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Canada's Digital Economy: Moving Forward
Ottawa, June 2009 
 Canada's Digital Economy: Welcome and Opening Remarks
 Canada's Digital Economy: State of Canada's Digital Economy
 Canada's Digital Economy: Promoting Business Innovation Using ICTs
 Canada's Digital Economy: Building an Infrastructure for the Future
 Canada's Digital Economy: Keynote Speaker
Canada's Digital Economy: Building a Safer, Stronger Online Marketplace
Canada's Digital Economy: Moving it Forward
Canada's Digital Economy: Closing Remarks

British Columbia Innovation Council
Awards Dinner 2008
(47 min)

The Awards Ceremony celebrated ten rising B.C. companies who participated in the New Ventures BC competition and awarded four of those companies with a combined cash and prizes. 
VEF - Mossadiq Umedaly
Fireside chat
(47 min)

Mossadiq's advice on growing a small company into a major success, his views on strategic partnerships and the evolving alternative energy sector gained as Chair of BC Hydro. 
  VEF Momentum - Dr. Geordie Rose
How to fund your start-up
(15 min)

How entrepreneurs can persevere and succeed in starting and growing their businesses in these difficult economic times. 
  New Ventures BC
2008 Finalist Profiles
(5 min)

A competition for business ideas that are economically viable, but have not yet secured significant financing from "outside investors".
  IMC - Eric T. Peterson
Web Analytics Demystified
(40 min)

Web Analytics. Conversion rates. Revenue per customer from your FaceBook widget or Google Adwords.
  IMC - Darrin Barefoot
The many armed Starfish (social media advice)
(20 min)

How everybody has used social media relations (especially blogger outreach) to drive more visitors to their website, increase visibility and reach out.
  Fusion Digital Media and Venture Forum Webisode
Highlights of New Media BC event – (fundraising advice)
(5 min)

Fundrasing advice from Fusion 2008 - the only financing event in the west of Canada dedicated to digital media.
  IMC - Tom Leung
Google – Optimizing landing pages
(20 min)

Tom Leung from Google on testing and pruning - a new feature in Google Optimizer.

 
Backbone's Digital Economy Acceleration Committee

IN|10 - Interactive Exchange 2010

Invest Hong Kong

Branham Top 300 - 2009

PICK20 Web 2.0 winners - 2009

The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 - 2009

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