On the final day of the mesh conference in Toronto, the mesh prize was unveiled. The prize will be awarded annually to a project or groups of projects that will create new understanding, capabilities or tools to benefit the digital media community.
Annual mesh prize winners will receive $40,000 to be used to successfully complete of their project or projects.
The first recipient of the mesh prize is Justin Kozuch (a Techvibes contributor). Justin's project involves a research study on the size and scope of Canada’s digital media industry.
We're doing this because there doesn't exist a unified, industry effort to truly understand our industry's makeup, or a grassroots campaign to catalog and report on the size and scope of our industry...This is an amazing opportunity to do something significant for the Canadian digital market. The mesh prize is the perfect launching pad for any initiative that will help us improve the Canadian digital media landscape. This is an first important step in continuing to nurture and grow our digital community.
Submissions for the 2011 mesh prize will be accepted later this year.
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