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on Mon, March 15, 2010 2:15 PM
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You've only got two days left to get your application in for the British Columbia Technology Industry Association's 2010 Technology Impact Awards.
Founded in 1994 by the BCTIA, the Technology Impact Awards celebrate the successes of our industry and the companies, people and innovation that continue to put British Columbia on...
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on Fri, March 12, 2010 2:02 PM
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Thanks to the Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's recent Budget announcement on Section 116, this year's CVCA Annual Conference in Ottawa on May 26-28th should have a celebratory feel to it. And no doubt Conference headliner Rick Mercer will have plenty of new material ready for the audience after questioning Flaherty's...
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on Thu, March 11, 2010 3:23 PM
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How will digital media and wireless converge with health and sport? How will that convergence change the future of health care access and delivery, physical mobility, training and rehabilitation medicine? How will your business be affected?
Find out at as DigiBC and LifeSciences BC present Serious Games Meet Mobile Health on...
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on Tue, March 9, 2010 5:19 PM
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On March 23rd the Vancouver Enterprise Forum is hosting Winning the Cleantech Game – Real Growth Stories hosted by Yaletown Venture Partners' Kirk Washington.
Cleantech is one of the fastest growing areas of technology and currently the attracting much of the new investment and media attention. British Columbia is recognized as...
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on Wed, March 3, 2010 11:50 AM
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On March 11th, Vancouver's Wavefront is inviting wireless developers to attend its network test lab launch event featuring Ericsson. The new lab will allow developers to test new wireless applications on a carrier grade HSPA+ mobile network connected to Ericsson’s leading edge Montreal Test Facility.
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on Wed, February 24, 2010 7:30 AM
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On Thursday, March 18th the British Columbia Technology Industry Association is hosting an Impact event titled Harnessing the Power of Technology.
The value of technology lies in its tremendous ability to better the lives of its adopters.
Our guest speakers Harald Will, President & CEO of ACL Services, Vivek Thomas, President of...
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on Mon, February 15, 2010 3:46 PM
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The Digital Media and Wireless Association of BC, DigiBC, today announced the launch of the website for the newly created organization. The website can be found at www.digibc.org. DigiBC was incorporated on December 1, 2009 as a not-for-profit society representing the interests of the wireless, mobile and digital media sectors...
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on Thu, February 4, 2010 2:21 PM
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A group of local entrepreneurs like their tech lawyer so much that they are publically rallying for him to receive this year's Bill Thompson Award at BCTIA Technology Impact Awards. Check out one page fan site dedicated to Fasken's Keith Spencer and it's growing comment string.
While this certainly isn't the...
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on Tue, February 2, 2010 8:55 AM
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According to the 3rd annual TechTalent BC Labour Study issued today by the BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA), the hiring forecast for BC’s tech industry signals recovery, optimism and even a return to a labour shortage by 2011.
While the BC technology industry was impacted by the economic downturn in 2009...
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