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The document announces an educational technology conference happening from July 10-12, 2002 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It will feature keynote speakers from major technology companies, an extensive selection of educational sessions, and a large exhibit floor. Some of the keynote speakers mentioned include the CEOs of TELUS, Bell Globemedia Interactive, Palm Solutions Group, and Handspring. The event aims to help IT decision makers learn about emerging technologies and how to implement solutions to achieve business success.
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- 1. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITION: July 10–12, 2002 METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE, TORONTO, ONTARIO Preview KEYNOTE SPEAKERS WHAT’S INSIDE Henderson on Wireless Ethernet . . . . . . . .page 3 Education listings . . . . . . . .page 10 Product locator . . . . . . . .page 24 Exhibitor listing . . . . . . . . .page 24 Friday, June 7 COMDEX Canada 2002 1415 Janette Avenue Windsor, Ontario N8X 1Z1 Darren Entwistle President and CEO TELUS Wednesday July 10, 9 a.m. Lib Gibson President Bell Globemedia Interactive Thursday, July 11, 1 p.m. Todd Bradley COO Palm Solutions Group Wednesday, July 10, 1 p.m. Donna Dubinski CEO Handspring Thursday, July 11, 9 a.m. Russell M. Artzt Executive VP and Co-Founder Computer Associates Wednesday, July 10, 11 a.m. COMDEX to deliver impressive keynote roster, in-depth education Lib Gibson: The “force” behind Bell Globemedia Interactive’s energy field Handspring CEO Dubinski elaborates on Treo, future of handhelds After launching the PalmPilot at Palm Computing, Donna Dubin- ski co-founded her own hand- held computing company, Hand- spring, where she serves as the CEO and president. Dubinski spoke with The Preview associate editor Andi Lucas about where handhelds are headed, how to keep them simple and why they’ll be even more successful. COMDEX: When you left Palm Computing to co-found Handspring, which aspects of consumer handheld computing were you striving to improve? Dubinski: From the start, we felt that the communica- tions aspect would be very im- portant in these products. We didn’t feel we could embark in a wireless integrated product yet because we didn’t know enough about it, the networks weren’t mature enough, etc. So what we did with the first product was create an opportunity to experi- ment and learn more about different communications tech- nologies. Alone or with part- ners, we developed a series of modules — from GSM technol- By Sean Cassidy, Editor, The Preview C anada’s IT decision makers are gath- ering at the Metro Toronto Conven- tion Centre July 10–12 to tackle the latest issues concerning the effect of IT on business strategy, and to learn how to im- plement the devices and applications needed to achieve corporate success. At COMDEX Canada 2002, educational pro- grams, keynote presentations and the ex- hibit floor will all offer perspectives on how to make critical IT decisions. COMDEX Canada is about information — learning from industry leaders where the future of the IT industry lies and how to get involved. One of the highlights of this year’s event is an impres- sive roster of keynote speakers: trail-blazing ex- ecutives who will provide insight into the most crit- ical technologies in the IT world. Russell Artzt, executive vice president at software giant Computer Associates; Todd Bradley, president and COO for Palm Solutions Group; Darren Entwhistle, Telus president and CEO; Lib Gibson, Bell Globemedia In- teractive president; and Handspring CEO (continued on page 8) Lib Gibson knows a thing or two about success on the Web. As president and CEO of Bell Globemedia Interactive, she is responsible for overseeing CTV, The Globe and Mail, and Sym- patico-Lycos, among many other brands that have stood the test of Internet time. She took time out to tell The Pre- view associate editor Lisa Kalner why users keep coming back for more and more Web content. COMDEX: As more and more people rely on the Inter- net as a news source, how do you ensure that your audience’s news needs are being met? Gibson: We provide a vari- ety of news sources. The Globe and Mail focuses on the textural part of the news with rich, ana- lytic articles. We have another dedicated news team that focus- es on video news and issues that CTV’s audiences want. We also have the globeandmail.com real-time news team that covers breaking news. COMDEX: Can you point to a time where CTV covered an event in a way that The Globe and Mail or your real-time team couldn’t? Gibson: We had a team that created a Web hub on Septem- ber 11 that drew from the ex- pertise of both the Globe and CTV. The highly visual elements were covered by CTV. The Globe and Mail didn’t have resources to bring the story visually to people nearly as well as CTV — but it did provide deep, insight- ful pieces after the event. So here’s an example where we had two teams with different cen- (continued on page 6) (continued on page 6) Free Guest Ticket See page 13 Toronto will play host to Canada’s IT leaders at COMDEX.