Upcoming Event – FALL 2010
The Ottawa region is Canada’s premier spawning ground of technology companies. Most of these companies are focused on specific markets that they understand well — in many instances in niches they have created themselves. Most sell their products internationally — and successfully. They are remarkably good “marketers”. So carefully have these companies identified their markets, they rarely compete with one another. In fact they hardly interrelate. This is where OCRI’s Technology Executive Breakfast plays an invaluable role.
The Technology Executive Breakfast: A Professional Development Session
The TEB is part of the infrastructure of the region, initiated by OCRI and aimed at ensuring growth and prosperity in the technology sector. TEB is a forum for executives of the Ottawa technology sector to learn about and discuss business issues. It is an extraordinary opportunity for business networking and for the creation of synergistic relationships. It supports the “heads up”, well-informed conduct of business essential in meeting the threat of international competition.
The TEB Session:
TEB sessions are normally held on the last Thursday of the month. Each begins with coffee and mingle at 7:00 AM, breakfast at 7:30 AM, and presentation starting at 8:00 AM. The meeting ends at 9:00 a.m. sharp!
Meeting Topics/Speakers:
The overall TEB focus is “Business issues of relevance to the small and medium sized technology companies of the National Capital Region”. Speakers are mainly local executives who have dealt with such problems. As well, out-of-town experts are invited to talk. Technology issues may be treated if there is a common business impact — but the thrust is business. Speakers and topics for the TEB are chosen by a program committee of senior industry representatives.
2009-2010 Season:
OCRI’s Technology Executive Breakfast is targeted to senior executives and management in technology-related enterprises, with a focus on emerging companies. Supporters of the technology sector are also welcome.
2009-2010 Theme:
Achieving Market Leadership
This season, we look forward to attendees gaining fresh techniques that can help define, target, follow and pursue new markets and leveraging the lessons learned by successful knowledge-based companies to help them guide their own companies to a market leadership position.
A Continuing Success Story
Since its inception in January 1993, the TEB has enjoyed continuous growth and wide acceptance from the technology business community. The attendance at the first meeting was 60 people. Currently, the average registration for a meeting runs between 100-150 persons. The topics are timely and relevant and the networking possibilities are unequalled. The TEB has been cited by national media such as the Globe and Mail, Canadian Business, and Time Magazine as a must attend event for anyone needing to be plugged into Ottawa’s technology sector.
Who Should Attend:
All members of the technology business community are encouraged to attend, not only executives of companies developing and selling products, but also of companies providing goods and services in this sector. Members of the press and communications sector are very welcome. (The purpose is, after all, to create self-awareness and strength through networking.) Representatives of pertinent government agencies and the academic community are also invited. Out-of-town executives are encouraged to time their visits to Ottawa to enable them to attend. Companies just getting started are particularly welcome.
2009-2010 Program Committee Members:
Claude Haw, President, OCRI (Chair); Greg Boyle, Partner, Stone Wood Group; Andrew Penny, Kingsford Consulting; Debbie Weinstein LaBarge Weinstein Professional Corporation, Andrew Arnott, Vice President, Commercial Financial Services |Technology Banking Group Ottawa, Rob Woodbridge, Rove; Cliff Taylor, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Jim Orban, Publisher, The Ottawa Citizen, Robert Ford, Partner, Gowlings, Kathy Mahoney, Vice President, Corporate Programs, OCRI
