GRAND (Graphics, Animation and New Media / Graphisme, animation et nouveaux médias NCE Inc.) is a research network and commercialization engine whose goal is to address complex issues in digital media and transform multidisciplinary research into user-centred solutions.

GRAND was created to explore the use and application of digital media in a variety of settings including entertainment, healthcare, education, environmental sustainability, and public policy.

GRAND 2014, our fifth annual conference, will showcase the Network's full range of multidisciplinary digital media research and innovation spanning 27 universities across Canada. Over the years, the event has become a significant platform for exchange and networking among Canadian digital media researchers.

Invited plenary speakers, panelists, industry guests will join over 300 researchers and scholars from across Canada in discussions on some of the latest advancements in digital media research.

Confirmed:

• Kurt Akeley [CTO, Lytro]
• John Craig [Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, PurpleForge]
• Wendy Craig [Scientific Co-Director, PREVNet]
• Gilad Lotan [Chief Data Scientist, betaworks]
• Faye Mishna [Professor of Social Work, University of Toronto]