{"id":6327,"date":"2013-04-25T15:12:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T19:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=6327"},"modified":"2013-05-01T16:45:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T20:45:03","slug":"women-in-telecom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=6327","title":{"rendered":"Women in telecom"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little over two years ago, I wrote about the Canadian telecommunications sector losing ground on diversity<\/a> in the executive ranks.<\/p>\n

As an industry, we have seen considerable progress since then, evidenced by the agenda for The 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit, taking place June 3-5 in Toronto.<\/p>\n

This year’s event will feature 3 women in keynote speaking roles, including past recipient of the “Woman of the Year” title from Canadian Women in Communications<\/a>, Karen Sheriff (President & CEO of Bell Aliant). She is joined by Qualcomm’s Peggy Johnson and IBM’s Sandy Carter.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karen Sheriff<\/b>
\nPresident & CEO
\nBell Aliant<\/td>\n		Peggy Johnson<\/b>
\nExecutive Vice President &
\nPresident Global Market
\nDevelopment
\nQualcomm<\/td>\n		Sandy Carter<\/b>
\nVP, Social Business
\nEvangelism and Sales
\nIBM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

In addition to over a dozen powerful Canadian and International keynote speakers, the Summit will feature\u00a0the following panel discussions:<\/p>\n