VR GAMER ARENA
Winnipeg Interactive Tech Conference
November 2023
Hyper Canada is a one-of-a-kind conference in Winnipeg, bringing immersive tech enthusiasts, digital creators, and visionaries together to explore the creative, commercial and technical possibilities of new emerging immersive digital worlds.
Throughout a full day, topics such as digital media design, virtual reality, and interactive storytelling, will be explored with installations, immersive films, and creative technology exhibitions.
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HYPER welcomes academics, professionals, students, and curious minds.
IMMERSIVE
EXPERIENCES
Immerse yourself in unique virtual stories, documentaries, animations
PROFESSIONAL
ROUND-TABLES
Get inspired by industry round-tables and workshops
TECH EXHIBITORS
Engage with interactive tech companies, network, find jobs
SPEAKERS 2023
Local professionals presenting at round tables and networking with attendees
 Adrian Cheater Complex Games |  Casey Koyczan Digital Artist |  Corinne Gusnoski New Media MB |
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 Daniel Blair BSD XR |  D'Arcy Lussier Microsoft Canada |  Deagan Blais BSD XR |
 Dee King Zenfri |  Dylan Fries RRC Polytech |  Emma Hendrix Video Pool Media Arts |
 Erika-Jean Lincoln LincolnLab Studios |  Fabio Hofnik BSD XR HYPER |  Jessie Rew Economic Development Winnipeg |
 John Luxford Flipside XR |  Jonathan Lê New Media Manitoba |  Joshua Banman Digital artist/HYPER |
 Lasha Glennie EMILI |  Mark Giroux Online Business Systems |  Matt McMahon New Media MB |
 Rachael Hosein Flipside XR |  Reid Valmestad CoPilotXR |  Sarah Tam Relic Entertainment |
INDUSTRY TALKS
Doors Open 08:30
Opening remarks 09:00
VR CINEMA
Exclusively curated virtual reality experiences
supported by New Media Manitoba and The National Film Board
thanks to our
SPONSORS
SUPPORT
EXCLUSIVE MEDIA PARTNER
HYPER 2023 acknowledges that we are gathered on ancestral lands, Treaty 1 territory, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation