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The democratization effect of technology

The technological evolution continues to transform the media world and presents numerous challenges to broadcasters such as CBC/Radio-Canada. How can broadcasters select the most promising technologies in an age when consumers’ adoption cycle for new technology is shorter than ever?

What trends are currently being studied by Radio Canada? How can they help our public broadcaster fulfil its mission of enriching Canada’s cultural life and democratic heritage? These are among the issues that will be addressed by Sylvain Lafrance, Executive Vice-President of CBC/Radio-Canada.

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Mr. Lafrance oversees all aspects of CBC/Radio-Canada's French-language programming services, which include, among other things, Télévision de Radio-Canada, Réseau de l'information de Radio-Canada (RDI), Radio de Radio-Canada, Radio Canada International (RCI), RCI viva, and Radio-Canada.ca.

Prior to taking on his current position as Executive Vice-President of French Services, Mr. Lafrance held several other positions within the Corporation. He assumed responsibility for Radio de Radio-Canada, after managing the programming for regional stations of this network, from Montréal. Earlier in his career, he was appointed Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice-President, English and French Radio Services. Mr. Lafrance had previously served as Program Director for Radio de Radio-Canada in the National Capital Region, Executive Producer, Producer, and Senior News Editor. He first worked for CBC/Radio-Canada as a journalist.

Parallel to his career at CBC/Radio-Canada, Mr. Lafrance taught journalism at Algonquin College for two years and lectured in communications at Université du Québec en Outaouais. At the international level, Mr. Lafrance chaired Les Radios Francophones Publiques. He represents CBC/Radio-Canada on the Board of TV5MONDE, the first international French-language television network, which is partially owned by CBC/Radio-Canada. Mr. Lafrance is a Knight of the Order of la Pléiade, awarded by the Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly, a Knight of the Order of Arts & Letters and a Knight of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic.

Mr. Lafrance attended the University of Ottawa, studying Recreology (1975-1977), Université du Québec en Outaouais (Industrial Relations, 1977-1978) and Centre de formation des journalistes in Paris (1983-1984) before completing a Master's degree in Public Administration at École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP, 1989). He also studied at the University of British Columbia (1993) and Harvard Business School (AMP 168, 2005).

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President and Chief Executive Officer, Fujitsu America

Mr. Claude Bélisle

Vice-President, Satellite Communications and Radio Propagation Research Branch, Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC)

Mr. Daniel Blanche

President and CEO, CRIM

Mr. Jim Carroll

Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert

Mr. Patrick Chanezon

Team Manager, Client and Cloud Advocacy, Google

Mr. François Coallier, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Software and IT Engineering, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

Mr. Robert Courteau

Senior Vice-President, Business Solutions, Fujitsu Canada

Mr. Mourad Debbabi, Ph.D.

Vice-President, NCFTA, and CIISE Director & Professor, CU Research Chair Tier 1 in Information System Security, Concordia University

Mr. François Gratton

Senior Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, Business Solutions, TELUS Québec

Mr. David E. Hershberg

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Globecomm

Mr. Austin Hill

Canadian entrepreneur, angel investor, Co-founder and CEO, Akoha

Mr. Tom Jenkins

Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, Open Text Corporation

Mr. Henri Kaufman

President, HiP iP iP

Ms. Najoua Kooli

Project Manager, CEFRIO

Mr. Sylvain Lafrance

Executive Vice-President, Radio-Canada

Mr. Claude lemay

Vice-President Québec, ITAC and Chief Executive Officer, WCIT 2012

Mr. Mark Lowenstein

Managing Director, Mobile Ecosystem

Mr. Yannis Mallat

Chief Executive Officer, Ubisoft Montréal & Ubisoft Toronto

Mr. Stéphane Marceau

Chief Marketing Officer, Yellow Pages Group

Mr. Jeff McDowell

Senior Vice President, Business Marketing & Alliances, Research in Motion (RIM)

Mr. André Mondoux, Ph.D.

Researcher, columnist and professor, UQAM

Mr. Andy Piper

Consulting IT and Social Media Specialist, IBM Consulting

Mr. Sébastien Provencher

Co-founder, Praized Media

Mr. David Robertson, Ph.D.

Professor, Innovation, Technology Management, and IT, IMD - International Institute for Management Development

Ms. Clara Shih

CEO, Hearsay Labs and Author, The Facebook Era

Ms. Jennifer Stoddart

Privacy Commissioner of Canada