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Calling all early-birds
If you're waiting till the last minute to register for the Summit - don't! Book early and save. There are only a few days left to take advantage of the early-bird rate. Until Thursday, March 25, Summit registrations are just $195 each. Register today.

ORION Awards presented
One of traditions of the ORION Summit is the presentation of the ORION Awards. Again this year, winners, friends and colleagues will gather to celebrate the achievements of individuals and organizations who have led and championed the use of advanced and collaborative technologies to support research, education, innovation and discovery in Ontario or on the global stage. The Award winners will be announced shortly, prior to the Award ceremony. Some 30 individuals and organizations have been recognized with the ORION Award since the award's inception in 2005. Learn more at www.orion.on.ca/2009awards.

Tom Jenkins opens Summit
Don't miss Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer of Open Text Corporation, who will set the stage as the Summit's opening keynote. Jenkins has served as a Director of Open Text, the largest independent software company in Canada, since 1994 and as its Chairman since 1998. He has also held several executive positions with DALSA Inc., an electronic imaging manufacturer based in Waterloo. In addition to his Open Text responsibilities, Mr. Jenkins is the Chair of the Canadian Digital Media Network, a federal centre of excellence.

Cisco CTO on next generation technologies
Jeff Seifert, Chief Technology Officer with Cisco System Canada, will address delegates on how collaboration is driving the next wave of business growth and innovation and how new technologies are not only transforming the way we communicate and conduct business, but how we teach, learn and conduct research in new virtual collaborative environments.

ORION backup service
Find out about new ORION services being rolled out at this morning breakout session. Presenters from Queen's University and York University will talk about how their institutions are using the new ORION data storage service in the current test phase. Also hear about options for a new interactive media platform currently in development.

Federated access management
In this afternoon session, we will hear from Canadian Access Federation, which was created to provide a federated access management service to participating colleges, universities and service providers. Through membership in the federation, member institutions can provide their individual users with the ability to access other institutions' protected resources, including networks, data sets or computing resources, using their home institution's identity and access privileges.

Ciena latest Gold Sponsor
Ciena, which recently acquired Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks optical networking and carrier ethernet business, is the ORION Summit's most recent Gold Sponsor. Rodney G. Wilson, External Research Development, will give a brief overview and welcome delegates at the Summit luncheon. Learn more about Ciena at www.ciena.com.



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