Hi-tech Business Leaders Meet in Toronto to Address How to Improve Canada's Culture of Entrepreneurship

    "From Entrepreneur to Titan: Can Canadian Entrepreneurs Grow Technology
    Start-ups to Domestic Multinationals?"

    The Research Money Conference

    TORONTO, May 15 /CNW/ - On May 21st in Toronto, the Research Money
Conference brings together leading tech entrepreneurs and executives from
Canada and the U.S. to share their experiences and perceptions on Canada's
entrepreneurial culture, and explore ways to improve Canada's performance in
knowledge-based commerce. Does Canada have what it takes to grow domestic
multinationals in industry sectors such as ICT, biotech and cleantech?DATE:    May 21, 2008
                 TIME:    8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
                 PLACE:   Eaton Centre Marriott
                          525 Bay Street, Toronto
                          Salons C-D

    Speakers and Panelists include:

        Cathy Anterasian, Senior Director, Spencer Stuart
        H. Douglas Barber, Co-founder and former CEO, Gennum Corporation
        Peter Charbonneau, General Partner, Skypoint Corporation
        Robert Courteau, President and Managing Director, SAP Canada
        Lisa Crossley, President & CEO, Nysa Membrane Technologies
        Jen Evans, President, Sequentia
        Kevin Francis, President & CEO, CenterBeam
        Jeff Hauswirth, Managing Director Canada, Spencer Stuart
        Wayne Karpoff, Co-founder & CTO, Yotta Yotta Inc.
        David MacDonald, President & CEO, Softchoice
        Mary K. Marsden, New Business Leader for Retail & CPG, Acxiom
        Terry Matthews, Chairman, Mitel
        Antoine Paquin, General Partner, Rho Canada
        Mark Romoff, President & CEO, Ontario Centres of Excellence
        Paul M. Russo, Chairman & Founder, Silicon Optix
        Phil Sorgen, President, Microsoft Canada
        Neil Wolff, Chair of Management, Entrepreneurship and Strategy,
        School of Business Management, Ryerson UniversityResearch Money, Canada's leading research funding investment newsletter,
presents this conference in collaboration with the Information Technology
Association of Canada. Other partners include: Softchoice, SAP, OCE Inc.,
Intuit Canada, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, National Post,
Spencer Stuart, RIM, NSERC, Microsoft Canada, York Biotech, and OCRI. For more
information visit www.researchmoneyinc.com.

For further information: Janet Sandor, Director of Communications,
Research Money, [phone] ext. 25, [phone] (May 21, 2008)