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Tech CFOs – Feb. 19
Current Issues in Financial and Investor Communications...
TPM – Feb. 26
The Key to Project Management Success...
Marketing – March 3
Marketing metrics - How are you measuring success?
Tech CEOs – March 5
Discussing issues faced by tech CEOs on a day-to-day basis...
Biz Innovation – Mar. 12
Business applications for virtual worlds...
HR - Mar. 16
Gain a competitive advantage through talented people...
Leaders of Emerging Companies – Mar. 16
Shortcuts to Success; networking to accelerate growth...
SAVE THE DATE:
SR&ED: What has changed and how does it work?
Thursday, March 4
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Premiere Ballroom & Convention Centre
9019 Leslie St. Richmond Hill, ON
Join us for this Breakfast Seminar presented by the YTA and Ernst & Young to learn from SR&ED advisors and gain a unique first-person account of the successes and frustrations you may experience as a claimant.
Our panellists include Elizabeth Pringle from Ernst and Young; Canada Revenue Agency Research and Technology Advisor, SR&ED Directorate, Dan Maclean and a mystery claimant sharing personal insights and experiences with the SR&ED program.
Attendees will receive updates on:
- How the SR&ED program operates
- What is eligible and what may not be
- Recent changes to the program and what you need to do to support your claim
- How to advance the process without incident
- How to prepare for an audit and what to expect if the CRA calls
YTA Web 2.0 Bootcamp Remixed
Leveraging the User Generated Content Revolution
Bootcamp Breakfast Session
Tuesday, March 9
7:30 am - 10:00 am
15 Allstate Parkway, Markham
There has been much talk about the new web, web 2.0, social media, user-generated content, Twitter, Facebook, online video, blogs, wikis -- and how all of this is good for your business.
So how do you use Web 2.0 to your advantage?
We have the answer - join us for the YTA Web 2.0 Bootcamp Breakfast, where Jonathan Burns, Chief Marketing Innovator at Strategy Cube, will present the 'what is' of Web 2.0 but especially useful, the 'how to' that will gain you recognition and market presence.
As a tech business leader you will learn the skills needed to quickly make web 2.0 work for your business, including:
- How to determine which web 2.0 applications will really add value to your business
- How to find, develop and implement web 2.0 applications to the greatest effect and tips to make it easy to do again and again
- How to create a YouTube video of your business value proposition and create a web 2.0 tool to improve Google search results.
YTA BOARD MEMBER
In-PROFILE
John Cameron
YTA Board Member
John Cameron is a valued member of the YTA and brings a history of success in the tech cluster to the Association's Board of Directors.
John is C.E.O. for Aizan Technologies, an on demand voice application service provider specializing in solutions for intelligent call routing and dynamic call management. He has been a senior level executive in the high tech sector for over 25 years and recently has been involved with a number of venture capital firms focused on start up organizations and turnaround opportunities.
John has been involved in the telecommunications industry for 16 years, and has served as President of Lucent Technologies and Avaya Canada.
His experience also includes roles as CEO of Unveil Technologies, a Boston company that was sold to Microsoft, and Executive Vice President responsible for world wide operations, for Voice Genie Technologies, a company recently acquired by Genesys/Alcatel. He also owned his own company, a network systems organization that was sold to Geac Computers.
Connect with John at john.cameron@aizan.com or 905-882-5563.
