Canada’s first large-scale conference of new media and social media creators makes its debut in Ottawa, Canada this June!
If you’re a media creator — Ottawa is the place to be the weekend of June 18-20, 2010.
PAB (originally Podcasters Across Borders), Canada’s first large-scale conference of new media producers, was co-founded by Bob Goyetche, Mark Blevis, Cathy Bobkowicz, and Andrea Ross in 2006. The inaugural conference was a sold out event which took place in Kingston that year and drew delegates from across Canada and the United States. It kicked off with a keynote address by the CBC’s Shelagh Rogers, featured a full day of speaking sessions and ended with a concert by two Canadian independent bands.
PAB has evolved into a social/new media conference and expanded from a one day to a three day event that includes speaking sessions, popular five-minute JOLTs, workshops, panel discussions, concerts, a boat cruise and a charity drive. The conference has flourished on a reputation of strong content and a welcoming community, attracting participants from as far away as the U. K. and South America.
WHAT ARE THE SESSIONS? WHO ARE THE SPEAKERS? WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE?
Friday, June 18, 2010
- 1:00pm Behind the scenes/backstage tour of the NAC
- 2:30pm TBD
- 3:30pm What It Is: Awesomizing Your Podcast Using Secrets From Radio (Tod Maffin) [1 hour]
- 7:00pm Registration and Community Lounging
- 7:30pm PAB2009 Kick-off (Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche)
- 7:45pm The world has changed…now what? (Barry McLoughlin)
- 8:45pm Socializing
Saturday, June 19, 2010
- 8:30am Registration
- 8:50am Day two opening remarks (Bob Goyetche and Mark Blevis)
- 9:00am Make the Irrelevant Relevant: Apply Three Adult Learning Principles to Your Media (Mare Swallow)
- 9:40am JOLT! Contested Irrelevance (Andrea Ross)
- 9:45am Break
- 10:00am Independent humanitarian organizations and social media (Avril Benoît)
- 10:40am JOLT! You are what you hear (Sylvain Grand’maison)
- 10:45am Break
- 11:00am What if my boss finds out? (Dave Brodbeck, Tom Merritt, Ken Hernden & Scarborough Dude)
- 11:40am Lunch
- 1:00pm Beyond Words: What Makes Great Media Resonate (Mike Tennant)
- 1:40pm JOLT! A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures (Anthony Marco)
- 1:45pm Break
- 2:00pm Disruption of Social Contracts (Whitney Hoffman)
- 2:40pm JOLT! Where did all the amateurs go? (John Meadows)
- 2:45pm Break
- 3:00pm Communicating Responsibly (Tamir Israel)
- 3:40pm JOLT! Online relationships and real life friendships – finding your sweetspot (Eden Spodek)
- 3:45pm Break
- 4:00pm Strong media brands (personal and mainstream) in the digital age (Kady O’Malley)
- 4:40pm Day two wrap-up and group photo (Bob Goyetche and Mark Blevis)
- 8:00pm Boat Cruise — PAB registrant partners and families are invited [2 hours]
Sunday, June 20, 2010
- 8:50am Day three opening remarks (Bob Goyetche and Mark Blevis)
- 9:00am Death and Digital Legacy (Adele McAlear)
- 9:40am JOLT! When in doubt, have cultists attack (Julien Smith)
- 9:45am Break
- 10:00am Cult of Listener: Podcaster as shaman in the post-literate Global Theatre (Adam Gratrix)
- 10:40am Making Meaning: How to Create Content that Speaks to People (Susan Murphy)
- 11:25am JOLT! The currency of relevance (Nancy Morris)
- 11:30am Conference wrap-up (Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche)
- 12:00pm PAB2010 ends (hustle out of the venue and spend the afternoon together)
WHERE IS IT TAKING PLACE?
The National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
WHERE DO I STAY?
The Lord Elgin Hotel (which is across the street from the NAC) has offered an astounding deal to PAB2010 registrants who reserve rooms on or before May 19, 2010. They’ve allocated a block of 50 rooms at the unbelievable rate of CDN$112/night (plus applicable taxes and any guest-incurred charges)!!!
PAB2010 registrants have the choice of a room with two queen beds or one king. All rooms include complimentary coffee/tea service. High speed Internet access is available for a fee. The group rate is available if you book your room before end of day May 19, or until all 50 rooms in the block are booked (whichever comes first) and can only be applied to bookings for the nights of June 18, 19 and 20, 2010.
Note that if you book a room at the preferred rate and cancel within seven days of the conference, you will be charged for one night’s stay in the hotel (CDN$112 plus applicable taxes).
Valet parking is available for $23/day. There are other pay parking lots nearby if you prefer.
To book your room, call the Lord Elgin Hotel at 1-800-267-4298 or direct 613-235-3333 and reference PAB2010.
HOW MUCH IS CONFERENCE REGISTRATION?
Registration is CDN$150. Click here to register.
WHAT DOES REGISTRATION INCLUDE?
Registration includes access to the full three days of the conference (June 18-20, 2010) which features workshops, keynotes, speaking sessions, panels and our ever-popular JOLT!s, as well as the Friday evening reception, coffee/tea/juice and fruit Saturday and Sunday mornings, a sit-down lunch on Saturday and a social boat cruise Saturday night.
By the way, the boat cruise runs 8pm-10pm on Saturday June 19 and is open to partners/spouses and children of PAB2010 registrants. There will be a cash bar during the cruise. And, one level of the three-storey boat will feature an open mic for the musicians and comedians among us.
WHAT MAKES THIS EVENT DIFFERENT?
You do. We designed PAB first and foremost as a community event. There are no vendor tables, no “How do I monetize my podcast” sessions. PAB is about people.
HOW DO I KEEP UP TO DATE ON ANNOUNCEMENTS?
You can subscribe to our
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and you can listen to the
the offical podcast of PAB. As the conference approaches, this is the show to listen to get updates, ideas and learn about the people and places you’ll see at PAB.
WHO’S BEHIND THIS?
This not-for-profit conference is being organized by members of the Rogic Podcast Conglomerate; Canadian Podcasters Bob Goyetche, Mark Blevis, Cathy Bobkowicz and Andrea Ross.
WHICH ONE IS MARK?
The tall one.
WHICH ONE IS BOB?
The other one.
Feel free to send any questions to podcastersacrossborders@gmail.com – we’ll answer pretty darn quick, and share the “shareable” answers here!
