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ADVANCING USER EXPERIENCES BY BRIDGING THE CLIENT, CLOUD, AND NETWORK ECOSYSTEMS

RESEARCH • INITIATIVES • DEVELOPMENT • SOLUTIONS

THE INTERNATIONAL FUTURE COMPUTING ASSOCIATION

TIFCA is a non-profit network of technology, media, and standards organization thought leaders that share common interests.  Our mission is to develop frameworks and initiatives that enable technology adoption.

Together we:

  • Learn what users need from their technologies, products, and experiences
  • Identify challenges that could delay adoption of new technologies
  • Collaborate on solutions through the CORA ecosystem
The International Future Computing Summit: Educators, Innovators, Leaders

OUR ECOSYSTEM

CORA (Create Once Reach All) is an ecosystem of supportive technologies, methods, and frameworks that deliver the same digital content across multiple platforms and devices. The CORA ecosystem works to deliver content in its ideal form by leveraging client device, cloud service, content development, and network ecosystems.

FROM CLIENT TO CLOUD TO NETWORK

PC • Mobile • Console • Streaming
Cloud Service Providers (CSP) • Edge • 5G • Broadband • Telecom
CPU • GPU • Infrastructure • ISV • IHV
Platforms • OS • Metaverse • Security
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) • Game Engines and Development
Collaboration Tools • SAAS • Cloud Gaming • Streaming
Enterprise • Healthcare • Education • Entertainment

Examples of the CORA Create Once Reach All Ecosystem include Client, Cloud, Network, PC, Mobile, Console, Streaming, Cloud Service Providers (CSP), Edge, 5G, Broadband, Telecom, CPU, GPU, Infrastructure, ISV, IHV, Platforms, OS, Metaverse, Security, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Game Engines and Development, Collaboration Tools, SAAS, Cloud Gaming, Streaming, Enterprise, Healthcare, Education, Entertainment.

THE TIFCA COMMUNITY

  • A collaboration history with 50+ leading organizations
  • Relationships with standards, trade groups, and companies from around the globe
  • Virtual member meetings that drive research, white papers, and framework development
  • Annual summit event supported by global media references and credits
  • Helps accelerate technology adoption
  • Participants meet potential new partners and customers
  • Shared discovery of challenges and collaborative solutions
  • Top level insights and education
  • Seen as industry leaders
TIFCA Meeting

OUR USER EXPERIENCE GOALS

Users want the ability to access their content at any time, from any place, and on any device. To help contribute to this ideal, TIFCA is focusing on the following priorities:

  • Improving on-demand access and reliability of user content by finding ways for the CORA ecosystem to scale more.
  • Enabling users to run a wider choice of content by making it easier to distribute computing services and capability.
  • Bringing affordability to users by adding more cost effectiveness to content and compute distribution.
  • Diversifying the choice of client devices and platforms by leveraging the capabilities of the client, cloud, and network ecosystems.
User Experience

TOOLBOX

  • Extensive and varied expertise in client, cloud, network, and related technologies
  • Ecosystem Initiative and Framework Development
  • Standards Organization Affiliation
  • Industry Association Cooperation
  • Industry Forums and Events
  • Customer Insights
TIFCA's Toolbox

EVENTS

The International Future Computing SummitREMOTE WORK AND PLAY
Client, Cloud, Network:
Building the Future of Computing Lifestyles Together
WAS HELD DECEMBER, 2022
@IFCSUMMIT,#IFCSUMMIT

ALSO INTRODUCED AT THE SUMMITThe Remote Work and Play Forum

The International Future Computing Summit

SEE THE SESSIONS

From client to cloud to the network between them, the International Future Computing Summit is the industry event that gathers market-leading innovators and influencers to discuss what’s next for users and the industry that supports them.

This year’s theme is Remote Work and Play, and the summit will focus on the industry’s future as well as its challenges and solutions for meeting the needs of employers, team leaders, and users wishing to engage and support this lifestyle.

Summit features include:

  • Industry-leading presentations
  • Discussion of latest products and technologies
  • Highlights of future trends

TOPICS & AGENDA

Topics and Agenda

  • Productive tools and technologies
  • Client, Cloud, Network perspectives
  • Effective leadership in the remote work era
LEARN MORE

SEE THE SPEAKERS!

International Future Computing Summit Speakers

  • Tools, technology, and service leaders
  • Computing lifestyle innovators
  • Analysts and consultants
SESSIONS ONLINE

PAST SUPPORTERS

Past supporters of the International Future Computing Summit

  • Technology and software innovators
  • Tools
  • Client, cloud, network
FORUM GATHERING Q1, 2023

ASSOCIATION NEWS

SPECIAL RATE IFC Summit Tickets Introduced

By TIFCA News

The International Future Computing Summit
The International Future Computing Summit now has well over thirty international speakers with more on the way!

We received word that the IFC Summit is of direct interest to independent studios, small businesses, and start-up companies, and they need a ticket option that is more in line with their available budgets.

We’re happy to oblige! There is now a special ticket option for these valued communities listed at $495 USD instead of the standard $995 USD. It is a full access ticket complete with conference meals and receptions.  It’s important that ticket-holder ventures are not publishers and/or are not partially or fully owned by major companies or studios.  IFC Summit reserves the right to verify ticket-holder eligibility after purchase.

Register now because this class of ticket is in limited supply and registration for the IFC Summit finishes on October 31, 2019.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Speaking at the IFC Summit

By TIFCA News
Jen MacLean, Amazon Web Services

Jen MacLean
Head, Worldwide Business Development
Small & Mid-sized Studios
Game Tech
Amazon Web Services

The International Future Computing Summit is thrilled to welcome Jen MacLean, Head of Worldwide Business Development for Small and Mid-Sized Studios in the Game Tech division of Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Jen’s entire career has specialized in meeting the needs of game developers. In the Game Tech division at Amazon, Jen is responsible for helping developers be successful at every stage of content creation through Amazon Web Services, Twitch Prime, Alexa, and Amazon.com. She is particularly excited about helping smaller studios innovate by providing many of the same tools and abilities that were once relegated to just the largest of companies. Read More

Alsop Louie Partners Speaking at IFC Summit

By TIFCA News
Ernestine Fu, Venture Partner, Alsop Louie Partners

Ernestine Fu
Venture Partner
Alsop Louie Partners

TIFCA’s International Future Computing Summit continues to attract market leading speakers that have something to say about the Client-to-Cloud Revolution!

Ernestine Fu is Venture Partner at Alsop Louie Partners and will be joining the conference’s investment panel. Ernestine leads Alsop Louie Partners’ investment thesis in 3D printing and other disruptive technologies, and her companies include: Gfycat, Jetlore, Keyssa, MXD3D, New Matter, Wickr, WiFiSLAM, and others. She started her venture career after joining Alsop Louie Partners in early 2011 and then led her first investment within two months. She then developed and oversaw the campus associate outreach program, targeted at university startups. Outside the firm, she advises startups in data storage, payments, mobile analytics, and gaming. Read More

Accelbyte Speaking at IFC Summit

By TIFCA News
Kevin Robertson, AccelByte

Kevin Robertson
Head of Business Development
AccelByte

The International Future Computing Summit running Nov 5-6 in Mountain View, California is continuing to welcome market-leading speakers!

AccelByte Inc builds and operates large scale online game publishing platforms via cloud technologies, services, and more. They also provide professional services for development and operations. Some of their clients include Epic Games, Electronic Arts, XBOX, GameSparks, Unity Technologies, and more. Kevin Robertson, their Head of Business Development, will speak on the IFC Summit’s games panel. He has 20 years of game industry experience, and his roles have included being QA Lead on the Battlefield and Lord of the Rings (LOTR) franchises, and Business Development leadership at Unity, GameSparks, FarBridge and now AccelByte. Read More

Hear What Technology Giants Envision for the Remote Work and Play Industry at the International Future Computing Summit

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The IFC Summit features more than 20 world-class speakers from market leaders to influential industry analysts TORONTO, CANADA - Nov. 28, 2022 – The International Future Computing Summit (IFC Summit) invites executives, thought leaders, and decision-makers looking for opportunities to enhance revenue, business, and user experiences in remote work and…

The International Future Computing Summit

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Remote Work and Play Industry Gathering December 6, 2022 Toronto, Canada - September 20, 2022 - From client to cloud to the network between them, the International Future Computing Summit is inviting market leaders and innovators across the Remote Work and Play industry and the CORA (Create Once Reach All)…

TIFCA’S Client-to-Cloud Portal and Ecosystem Report Released

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The International Future Computing Association Welcomes New Members, Open Call For Speakers, and Introductory Membership Program Mountain View, California (March 31, 2019) –The International Future Computing Association (TIFCA) is where the computing ecosystem collaborates on challenges that no single company can overcome on its own.  The industry is heading towards…