ICTAM Main Conference

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Event : ICTAM Main Conference
Date : May 19th (8:00 am - 4:30 pm)
Venue : Delta Winnipeg Hotel
Address : 350 St. Mary Avenue
Location: Winnipeg, MB
Event Language : English

8:00 - 8:30am - Registration and Networking
8:30 - 9:00am - Opening Remarks
9:00 - 10:30am - Session 1 Breakouts

e-Health
The implementation of electronic health records and adopting the use of mobile and medical devices is having a transformational effect on healthcare. What does this mean to Manitobans? Are privacy and security an issue?

Speakers:
Heather McLaren, Chief Privacy & Risk Officer, Manitoba eHealth
Liz Loewen, Director, Coordination of Care, Manitoba eHealth

Inclusion - The International Professional
In today's global world, workplaces are becoming more and more diverse. What are the implications from a human rights and labour and immigration perspective? How do companies build cross cultural competency in recruiting, interviewing and retaining global talent in order to ensure they have the best and the brightest?

Speakers:
Adrian B. Frost, Lawyer, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Markus Chambers, Immigration Division, Manitoba Labour & Immigration
Lionel Laroche, Ph.D., P. Eng., President, MCB, Solutions

R&D Commercialization
How do we accelerate the innovation and commercialization cycle here in Manitoba? What does it mean to us to be part of an 'innovation nation' and why should we care? What are some real life examples of R&D Commercialization?

Speakers:
Royal Hinther, Director, Business Development, Canadian Light Source Inc.
Robert Tasker, President and CEO, TRLabs
Mathew Hudson, CEO, Invenia Technical Computing

10:30 - 10:45am - Break
10:45 - 12:15pm - Session 2 Breakouts

Infrastructure
How do we create a truly wireless and mobile Province with bandwidth for all? What are the impacts of a borderless digital world?

Speakers:
Dean Staples, Converged Services Architect, MTS Allstream
Murray Matiowsky, Managing Director, Manitoba Hydro Telecom

Digital Media
What are the implications of Canada's new copyright law on the creative community? How do we create compelling content and compete in a mobile world? What steps does the creative community take to ensure their constituents can adapt to change?

Speakers
Christian Dandeneau, President and CEO, IDFusion Software
Peter George, President and CEO, Mckim Cringan George
Dan Belhassen, President, Modern Earth Web Design

Adoption of ICT in Manitoba
How do we move IT back on the agenda with government, with the business community and with the broader public? How do we make adoption of technology a priority across all industry sectors?

Speakers
Brian Eckhardt, CEO, IMT
John Clarkson, Deputy Minister, Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines

12:15 - 12:45pm - Lunch (Food Service)

12:45 - 1:45pm - Keynote - Michael Furdyk

We've Only Just Begun: The Online Revolution and the Future of Your Business

With a deep understanding of technology and a strong business sense, Michael Furdyk delivers a talk that pinpoints the key issues you'refacing in adapting to the promise - and the threat - of massive technological change. He takes you to the frontier of the digital revolution, Web 2.0, and beyond. What's likely to happen next? What are the implications for individuals, businesses, and communities - and how do they affect your company specifically?

1:45 - 2:00pm - Break
2:00 - 4:00pm - ICT Executive Forum on Post Secondary Education

This forum will feature panelists from both academia and business, each with an opinion on how best to prepare the future ICT workforce in Manitoba. The final half hour of the session will be devoted to participant roundtables with recorded disucssion. A synopsis of the roundtable will be available to participants after the conference.

4:00 - 4:30pm - Wrap up