OTTAWA – This year’s theme of The International Institute of Communications – Canadian Chapter’s conference is "Digital Interactive Media – Are We Maximizing the Benefits?", the organization has announced.
The conference will be held in Ottawa on December 1- 2, 2008, and promises to feature featuring keynote speakers and panel discussions that will examine the latest issues in the industry from new media to broadband wireless, to programmers and distributors, while addressing questions like:
* Is Canada investing sufficiently in wireline and wireless networks to support broadband access anywhere, anytime?
* What is required to incent deployment of next generation networks, support digital interactive media business models and connect Canadians to Canadian programming in the digital interactive world?
The IIC is an international, independent, non-governmental and interdisciplinary network of senior policy makers, regulators, scholars, technologists, industrialists and content providers embracing broadcasting, telecommunications and new media in 70 countries.
