Program

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

7:00 A.M.

Registration and breakfast

8:00 A.M.

Word of welcome

Daniel Blanche, President and CEO, CRIM


Opening address

Clément Gignac, Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade

8:30 A.M.

Conference

Jim Carroll, Canadian futurist
Provides unique insight into high-velocity changes

9:15 A.M.

Conference

Sylvain Lafrance, Executive Vice-President, French Services, CBC/Radio-Canada
The democratization effect of technology 

9:45 A.M.
Conference

David Robertson, Ph.D., IMD - International Institute for Management Development
Hoe LEGO was saved from bankruptcy by turning around its innovation system

10:30 A.M.

Break

11:00 A.M.

Conference

Farhat Ali, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fujitsu America
Shaping towmorrow

11:30 A.M.
Conference

Yannis Mallat, Chief Executive Officer, Ubisoft Montréal & Ubisoft Toronto
A leading video game studio shares its vision on the evolution of the industry

12:00 P.M.

Lunch session

André Mondoux, Ph.D., Researcher, columnist and professor, UQAM 
Analysis that transcends the rationale for sociale networking

1:30 P.M.

Conference

Jeff McDowell, Executive Vice-President, Global Alliances, Research in Motion (RIM)
Mobile applications today and tomorrow

2:00 P.M.
Conference

Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada
The principle of privacy rights within the online social revolution

2:30 P.M.
Conference

Andy Piper, Consulting IT ans Social Media Specialist, IBM Consulting
Consumer technology is changing the way we work

3:00 P.M.
Break
3:30 P.M.
Conference

Stéphane Marceau, Chief Marketing Officer, Yellow Pages Group

4:00 P.M.

Conference

Clara Shih, CEO, Hearsay Labs, and Author, The Facebook Era 
Preparing for a new kind of customer relationship

5:00 P.M.

Networking Cocktail Reception

Thursday, April 8, 2010

7:00 A.M.

Registration and breakfast

8:00 A.M.

Opening address for 2nd day
8:30 A.M.
Conference

Claude Bélisle, Vice-President of the Satellite Communications and Radio Propagation Research Branch, Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC)
The next generation of wireless devices

9:00 A.M.
Conference

Mark Lowenstein, Managing Director, Mobile Ecosystem
Mobile directions

9:30 A.M.
Conference

Robert Courteau, Senior Vice President, Business Solutions, DMR-Fujitsu Canada 
The connected retail exp erience

10:00 A.M.
Break
10:30 A.M.
Conference

David Hershberg, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Globecomm
Advances in satellite communications and coverged networks

11:00 A.M.
Conference

Patrick Chanezon, API Evangelist, Google
The intricacies of social networks

11:30 A.M. To be confirmed

12:00 P.M.

Lunch session

Najoua Kooli,  Project Manager, CEFRIO
Results of the CEFRIO 2009 NETendances Survey

1:30 P.M.
Conference
Austin Hill, Co-founder and CEO, Akoha, Canadian entrepreneur, angel investor
2:00 P.M.
Conference

Sébastien Provencher, Co-founder, Praized Media 
Social media sites: don't miss out!  

2:30 P.M.
Conference

Henri Kaufman, President HiP IP IP and Author
Even the customer relationship has been transformed by the web

3:00 P.M.
Break
3:30 P.M.
Conference

François Coallier, Ph.D. and Chair, Department of Software and IT Engineering, ÉTS
Cloud Computing: myths ans realities 

4:00 P.M.
Conference

Mourad Debbabi, Ph.D., Concordia University 
Fighting cybercrime; the next generation 

4:20 P.M.

Draw for door prizes and concluding remarks
4:30 P.M.
Closing session



Simultaneous English and French interpretation will be provided.

 

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