Here's the crib notes of the first 1.5 days of VIDfest. {Links coming at some point ...}

Wednesday night

Kick off party at the Vancouver art Gallery with the Krazy exhibit. This will take another look to digest the walls of graphic art and manga mania but the free drink ticket and VIP pass helped kick start the conversations on the busy night of Vancouver techie-related events (Launch Party 4 sounds like another noteworthy fest of interconnectivity). Krug and I represented at the party and chilled with presenters Darren Barefoot and Rebecca Bollwitt among other social media super-heros.

Thursday morning

VIDFest is Vancouver's International Fest for all things around the new and interactive media space and is produced by New Media BC and Telefilm.

KK is on duty as a poster boy for the event - his hoodie sweatshirt and scruffy face adorning magazine ads throughout Cascadia and the event kicking off next week, so here's a quick guide to get you up to speed.

First, be sure you are subscribed to the VIDFest RSS feed and friend up the VIDFest Flickr photostream.

There are several parts to the May 21-24th event - well really, 11 parts when combined with the two-day Vancouver International Game Summit 2008. Here's the official blurb:

VIDFEST is eleven events over four days, including conferences, an awards gala, an international partnering forum, a pitch fest, and a recruiting fair.

New Media BC and the Vancouver International Digital Festival have launched the first annual PopVox Awards honoring excellence in digital media!

If you have digital content/products launched between September 2006 - August 2007, please submit your entries at www.PopVoxAwards.com through September 7th.

Award categories include:

• Best Web 2.0 Application
• Best Mobile Game or App
• Best Digital Animation Short
• Best Digital VFX
• Best Game
• Best Digital Music Score
• Homegrown: The Best of British Columbia (BC)

Winners will be determined via online votes. So, gbet all your friends and family to support your creative works!