The keynote speaker was Chris Hodgson, Chair of Management Board. Hodgson spoke at length on the Ontario government's computing strategy. For a text of Hodgson's speech click on the Annual General Meeting link above. The Ontario economy continues to perform strongly. 62,000 jobs were created in September.
Members report that there are few, if any, signs of a slowdown.
The plan for the Smart System for Health will be submitted to cabinet on November 23rd. This fund will help foster broad based partnership initiatives to spur growth of the Digital Media Industry. Municipal Computing Group. The City of Toronto has expressed interest in working with a group of vendors to explore how best to utilize computing to reduce costs and increase service levels. Financial Industries Group Firms selling to banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions would meet in networking events featuring senior IT managers from the financial sector.