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BCNET Conference 2011

May 3rd and 4th, Western Canada’s largest tech conference for higher education is coming to Vancouver’s SFU Harbour Centre. This year, over 400 faculty, IT staff and students will converge to discuss innovative and smart ways to use information technology to accelerate teaching, learning and research.

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The BCNET Conference 2011 is held over two days, and will feature some of the most knowledgeable people in industry technology.

Some of the keynote speakers at this year’s event are:

Thumbnail image for geordies.jpgDr. Geordie Rose, Quantum Computing Technology Expert

Dr.Rose will talk about Existential Threats and Computing Technology. He is known as a leading advocate for quantum computing and physics-based processor design, and has been invited to speak on these topics in venues ranging from the 2003 TED conference to SC08.

Thumbnail image for dotto.jpgSteve Dotto, Canada’s High-Tech Spokesman

Dotto will present Deep Impact – Technology’s Relentless March to Change He is the former host and executive producer of Dotto Tech, the “how to” technology show teaching Canadians how to get more out of   their computers and digital devices.
 

                             
Thumbnail image for Bonig.jpgRon Bonig, Research Director, Gartner

Bonig will speak on Riding the Wave of Education Technologies. He is a research director at Garnter, and was previously vice president and chief information officer at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Why should you attend this event? Here are the top five reasons:
 

  • Make new connections with B.C.’s higher education community including faculty, IT professionals and students
  • Learn about best practices
  • Discover opportunities to share services and reduce technology duplication
  • Engage in panel discussions about a range of information technology topics
  • Network, eat great food and have fun!

Webnames is a proud sponsor of this year’s event. If you would like to attend, or learn more please visit the website.

Are you attending? Don’t forget to contribute to the twitter chatter by using the hashtag: #bcnet11 on all BCNET Conference tweets!

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