MONTREAL, MARCH 6, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ - The World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) will be held in Montréal, from October 22 to 24, 2012, at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal. Every two years, the WCIT is organized in a different country under auspices of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) and it has become the world's leading information technology gathering, with prominent speakers, leading thinkers, and business leaders from all over the world invited to participate.
This year's WCIT will bring something new, and perhaps unprecedented, to the world stage. A World Tech Jam kicks off WCIT 2012 from June 5-7, with 20,000 online contributors collaborating and sharing their ideas, their passion, and their insights on a massive scale into the creation of a true bottom-up Global Digital Society Action Plan. "When compared to conventional engagement techniques, jamming or digital brainstorming has many advantages," said Anthony Williams, WCIT 2012 Program Chair. "And for the first time, IT users around the world will lead the conversation. This event will give users a voice - this is a giant step for the IT world and a first."
One of the results of the Jam will be a Digital Agenda that will have influence on the WCIT 2012 program. Think of it as an action plan for realizing opportunities for digital innovation that can inform, inspire and guide decision makers in sectors ranging from public administration and health care to education and science. The Digital Agenda will be unveiled to the Congress delegates, ICT stakeholders, and government, academic and community leaders during the closing ceremony of WCIT 2011 and then presented to the WITSA as a tool for policy development, educational curricula, corporate citizenship programs, and much more.
Convened under the theme of "ONE Vision for a Global Digital Society", WCIT 2012 will be a fast-paced three-day conference featuring more than 100 high-profile speakers and attracting up to 3,000 delegates and 300 media from more than 80 countries. The conference's objective is to impact economic and social development through the exchange of policies, practices, trends and ideas on ICT and it will feature topics that discuss ICT`s role in the economy, environment, government, healthcare, education and mobility.
"WCIT 2012 will bring together world-class keynote speakers and leaders of government, industry, academia, and civil society for broad discussions on how ICT technologies shape and help today's digital society by placing the user at the center of the event," said Francois Morin, CEO of WCIT 2012. "It will showcase canadian technology innovation to a global audience, creating business opportunities for Canadian entrepreneurs, and attract foreign investment."
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