October 6, 2005
Delta Beausejour
Moncton, New Brunswick
"Growing Technology-based Business in Atlantic Canada"
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| 8:40 a.m. | Keynote
Regional Grounding, Global Growth Paul Kent, COO, xwave; Senior Vice President, Aliant Inc. |
| 9:15 a.m. | Featured Speaker
And the World Will Beat a Pathway to Your Door: Lessons in Innovation and Marketing Robert Bell, Executive Director, Intelligent Community Forum, New York |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Panel 1: Experiences from the Trenches
Technology business leaders from Atlantic Canada and other regions share and compare their experiences Byron Dawe, President, Rutter Technologies Inc. Nancy Mathis, CEO, Mathis Instruments Robert Orr, President, Ocean Nutrition Paul Mills,Vice-President, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (Moderator) |
| 11:15 a.m. | Panel 2: Financing Growth of Technology Firms
Investors and IP experts discuss investment strategies and assess factors for success Ben Forcier, Vice President, Investment, Innovacorp. Peter Forton, Senior Vice President, Investments, GrowthWorks Gregory Phipps, Director, Technology Seed Investments, Business Development Bank of Canada Cecil Freeman Assistant Deputy Minister of Business and Innovation for Business New Brunswick (Moderator) |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. | Featured Speaker
Growing a company: It’s not only the technology that counts Bob Glandfield, President & CEO, Innovation Synergy Centre in Markham |
| 2:15 p.m. | Panel 3: Best Practices from the Research Community
Researchers from academia, government and the private sector describe how they work with firms in various sectors to help them succeed. Dave King, President, Genesis Group, Memorial University of Newfoundland Wade MacLauchlan, President & Vice-Chancellor, UPEI Rodney Ouellette, CEO & Scientific Director, Beausejour Medical Research Institute Chummer Farina, Director General, Industry Canada, Industrial Analysis Branch (Moderator) |
| 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45 p.m. | Panel 4: Wrap-up
A panel of experts reviews the day’s proceedings and recommends next steps Yves Gagnon, Visiting Executive, Atlantic Regional Office, NSERC David Gough, President, GINI University Services Inc. Jeff White, Vice-President, Deloitte & Touche, Corporate Finance, Atlantic Region Lynda Leonard, Senior Vice President, Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) (Moderator) |
| 4:45 p.m. | Closing remarks |
| 5:00 p.m. | Reception |
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