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8:45am – 9:10am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry
Mike Lazaridis, Research In Motion
9:10am – 9:25am
State of Canada's Digital Economy
J. Wayne Gudbranson, Branham Group Inc.
As background for the day’s discussion, this session will provide an in depth analysis of the current state of the digital economy in Canada, focusing on Canada’s strengths, weaknesses, emerging challenges and future opportunities.
9:25am – 10:40am
Promoting Business Innovation Using ICTs
Information communication technologies are profoundly transforming the way business operates, products are created, processes are undertaken, and even how people communicate and interact. This session will address some of the challenges Canada is facing with respect to the adoption and deployment of ICTs.
What are the key steps Canada must take to accelerate the use of ICTs to propel business innovation and competitiveness across all sectors of the economy?
Moderator: Andrew Sloss, eBay Canada
Speakers:
Kevin Warren, Xerox Canada
Perrin Beatty, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Stephan Lauzon, Groupe4L2
10:40am – 11:00am
Break
11:00am – 12:15pm
Building a Digital Infrastructure for the Future
In the past decade, high speed networks, new bandwidth intensive applications and mobile technologies have played an increasingly critical role in competitiveness, productivity and economic growth. This session will address the challenge facing Canada in rolling out next generation infrastructure and access.
What is required for Canada to keep pace with the rest of the world and build networks that will support future economic growth?
Moderator: Bernard Courtois, Information Technology Association of Canada
Speakers:
Nitin Kawale, Cisco Systems Canada
Bernard Lord, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association of Canada
Richard Alvarez, Canada Health Infoway
Jacob Glick, Google
12:15pm – 12:30pm
Keynote Address
Sir Terry Matthews, Wesley Clover
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm – 2:45pm
Ensuring a Safer, Stronger Online Marketplace
As more and more goods, services, information and content are exchanged online, the Internet has become critical to the prosperity of the digital economy. This session will address the challenges we are currently facing in this rapidly changing, dynamic environment as well as emerging issues.
How can Canada effectively ensure a competitive, safe and more secure online marketplace?
Moderator: Tom Jenkins, Open Text Corporation
Speakers:
Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and e-Commerce Law
Tim Wilson, Head, Visa Canada
2:45pm – 3:05pm
Break
3:05pm – 4:20pm
Moving Canada's Digital Economy Forward
This session will bring together the discussion that has taken place throughout the day and ask participants to identify the collective goals and list the priority areas for action that would form an agenda for Canada's Digital Economy.
Moderator: The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry
Speakers:
Andrew Sloss, eBay Canada
Bernard Courtois, Information Technology Association of Canada
Tom Jenkins, Open Text Corporation
David Johnston, University of Waterloo
4:20pm – 4:30pm
Closing Remarks
The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry
4:30pm – 6:30pm
Reception