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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
November 28, 2012 City of Kitchener
The Economic Development Advisory Committee met this date, chaired by
Jeremy Auger, the following members were in attendance: Councillors Bil
Ioannidis, Paul Singh and Scott Davey, Steven Voll, Adrian Conrad, Darren
Snider, Rebecca Short, Shawn DeBruyn, Lisa Polonoski, Mark Bingeman, Peter
Benninger and Brian Bennett.
The following people were absent: Dr. Takhar
Staff in attendance: Rod Regier, Valerie Bradford, Janette MacDonald, Chris
Farrell and Tracey DeVille
Project Updates:
The project update was handed out and reviewed by Rod Regier.
New Business:
1. Christie Digital Tour
Christie Digital and Hyphen hosted this meeting. The committee was provided
with an overview presentation of each company and a tour of the Christie Digital
and Hyphen environment.
The committee discussed opportunities and identified the following:
Work close with content creators
Need to build creative / design side
Need to move forward – there was a time when you could build good tech
but there is more now
Get more gaming, creative tech companies locating here
Not just a need for people but software
Hyphen provided an overview of their history and received feedback from the
committee regarding global competition, labour and manufacturing.
On motion the committee adjourned at 1:00 p.m.