A few months ago at Communitech's Techworking breakfast, I had the opportunity to see Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman, and CSO of Open Text share a little about Open Text's Enterprise Content Management Solutions, and how they are working with clients to manage their digital assets.
Jenkins also discussed the Canada 3.0 Forum that will be held in Stratford, Ontario on June 8th & 9th. My initial reaction was "3.0? Really?". Many are still trying to figure out 2.0 as others have moved on and begun to argue 3.0... Is 3.0 the semantic web, a mobile web, or digital media? While others argue that technology is moving so quickly right now it is impossible to wrap up in a tidy little box and name it. Regardless of where you stand, Richard McManus' post provides some great insight with additional thoughts on 3.0.
Independent of which direction 3.0 goes, Canada cannot afford to sit by and wait for its definition. We must find a way to ensure that digital innovation continues, accelerates, and succeeds in our country. Canada 3.0 is an opportunity to bring the public and private sector together to discuss the future of the web and act now to help shape Canada's digital media strategy.
With speakers from the private sector such as RIM Co-CEO's Mike Lazaridis & Jim Balsillie, Tom Jenkins, Ian Wilson, Konrad W. von Finckenstein of the CRTC, and the Honourable Dalton McGuinty, in additon to stream speakers Austin Hill of Akoha, Anthony Lacavera of Globalive, Mark Relph of Microsoft, Sara Diamond of OCAD, and Alrene Dickinson of Venture Communications and Dragon's Den fame, Canada 3.0 will have a strong cross-representation from government, industry, and education all together.
Codesta is proud to sponsor Canada 3.0 to help foster this discussion and help act on its ideas for the future of the web.
