TORONTO, February 22, 2001 -- James Balsillie, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Research in Motion Limited (RIM), is the featured presenter in the next Rotman E-Biz Forum on February 26. His topic will be “Taking Wireless Technologies to the Next Level.” In his role with RIM (www.rim.net), Balsillie directs the company’s strategy, business development, and finance. RIM is a world-leading wireless data subscriber device, software and service company, best known for the BlackBerry.

The event is the seventh session in the Rotman School’s ongoing series that educates its students, faculty, alumni and the rest of the business community on the role of e-commerce in the new economic environment. Presenters in Rotman E-Biz Forum focus on the most pressing issues in e-commerce in both the business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets.

When?    Monday, February 26, 5:00 p.m.

Where?   Fleck Atrium, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, 105 St. George Street (south of Bloor) Toronto

Cost?    Free for members of the media. Please contact Ken McGuffin at (416) 946-3818 or via e-mail to pre-register.

Recently ranked by Business Week in the top tier of business schools in the world, the University of Toronto’s Rotman School offers leading-edge research and undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including the prestigious Rotman MBA, the newly redesigned Part-Time MBA, the Executive MBA, a first-rate Doctoral Program, the distinctive Master of Management & Professional Accounting program, combined programs with the University of Toronto faculties of Law, Engineering and Nursing, and an innovative series of Executive Programs tailored to the current needs of businesses and individual managers.

Ken McGuffin
Media Relations Officer
Rotman School of Management
Voice: (416) 946-3818
E-mail: mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca

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