OTTAWA – CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais and Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien will join representatives from Google, Bell Canada, TekSavvy and more as speakers at this year’s IIC Canada 2014 Conference.
Scheduled for October 21 – 22, 2014 in Ottawa, 'Vision 20/20 – What's next for Canada's communications industries' will bring together business and government leaders in broadcasting, media, telecommunications and technology, with the goal of unpacking the intersection of policy and politics in today's technology-driven communications sector.
Discussion topics include:
– Recent developments in the communications industries;
– Disruptive innovation, consumers and creativity: a look at what makes Canada's video game industry one of the best in the world;
– What do Canadian communication consumers want?
– Democratization of technology: from access and use to design empowerment;
– Transparency in the surveillance era;
– Communications networks: stuck in the middle with you!
– Communications policy: What are the real objectives? What's stopping us from getting there?
Advance registration is required and space is filling up for this two-day event. Click here for more speakers and the preliminary program outline.
