STRATFORD, ON – Canada’s Industry Minister Tony Clement will be the lead keynote speaker on the first day of the Canada 3.0 2010 digital media forum.
Scheduled for May 10-11 in Stratford, ON, the forum is dedicated to advancing Canada’s digital media industry, and Minister Clement is expected to share how Canada can leverage the strengths of this emerging sector for global economic advantage.
He outlined three key elements needed to sustain a strong technological lead for the country: creating entrepreneurial advantage by translating knowledge into commercially viable products; knowledge advantage to build upon research and engineering to achieve excellence; and people advantage to attract and develop the talent needed to sustain a digital economy.
“Industry Canada is committed to mobilizing science and technology to Canada’s advantage, and digital media has a key role to play in ensuring Canada’s on-going economic success,” said Minister Clement in a statement.
Helen McDonald, assistant deputy minister of Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications, Industry Canada will also be speaking at the forum. And Cartt.ca will be there too, of course.
