News Archives
May 26, 2015
The Cat(tail)’s Meow
A recent TRTech project conducted in collaboration with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD – http://www.iisd.org/) has developed software to simulate and optimize a biofuel harvest.
May 13, 2015
Verizon Powerful Answers Award 2015
Verizon is now accepting ideas for its 2015 Powerful Answers Award program. Now in its third year Verizon’s Powerful Answers Award offers innovators, developers and entrepreneurs a total of $6M in cash prizes, plus the opportunity for winners to participate in an Accelerator program designed to help develop their ideas
April 23, 2015
Budget 2015 supports entrepreneurship, exports, R&D
Finance Minister Joe Oliver delivered the 2015 federal budget, titled Strong Leadership: A Balanced Budget Tax Plan for Jobs, Growth and Prosperity. Several items are of interest to members of the CDMN, particularly those relating to support for entrepreneurship, export development and investments in research...
April 01, 2015
Digital media trends 2015
Many Canadians are active Internet users making it a very profitable industry and a great tool for productivity.
March 12, 2015
14th Annual RE$EARCH MONEY Conference
The 14th annual RE$EARCH MONEY conference focuses on creating an interactive experience that leads to real connections and real change. This year we will examine Canada’s innovation agenda through the lens of the natural resource sectors.
March 09, 2015
CDMN Soft Landing program announces latest cohort
Twenty-nine companies have been selected for the latest cohort of the Canadian Digital Media Network’s Soft Landing program. Given the abundance of high-quality applications it received for the spring cohort, the Soft Landing program team decided to support as many applicants as possible.
February 19, 2015
Cross-country hub tour shows CDMN in action
We’ve set a goal to visit every CDMN member hub before Canada Day. Last week we visited three provinces and four hubs in three days – though we did manage to make it through Atlantic Canada in the small reprieve between snowstorms.
February 02, 2015
I Think Security finds success in Hong Kong
I Think Security received funding help from the Canadian Digital Media Network’s Soft Landing program. Program statistics show 43 percent of the 146 foreign landings by Canadian companies (since 2013) have been in New York City or San Francisco. By contrast, a mere one percent have gone to Hong Kong.