MAY 23, 2012   Day 1 of Conference

intelligent waterloo    Councillor Mark Whaley - City of Waterloo

Being an Intelligent Community is "As Good As I.T. Gets"    Kristina Verner, Centre for Smart Community Innovation, University of Windsor

The Intelligent Region As A Defining Brand Narrative   Serge Lavoie - President, Southwest Economic Alliance (SWEA)

The Growth Imperative for Our Small and Medium Enterprises: Ontario's Productivity and Innovation Challenge    James Milway - Executive Director, Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity

Addressing Canada's Infrastructure Challenge - The Demand for Innovation   Mark Romoff - President & CEO, Canadian Council for Public- Private Partnerships

Economic Development and Innovation: A York Region Perspective   Doug Lindeblom - Director of Economic Strategy Regional Municipality of York

Creating an Innovation Ecosystem     Robert Hache - Vice President, Research and Innovation, York University

Creating an Innovation Ecosystem - ventureLab    Jeremy Laurin - CEO, ventureLab

O3 Collaboration - ORION's Collaboration Tool   Ali Abbas Mehhboob Hirji - Community Development Manager, Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network

Benefits of Regional Approaches to Broadband  David Fell - Executive Director, Eastern Ontario Regional Network, Jim Pine - CAO, Hastings County

Enabling E-Business Transformations - Essential Infrastructure    Douglas Bower - Manager, E-Business Unit, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation

Leveraging Digital Intelligence for Smarter Communities - Trends From Smarter Cities    John Longbottom - National Executive, IBM

Smarter Cities Digital Economy: Understanding the Ecosystems   Ken Cochrane, Partner, Advisory Services, KPMG

Creating a Culture of Open Government and Leveraging Data to Build a Smart Community   Lan Nguyen - Director, Business Enablement, Information and Technology Division, City of Toronto

Open Data and Shared Services   Omar Rashid - Microsoft Canada Inc.

Open Government and Community Building In The Digital Economy Jury Konga - Principal, eGov Futures Group

Communities Mobilizing: Where the Future Is For ....     Rob McPhee - Executive Director, Muskoka Community Network

MAY 24, 2012   Day 2 of Conference

Health Care As a Growth Seed   Panel Introduction  Dr. William Gage - Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, York University 

IBM Canada - Research and Development Centre    Pat Horgan, VP, Manufacturing and Operations, IBM Canada

3 Guys, 579 Days, 1 Crowdfunding Law... and What It Means for You  Sherwood Neiss - The StartUp Exemption

Connected Communities - Virtual Centres of Excellence    Rick Huijbregts - Vice President, Smart + Connected Communities, Cisco Canada

Intelligent Bang for the Intelligent Buck: Measuring Success (Yes, It Is About the Money)    Chris Miller - CEO, Illuminomics

Intelligent Communities   Matt Wenger, CEO of GroupSystems

100 G - Speed Does Matter!      Darin Graham - CEO, Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION)

Business Needs for Ultra Fast Broadband     Julie King - Co-founder and Editor, CanadaOne.com. 

The Case for Collaboration ... and the need for bandwidth!     Jim Gragtmans - CEO, ET Group