Experiencing Broadband: Connecting Our Communities
The Smart City Summit 2003

On April 29-30, a major conference of community leaders from across Canada and around the world takes place. The theme of this year's conference is "Experiencing Broadband: Connecting Our Communities". If you’re looking to find new ways to streamline local service delivery through technology-based communications, this two-day Smart City Summit conference is a must-attend event for your organization. Canadian and international leaders, experts and visionaries in “smart” community development will converge on Ottawa to promote, learn, discuss, and share ideas at the Smart City Summit.

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Tuesday

Breakfast
Coffee & Networking

Keynote Address -
Terry Matthews, Chairman and CEO, March Networks Corporation and Chairman, Mitel Networks

7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Gala Room

On-Demand - The Evolution of e-business
Brent Cameron Business Development Manager IBM Global Services

9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Salon A

Building The World's Most Connected City — A Smart Success Model
Moderator: Paul Wilker, Smart Capital
Dave Dobbin, Telecom Ottawa
Rob McKay, City of Ottawa
Alfred Jay, Ramiuss

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Salon B

Digital Citizens and the Emergence of Smart Development
David Leung, General Manager, Telus National Municipal Smart Community Practice
Randy Duguay, Director, e-Business Solutions
Maureen Worden, Telus

9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Assembly Hall

Enabling Organizations with CleverPath
Computer Associates

10:20 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. Salon A

March Networks Networked Video Mini Day
Peter Wilenius, VP Solutions and Platform Management, March Networks;
Dr. Frank Knoefel, SCO Health Services

10:20 a.m. - 12:10 a.m. Salon B

The Tafeta Project: Smart Apartments for Seniors.

Enhanced public safety - knowing how to respond using broadband networks.

Smart Mobile Applications and Smart home security solutions

Italy - International Perspective

10:45 a.m. - 11:20 p.m. Assembly Hall

Canadian Smart Communities Profile - Part 1: Featuring Communities in Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia
Elinor Bradley Director, Smart Communities, Industry Canada

11:25 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Salon A

The Role of Universities in Smart Development
University of Ottawa Collaboratory

11:25 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Assembly Hall

Keynote LUNCHEON: Smart Communities in Latin America
Francisco Gómez Alamillo, Asociación Hispanoamericana de Centros de Investigación y Empresas de Telecomunicaciones; Madrid, Spain

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Gala Room

NipNet - Public/Private Partnership in Northern Ontario
Cheryl Burwash, Bell Canada

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Salon A

Advanced Applications and New Communications Technologies: Innovation at the Edge of the Network
Dr. Robert Crawhall, President, National Capital Institute of Telecommunications

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Assembly Hall

Profil des collectivités ingénieuses canadiennes - partie 2
French Language Presentation
Elinor Bradley, directrice, Collectivités ingénieuses, Industrie Canada
Présentation des collectivités du Québec et du Nouveau-Brunswick

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Salon B

Fibre Networks - the Evolution of a Broadband Infrastructure
Dermott O'Carroll, Senior Vice-President, Network Engineering and Operations, Rogers Cable

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Salon A

PANEL DISCUSSION - Models for Smart Libraries
Barbara Clubb, Ottawa Public Library
Charlotte Janes, Annapolis Valley Regional Library
Carrol Lunau, National Library of Canada
Virginia Stoddard, Western Counties Regional Library

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Assembly Hall

Voice, Video and Data - a Mitel Mini-Day

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Salon B

Open Standards- Converged Communications on Your Desktop
Anne Coulombe, Vice President, Mitel Knowledge

The Evolution of Video Communications
Alan Zander, Director, Conferencing and Peripherals, Mitel

From Conferencing to Collaboration
Ray Brown, Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, Mitel Networks

International "Smart" Development Panel
Moderator: Carol Sage, SmartCapital
Santiago Reyes Borda, Office of International Partnerships, Industry Canada
Lunga Madlala, City of Durban, South Africa
Ken Cumming, Industry Canada

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Salon A

Perspectives on Working with the Media
Canada Newswire

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Assembly Hall

Keynote: The Honourable Allan Rock, Minister of Industry, Government of Canada -
TechAction Town Hall Mayors' Panel, moderated by John Reid, CATAAlliance,
followed by CATAAlliance Innovation Dinner

6:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Gala Room

Wednesday

TechNow Power Panel: Innovation and our Economy—Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Paul Brent, CTV
John Reid, CATAAlliance
Pat Dipietro, Vengrowth
Jeff Dale, OCRI
Michael Binder, Industry Canada
Mike Gerrior, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall
Evan Kelly, PricewaterhouseCoopers

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Gala Room

Web-based GIS Technology — An Economic Development Tool
Jonathan Stanley, Destination Ontario

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Salon A

Bringing Small Business Into the Broadband Fold
David Cork, CEO, Natural Convergence

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Assembly Hall

Federal and Provincial Broadband Initiatives: COBRA & BRAND New Directions
Ross McLeod, Director General, Information Highway Applications Branch, Industry Canada
David Kennedy, Director, Information and Communications Technology Branch, Province of Ontario

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Salon B

Partnership Models for Sustainable Service Delivery
Chris Cope, SmartCapital
Ken Myhre, Connect Calgary

10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Assembly Hall

Traffic Management - From the Road to you in Real Time
Barrie Kirk President, Globis Data Inc

10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Salon A

Sustainable Community Networks: Models and Successes
Ken Joseph, P. Eng., Managing Partner, Icebridge Consulting
Maggie Matear, Director of Operations, NEONet

10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Salon B

The P3 Model - Facilitating Partnerships Around the World
Michel (Mike) Plouffe, Strategic Relationships Solutions Inc.

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Salon A

How to Buy and Sell Broadband Capacity
Laurence Dunbar Johnston & Buchan LLP

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Salon B

Managing your Video-conferencing Infrastructure
John MacBeth, President, Market Canada Videoconferencing

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Assembly Hall

Smart Office Keynote Luncheon: Advanced Building Systems and the Office of the Future
Dr. Vivian Loftness, Dean, Professor of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Gala Room

Discovering the Values and Needs of PEI's Agricultural Community
Mike Atyeo, Director, Neo Insight, Inc.
Martha Burka, PEI Deptartment of Agriculture and Forestry, Training Development Manager

1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Assembly Hall

PANEL: What to do Until the Fibre Comes
Dave Whyte, Managing Principal, CTI Network Services
David Orton, Director, Infosat Communications

1:45 p.m.- 2:45 p.m. Salon A

Ottawa Wireless Cluster Mini-Day

1:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Salon B

Building Metropolitan Networks with Wide HotSpot Coverage
Jim Arsenault, President, Dragonwave

2-Way Data Connectivity to 1 Billion Cellular Phones - Twice the Reach of the Internet
Dr. Michael Cowpland, President and CEO, ZIM Technologies International

Managing Enterprise Mobility Chaos - Devices, Applications, Networks
Alvaro Pombo, President and Chief Executive Officer, TrueContext