TORONTO, November 22, 2000 -- Leading Canadian entrepreneurs will share their winning ways on how to develop, manage, and grow sustainable business ventures during a workshop at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management on Thursday, November 23. Sessions will focus on aspects of entrepreneurial design; culture, marketing and start-up.

Speakers and moderators include:

• Roger Martin, Dean, Rotman School of Management (www.rotman.utoronto.ca);
• Ron Dembo, President & CEO, Algorithmics Inc. (www.algorithmics.com);
• Bruce Seago, Chief Operating Officer, VERSUS Technologies Inc./E*TRADE Canada (www.canada.etrade.com);
• Vicki Saunders, Chief Innovation Architect & Co-CEO, The NRG Group Inc. (www.thenrggroup.com);
• Rick Wolfe, President, PostStone Corporation;
• Becky Reuber, Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management (www.rotman.utoronto.ca);
• Jane Cooney, President, Books for Business (www.booksforbusiness.com);
• Ron DiCarlantonio, President, iNAGO Corporation (www.netpeople.inago.com);
• Nancy Knowlton, President & COO, SMART Technologies Inc. (www.smarttech.com);
• Michael Lewkowitz, Founder, The Leaf Initiative (www.the-leaf.com);
• Rossana DiZio Magnotta, Executive Vice President, Magnotta Winery Corp. (www.magnotta.com);
• Don Morrison, Chief Operating Officer, Research in Motion Limited (www.rim.net).

Where?     Rotman School Of Management,105 St. George Street (south of Bloor St.),Toronto

Cost?     Free for members of the media. Please contact Ken McGuffin at (416) 946-3818 or mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca 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
Fax: (416) 978-1373
E-mail: mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca

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