webcom-Toronto kicks off inaugural conference

Don Tapscott, business strategy and organizational transformation thought leader to speak

TORONTO, Nov. 3 /CNW/ - Today, business leaders will gather at webcom-Toronto, an interactive conference focused on collaboration and digital communications for enterprise success. webcom-Toronto follows in the footsteps of internationally recognized webcom-Montreal, which is approaching its ninth edition.

webcom-Toronto features a keynote address delivered by Don Tapscott, international best-selling author and chairman of nGenera Insight, entitled Rebooting Business through Collaboration: Enterprise Ideas & Applications, focused on content from his new book Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World. He will examine how the evolution of new technologies, combined with the recent crises that have swept across industries, have brought the world to a turning point. The Washington Technology Report has called Don "one of the most influential media thinkers since Marshall McLuhan." Don is a sought-after speaker and an advisor to government leaders around the world. 

"webcom-Toronto brings together leaders from business and elsewhere to share best practices for maximizing business success in the digital age," said Don Tapscott. "The goal of the conference is to empower decision-makers to make digital communications part of everyday business planning," he continued.

webcom-Toronto's expert panel of speakers includes:

• Alexander Blom, HelixCommerce
• Carmine Porco, Prescient Digital Media
• Cindy Gordon, Helix Commerce International
• Claude Malaison, EmergenceWeb
• Claude Théorêt, Nexalogy Environics
• Connie Crosby, Crosby Group Consulting
• Craig Brown, Allstream
• Donald Bidd, CEDROM-SNi
• Eli Singer, Entrinsic
• Eric Sauve, NewsGator
• Gordon Vala-Webb, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Jen Evans, Sequentia Environics
• Jon Husband, Wirearchy
• Misty Meeks, Argyle Communications
• Nathalie Pilon, Canam Group
• Sameer Patel, Sovos Group
• Sean Moffitt, Agent Wildfire Strategy & Communications
• Shel Holtz, Holtz Communication + Technology
• Susan Doniz, Proctor & Gamble
• Ted Graham, Operator Inc.
• Walton Smith, Booz Allen Hamilton

Through a series of presentations, workshops and case study review, discussion will surround web collaboration strategies and techniques to support business growth and increase profitability. The conference has two streams of focus— Enterprise 2.0 and Social Enterprise Solutions.

The conference is open to the public for free from 3:30 p.m. onwards.

For more information and to view a complete conference schedule, please visit: http://www.webcom-toronto.com.

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About webcom-Toronto
webcom-Toronto is an interactive conference focused on collaboration and digital communications for enterprise success. Attendees include thought leaders from business and elsewhere, seeking social media strategies and tactics to inform everyday business decisions.

For further information:

Kendra Dubyk, Argyle Communications
[email protected]
416-968-7311 x240