One-day workshop on e-commerce and online advertising co-hosted by The Competition Bureau and University of Ottawa’s Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC).

The workshop will "foster discussion on a myriad of digital and e-commerce issues, including: emerging business models; competition and innovation; potential regulatory issues and concerns; and international regulatory frameworks and challenges," and will include "experts from Canada, the United States, England and Australia involved in a variety of different fields, such as marketing, advertising, academia and law enforcement."

Further information available at: http://onlineadvertisingworkshop.ca/2013/.

View the agenda here.

“The focus of the 14th Annual BMO Media and Telecom Conference will undoubtedly be the domestic wireless landscape and the upcoming spectrum auctions,”  BMO Capital Markets equity research analyst Tim Casey, who will moderate the conference, said in a statement. “Virtually all of the major Canadian telecom, cable and media companies will be attending our 14th annual conference."

View the conference agenda here.

Conference is from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Speakers include Carys Craig, Paul Daly, Jeremy deBeer, Greg Hagen, Elizabeth Judge, Ariel Katz, Teresa Scassa, Sam Trosow, and Margaret Ann Wilkinson. Free registration and a reception to follow at 5:30 p.m.

A new festival designed to showcase Canada’s television programming to Canadians and international audiences.

The CITF will be the first “television showcase festival in Canada” and will help audiences “discover and enjoy new and returning English and French-language Canadian programs,” by running full episodes, retrospectives, previews, “and other short-form content.”

The technology leadership conference has two tracks focusing on machine-to-machine and wireless business. "The nexus point of these core topics is “The Internet of Things” and our keynotes will discuss how the convergence of mobile, social, data, and cloud are creating transformative business opportunities." Find more details at:  wavefrontsummits.com.

Google Inc. in partnership with the Canadian-American Business Council (CABC) will host Big Tent Canada 2013 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The one-day event will feature a discussion by industry leaders, government and academia on Canada-U.S. trade and cybersecurity in the 21st century. The discussion will then be followed by a reception. Visit the website for more details.

Apple Inc. will hold its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Calif. The conference will feature more than 100 sessions, extensive hands-on labs and many other engaging events. Visit the website for more details.

4G Americas will host personal briefings to discuss the mobile broadband explosion and obstacles of continued expansion and technical revolution in the Americas region. Chris Pearson, president of 4G Americas, will be available to discuss topics such as regulatory and spectrum policy, mobile data trends as well as data usage and the danger it brings with capacity at its limits. Keynote speakers at the CTIA tradeshow include José María Álvarez-Pallete López, chief operating officer at Telefónica S.A., Dr. Thomas Kiessling, chief product and innovation officer at Deutsche Telekom and executive vice-president and chief operating officer at Verizon Wireless, Marni Walden, among others. Visit the website for more details. Sessions with Pearson can be booked through Vicki Livingston at 262-242-3458.

The Canadian Digital Media Network will present the Canada 3.0 Conference at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Speakers for the two-day event include Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc., Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of Montreal-based Datawind and Jason Townsend, NASA's deputy social media manager, among others. The event celebrates Canadian achievements in the commercialization of digital media and will offer 65 mentoring lunches, giving attendees exclusive access to Canada's successful entrepreneurs who know how to do international business, grow a business and improve productivity through the deployment of digital media. CBC/Radio-Canada broadcasters Terry O'Reilly and Jian Ghomeshi will make keynote presentations. Visit the website for more details.