You know what’s better than DemoCamp? DemoCamp in the mountains, hosted by nextMEDIA, with beer provided by Digital Alberta!

It is coming up fast, so tell your boss now you are taking the afternoon off work on Friday, June 5th.

Here’s what we have scheduled so far:

Simon Timms from Wopsle

Ken Bautista from CIE

Chris Becker from FileMobile

Cameron Rout from Seenster

Christian McLean from Hotspottr - so fracking new, they don’t have a website!

Very cool demos, very cool location, very cool people. Definitely worth the trip. Think you should be Demo’ing as well? Please let us know ASAP so we can fit you in. Also, nextMEDIA is giving all DemoCampers a discount on the conference. Reasons you should attend nextMEDIA: It is a great conference, it is close to home, there are really smart, innovative and creative people there and those people know how to party. How can you say no?

Here’s some more info:

DEMOCAMP@ nextMEDIA BANFF

nextMEDIA has teamed up with Digital Alberta and DemoCampCalgary to bring you  a Friday afternoon filled with some pretty awesome demos, all from the people who are about to launch the very latest inventions to rock the digital media universe! DemoCamp kicks off at 3pm Friday 5^th June at the Fairmont Banff Springs - get your seat for what promises to be a pretty cool couple of hours. Demos will be followed by plenty of discussion and interaction, plus a few rounds of drinks and schmoozing from 5pm - 7pm.

DemoCamp is FREE for Digital Alberta & DemoCampCalgary members. Follow this link to register https://registration.achillesmedia.com/delegate_registration/collect_info?product_id=272&product_code=vUV5DMP8GF

nextMEDIA BANFF – EXCLUSIVE MEMBER DISCOUNT

It doesn’t stop after DemoCamp. Covering keynotes, workshops, master-classes and of course a lot of networking parties, from Saturday 6^th – Sunday 7^th, nextMEDIA is exploring the impact of digital technology on the media industry www.nextmediaevents.com  nextMEDIA Banff attracts cross-channel producers, online broadcasters, digital publishers, advertisers, agencies and solution providers.

Save $100 for Digital Alberta & DemoCampCalgary members – Follow this link to book your pass https://registration.achillesmedia.com/delegate_registration/collect_info?product_id=285&product_code=5de99SDct3

See you out there,

The DemoCamp Crew

Don’t forget about DemoCamp next week! April 28th, 6pm 6:30pm (but come around 6!), Seven RestoLounge (Corner of 8th Ave and 5th St SW)

This DemoCamp is generously sponsored by iNovia Capital - huge love to Shawn Abbott and crew.

Here’s the line up for next week (in no particular order):
Mark Rosenberger with tagle.it
Reg Cheramy with edistorm.com
Tys von Gaza with touchmetric.com
Bruno Stepphun with thefabler.com

…and quick update from Duncan Kinney on yycblogs.com and Derek McBurney on Calgaryurbanite.com
A full evening of good times!

Other things we should be telling you about:

• Digital Alerta is having their AGM at the same time as DemoCamp (jerks! …kidding. If you are at the AGM though, please join us afterwards).
• The Web Strategy Summit is May 5th - http://webstrategysummit.com/ and we’ve got a code to get you 20% off! (the secret code word is “fopl”). The esteemed DemoCamp organizer Patrick Lor will be speaking at this! :)
• The iPhone Dev School is fast approaching, check it out here: http://www.killingmichael.com/iphone-dev-school/ a 2 day course by Michael Sikorsky

See you next week,

The DemoCamp Crew

What’s this? DemoCampCalgary hits the road and heads out to Banff.

June 5th, from 5pm to 7pm, nextMEDIA will be hosting a DemoCamp out at The Fairmont Banff Springs and you’re all invited!

Mark your calendars now, as the weather will be great, the demos will be hot and the drinks will be cold.

If you think you’ve got something to demo that caters to the digital media crowd, drop us an email. This is an excellent opportunity to strut your stuff in front of a full house.

We will be posting more info closer to the date. We can also help organize rides and lodging. Let’s get serious, this’ll pretty much be the best DemoCamp ever, so don’t miss out!

please note: nextMEDIA is a super swanky conference in a beautiful setting. Achilles Media is generously opening up the venue to EVERYONE that can make it out for the DemoCamp.

The new year is finally here and to be honest, we’re really excited about it. DemoCamp will be moving to a bi-monthly format (that’s once every other month). Our first DemoCamp of 2009 will be on Feb 24th and we’re dubbing it SUPER FANCY PANTS DEMO CAMP. Not because we don’t want to call it DemoCamp13, but because it is going to be SUPER FANCY PANTS.

We’ll follow up with more details and a word on our generous sponsors. For now, mark your calendars and let us know if you’ve got a killer Demo you’d like to present.

If you are feeling alone and confused without a January DemoCamp, there are other things going on around town to keep you busy! As always, check search.twitter.com and #yyc for up-to-the-minute happenings. Also, check out the Third Tuesdays meet up, scheduled for January 20th. 

Digital Alberta is also going to once every other month events and goodness! We’ve planned it so between the two groups, there’s something happening every month! We like to call that collaboration :) Digital Alberta is definitely worth checking out as they have a bunch of programs that benefit people just like us!

Here’s what they’ve got going on next week. Check the Digital Alberta website for more details!

Web 2.0 Marketing Strategies &

Top Business Trends

Thursday, 15 January 2009, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

MRC Bissett School of Business – 2^nd Floor Atrium

The importance of Web 2.0 business strategies will be mission critical for many companies as the recession bites in 2009.  Come listen to what the experts have to say on trends in Social Media, Location-based Services, B2B integration and much more. Find out about the best practices in marketing strategies that help you collect information on users and direct resources appropriately to their needs.