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e-Commerce to e-Economy: Strategies for the 21st Century

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Conference Background Paper: The Challenge of Change: Building the 21st Century Economy [PDF - 560KB]

e-Commerce to e-Economy: Strategies for the 21st Century is a two-day, national conference, hosted by Industry Canada. This exclusive event will bring leaders from business, government and the research community together to discuss and develop a shared strategic vision for Canada's economic future.

The spread of Internet-based technologies throughout society has become the dominant economic reality of the 21st century. The e-economy - the use of information and communication technologies for product and process innovation across all sectors of the economy - has emerged as the primary engine of productivity and growth for the global economy. Successful economic strategies will enhance our capacity to adopt and exploit these technologies to create competitive advantage.

The goals of the conference are to:

• Highlight the importance of the Internet and e-business to productivity, competitiveness and economic growth;
• Assess Canada's progress as an e-economy, its future challenges and opportunities;
• Establish strategic priorities for government, business, and academia.

This conference builds on a series of thematic workshops to review Canada's e-economy strategies and define their next iterations.

Canada Connects is partnering with K-Net to provide what we believe is the first national, public, web-based seminar, hosted using Macromedia Breeze. Registration deadline is Tuesday, Sept 21. The actual event takes place on Sept 23 starting at 7:30am EST with Bill Muirhead's presentation starting at 7:45am. The title of Bill Muirhead's presentation is "Hybrid Learning Environments Integrating eLearning with Face to Face Instruction". For more information visit  http://www.canadaconnects.ca/breakfast/

Participation will provide you with first hand experience with how this tool can be used to deliver an online conference. It will provide you with insight into how Canada's newest university is planning to blend eLearning technologies with face to face instruction and finally you will have a chance to meet like minded professionals within the BREEZE environment.

All registrants will receive the National Attendees list identifying colleagues from across Canada who share their interest in eLearning.

We believe that this is an exciting opportunity for Canadians to connect from sea-to-sea. ... For more details and online registration please see:
http://www.canadaconnects.ca/breakfast/

Bill Muirhead, the Associate Provost of Ontario University will explain how Canada's youngest University is building eLearning into their campus' instructional culture from the ground up.

In the spirit of the eLearning seminar series Bill Muirhead will be presenting live from Downtown Ottawa with seminar attendees located on the Algonquin College Campus.

The remote broadcast of Dr. Muirhead's presentation will be faciltated through the use of Macromedia BREEZE. The BREEZE server and hosting support will be provided by K-Net. K-Net Multimedia Applications Manager, Jesse Fiddler will provide additional background information on the use of the Breeze server and how it was used successfully by K-Net to host a national First Nations conference with over 150 on line attendees.

A Question and Answer session will follow Bill Muirhead's presentation with live questions coming from the floor at Algonquin Campus and from online attendees.

This is an ideal opportunity to network with eLearning enthusiasts while participating in the use of Macromedia's most advanced web event delivery product.

Online attendance: $10 ( pre-event Breeze training sessions included in both options)

Please register before 4pm Sept.21. Payment can be made online by credit card or call 613 731-8330 for special payment arrangements.