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Over two dozen of the province’s brightest high tech companies will shine at NextBC, a celebration of British Columbia innovation in our digital and new media industries. You can help choose which one deserves top honors.
The Digital Media and Wireless Association of B.C. (better known as DigiBC) is holding this inaugural event at TELUS World of Science (a.k.a. Science World) on Thursday, May 15. The event kicks off at 6 PM, and during the evening 25 local companies will be celebrated under the spotlight.
For the first 90 minutes you'll be able to learn about each of the contenders as they showcase their cutting edge technology. You can leave your vote for the company that strike you as the best of the best, with the top winner slated to receive the audience choice award later that evening. Gold, silver and bronze awards will also be handed out from a panel of industry judges.
“There are awards shows recognizing past, current and great technologies; but we want to identify who is paving innovation for the future of B.C.,” says Howard Donaldson, President of DigiBC. “NextBC will showcase 25 chosen companies to celebrate in front of peers, industry leaders and media.”
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British Columbia is home to over tens of thousands of companies that deliver world-class products and solutions in the digital space. From innovative technology start-ups, clean energy development think tanks, special effects studios, video game developers, animation houses and digital marketing agencies, over 70,000 people are employed in these various high tech fields – and every year it’s growing.
Tickets for NextBC are available along with discounts for students and members of certain associations. I’ll be going to the event and will be back with coverage of the night, the winners, and other cool nuggets of info for you to munch on.
Here are the 25 nominated companies up for awards at NextBC:
Avigilon -- surveillance solutions
Build Direct -- eCommerce site for building materials
CapTherm Systems -- cooling systems for high-powered electronics
CineCoup -- film accelerator
Cognilab -- social research
Conquer Mobile -- mobile app development
D-Wave Systems ---quantum computing
Electronic Arts Canada -- video games
EchoSec -- image search
Elix Wireless -- wireless electrical charging
Fusion Pipe Software Solutions
Gener8 -- stereoscopic 3D conversion
General Fusion -- clean energy
HootSuite -- social media dashboard & analytics
IoT Design Shop -- connected devices
Medeo -- online medical services
MTT Innovation -- image processing & transmission
Payfirma -- payment processing for eCommerce
PayWith -- mobile rewards and payment
PHEMI Health Systems -- big data applications for the health industry
POF -- online dating
Recon Instruments -- heads-up display technology
Trulioo -- online identity security
Urthecast -- video platform technology
Vision Critical -- community building & customer insight
Purchase tickets for NextBC by clicking here.
DigiVan covers Vancouver's burgeoning start-up, technology, new media and digital scene. Work at a local company that's developing something cool? Contact Patrick Sauriol on Twitter @ Arcane_Bimmer.
