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Attend the conference portion of the Massive Technology Show to learn key tips from the experts! To attend the speaker conference you must purchase an all access pass, available here. To see the list of speakers from the 2007 show, please click here. | .
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kerry Munro
General Manager, Yahoo! Canada
20 years of executive management experience in the technology products and services sectors, Kerry Munro's role at Yahoo! Canada is responsible for the company’s overall operation and strategic growth, and in the latter capacity he has significantly increased the size and influence of Yahoo!'s presence in Canada by expanding the operational staff, increasing revenue and making Yahoo! Canada one of the fastest growing Yahoo! business units worldwide.
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Search Engine Marketing
Clash of the Search Engine Titans!
Join Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft as they face off on the future of search engine marketing. Hear what executives from the world’s three greatest online movers and shakers have to say about “search” and your business.
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Mathew Ingram - MODERATOR, Technology Writer, The Globe and Mail
Mathew Ingram is an award-winning writer and columnist with the Globe and Mail, where he writes about the Internet and new media for both the newspaper and globeandmail.com. He is also a co-founder of Mesh, Canada's leading Web conference, and has a personal blog at www.mathewingram.com/work. [more]
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Martin Byrne - PANELIST, National Director, Yahoo! Search Marketing Canada
Martin has spent the last 15 years of his career building online business for a wide variety of Canadian and international organizations. Initially Martin worked for several Canadian internet presence agencies building websites for TD Bank, BMW Canada, Bank of New York, Deutchbank and more. [more]
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Owen Sagness - PANELIST, Vice President, Microsoft OSG Canada for MSN
As Vice President of MSN Canada, Owen Sagness directs the Canadian team and is responsible for the number one online network in Canada, Sympatico.msn.ca. He is also responsible for MSN Canada’s award-winning software and services including Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail and Live Search. Recently, Mr. Sagness led the Canadian market launch of Microsoft adCenter, the pay-per-click search advertising solution for budgets of all sizes. Under his leadership, Microsoft adCenter and Sympatico.msn.ca provide advertisers with comprehensive and targeted search and display advertising opportunities that reach millions of Canadians daily. [more]
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Chewy Trewhella - PANELIST, Customer Solutions Engineer, Google Inc.
Chewy is a Developer Advocate at Google. His job is to make technical things accessible and relevant to technical and non-technical people. He is particularly knowledgeable about Google's APIs and webmaster programmes. He has a BEng in Software Engineering, and he's been with Google since November 2005. When he's not at work, he likes to play the banjo, and sleep. [more]
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Andrew Sloss
Country Manager for eBay Canada
Cultivating online communities: listening, learning, and tapping into your top ambassadors - With Canada being one of most wired nations in the world, you’d think we have a leg up on other countries when it comes to e-commerce. Surprisingly, this isn’t necessarily the case – but there are steps to be taken to help claim your fair share of online commerce.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Bill Hutchison
Executive Director, Intelligent Communities for Waterfront Toronto
Creating Tomorrow’s Digital Communities - One of the World’s Leading Intelligent Communities is being created for business and residents as part of the revitalization of Toronto’s Central Waterfront; the 2,000 acre, $17 billion initiative that is the world’s largest central urban revitalization project.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Frances Edmonds
Director of Environmental Programs, HP Canada
Economics of Going Green - Join Frances Edmonds, Director of Environmental Programs, HP Canada, to learn about HP’s environmental progress as they demonstrate the business benefits of going green. Be inspired to implement a green organizational planning process for your business!
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Online Marketing 101:
Web beginners, you’ve been rescued. We’ve invited experts to share tips, tricks, and how-to’s on all the basics of marketing online in a user-friendly manner. Explore the areas of website usability, email marketing, and online advertising. Attendees will walk away with the resources for a head start in marketing their business online.
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Alicia Whalen - MODERATOR, A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing
Alicia Whalen is the co-founder of ACoupleofChicks.com - recognized as the prominent hospitality and travel Internet marketing strategy consultancy firm in Canada and beyond with clients that include Marriott International, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Travel Alberta, Nova Scotia Tourism and Starwood Hotels. [more]
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Paul Jeszenszky - PANELIST, eBay Canada Online Marketing
As a ten year veteran of Online Marketing, Paul Jeszenszky is highly regarded in the Canadian marketplace as a top subject matter expert and in particular, a leader in the search marketing field. [more]
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Fred Vallaey - PANELIST, Google Adwords Evangelist, Google Inc.
Frederick is Google's AdWords Evangelist. In this role, he helps advertisers learn about which Google products can best solve their marketing needs and he represents the needs of advertisers with the engineering and product management teams. He has been involved in the design of many of AdWords' core features as well as those related to new and traditional media. [more]
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Joanne Acri - PANELIST, Online Marketing Manager, Yahoo! Canada
Joanne Acri is the Marketing Manager at Yahoo! Canada responsible for developing plans and strategy for products and services including Mail, Messenger, Lifestyle and Music. She works closely with teams around the world to share campaigns, best practices and to help create a seamless user experience. [more]
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New Media: Collaboration in Business
In the world of Web 2.0, collaboration has always been the key buzzword. Why are 2.0 technologies so critical in enabling business communication both internally and externally? Learn from executives of small, medium, and large sized business on how online social mediums like blogs, wikis, Facebook, YouTube, and pod casts are helping their businesses grow.
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Maggie Fox - MODERATOR, Founder, Social Media Group
Maggie Fox is the founder of Social Media Group, one of the world’s largest and best-known agencies devoted exclusively to helping business navigate the world of Web 2.0. [more]
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Bob Mathew - PANELIST, President & Founder, CatalystWeb
Bob Mathew has over a decade of experience developing and implementing communications and enterprise software applications. He has held senior management positions at Soundpath Conferencing Services and Valor Communications Group. Most recently, Bob served as the Senior Vice President of Operations at Soundpath, a leading provider of audio and Web conferencing services, where he led the IT and client services divisions. [more]
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Chris Breikss - PANELIST, Co-Founder & President, 6S Marketing
Chris Breikss is the co-founder and President of 6S Marketing, a Vancouver based Internet Marketing company that specializes in search engine marketing, web analytics and new media marketing. Since 2001, Chris and his company have been involved in the marketing of more than 300 Web sites across North America. [more]
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Lee Godfrey - PANELIST, Managing Director, internet:intelligence
Distinguished as one of North America’s internet pioneers, Lee Godfrey heads a growing virtual consultancy and training team which provides eCommerce, eMarketing and eLearning intelligence to Fortune 500 companies in Canada, the USA, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Rim. [more]
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Andrew Schiavetti - PANELIST, e-Business and CRM Manager, Ford of Canada
Andrew has more than 10 years experience with Ford of Canada, having worked in several capacities within the company including Vehicle Programs, District Sales Manager, Merchandising Manager and Manager of Fleet Accounts. He was named E-Business and CRM Manager in August of 2007. [more]
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Information Security
Is your business taking all the necessary steps required to restrict unauthorized access to your network and minimize data loss? Industry authorities on security will help you understand the ins and outs of information security and personal information protection from hardware to software.
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Karim Virjee - MODERATOR, Vice President-IT, Technopoly
Based in Toronto, Karim researches, teaches and leads IT Infrastructure initiatives for financial institutions, payment processors, telecom companies, and online gaming providers. He feeds his curiosity by immersing himself in projects involving security, forensics and fraud including the application of Kalman filters for collusion detection in a multitude of systems including money laundering, telecom fraud, and online poker collusion. [more]
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Andrew J. Berkuta, CISSP - PANELIST, Senior Security Evangelist/Strategist, McAfee Inc.
Andrew Berkuta is a Senior Security Evangelist / Strategist and executive liaison for McAfee, Inc., leaders in comprehensive security solutions, and thought leadership, and is the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the World Summit on Intrusion Prevention (WSIP) and IntrusionWorld. [more]
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Richard Wang - PANELIST, Head of US SophosLabs, SophosLabs
Richard Wang heads up one of Sophos’s global network of security threat analysis centers located in Boston, Massachusetts. Richard has been involved with malicious sofware reasearch at Sophos for over a decade and brings a wealth of security expertise to SophosLabs. [more]
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James Drohan - PANELIST, Managing Partner, Vernon Technology Solutions
James Drohan is a managing partner with Vernon Technology Solutions (Vernon). As General Manger James is responsible all lines of business Vernon is engaged with. James has been active in the Canadian technology marketplace since 1983. James has held senior management positions within the technology leasing, remarketing and recycling industry. [more]
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