CIPS CONNECTIONS May, 2010 - Vol 12, Issue 5
Connecting you to news affecting CIPS and the IT Profession
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In This Issue
Ambassador Campaign - Last Chance!
CIPS Alumni Promo - Last Chance!
New Member Benefit - Online Bookstore
Featured "CIPS Ambassadors" of the Month
Announcement at Canada Gov Camp (hosted by CIPS)
Upcoming Events
Interviews/Blogs/Podcasts
CIPS IT Resources
 Cips Events
CIPS Community
CIPS Community
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CIPS Ambassador Campaign - Last Chance!

This is your last chance to show your support for CIPS and receive a thank you gift for doing so.

 Refer a New Member and Receive a Gift! 
 (Only until June 30th, 2010)
 
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CIPS Alumni Promo - Last Chance!
Know a past CIPS Member? 
Let them know about this great offer!
 
2 years for 1 opportunity!
(Promo ends June 30th, 2010)
 
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New Member Benefit - Online Bookstore
 
 
CIPS Members receive 40% discount on selected McGraw-Hill computing titles and references!
 
Click here to access CIPS/McGraw-Hill Online Bookstore (http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/cips)
 
 
 
Contest:
 
Click here for a chance to win a free copy of "Hacking Exposed Computer Forensics, Second Edition"
(http://www.mhprofessional.ca/win/i/9780071626774)

   
Featured "CIPS Ambassadors" of the Month
Thank you to the following CIPS Members. (In connection with the CIPS Ambassador Campaign)
 
                               IP3accredited
Bev Gooding, I.S.P., ITCP/IP3P
CIPS Volunteer - CIPS Saskatchewan 

  

                               
Jeff Leslie
 
    
IP3 News - May 2010
IP3 

IP3 Formally Approved as IFIP Board

The IFIP General Assembly in Hanoi resolved to ask IFIP Executive Committee to work with IFIP member societies represented in IP3 to prepare a set of Terms of Reference to regulate the longer-term operation of the IP3 project and its relationship to other IFIP bodies. The Terms of Reference were presented to, and approved by, the IFIP 2010 Board meeting in Sofia.

  
Announcement at Canada Gov Camp (hosted by CIPS) 
Breaking cross jurisdictional barriers: Councillor Bob Monette announces intentions to launch EASTENDCONNECTION.ca

-- Announcement comes on the eve of the first Canada GovCamp unconference to be held in Ottawa on May 31-June 1st at the University of Ottawa.

Councillor Monette's announcement comes as the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) (http://www.cips.ca/) will be hosting the first Canada Gov Camp where participants will explore a number of topics associated with technology and government.  This event is unique in that it has the ability to bring together government, industry and community leaders in a new forum to discuss the art of the possible on how they use technology to deliver services and interact with residents.
 
 
[Click here to read full article]   
  
Upcoming Events

Event

Date

Location

Canada Gov Camp

2010 May 31

Ottawa U

CIPS Alberta Golf Tournament

2010 Jun 08

Calgary

CIPS Red Deer Golf Tournament

2010 Jun 12

Red Deer

CIPS BCM SIG - Canadian Red Cross and Business Continuity / Crisis Management round table discussion.

2010 Jun 17

Toronto, Ontario

CIPS London AGM

2010 Jun 21

London, ON

World Computer Congress 2010

2010 Sep 23

Australia

6th IEEE/IFIP Intl. Conf. on Network and Service Management - CNSM 2010

2010 Oct 25

Niagara Falls, ON.

 
 
Interviews, Blogs & Podcasts
by Stephen Ibaraki FCIPS, I.S.P., ITCP/IP3P
 Stephen Ibaraki
Hear the thoughts and commentary from international experts and community leaders:
 
Now also on iTunes! - Click Here
 

Thought Leadership Series with Microsoft Director John Oxley: Leading Multi-Award Winning International Technology Authority and Executive; John talks about the drivers for strong leadership plus shares his top career tips and lessons.
John Oxley is a multiple-award winning Director of Technical Audience Marketing and ICT Evangelism at Microsoft Canada. In this role, John leads and manages a team of Technical Audience Marketing Managers and Senior Technical Advisors that reach out and connect across the ICT industry. Business success, as his mandate, is measured by the technical professional's satisfaction and platform adoption. His team of select Evangelists, Advisors and Marketing Managers are Microsoft Canada's ambassadors to the ICT community; connecting, supporting and enabling the technical professional and industry. From Academia and across the Industry, his team focuses on driving industry awareness, education, training and adoption of Microsoft solutions through events, industry/community involvement and direct engagement. His globally No. 1 ranked team of Advisors and Marketing managers work exclusively in reaching out to diverse communities leveraging social media, community connections and more.

Rohit Talwar: Award-winning Global Top 10 Futurist, Strategic Thinker, Entrepreneur - shares his extensive insights into future trends and how to leverage them
Rohit Talwar is an award winning futurist speaker, entrepreneur, specialist advisor and strategic change agent and the founder of the research and consultancy organization Fast Future. He was profiled as one of the top ten global future thinkers by the UK's Independent newspaper. He spends his time traveling the world, researching the ideas that will shape the future and meeting the people and organizations behind them. Rohit has spoken to audiences of leaders around the world. His book Designing Your Future was published in August 2008 (http://tinyurl.com/5trt4x). His next book FutureTweet 2012 will be published in the spring of 2010. His study for the Uk government on future directions in science and technology and the implications for 'The shape of jobs' to come was published in January 2010. He is currently in high demand for his inspirational speeches on Global Trends, Innovation, Winning in a Downturn and Future Focused Leadership. He has consulted with leading corporations, associations and government agencies globally on scenario planning, development of future strategy, and driving innovation and change. He also has a particular interest in the evolution of China, India, their emerging economies and the future of associations, travel, tourism, meetings and events. Rohit partnered with ASAE & The Center on the Association of the Future research program - the first output of which was the book Designing Your Future. He has also led a major study on the Future of Travel and Tourism in the Middle East and on the mega-real estate developments across the region. Rohit has also completed major global studies on the Future of China's Economy - The Path to 2020 - and is working on scenarios for 2030 and the implications for global migration.

London School of Economics (LSE) Alumni and world leader Alex Lin shares his deep insights into his participation at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the global leaders summit in New York, how he built the world's largest sales channel for Intel, founded the world's largest online professional business media and service ChinaValue.net, and his thoughtful discussions with world leaders.
Alex Lin Yong Qing is the leading international business and information technology authority, founder and CEO of ChinaValue.net, the world's largest top-ranked online business media, professional social networking service, and business marketplace intelligence service. Alex brings an extensive history of accomplishment and successes to his many ventures. Previously in China, over a period of seven years as Intel's senior executive, he built and then managed the world's largest IT sales channel. Moreover, as Deputy General Manager and VP of Marketing, he supported the growth of the "TOP 3" PC maker in China, TsingHua TongFang Computer Ltd. Alex was the first MBA (XiaMen University) with Intel (China), and the first global EMBA in China from the prestigious TRIUM program jointly sponsored by the London School of Economics and Political Science, New York University Stern School of Business, and the HEC School of Management Paris (www.triumemba.org, Ranked No.2 amongst Global EMBA programs by the Financial Times). Alex is a special advisor to MII (Ministry of Information Industry), which controls the IT industry in China. He also advises CIW, and CCID, the two major official outlets. CCID manages the only official IT research group in China. In late 2009, the London School of Economics (LSE) profiled Alex in "Blazing Trails", due to his unique success as an entrepreneur and visionary innovator transforming the world.

 
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