Developing a national digital strategy

As you may have read last week, Industry Minister Christian Paradis was supposed to be delivering the closing address on June 5 at The 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit.

Over the course of the 3 day event, taking place June 3-5 at the Toronto Congress Centre, we will explore many areas that should provide guidance for moving forward, whether or not the government sets out a formal strategy.

For example, a panel on Wednesday June 5 will be looking at “Building an Innovation Economy”, exploring the issue from all angles.

Building an Innovation Economy
Wednesday morning, June 5, 2013

Namir Anani (moderator)
President & CEO
Information & Communications Technology Council
Chris Hodgson
Sector Lead – Multi Channel Solutions
Google
Tracey Jennings
Canadian Leader:
Technology, Information,
Communication and Entertainment
PwC
Warren Jestin
SVP and Chief Economist
Scotiabank
Ron Styles
President & CEO
SaskTel
Joan Vogelesang
President and CEO
Toon Boom Animation
John Weigelt
National Technology Officer
Microsoft

Other panels are examining the next generation of wireless, looking at consumer issues (and available recourse for consumer complaints), the evolution of service provider business models and much, much more.

Once again, Canadians find ourselves drifting aimlessly with uncertainty guiding the evolution of Canada’s digital economy. It is a sector filled with activity. Wireless new entrants are in transition; investors are faced with changing rules and a lack of clarity about the transfers of spectrum. Consumers continue to increase their demand for flexible connectivity for voice, data, image and entertainment. Machine to machine communications means more devices talking to each other with significant impact on networks and security.

You need to be at The 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit, just 4 weeks away. Have you registered yet?

Continuing Professional Development: Some of the time spent attending substantive sessions at The 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit can be claimed as “Substantive Hours” towards LSUC’s CPD requirements.

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