Bob Goyetche and I are busy planning PAB2010, the fifth edition of Canada’s first large-scale conference of new media producers. This year the conference moves from Kingston (Canada’s capital from 1841-1844) to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa (Canada’s capital since 1857). This year’s theme is relevance.
The inaugural PAB in 2006 was a sold out event that drew delegates from across Canada and the United States. It kicked off with a keynote address by the CBC Radio’s Shelagh Rogers, featured a full day of speaking sessions and ended with a concert by two Canadian independent bands.
PAB has evolved into a social/new media conference and expanded from a one day to a three day event that includes speaking sessions, our popular five-minute JOLTs, workshops, concerts, social activities and a charity drive. The conference has flourished on a reputation of strong content and a welcoming community, attracting participants from as far away as the U. K. and South America.
We are currently preparing to open up for registrations. In the meantime, we are accepting speaking proposals. If you’re interested in being part of the speaking program at PAB2010, please submit a written proposal of no more than 150 words or an audio or video proposal of two-minutes or less to podcastersacrossborders@gmail.com. Your proposal must include contact information, a title, a summary of your session and your audio/visual requirements. Deadline for submissions is 5pmET, Friday, April 9.
Hope to see you at PAB2010!
Today, twenty campers came from Ottawa, Gatineau, Kingston, Montreal and Guelph for the first, and likely not last, 
Perhaps the only of the points I’ve just raised that could draw some form of constructive criticism is the fact that we had only 20 attendees out of 25 registered with a planned capacity of 80 (most notified of their cancellation in advance). My feelings on this are strong; the small group allowed everyone to participate in the discussion and everyone got to know each other. Personally, I have a far better understanding of the challenges that podcasters, new and established, are facing. In fact, you can expect some announcements in the next week or two about a new initiative to help the community. There will likely be some changes to the 
It’s likely that I will release most of the discussions as podcasts. I’m catching up on work and family so it may be a week or two before any of that makes it out.
The Canadian Government in partnership with the 
