What is TIFCA and What do we do?

Alex Igelman
Executive Chairman and Founder
Millennial Esports Corp.

Immersed takes esports up a notch with Alex Igelman, Executive Chairman and Founder of Millennial Esports Corp.  With over twenty-five years of experience in technology, entertainment and casino gaming, Igelman was the first lawyer to focus on Internet gaming and was instrumental in the early success of PartyGaming and PokerStars.

In 2004, he was involved in the creation of Gaming VC that has become a giant in the space. Igelman has most recently been focused on the Esports sector and was recruited to be a strategic consultant to Pro Gaming League (PGL), the first Esports related company that was later acquired by Millennial Esports Corp. In 2016, Millennial Esports was debuted on the TSX-V under the symbol GAME with Igelman as CEO. Igelman has successfully grown the company and has focused on raising over $27,000,000 and counting. Read More

Mike Domaguing
Vice-President of Marketing
Survios

Put your dukes up! Mike Domaguing, Vice-President of Marketing for Survios, is SPEAKING AT IMMERSED and joining our list of 30+ international speakers!

Survios is a AAA virtual reality content developer and distributor that releases chart-topping titles like “Raw Data,” “Sprint Vector,” and the latest collaboration with investor MGM, “Creed: Rise to Glory”. YES – Rocky in VR! Read More

Marc Saltzman
Technology Journalist and Author

There are still more surprises on the way! Immersed now has over thirty speakers including Marc Saltzman, esteemed technology journalist and author. Marc is one of North America’s most recognizable and trusted tech experts with a strong expertise in consumer electronics, Internet trends, interactive entertainment, and future technology. Read More

Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland, Professor Department of Education and Lifelong Learning Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

One of the core themes of Immersed 2018 is the use of future computing in education.  Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland is Professor at the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Her multiple credits include work with the Norwegian Armed Forces, the Innovative Immersive Technologies for Learning (IMTEL) research group and VR lab, the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, and more.  She is very passionate about educational applications of immersive technologies in medicine, sports, therapy, career guidance, collaborative work, emergency management and other areas. Read More

Pascal Langlois
Assistant Director
Procedural Motion Capture
Ubisoft Toronto

Future computing is far deeper than the potential of processing power, immersive technology, and innovative content and applications. There is also a very human component which is needed for the grandest visions to become reality.

Pascal Langlois is Assistant Director for Procedural Motion Capture at Ubisoft, Toronto. An ex-dancer and RADA trained Graduate, Pascal has over 20 years experience as an actor and performer in all media. The culmination of his work is the realization of a strong bond between technology and acting in the motion capture world. He has worked for companies including the Royal National Theatre, Warner, BBC, Talkback, Kudos, Quantic Dream, CBC, Ubisoft Toronto and Montreal, Dynamixyz, Quantum Capture, Space and SyFy, and numerous other Canadian TV productions. Read More

Ricardo Wagner
Marketing & Operations Product Lead
Microsoft Canada

As exciting as the world of future computing is, it’s even more exciting if everyone has an equal opportunity to be part of it.

TIFCA is very proud to welcome Ricardo Wagner, Marketing & Operations Product Lead at Microsoft Canada, to the Immersed 2018 speakers list.  Among other things, Mr. Wagner leads Microsoft Canada’s Diversity & Inclusion initiatives for people with disabilities.  Covering both internal and external efforts, his work addresses both the hardware and software components needed to enable everyone in day to day computing and future computing lifestyles that are easily taken for granted.  Some of the Microsoft products featured in Mr. Wagners’ work include the Windows 10 operating system, Microsoft Office, XBOX, and more.

Outside of Microsoft, Mr. Wagner is working to support education in Africa and Latin America by co-leading a program called Myskills4Afrika.

Mr. Wagner will be part of the healthcare program at Immersed 2018 and will be our expert on making sure future computing benefits the widest diversity of people possible.

Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the Immersed conference takes place November 8-9, 2018 at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Canada.  Get registered ASAP as space is limited!