What:
Rotman 2000 MBA Business Conference: "Fast-Forward.ca - How We Will Win in the New Economy"
When:
Friday, January 28, 2000, 8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Where:
Fleck Atrium, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
105 St. George Street (south of Bloor Street) Toronto
Media:
Please contact Ken McGuffin at 416-946-3818 to confirm your attendance.
TORONTO - Best-selling author Don Tapscott and Alan Webber, the founding editor of one of the world's top business magazines, are among the leaders who will be speaking at the annual student organized Rotman MBA Business Conference. The conference, called Fast-Forward.ca, examines the impact of new technology and widespread use of the Internet in business. The conference will be held on Friday, January 28, 2000 in the Fleck Atrium at the Rotman School of Management.
Keynote speakers at the conference include:
- Don Tapscott, a best-selling author, President, New Paradigm Learning Corporation and Chairman of the Alliance for Converging Technologies, a think-tank that is currently conducting a series of multi-million dollar investigations regarding how the Internet and new media are transforming business, government, and society. He is described by Vice President Al Gore as "one of the world's leading cyber-gurus."
- Alan Webber, Co-founding Editor, Fast Company magazine, a U.S. based business magazine designed to give people the tools they need to succeed in today's world of work. He is a former managing editor of the Harvard Business Review.
- George Stalk, Senior Vice President, The Boston Consulting Group and worldwide chair of BCG's Innovation, Marketing and Communications group. He was identified by Business Week as one among a new generation of leading management gurus and by Consulting Magazine as one of the world's 10 most influential management consultants; and
- Roger Martin, Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management. Previously, he was a director of Monitor Company, an international strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Mass.
Break-out sessions throughout the day will focus the discussion on three aspects of the New Economy: "Attracting New Talent", "Reaching the New Consumer" and "New Finance in the New Economy."
Featured speakers in the break-out sessions include:
- Rotman MBA Students in a lively discussion about employee and student attitudes towards careers. In their session, "The Brand Called Us", you'll get the inside scoop on what future managers think of work.
- Mike Abramsky, President of Rogers New Media. He is responsible for operations, strategic planning, business development and administration of leading Canadian online properties, including Quicken.ca, Electric Library, Excite.ca and Bid.Com Canada.
- Jason Chapnik, Founder, The dotTV Corporation, the marketer of the dotTV top level domain on the Internet in partnership with the country of Tuvalu and Idealab! (the legendary incubator which has launched Internet businesses including eToys, CitySearch, and GoTo.com.) Please note that this session will be closed to the media.
- Claudine Kapel & Glenda Oldenburg, Rewards Management Consultants, Towers Perrin. They specialize in helping organizations develop strategies for retaining and optimizing the performances of key talent. They also manage a leading survey covering compensation and total rewards practices in the Canadian high tech industry.
- Vernon Lobo, Managing Director at Mosaic Venture Partners, a venture capital fund focused on building successful internet companies. He was a co-founder and is currently Chairman of Cyberplex Inc. In addition to his experience as a venture capitalist, he was previously a consultant with McKinsey & Company, and engineer at Nortel Networks.
- Colleen Moorehead, President, VERSUS Technologies Inc., a leading provider of electronic securities services to the Canadian marketplace. She spearheaded the launch of E*TRADE Canada in 1997, one of Canada's leading online investing services, offered through an alliance of VERSUS Technologies Inc. and E*TRADE Group Inc of the U.S.A.
- Matthew Saunders, Chief Wealth Architect, The NRG Group. His current role in the Group includes what would conventionally be termed COO, CFO, and a member of the strategic design team. He is also leading the development of the NRG Factory, an incubator for internet based businesses.
- Rick Segal, President and COO of Chapters Online, a Canadian e-commerce company which operates www.chapters.ca and www.gardencrazy.com, leading Canadian destinations for online shoppers. In September 1999 Chapters Online became the first publicly traded online retailer in Canada.
- Chris Van Buskirk, Co-Managing Director, Modem Media (Canada), a leading digital communications professional services firm that specializes in new media strategy, e-business planning, integration and execution. He holds an MBA from the University of Toronto.
The Rotman MBA Business Conference is an annual student-organized event and provides a forum for executives, students and alumni to discuss crucial issues facing today's business community.
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For more information, please contact:
Ken McGuffin
Media Relations Officer
Rotman School of Management
Voice: (416) 946-3818
Fax: (416) 978-1373
E-mail: mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca
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