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The Communitech Hub is a 30,000 ft² facility dedicated to the growth and commercialization of Ontario’s digital media industry.
Located in Kitchener, Ontario, the Communitech Hub will house technology startups, splice innovation into enterprise, seed partnerships, fuse digital media with venture capital and bring entrepreneurs, multinational companies and academic institutions together.
Yeah, we’re going to be busy.
Node on a National Network
The Communitech Hub is one of many facilities and organizations that comprise the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN).
CDMN works to establish Canada as a world leader in Digital Media by connecting these groups, helping their entrepreneurs, academic groups and governments collaborate, and speeding the commercialization of Canada’s digital talent, products, and companies.
Constituents
The Hub hosts a diverse group of companies, academic institutions, research bodies, and advisors from both the public and private sector.
The Hub serves the many groups that make up Digital Media, see:
- Startups and The Hub
- Small to Medium Enterprise and The Hub
- Multinationals and The Hub.
- Educational Institutions and The Hub
Spatial organization
Broadly defined, the Hub has four functional areas:
- Space dedicated to small companies and their attendant resources
- Space for corporate, research and academic partners, services companies, and executives-in-residence working with Communitech’s Venture Services Program,
- Collaboration, development and meeting areas – including the executive briefing centre, the Hub Interactive Virtual Environment (HIVE), research and prototyping labs, and common work areas
- A common kitchen, private courtyard, mezzanine and meeting area
Facilities
The Hub combines state-of-the-art research and development facilities with traditional networking and event venues
Facilities include:
- Hub Interactive Virtual Environment (HIVE) – an immersive 2D and 3D environment
- Hardware and multimedia equipped prototyping and development workshop space
- A showcase space for demonstrations from tenant and visitor companies
- An Executive Briefing Centre with cutting-edge video conferencing and audio systems
- The Hub Theatre: 3500+ ft² of highly configurable space for conferences, dinners, concerts and digital community events
- In-house kitchen and catering
More information can be found by clicking the links above.
Digital Media is one of the fastest-growing industries on the planet, with a forecast of double-digit growth rates through 2014
A new chapter for an historic space
The Communitech Hub occupies one of the buildings in the former Lang Tannery compound. For more information, visit the Communitech Hub’s location and history page.
The Hub’s purpose is to help companies and stakeholders work, connect and play.
The Hub was made possible through the support of the Province of Ontario, which contributed $26 Million to the project, and through the support of leading technology companies in Waterloo Region, including Research in Motion, OpenText, Agfa, Christie Digital and many others.
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- One of the Communitech Hub’s startup-dedicated area
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- Looking at the Christie ‘Cave’, a 3D environment
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- The Communitech Hub boasts a private courtyard as well as public outdoor space
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- The Communitech Hub has a kitchen and both private and semi-private meeting rooms throughout the 30,000 sq. ft. facility
