Mobility & Media
Mobile devices are pervasive and content directed at mobile users is growing at incredible rates. As a nation, we have the opportunity to capitalize on existing strengths in mobile and develop novel entertainment, communications and platforms. These Sessions analyze the current situation and create a plan for future growth.
Co-Chairs:
Sara Diamond, President, Ontario College of Art & Design
John Myers, VP and GM: Communications Solutions Group, Open Text Corporation
| Day One: Monday, June 8, 2009 | |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Welcoming remarks |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Introduction to Canada 3.0 - Tom Jenkins and forum co-chairs |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Digital Rights: Beware the Under Toad - Gary Maavara, Vice President, Corus Entertainment and Jerry Brown, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| 11:30am - 12:30 pm | Lunch and Digital Media Showcase & Bootcamp |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Mobility Ubiquity. You ain’t seen nothing yet: Future growth and mobile entertainment’s potential. Dr. David Jacobson, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | The Future of Mobile Offerings for Service Providers - Challenges, limitations and opportunities |
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Break and Digital Media Showcase & Bootcamp |
| 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Innovation and Insight: Mapping Ontario's Mobile Industry |
| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Mobile Content and Entertainment. Multiplatform, pervasive and growing |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Transportation to Stratford Shakespeare Festival Theatre |
| 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Welcoming Remarks by Stratford Mayor Dan Mathieson; The Honourable John Wilkinson, Minister of Research and Innovation; and Antoni Cimolino, Director, Stratford Shakespeare Festival |
Followed by cocktail reception and backstage tours |
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| Day Two: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 | |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am - 8:45 am | Opening Remarks and Day 1 Review - Ken Coates, Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo |
| 8:45 am - 9:45 am | Keynote address - Chad Gaffield, President Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | The Honourable John Wilkinson, Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Break and Digital Media Showcase & Bootcamp |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | New Strategies for Mobile Business Services: How mobility can help "re-invent" traditional business |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Business Models: Global and Canadian consumer markets (retail, education, entertainment). |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch and Digital Media Showcase & Bootcamp |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Design Rules! Strategies for design process, challenges and effects of interface and platform design. |
| 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Staying Competitive: Where do we go in Canada - the great Canadian mobile strategy! |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Break and Digital Media Showcase & Bootcamp |
| 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm | Closing Plenary |
| 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Closing Remarks and Next Steps |
