CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Thursday October 25, 2007
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome
Ms. Brenda Halloran, Mayor, City of Waterloo
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Introduction and Overview
Conference Moderator - Dr. Patricia Demers (FRSC), President, Royal Society of Canada
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Improving Energy Management with a Network-Centric Approach
Mr. Mark Golan, VP, Connected Real Estate Practice, Cisco
Face-to-face meetings requiring air travel can be replaced by TelePresence where the boardroom experience can be extended to anywhere in the world. This and other examples will illustrate how the Internet is making a valuable contribution to our energy challenges.
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break - Poster and Technology Displays
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Companies Using Broadband: Saving Energy
Mr. John Wetmore, Former President, IBM Canada
This presentation discusses how IBM implemented a flexi workplace program and the consequence of this decision as connection to the Internet now allows employees to work partly from home.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch & Speaker
Information Technology´s Role in Reliable Electricity Supply
Dr. Jan Carr, CEO, Ontario Power Authority
A reliable, secure supply of reasonably priced electricity has underpinned Ontario's growth over the last century and is essential to ongoing economic prosperity. This presentation will highlight the critical role that communications technology plays in the electricity sector.
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Roadmap Review
Conference Moderator - Dr. Patricia Demers (FRSC)
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Canada´s Challenge: Moving Information Without Moving People
Dr. Michael Binder, Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry Canada
Canadians are increasingly embracing the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their daily lives. This presentation examines the challenges and opportunities faced by policy-makers in building an innovative economy and society. Particular emphasis is placed on the potential of these technologies to support environmental goals.
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Coffee Break - Poster and Technology Displays
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Hot Air: Solving Canada´s Climate Change Problems
Guest Speaker: Mr. Geoffrey Simpson, Columnist, the Globe and Mail
This talk summarizes the climate threat to Canada and the current responses
from politicians, industrialists and environmentalists. Mr. Simpson will lay out the few simple policies that Canada must adopt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and how modern communications media could be used to influence
the environmental agenda.
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Roadmap Summary
Conference Moderator Dr. Patricia Demers (FRSC)
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Intelligent Community Announcement - The 2008 Smart21 Communities
Mr. Lou Zacharilla and Mr. John Jung, Intelligent Community Forum (ICF)
The Smart21 announcement is the first stage in ICF's annual Intelligent Community Awards cycle. Based on nominations submitted by communities large and small from around the world, ICF selects 21 finalists with the potential to become one of the Forum's Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year. Gaining a place among the year's Smart21 is considered a badge of honour as well as the first step towards greater recognition as an Intelligent Community positioned to prosper in the broadband economy.
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