Canadian Cloud Council Announces Updated Agenda for Inaugural National Cloud Conference

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  • (1888PressRelease) March 03, 2012 - Calgary, Canada - Robert Hart, President of the Canadian Cloud Council, announced the final agenda today for the council's semi-annual national conference titled "A Call to Action - Awakening Canada's Cloud Agenda" on March 12 and 13, 2012 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The event is one of the most comprehensive and expansive cloud conferences ever to be staged in Canada and will feature 30 North American cloud thought leaders.

    The conference will bring together a diverse group of senior business and technical leaders to discuss the state of cloud computing in Canada and how innovative technologies and best practices can be applied to achieve business transformation and economic development. This initial conference will focus on four major key focus areas: Government Cloud Computing, Cloud Implementation Best Practices, Data Security and Privacy and Corporate Culture Change Management.

    "Canada has been one of the slowest nations to adopt cloud computing and has not yet effectively leveraged local data center facilities to deliver value through shared technology services. As a result, the country is quickly losing its global competitive advantage to other nations that have more assertively invested in and commercialized cloud infrastructure and technology," noted Mr. Hart.

    "We plan on tackling this critical issue head-on and leaving this conference with a clearly defined action plan related to the acceleration of Canadian cloud adoption," concluded Hart.

    The keynote speakers listed below aim to provide practical solutions to attendees, along with the proper planning, deployment and support of critical cloud infrastructure to assist enterprises in dramatically improving their competitive advantage, operational continuity and corporate growth continuum.

    A CALL TO ACTION - AWAKENING CANADA'S CLOUD AGENDA
    Date: March 12 and 13, 2012
    Location: Matrix Hotel Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Event Sponsors: VMware, Mitel, IBM, Bell, Dell, Microsoft, HP, Salesforce.com, Awarebase

    For more information on the conference please visit: www.canadiancloudcouncil.ca
    To register for the event please visit: http://www.regonline.ca/EdmontonMarch2012

    AGENDA - MARCH 12, 2012
    OPENING REMARKS - A CALL TO ACTION - AWAKENING CANADA'S CLOUD AGENDA
    Ralph Nitsch, Global Technical Sales Director - Dell Cloud Services

    SHARED SERVICES - THE CASE FOR GOVERNMENT CLOUD COMPUTING
    Doug Hodgson, Chief Information and Technology Officer - City of Calgary
    Curtis Smorodin, Executive Director, Information and Application Management Services - Alberta Health Services
    Vijai Karthigesu, Director Technology Planning - eHealth Ontario
    Dr. Israel Kabashki, Policy and Technology Developer - Government of Manitoba
    John Cousens, Manager Public Sector Canada - Salesforce.com
    Terry Cairns, Chief Information Officer - Canadian Blood Services
    Jean Cheng, Public Sector Cloud Specialist - Microsoft Canada

    CLOUD IMPLEMENTATION BEST PRACTICES - REAL LIFE LESSONS LEARNED
    Doug Jones, Senior Director Cloud Computing - Research in Motion
    Ken Glazebrook, Systems Engineer - Mitel Networks
    Doug Kinnaird, Cloud Solutions Architect - IBM
    Dr. Wael Badawy, President - Intelliview Technologies
    Justin Webb, Vice President Western Canada - Bell
    Mark Achtemichuk, Performance Specialist - VMware Canada

    CLOSING REMARKS - CANADIAN INNOVATION FOR THE CLOUD AND BEYOND
    Jeff Nolan, VP Canadian Sales and Operations - Mitel Networks

    AGENDA - MARCH 13, 2012
    KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS - CANADA'S CLOUD ECOSYSTEM
    Bill Werry, Deputy Minister of Advanced Education and Technology - Government of Alberta
    Brian Fry, CMO and Co-Founder - RackForce

    THE CLOUD PARADIGM - ENABLING ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS THROUGH CHANGE
    MANAGEMENT
    David Booth, Chief Information Officer - North American Construction Group
    Steven Woodward, CEO - Cloud Perspectives and Founder Ottawa Center for Innovation Cloud Computing Cluster
    Mashood Ahmed, VP Membership, ISACA
    Robert Lam, President - Calgary Council for Advanced Technology
    Leonard Hendricks, CEO - BlackBridge Networks
    Robin Winsor, President - Cybera

    CLOUD'S GREAT BARRIER - INFORMATION SECURITY AND PRIVACY
    Dave Woelfle, Enterprise Architect and CTO, HP Enterprise Services Canada
    Ed Rebane, Senior Security Practice Lead - Bell Canada
    Jeff MacMillan, Chief Executive Officer - Dark Matter Labs
    Prashant, Manager IT Security and Compliance - The Brick
    Liam Lynch, Chief Information Security Officer - Inkuru
    Phillip Simpson, Business Development Director Cloud Security - Dell
    Omkhar Arasaratnam, Global Lead Security Architect - IBM SmartCloud Enterprise+, IBM

    CLOSING REMARKS - SHAPING CANADA'S DATA STRATEGY
    Perry Kinkaide, President - Alberta Council of Technologies

    5:00 PM CLOUD CAMP - An "un-conference" for cloud developers

    ABOUT THE CANADIAN CLOUD COUNCIL
    The Canadian Cloud Council (www.canadiancloudcouncil.ca) was established in 2011 as an educational forum for Canada's cloud computing thought leaders and advocates.

    Although cloud computing is widely recognized as one the most influential movements in the history of Information Technology, it has been slow to adopt in Canada. Our conferences will discuss how cloud computing technologies can be applied to achieve business transformation while mitigating barriers to entry.

    While seeking to define intelligent and innovative methods of enterprise cloud design and service delivery, the Canadian Cloud Council aims to accelerate the speed of cloud adoption and utilization in Canada.

    Media Contacts
    Robert Hart, President and Chairman
    (403) 360-3989
    r.hart ( @ ) canadiancloudcouncil dot ca

    Jaethen Reichel, VP, Marketing and Communications
    (250) 682-0155
    j.reichel ( @ ) canadiancloudcouncil dot ca

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