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality (XR) product development company focused on the business applications of XR technology. MetaVRse COO Julie Smithson is the President of the VR/AR Association Toronto Chapter.
At Mozilla, we’re a global community of technologists, thinkers and builders working together so people worldwide can be informed contributors and creators of the Web. Our mission is to ensure the Internet is a global public resource, open and accessible to all, where individuals can shape their own experience and are empowered, safe and independent.
At Precima, we thrive on analytics strategy and data-driven insights for our retail customers. We are technologists at heart, and through our commitment to innovation and continuous improvement, we are the fastest growing line of business in the Alliance Data family. With a start-up vibe and a passion for delivering great analytics experiences, we are looking for people to join us on our journey. We use some of the latest and greatest technologies; Angular4, machine learning, and AWS. We would love to meet with you to discuss how you could help shape the next generation of our products.
With campuses across the Greater Toronto Area, Seneca Polytechnic offers degrees, diplomas and certificates renowned for their quality and respected by employers. Combining the highest academic standards with practical, hands-on learning, expert teaching faculty and the latest technology ensures Seneca graduates are career-ready. The School of Creative Arts and Animation is a recognized global training leader in animation, interactive media, documentary filmmaking, graphic design, music, acting and illustration, and is ranked among Canada’s top training programs for animation and visual effects. Seneca Polytechnic is also the home of the Seneca Film Institute.
With stores in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Mississauga and Ottawa, Vistek has served as Canada’s top camera and photo-equipment retailer for more than 40 years. Meeting the needs of both the professional and consumer markets, Vistek offers a wide selection of the best and latest products, along with expert advice from knowledgeable staff and industry insiders. It remains the first-choice one-stop shop for photo, video and digital-imaging gear among professionals and hobbyists alike.
We have a simple philosophy at Vitamin T: to personally place the best creative talent in the best jobs for the best ad agencies and mid-sized companies around. Connect with us at vitamintalent.com.
Porter Airlines revolutionized short-haul flying in 2006 with a commitment to speed, convenience and service. Effortless travel, genuine hospitality, and amenities that enhance the traveller’s journey, are all delivered in style and comfort.
Porter has since added new Embraer E195-E2 jets to our fleet of Dash 8-400 planes, extending our award-winning regional service to destinations throughout North America. Porter continues to offer a unique, all-economy experience that includes complimentary wine, beer and premium snacks for all passengers. The E195-E2 fleet also features fast, free WiFi and an enhanced catering menu with fresh, healthy meals for longer flights.
More than 15 million people and businesses around the world use MailChimp’s marketing automation platform to to reach their customers and grow their business. Our features and integrations give e-commerce retailers the power to send beautiful marketing emails, automated messages, and targeted ad campaigns, and our detailed reports help them keep improving over time. Our quickly growing team loves empowering small businesses, so that’s what we focus on every day.
From its inception in 1998, (mt) Media Temple has been on a mission to help people and businesses succeed online. Over 125,000 customers in 100 countries now rely on Media Temple’s simple tools for domain registration, web hosting, business applications, virtual servers, and other cloud services to power more than 1.5 million websites.
Jam3 is one of the world’s top digital production and design agencies. We specialize in creating highly advanced, experiential works in both the advertising and entertainment industries. We’re a culture of dreamers and doers who prove that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. We’re known for challenging the way digital stories are told. Our work often incorporates everything from live action, animation and sound design to coded particle systems and complex 3D engines. If it is possible, Jam3 can do it.
Tendril is an international production studio with a passion for design-driven stories and experiences. With studios in Toronto and São Paulo, their staff consists of directors, art directors, editors, animators, designers, artists, writers, developers, producers, and strategists who have a shared ethos: create stunning work that gets noticed. With full production, interactive, and animation capabilities, and an online finishing department, Tendril is a creative partner for projects of all shapes and sizes; often from concept to delivery.
Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) is responsible for stimulating job creation and investment in the province’s cultural media industries including book and magazine publishing, music, film, television, and interactive digital media.
OMDC works to foster an advantageous business environment, facilitates innovation, supports cross-sector collaboration, enhances and leverages investment, and promotes Ontario as an international centre of excellence.
The agency administers a range of programs and funds including tax credits, investment funds, research initiatives, and events.
Twitter: @OMDCtweets Facebook and Youtube: OMDConline
The City of Toronto offers many programs and services to help residents and businesses. These are even more important in times of economic uncertainty. We are improving our services to help Torontonians – especially youth and people looking for work. For business owners and new start-ups we want to provide you with the information and the tools you need to help make sure your business is a success.
The Creative Group (TCG) is a leader among creative and marketing staffing agencies. We specialize in connecting interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations talent with the best companies. As a division of Robert Half, TCG offers flexible solutions to meet companies’ project, contract-to-hire and full-time employment needs. We can also scale for large projects that require a team of creative professionals and, by partnering with our sister division Robert Half Technology, deliver the most efficient and cost-effective staffing solutions for complex digital projects that call for both creative and technical skills. With locations in major markets across the United States and in Canada, TCG is proud to serve as a respected community partner in the cities where we live and work. More information, including job-hunting services, candidate portfolios and TCG’s blog, can be found on our website.
Pearson Technology Group is the most respected publisher of technology books for all levels of knowledge and experience from imprints including Peachpit Press, Que, Sams and Adobe Press. At their booth, Pearson is partnered with Swipe Design, an independent bookstore that brings together the finest collection of architecture, design and advertising books from around the world. Show Special: 30% off all titles.
TAL Group is one of Toronto’s leading IT & Mobile Recruitment Agencies. The company currently spans across 3 cities throughout North America and Europe, and maintains a database of over 175,000 accessible skilled professionals. Our team currently services multiple organizations listed within Canada’s Top 100 Companies and the Forbes Top 50. For more information about our services, please visit www.talgroup.net or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Instagram.
At Panago, fresh is key and we’re not just delicious pizza – we’ve got a variety of salads, breadsticks, fire-grilled wings and organic juices to fuel your active lifestyle. With options like our Gluten Smart crusts and dairy-free cheese, we really do have something for everyone!
There’s healthy. There’s tasty. Then there’s healthy and tasty. At KIND, we believe you deserve both – we call it our brAND philosophy. That’s why you’ll find all of our snacks are pretty much the nirvana of healthful tastiness. What began with just 8 bar varieties in 2004 has grown to over 16 bars and 4 Healthy Grains snackable clusters, and a multitude of new recipes being perfected and refined to our standards in the KIND kitchen. So whether your snacking style is choosy or adventurous (or a little bit of both), here’s something to celebrate: we’ll always be thinking up new ways to delight your taste buds and keep your body happy.
Ener-C is a delicious effervescent multivitamin drink featuring 1,000 mg of Vitamin C as mineral ascorbates. Ener-C is the caffeine-free low sugar replacement for sport drinks, energy drinks and other caffeinated beverages. Ener-C provides immune and thyroid support, B vitamins, electrolytes, and so much more!
Launched in 1986, Applied Arts is Canada’s premier magazine of visual communications offering gorgeous imagery, strong opinion, timely information and essential industry insight to senior and emerging creative professionals in graphic design, interactive design, advertising, photography and illustration. In addition to the magazine, Applied Arts offers a variety of media platforms to deliver relevant content and special industry events, including the annual Creative Futures Expo, which delivers a pipeline for aspiring art students to connect with industry professionals. Whether delivered in print, online or in person, Applied Arts continues to provide unmatched inspiration and relevant information to Canadian creative professionals.