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Working with our membership, ITAC establishes and sets targets for where Canada's knowledge economy should be compared to key peer/competitor nations. Where we fall short, ITAC determines what we need to do to get there and ensure we do what is needed in areas such as: skills, capital, tax, science & technology, and collaboration.
ITAC believes Canadian businesses should be leaders in the use of ICT for competitive advantage, productivity and growth. Use of ICT by small and medium enterprises should increase towards that of our US counterparts. By partnering with other associations, as well as with Government, we work to ensure public policy supports these goals.
ITAC strives to ensure Federal, Ontario and other Canadian Governments are leaders in ICT use. ITAC positions itself as a trusted advisor to Government. We gather industry leaders and Government together and work to make it easier for our industry to sell to government.
ITAC believes the Canadian healthcare system should be a world-leading user of ICT to achieve superior patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness, as well as fostering development of a world-leading Canadian health ICT industry. ITAC works to correct chronic under-spend on ICT.
ITAC’s view is Canada’s laws should promote leadership in development and use of advanced technology. We want to ensure efficient and cost-effective measures to protect privacy and instill confidence in the e-economy.
ITAC believes that in order for Canada to continue to compete worldwide, we need to promote policies that will ensure a steady supply of talented men and women for our local ICT industry. We work with industry as well as with Federal, Provincial and local governments to establish initiatives to support this goal.
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A typical consumer product used to be single function, simple to use and targeted at a limited number of people prepared to pay for that particular user experience. This drove straight forward functional specifications which were addressed by multiple component vendors, with most value going to the microelectronics industry.
Nevertheless, high-performance solutions were the sole domain of industrial customers who could justify high costs for business uses.
Then increasing software content, running on increasingly capable general purpose processors began the commoditization of internal components. Then individual products needed to connect to one another locally and through the Internet.
But Business became mobile and business users needed to access all the capability they were used to having in their office, driving demand for better, faster, portable solutions. They even took their work home and demanded capabilities there that also matched their office.
Meanwhile, the public's insatiable demand for entertainment from music, videos, games and social networking started to overlap the Business needs met primarily by PCs and now the battle is on for control of your living room.
Presentations
April 30th, 9:00 am - Keynote Address:
"The Consumerization of Microelectronics - the iPod Phenomenon"
Brian Markwalter, Vice President, Technology & Standards, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
April 30th, 9:45 am - Keynote Address:
"Mobile Voice, Email and Multimedia in the Pocket of the Consumer " - Presentation Not Available
Paul Kempf, Vice President, Silicon, Research in Motion
April 30th, 1:00 pm - Keynote Address:
"The Future of 3D Graphics"
David Kirk, Chief Scientist, NVIDIA
April 30th, 1:45 pm - Panel Discussion:
"Opportunities in Mobile Convergence"
Moderator: Jodi Shelton, Executive Director, FSA
Panelists: Paul Kempt, Vice President, Silicon, Research in Motion
Brian Gerson, Vice President, Research and Development, PMC-Sierra
Stephen Orr, Director of Sales for Mobile Devices, Motorola Canada
April 30th, 2:45 pm - Keynote Address:
"The Mobile Internet: The Potential of the Handheld to Bring Internet to the Masses"
Wilson Kwan, Director of Handheld Platform Architecture, AMD
Pictures
ITAC members are introduced to the "burning-in" stage of semiconductor testing at IBM's Bromont Plant. Tours of fabrication plants operated by IBM and Dalsa were a featured part of the 2nd Annual ITAC GSA Conference April 29 and 30. The conference, on the theme "The Consumerization of Microelectronics" attracted 80 participants to Bromont in the Eastern Townships of Quebec
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