CONVERGENCE no 217.
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January 1, 2025, 12:04 a.m.
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Article written by
Steve Laprise
The Lien MULTIMEDIA team presents the 217th edition of CONVERGENCE, the business and digital culture magazine. Available in PDF to download, this 83-page magazine is optimized for reading on a tablet or computer screen. This issue highlights artists and entrepreneurs interviewed by our journalists: André d’Orsonnens from Druideinformatique, Jean-Jacques Hermans from the Quebec Video Games Guild, Kim Belair (Sweet Baby ), Evan Sarkozi (Galactic Glow Software), Sven Buridans (TADA accelerator) and several others met during MTL connect (Soh Yeong Roh from the Nabi Art Center in Seoul Laurent Geny from MidGard, Yves Lapierre, Véronique Van den Abeele of Tradanim). On the cover: “Toxic” by Saulé Bliuvaité… Enjoy reading.
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DIGITAL CULTURE
- André d’Orsonnens from Druide Informatique designs a first board game: “Antidote: the game”
- Marc Da Costa and Matthew Niederhauser use AI to delve into memory and myths
- Galactic Glow Software (Evan Sarkozi) announces its video game “Basilisk!” »
- “Toxic” from writing to filming: meeting with Saulé Bliuvaité
- Kim Belair advocates for “authentic representation” in video games
AFFAIRES
- Are there a need for general statements on AI in culture?
- Tunisia wants to establish strong economic ties with Canada
- The TADA accelerator provides a space for reflection on culture in French-speaking Canada
- Yves Lapierre encourages adaptation to new forms of data governance
- Jean-Jacques Hermans takes stock of the resilience of the Quebec gaming industry
TECHNOLOGIES
- Soh Yeong Roh reflects on AI through Eastern traditions
- Tradanim, a Belgian platform for fun language learning, arrives in Quebec
- Should Africa jump into the AI race?
- Addressing the issues of digital sobriety and discoverability becomes essential
- Laurent Geny of MidGard uses AI to fight forest fires
- Calendar
About CONVERGENCE
Born in January 2000 under the impetus of the newsletter Le Lien MULTIMÉDIA published since 1994 to its subscribers, CONVERGENCE magazine is still today the only Quebec magazine entirely devoted to digital and technological culture here and elsewhere. It is produced without any government assistance and survives solely thanks to the support of its advertisers, subscribers and partners, whom we warmly thank.
CONVERGENCE is published 12 times a year in digital format optimized for reading tablets, computers and mobile devices (downloadable PDF). Each issue contains between 60 and 100 pages.
