The University of Waterloo Stratford Campus is holding a Global Business and Digital Arts Family Night session for high school students and their parents Tuesday, February 21st from 6:00pm to 8:00 PM at the Stratford City Hall Auditorium. The evening will feature a panel of experts from the digital media industry of southwestern Ontario. The session will also be streamed live online. Students will have the opportunity to hear from experts about emerging career opportunities in digital media, how globalization has affected the industry, how digital media is changing other industries, and hot emerging digital media trends. The panelists will also share their personal stories about how digital media influences what they do and provide advice about what skills and qualities are most important for a career in this industry.
The panel includes Michael Schmalz, President of Digital Extremes, a pioneer in the videogame industry; Bob Barlow-Bush, a user experience designer and partner at ArtBarn, a boutique venture services group; Josh Wright, Manager of Strategic Initiatives at the Accelerator Centre; a world-renowned, award-winning centre for the cultivation of technology entrepreneurship; and Hillary Abel, Downtown Marketing and Program Coordinator, City of Kitchener, and founder of "qatalyst" an arts and culture magazine for Waterloo region, and most recently organizer of a collaborative art show on moving train titled "The Steel Rail Sessions".
Global Business and Digital Arts is an undergraduate program unique to the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus combining creativity, technology and business in one degree. The four-year program connects students with industry mentors as they work on team-based projects from start to delivery in state-of-the-art facilities. The program includes a paid internship, and there are opportunities for students to earn the Certified Associate Project Manager designation and take part in an international exchange. The first class of Global Business and Digital Arts students starts in the Fall of 2012.
