TORONTO – "Work. Live. Play. – The Infinite Potential of Wireless", is the theme of the 2006 Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association annual conference.
The gathering, backed by major sponsors Bell Canada, Rogers, Telus and Nortel, will explore new business opportunities, converging technologies and life beyond 3G.
Set for May 16 and 17, 2006 at the Hilton Toronto Airport, the two-day symposium will feature more than 65 industry experts, business leaders and government officials in a series of panel discussions and workshops centred around three main tracks:
* Freedom to the Worker – Wireless Solutions for Business
* Living in the Wireless World – The Demand for Technology Enablers
* The Wireless Consumer – At Work, at Home and at Play.
Dave Murashige, Nortel’s vice-president, mobility and converged core networks, strategic marketing, will open the event with a keynote address on May 16.
On May 17, keynote speaker André Tremblay, Telecom Policy Review Panel member and the former president and CEO of Microcell Telecom, will discuss the TPR’s recent recommendations and the implications for the wireless industry.
The conference also features an exclusive performance by Canadian comedian and satirist Rick Mercer of CBC television fame on the evening of May 16.
For more, or to register, go to www.cwta.ca.
