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September 07, 2009

Digitization of Canada's heritage left to Google
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Digitization of books has become synonymous over the past year with the Google Book Search project and the class-action lawsuit launched in response to the search giant's efforts…

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Brandi Gillett

By Dana Lee, Intern Reporter
Stratford Beacon Herald 28/08/09

In light of the controversial bankruptcy auction of Nortel's wireless assets and technologies to foreign telecom giant Ericsson -- a sale which is ferociously protested by Canadian competitor Research In Motion -- strategy adviser Ian Wilson argues that the University of Waterloo Stratford Institute research facility holds the key to saving the future of the high-technology industry in Canada.

The institute is in a critical position to create synergy between government, institutions and…

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Canada 3.0 Forum Administrator

Forget Web 2.0. One Canadian university says it will need Web 3.0 to become the “first digital nation in the world.”

At the Canada 3.0 Forum, a two-day conference this week, leaders from the University of Waterloo hope to show how digital media is a key part of the country’s economic-recovery plans. The conference will identify “national priorities and development of key stages in a Canada-wide strategy for international competitiveness in the digital media,” according to its Web site.

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Tobi Day-Hamilton

Canada 3.0 conference seeks to help make digital media a part of the country's economic plan


Canada 3.0 Forum Administrator

1,000 leaders come to Stratford for meeting on cutting-edge media. Chuck Howitt RECORD STAFF.

Call it an invasion of digerati.

This city is getting set to welcome close to 1,000 government, business and academic leaders Monday and Tuesday for a huge digital media conference called the Canada 3.0 Forum.

A high-profile list of speakers and participants has been assembled, including Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, federal Industry Minister Tony Clement, Research In Motion co-chief executive officer Mike Lazaridis and Chad Gaffield, president of the Social Sciences and Humanities…

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Paul Janzen

Posted By BRIAN SHYPULA

A second digital media "boot camp" has been added to next week's Canada 3.0 Forum being held in Stratford.

After all 300 spots were filled for Tuesday's boot camp, which includes a keynote address by Premier Dalton McGuinty, organizers added a second digital media primer on Day 1 of the conference Monday.

"The response was overwhelming for the first one, so we put a second one on," Mayor Dan Mathieson, also one of the speakers at the conference, said Thursday.

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Canada 3.0 Forum Administrator

Canada 3.0 Forum Administrator

As Title Sponsor of Canada 3.0 Forum and Canada's Largest Software Company, Open Text Joins Conversation on Canada's Digital Media Strategy

WATERLOO, ON, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Open Text(TM) Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), today announced that the company will be engaging with leading government, business and academic leaders at the inaugural Canada 3.0 Forum taking place June 8-9 at the University of Waterloo's Stratford Institute. Open Text Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer Tom Jenkins will deliver the opening keynote joining a…

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Canada 3.0 Forum Administrator

INNOVATION: Hundreds expected to attend event starting June 8 - By BRIAN SHYPULA, SUN MEDIA

STRATFORD -- Research In Motion bosses Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis and Premier Dalton McGuinty are among the 600 people expected at a digital media conference here next week.

The Canada 3.0 Forum, starting June 8, will launch the University of Waterloo's Stratford Institute and Canadian Digital Media Network. The goal of the conference is to position Canada as the world leader in digital media.

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Canada 3.0 Forum Administrator

STRATFORD, ON, June 4 /CNW/ - Demand to make entertainment and content-rich applications accessible on all types of portable devices is changing the game for broadcasters and legislators in Canada, say broadcasting industry leaders participating in the Canada 3.0 forum June 8 and 9.

"With the digital revolution, we have an enormous opportunity to create new profile for Canadian ideas and perspectives if we build a strong national digital strategy," said Lisa de Wilde, Chief Executive…

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