Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. With 5,249 people per square kilometre (13,590 per sq mile), the City of Vancouver is the most densely populated Canadian municipality among those with 5,000 residents or more. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada, with 52% for whom English is not their first language.
About MoMoVan
Mobile Monday Vancouver is an open forum held for the global community of digital media and wireless industry professionals. It fosters cooperation and networking among interest groups, industry people and their companies by providing the logistics and opportunities for personal and virtual contacts.
- We hope to open a long-lasting conversation that is relevant to the digital media and wireless community in Vancouver, BC and the world.
- We want to increase opportunities for casual networking, for identifying quality local talent, accessing early stage companies, building strategic partnerships and developing more business and businesses.
- We want to continue promoting local innovation and collaboration in the wireless, video gaming, special effects, interactive media and Web 2.0 industry, from small start-ups, to large companies, to research labs.
Profile
- Visionaries, entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, designers, investors
- Students, PhDs, professors from UBC, SFU, UVIC and BCIT and elsewhere
- DigiBC members and non-members with an interest in digital media and wireless technologies
- Members of other technology associations and government agencies
- Members of local media, Web 2.0 and blogging community
Local hub
The Digital Media + Wireless Association of BC – is a member-supported, non-profit organization, based in Vancouver, BC Canada. Our members include world-class companies such as EA (Electronic Arts), Disney Interactive, Rainmaker Entertainment, Nokia Vancouver, Sierra Wireless and others. There are over 1,300 companies in our sector, creating innovative products in wireless and mobile, video gaming, animation and VFX, web 2.0 and social media, interactive marketing and e-learning. Collectively, our sector employs 22,000 people and generates revenues of $3 billion a year – making us one of the most significant contributors to British Columbia’s economic well-being.
