ConBravo is an anime, comics, and gaming convention that will be held this year in Burlington, Ontario between July 30-31, 2011.

Scheduled events include a costumed masquerade, gaming tournaments, guests, vendors, and artists.

For full details visit the ConBravo site.

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Video Games Live is a concert series that features an orchestral presentation of popular video game music. The VGL tour has 16 Canadian shows for Spring 2011.

The cities and dates are as follows:

April 12, 2011 Victoria, BC Royal Theatre
April 13, 2011 Vancouver, BC Centre of Performing Arts
April 14, 2011 Vancouver, BC Centre of Performing Arts
April 17, 2011 Calgary, AB Jack Singer Concert Hall
April 18, 2011 Edmonton, AB Jubilee Auditorium
April 20, 2011 Saskatoon, SK TCU Place
April 21, 2011 Regina, SK Conexus Arts Centre
April 23, 2011 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre (day)
April 23, 2011 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre (evening)
April 25, 2011 Thunder Bay, ON Community Arts Center
April 27, 2011 Kitchener, ON Centre In The Square
April 28, 2011 Hamilton, ON Hamilton Place Theatre
April 29, 2011 Ottawa, ON Civic Centre Theatre
April 30, 2011 Montreal, QC Place Des Arts
May 2, 2011 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
May 3, 2011 Kingston, ON K-Rock Centre

For complete information about VGL visit their site.

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The following press release is courtesy of Interactive Ontario.

Interactive Ontario (IO) is pleased to announce that Rémi Racine, President and Executive Producer of Behaviour (formerly Artificial Mind & Movement) will be a keynote speaker at GameON: Finance 2011.  Don Carmody, President of Don Carmody Productions, and Dino Patti, Co-Creator of LIMBO, and co-founder of Playdead Games will also be featured keynote interviews at the conference, taking place on January 20 & 21 at the Design Exchange, Toronto.

For the past 18 years, Racine has positioned Behaviour as a world leader in the video game industry. Under his leadership, the company has ranked simultaneously amongst the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ and Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies™ from 2006 to 2008.

Carmody produced feature films Silent Hill and Resident Evil: Afterlife, which recently topped worldwide box office receipts of over $280 million -- making it the most successful production in Canadian feature film history, surpassing previous box office champion PORKY’S, also produced by Don Carmody. In November 2010, Boondock Saints was released on the iPhone, iPad & iTouch.

Patti is co-creator of the critically acclaimed title, LIMBO, which has now received several international awards including two awards at the Independent Games Festival in San Francisco and 3 Milthons for Game of the Year, Best Indie Game and Best Visual Art at the European Games Awards.

GameON: Finance offers advice on transmedia digital game projects, and funding strategies on how to create a game or app that expands screen-based creative. GameON: Finance offers delegates the insider business and market knowledge needed to understand how to budget, build and finance your mobile, online, social, or ipad, game.  Through one-on-one meetings, GameON: Finance fosters partnerships and connections needed to get a game financed, developed and distributed.

Keynotes, panel discussions and interviews will cover boot-strapping, venture capital, government programs and alternate funding models.

For a full list of speakers, the schedule and tickets visit: http://www.gameonfinance.com/

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The following is courtesy of Vortex:

The January 3rd deadline to register for the annual Vortex Videogame Conference & Competition is fast approaching. With thousands of dollars in prizes and career-changing mentorships & distribution opportunities, Vortex is the pre-eminent forum for emerging digital media entrepreneurs where aspiring videogame developers have the opportunity to craft their business and technical skills through education sessions at the Vortex Boot Camp taking place this year on January 19, 2011.

Vortex returns to the hip 99 Sudbury location for Boot Camp and Round II of the Competition. As well the prestigious Bell Lightbox in downtown Toronto will play host to Round I of the Competition and the finals. All Competition entries received by January 3rd will be reviewed and assessed for participation by local senior industry members and creative directors.

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The following information was gathered from the Vortex web site: 

Vortex is a unique professional development opportunity for emerging entrepreneurs in  the videogame industry. Come and meet North America’s industry leaders, decision makers, financial advisers and the mentors you need to succeed.

The Vortex Conference and Competition is the only place in Canada where emerging game designers and developers can present their concepts to an outstanding line up of international industry honchos, financiers and venture capitalists in the hope of winning the competition and along the way getting their creation to market.

Go to www.vortexcompetition.com for full details.

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