Had a quick lunch and rushed into a meeting with Cindy Pearson (Vice President & COO, BC Technology Industry Association). Cindy gave me a good overview of the technology industry in British Columbia. The industry is very dynamic and growing rapidly.
What’s even more impressive is the support structure around the industry. While [...]

I had a pleasure of being on the panel of International Forum with Tony Fish (Co-Founder, AMF Ventures, UK), Jeanette Kopak (Director Project Operations, Centre for Digital Media, Canada), and Jim Baker (Chief Marketing Officer, Icomera, Sweden). The discussion was moderated by Peter Lesyk (Director Business Development, TELUS).
Jeanette demonstrated Movisphere, application that the students [...]

Summit had several intensive discussion sessions throughout the day.  Discussions were generally arranged around investment, technology, international market sand education.
Investment panels were around the topic of raising funds for start-up ventures and how to engage carriers (financially and as partners) with your company.  Focus of the discussions took into account the current investment and economic [...]

Following on from the Leadership Forum yesterday, had a great, information packed Pacific Northwest Wireless Summit today. The conference theme was around Ideas, Innovation, Insight and Investment.
The morning started with keynote speakers from a cross section of the wireless industry, including researchers, venture capitalists and companies.
Tom Huseby (SeaPoint Ventures, Seattle) said this is the [...]

Pacific Northwest Wireless Summit 2009 kicked off today in Vancouver, Canada with an amazing Leadership Forum. The Forum was held on the 29th floor of Fasken Martineau’s offices in downtown Vancouver. During the conference, the fog lifted momentarily to give us a great view of Vancouver waterfront with the Grouse Mountain in the [...]

The West Midlands 2008 ICT Cluster Conference was held at the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull, UK. Now in its 5th year, the event was packed with great sessions, including an interesting session on EU funding sources.
The evening awards ceremony was quite exciting, including wins for CandiTV and Rapide Commuications.