Agenda and Presentations
Maple Ridge Economic Summit - Best Practices for Connected Communities
Agenda - October 29, 2009 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
7:00 AM Doors Open/Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM Opening Remarks/Agenda Outline/Summit Outcomes
Sandy Blue - Manager Economic Development, District of Maple Ridge
8:05 AM Official Welcome to Maple Ridge
Ernie Daykin - Mayor, District of Maple Ridge
Jim Rule - Chief Administrative Officer, District of Maple Ridge
8:40 AM The Creative Class - Next Generation Business Models - Insights from an Industry Insider
Rochelle Grayson - Interm Executive Director, New Media BC
9:30 AM The BC Context - Future Directions within the Advanced Technology Sector
Pascal Spothelfer - President & CEO, BC Technology Industry Association
10:15 AM Bio Break - Refreshments
10:35 AM Academic Institutions and How They Shape and Support Connected Communities
John McKendry, Kwantlen Polytechnical University (Moderator)
Elmer Sum, Simon Fraser University
Robert Buchan, University of the Fraser Valley
Michael Hrybyk, BCNET
11:15 AM Local Success Story - Future Vehicle Technologies
Todd Pratt - Future Vehicle Technologies
11:30 AM Buffet Lunch - Networking Session
12:15 PM Keynote Speaker - Connected Communities - A Technology Overview
Tony Geheran - Senior Vice President Customer Service Delivery, TELUS
1:05 PM Advancement of Connected Communities through Infrastructure and Capital Investment - Broadband and ICT's as the 4th Utility in the 21st Century
Ralph Wright - Director of Systems Engineering, Cisco Systems
1:55 PM Getting There from Here. Partnership Strategies, Resource Acquisition & More
Michelle Scarborough - VP Investment, Ottawa Centre for Research & Innovation
2:35 PM Bio Break - Refreshments
2:50 PM Government and Governmental Agencies in the Advancement of Connected Communities
Michelle Scarborough - Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (Moderator)
Bruce Drake - Industry Canada
Clint Megaffin - Investment Capital Branch, Province of BC
Karen Chown - Calgary Economic Development
Mike McDermott - Connex
3:50 PM Visions for a Connected and Sustainable Urban Future - Life Lessons in the Development of Connected Communities
Rochelle Grayson - Interm Executive Director, New Media BC
4:20 PM Closing Comments
Sandy Blue - Manager Economic Development, District of Maple Ridge