2012 FITC Toronto, Apr 23–25

After a day of Sunday workshops, Monday April 23 marks the opening of FITC Toronto 2012, The Digital Technology Festival. FITC stands for Future, Innovation, Technology, Creativity and is a art, design and technology conference that takes place in cities around the world including Tokyo, Los Angeles and Amsterdam.

The conference includes workshops, lectures and panels, and offers over seventy guest speakers. Highlights include Through the Shredder: The Magic Behind Making Abstract 3D Portraits with Ayaka Ito and Randy Church; The Future of HTML5 Motion Design with Mark Anders; Kinect-Based MoCap for After Effects with Nick Fox-Gieg; and BLA BLA: Making a Film for Computer with Vincent Morisset.

The 2012 FITC Toronto conference continues until Wednesday, April 25 at the Hilton Toronto, 145 Richmond Street West.

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Future. Innovation. Technology. Creativity.

The game has changed and FITC is on it! Featuring over 70 renowned digital creators from around the globe, FITC Toronto 2012 attendees will be privy to the knowledge of the best and brightest in the digital space. Covering everything from HTML5 to making digital art, this three day festival will leave attendees inspired to create in new and innovative ways. There will also be plenty of opportunities for networking at the legendary FITC parties and through chance encounters during the day - meet your next boss, business partner or employee.

Join us at FITC Toronto 2012 for...

• Three full days, plus one day of pre-festival workshops
• Over 70 presentations and panels
• Over 1200 attendees from around the world
• Legendary FITC parties
• The FITC Awards Party

A few of the 70+ speakers...

Hoogerbrugge
Jared Ficklin
Joel Gethin Lewis 
Pete Hellicar
Mario Klingeman
Kyle McDonald
Andreas Müller 
Evan Roth
Josh Nimoy
Justin Windle
James White
Grant Skinner

Topics include

HTML5 • Online Video • Kinect Hacking • Javascript • OOP • WebGL • OpenFrameworks. • CSS3 • Starling • jQuery • Flash Stage 3D • Augmented Reality • Digital Art • Robotlegs 2.0 + much more!

See the entire list of presentations here.

"In addition to the talks, there was no shortage of contests, digital games and creativity all-round. FITC succeeded in leaving me feeling educated, challenged and inspired." ~ Casie Stewart

Who should attend?

DIGITAL CREATORS! This includes designers, developers, digital artists and everyone and anyone who creates things in the digital space. From technical to inspirational sessions, there's always something to choose from, regardless of what stage of your career you're in.

(Psst! Need help convincing your employer that you should attend? Here is a plea letter template.)

"Aside from all the amazing art and hip nerd parties, FITC is a highly technical developer and graphic design forum; however, FITC also brings in experts in the 'creative process' to the table." ~ Corina

Why should you attend?

FITC Toronto covers the future of everything innovative, technical and creative to leave you informed, challenged and inspired. It's three solidly packed days of presentations, featuring hand-picked speakers from all over the world. At any given time, you will have 4 different presentations to choose from. FITC Toronto also provides unparalleled networking opportunities. Connect with people who share your passion for this industry at presentations, in the exhibitor area, or at one of our legendary parties.

"FITC has been community of creativity and inspiration for just about ten years, something I've always wanted to attend since I first heard about it but haven't had the chance til now. The speakers are as diverse as the topics, and my only regret was that I didn't clone myself so I could attend every presentation." ~Tony Briceno

Speakers

Mark Anders
adobe.com

Lee Brimelow
adobe.com
@leebrimelow

Zander Brimijoin
redpaperheart.com
@RedPaperHearts

Jon Burgerman
jonburgerman.com
@jonburgerman

Luca Candela
sencha.com
@luckymethod

Christian Cantrell
adobe.com
@cantrell

Pearl Chen
karma-laboratory.com
@androidsnsheep

Randall E. Church
randallchurch.com
@randyrec

Derek Clayton
unionplatform.com

Dana Dansereau
nfb.ca
@danadansereau

Loc Dao
nfb.ca

Mark Dennis
qnx.com
@MarkGMDennis

Aaron James Draplin
draplin.com
@draplin

Jared Ficklin
frogdesign.com
@jaredrawk

Matt Fisher
jam3.com
@fisherinnovate

Nick Fox-Gieg
fox-gieg.com
@n1ckFG

Jesse Freeman
jessefreeman.com
@jessefreeman

Lanny Geffen
Digiflare.com

Hoss Gifford
hossgifford.com
@hossgifford

Riccardo Giraldi
b-reel.com
@giraz

Mikko Haapoja
jam3.com
@mikkoh

Frederic Harper
outofcomfortzone.net
@fharper

David Hassoun
realeyesmedia.com
@hotkeys

Val Head
thisisportable.com
@vlh

Pete Hellicar
hellicarandlewis.com
@hellicar

Thibault Imbert
adobe.com
@thibault_imbert

Ayaka Ito
ayakaito.com
@ayakaito

Denise Jacobs
denisejacobs.com
@denisejacobs

Travis Jeffery
travisjeffery.com/b
@travisjeffery

Demi Kandylis
splitelement.com

Tony SY Ke
notionflow.com
@tonysyke

Jon Keon
qnx.com
@jonkeon

Mario Klingemann
quasimondo.com
@quasimondo

Andrew Kostuik
playbrassmonkey.com
@ehdeekay

Kurt Krumme
onemethod.com
@burtbrumme

Paul Laberge
microsoft.com
@plaberge

Paul LeMarquand
qnx.com
@plemarquand

Joel Gethin Lewis
hellicarandlewis.com
@joelgethinlewis

Dustin Malik
blackberry.com/developers
@@BlackBerryDev

Ben McChesney
heliosinteractive.com
@bendesigning

Kyle McDonald
kylemcdonald.net
@kcimc

Jeremy Mendes
jeremymendes.com

Colin Moock
moock.org

Vincent Morisset
vincentmorisset.com

Stacey Mulcahy
bitchwhocodes.com
@bitchwhocodes

Andreas Muller
nanikawa.com
@nanikawa

Josh Nimoy
jtnimoy.net
@jtnimoy

Peter Nitsch
peternitsch.net
@peter_nitsch

Erik Oros
blackberry.com/developers
@BlackBerryDev

Addy Osmani
addyosmani.com/blog
@addyosmani

Ted Patrick
sencha.com
@__ted__

Matthew Potter
askmatthewpotter.com
@AskMP

Ivan Poupyrev
ivanpoupyrev.com
@ipoupyrev

Robert Reinhardt
videoRx.com
@flashfreaker

Bobby Richter
robothaus.org/secretrobotron
@secretrobotron

Evan Roth
evan-roth.com
@fi5e

Chris Sanders
chrissandersdesigns.com
@CSandersDesigns

Timothy Scaffidi
timothyscaffidi.com

Daniel Scheibel
redpaperheart.com
@dscheibel

Philip Sierzega
redpaperheart.com
@frozencardoor

Grant Skinner
gskinner.com
@gskinner

Ben Smith
energytransparency.com
@fezec

Ryan Stewart
adobe.com
@ryanstewart

Jason Theodor
jasontheodor.com
@jted

Pablo Vio
jam3.com
@pablovio

James White
signalnoise.com
@Signalnoise

Charlie Whitney
redpaperheart.com
@RedPaperHearts

Justin Windle
soulwire.co.uk
@soulwire

Jason Zada
jasonzada.com
@jasonzada

http://www.fitc.ca/