What's New > CITT Rendez-vous special early conference registration extended until August 1st!
July 22, 2014
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If you haven't had the chance to register for the CITT Rendez-vous next month, we're prolonging the deadline to Friday August 1st at the special early registration rate for CITT members of $150, a saving of $100 on the regular conference rate and a $200 saving on the on-site registration rate!
Check out the CITT Rendez-vous in Ottawa programming or scroll down to read more. Here are some of the highlights:
- Over 30 exhibitors at the trade show
- Over 20 workshops and sessions
- Backstage tours at the NAC
- CITT AGM
- The Industry best social events and networking opportunities
Don't miss CITT's 24th Rendez-vous Annual Conference and Trade Show!
Canada's unique opportunity to connect with the Canadian performance arts industry!

Take advantage of the Very Special Early Registration fee of $150, a saving of $200 on the on site registration rate! Deadline is extended until Friday August 1st! Click here to register!
Here are updates on the conference session programming
THURSDAY AUGUST 14 - Professional Development Day
Hands-on Training schedules so far are:
- In-Depth 3-hour Backstage Tour at the National Arts Centre (limited to 15 persons only, there will be one tour in the morning and a second tour in the afternoon)
- Morning Session with DiGiCo SD-Series Hands On Mixing Workshop with GerrAudio's instructor Geoff Maurice followed in the afternoon with Live Instrument and Actor Microphone Techniques with GerrAudio's instructor Geoff Maurice
- ETC Layers of Lights
- Hippotizer: A look inside “North America’s Favourite Media Servers" with TMB's Instructor Geoffrey Platt
- System Design Principles with Meyer Sound’s seminar instructor Scott Bush
- QLab Training with Gavin Fearon
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S.M.Art / P.M. Arts Workshop: CITT is please to present S.M. Arts and P.M. Arts workshopsMorning Session: Scheduling & Planning led by Janelle Rainville – Director of S.M.Arts -Afternoon Session: Managing People led by Peter Fleming – Director of P.M.Arts
FRIDAY AUGUST 15 - Corporate Day
Some of the conference sessions include:
- Backstage Venue Tour at the National Arts Centre
- Being Sustainable in the live performance arts with Randy Sa'd
- Counterweight Rigging: A History and Anatomy with Rick Boychuk
- LEDs with Jean-François Cadieux
- Ottawa Little Theatre: the 1st 100 years with Margaret Coderre-Williams
- S*#t! I broke my arm and I can’t work…what do I do? Emergency funding for theatre professionals facing crisis situations a panel discussion with Actor's Fund of Canada and Behind the Scenes
- StageFly - Demonstration of a new Accessibility App for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audience with Bill Zeilstra
- Using Special Effects & Firearms On Stage: Rules, Regulations & Best Practices with Mark Fine
- What rights are we talking about? SOCAN explained with Yanik Hardy
- You're Not the Boss of Me! How Can Venues and Tours Work Together Safely? with Janet Sellery and 4 panelists
- Peavey's MediaMatrix: most scalable, flexible and specified digital distributed audio system with Natalie Scalise and Dave Nicholas
CITT TRADE SHOW OVER 30 EXHIBITORS! Confirmed exhibitors include:
- A.C. Lighting
- A.C. T. Lighting
- AirMagic FX
- Avid Live System
- Christie Lites
- d&b audiotechnik Canada
- Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC)
- Erikson Audio
- GerrAudio Distribution
- Green Stage Machinery Ltd
- HHB Communications Canada
- Lex Products
- Luminex Network Intelligent
- MDG Fog Generators
- Multi-Caisses
- Niscon
- Ontario Staging Limited
- Osram Sylvania
- Pathway Connectivity
- Roland Systems Group
- Rosco Canada
- SC Media
- Scapin Staging
- Scenework
- Sennheiser
- SFM
- Show Distribution
- Show Sage
- Solotech
- Sound Distribution Inc. Canada
- Techni+Contact
- Technically Yours Inc. (TYI)
- Theatrixx Technologies
- TMB
- Trizart Alliance
- Ultratec FX
- Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems Inc.
- ZFX Flying
SATURDAY AUGUST 16 - Forum Day
CITT Trade Show (see above)
- CITT AGM Breakfast
- Regional Section Meetings
- Caucuses Mixer: tell us what your want for future programming!
- ETCP: Why be certified?
- Hazards in the use of Multimeters & New ANSI Standard How will it affect you? with EESCO
- Project Budgeting with Al Cushing, Peter Roberts
- Stage Fire Safety with Brad Davies
- Audio/video playback using SFX and SCS with Jim Smagata
- The Future of Stage Design in Canada: Is video projection replacing scenography?Michael Kruse and Scott Spidell moderators
- The Future of Stage Rigging: Counterweight Rigging vs Automated Rigging panel discussion - Moderator: Norberts Muncs Panelists: Rick Boychuk, Ted Paget and others to be confirmed
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