René Barsalo is the director of the Metalab, SAT research department in immersive media and audiovisual transmission over next generation Internet networks. He will present some of the key points of innovations at SAT and how, through several activities, they were able to demonstrate the innovation and economic value of technological arts to the governments and the private sector. René will also talk about the UrbanHub vision, SAT proposition to transform cultural centres into a network of interconnected public spaces. Barsalo has become one of Canada’s most influential analysts and activists in the world of digital culture. One of the founders of the Forum des Inforoutes et du Multimédia and the Alliance NumériQc, he is a dedicated lecturer, an entrepreneur and an insightful witness to the cultural changes brought in by the digital age.