Olympics 2012- Let’s do Business!
The countdown is on to the London 2012 Games! The 2010 Olympics generated over $306 million in new investment for the city of Vancouver! As the world converges on London, opportunities for companies to do business abound. In order to take advantage of this international event, Invest Ottawa, in partnership with the Canadian High Commission, have organized a Canadian ICT Showcase in Canada House, Trafalgar Square.
The ICT showcase will focus on the following sectors; animation, gaming, mobile apps, advanced display solutions, interactive technology, enterprise software applications, IP telephony solutions, Cloud solutions, API management, and transaction processing. The showcase will provide an opportunity to meet and network with leading Canadian businesses looking to partner with UK companies and organizations. Companies in the showcase include; OpenText, Mitel, Christie Digital Systems, Layer7, Anthony Maccauley Associates, bitHeads, Playbrains, Macadamian Technologies, PNI Digital Media, Toon Boom Animation, Xomo Digital Inc., Float4 Interactive.
Date: August 6, 2012
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London, UK
Note: There is no-charge to attend the showcase but for security purposes pre-registration is mandatory and attendees must bring proof of identity to gain entrance to Canada House. To register please email hhammond@investottawa.ca
Background
Canada is an important trade and investment partner for British companies of all sizes and across the spectrum of business activity. Canada is one of the world’s richest and most developed countries, and with the low inflation and positive economic growth, particularly given the recent global economic crisis, Canada offers good trade, investment and partnership opportunities for British companies in many sectors particularly ICT. The proximity of the U.S. market to Canada is of fundamental importance with 75% of Canadian exports going to the U.S. This, therefore, offers U.K. companies NAFTA access to the U.S. and Mexican market from Canada.
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Companies and Organizations in the Canadian ICT Showcase
August 6, 2012: Canada House London, UKAnthony Macauley Associates
www.gx.ca
1010-130 Slater Street,
Ottawa, ON, Canada K1P 6E2
Anthony Macauley Associates (AMA) is a Canadian enterprise management software developer since 1978. Products: GX LEAF, GX Grants and Contributions, GX Financials, GX Salaries. Major customers in Canada: Office of Auditor General, Western Economic Diversification, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Health Canada. Major clients abroad: UN Women, Jamaica – National Environmental Protection Agency and Administrator Generals Department. In the past AMA developed financial management systems for the government of Romania. Presently GX systems are utilized by more than 6000 users across Canada and over 300 users worldwide. AMA is providing consulting, solutions, and maintenance support to its customers from Ottawa, ON.
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bitHeads
www.bitheads.com
1309 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, ON Canada K1Z 7L3
bitHeads is a Canadian development on demand company that builds sophisticated mobile applications as stand-alone apps, games or cloud based services across all major mobile platforms. We have been building engaging applications that grow our client’s brand, generating new revenue streams and delighting end users for some of the world’s biggest companies and start-ups. New York Times, ESPN, HP, RIM, eBay and many others have mobile applications used by millions of users each day.
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Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc.
www.christiedigital.com
809 Wellingon St. N.
Kitchener, Ontario Canada N2G 4Y7
Christie is a visual technologies company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ushio, Inc., Japan (JP:6925) with over 13 offices and more than 1,400 employees worldwide. Consistently setting the standards for the most advanced projectors and display solutions, Christie is recognised as one of the most innovative companies in the world with a commitment to environmental leadership. From retail displays to cinematic excellence, mission critical command centres to classrooms, medical facilities and training simulators, Christie display solutions and projectors capture audiences with their dynamic and stunning images. The Christie Advantage ensures expertise and a customer-centric approach combined with noteworthy technological achievements have driven visual communications to the outer limits of artistic expression, scientific discoveries and corporate branding.
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Float4 Interactive
www.float4.com
1001 Lenoir St., suite B528
Montréal, QC Canada H4C 2Z6
Float4 Interactive is a creative technology company that develops interactive systems for entertainment, advertising and design applications. The result is a memorable experience that enables our clients to physically and emotionally engage their target audience.
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FreeBalance Inc.
www.freebalance.com
411 Legget Drive, Suite 210
Ottawa, Ontario Canada K2K 3C9
FreeBalance helps governments around the world leverage robust Government Resource Planning (GRP) technology to accelerate country growth. FreeBalance is a recognized as leader in fast, adaptable and successful GRP implementations. FreeBalance provides software solutions for public financial and human resource management, and supports reform and modernization to improve governance, transparency and accountability. Good governance is required to improve development results. For more information, visit www.freebalance.com.
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Layer 7 Technologies
www.layer7.com
1100 Melville Street, Suite 405
Vancouver BC V6E 4A6
Layer 7 Technologies, a leading provider of application Gateways for SOA integration, Cloud connectivity and API management. Layer 7 Technologies helps enterprises secure and govern interactions between their organization and the services they use in the cloud; across the Internet; and out to mobile devices. Through its award-winning line of SOA Gateways, Cloud Brokers and API Proxies, Layer 7 gives enterprises the ability to control identity, data security, SLA and visibility requirements for sharing application data and functionality across organizational boundaries. With more than 150 customers spanning six continents, Layer 7 supports the most demanding commercial and government organizations. Layer 7 solutions are FIPS compliant; STIG vulnerability tested and has met Common Criteria EAL4+ security assurance.
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Invest Ottawa
www.investottawa.ca
100-80 Aberdeen St.
Ottawa, ON Canada K1S 5R5
Invest Ottawa delivers economic development programs and initiatives that increase entrepreneurial momentum, wealth and jobs in the City of Ottawa and its surrounding region. Its goal is to make Ottawa the best place in Canada to start and grow a knowledge-based business. Invest Ottawa services include startup incubation and mentorship, acceleration for existing companies, global business attraction and local business retention, targeted sector development, commercialization, and marketing Ottawa’s diversified economy and high quality of life.
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Macadamian Technologies
www.macadamian.com
165 Rue Wellington,
Gatineau, QC Canada J8X 2J3
Macadamian is a global User Experience (UX) design and software innovation firm providing a complete range of product strategy, user experience design and software engineering services to clients around the world, including industry leaders like HP, Cisco, Genband, Avaya, and Adobe. From emerging, to existing technologies and platforms, Macadamian has a proven track record of helping clients create successful products on Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Web 2.0 & RIA, Windows, and Mac OS X.
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Mitel
www.mitel.com
350 Legget Dr.
Ottawa, ON Canada K2K 2W7
Mitel Networks (NASDAQ: MITL) is a global provider of business communications solutions and services, consisting of unified communications and collaboration software applications, IP telephony platforms, mobility applications and managed and network services. Mitel enables businesses of all sizes to move beyond basic fixed telephony tools toward integrated multi-media collaboration solutions, accessible from anywhere, helping to improve performance, gain competitive advantage, and reduce costs. Mitel’s global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, US headquarters are in Chandler, Arizona and EMEA headquarters are in Caldicot, UK, with offices, partners, and resellers worldwide.
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OpenText
www.opentext.com
10 Rideau Street, 6th Floor,
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Open Text Corporation is Canada’s largest software company. It develops, markets, sells, licenses, and supports enterprise content management (ECM) solutions primarily in North America and Europe. The Company’s ECM software and solutions enable customers to manage various types of enterprise content, including business documents, records, Web content, media, emails, and reports.
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Ottawa International Airport Authority
www.ottawa-airport.ca
1000 Airport Parkway Private, Suite 2500
Ottawa, ON Canada K1V 9B4
The Ottawa International Airport Authority manages, operates, maintains and invests in the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport under a long term lease with the federal government. The Airport Authority is a non-share capital, community-based corporation. It is fully self sufficient, receiving no government funding whatsoever, and has won numerous awards for customer service. Further, airport activity generates approximately one-quarter of a billion dollars in taxes for the three levels of government and has a total economic impact of $2.2 billion each year.
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Ottawa Tourism
1800-130 Albert St, Suite 1800
Ottawa, ON Canada K1P 5G4
Ottawa Tourism is a destination marketing organization with a mandate of promoting the area to the tourism and convention markets. With over 400 tourism industry supplier members in the Ottawa area, OT develops promotional programs and services to attract and service tourism business to the city. Our sales staff can help you bring your group to Canada’s Capital Region and assist you with all your planning.
* Lead generation – OT will act as a liaison to obtain proposals on your behalf and compile a customized bid proposal representing the entire destination
* Bid proposal presentation to your selection committee
* Customized site inspections
* Itinerary Planning
* Media Familiarization Trips & Services
* Coordination with CTC/OTMPC for leisure visitor promotion
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Playbrains
www.playbrains.com
1309 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, ON Canada K1Z 7L3
Playbrains is a content creation company building mobile, social and connected experiences since 2007. Through our cloud, mobile and social technologies, we help game developers and publishers own their customerss 24×7 and enable TV and movie production companies to build engaging communities for their creations.
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PNI Digital Media
www.pnimedia.com
590-425 Carrall St.
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6B 6E3
PNI Digital Media operates the PNI Digital Media Platform, which provides transaction processing and order routing services for major retailers. The PNI Digital Media Platform connects consumer-ordered digital content, whether from online, in-store kiosks, desktop software or mobile phones, with retailers that have on-demand manufacturing capabilities for the production of personalized products such as photos, photo books, photo calendars, business cards and stationery. PNI Digital Media successfully generates millions of transactions each year for retailers and their thousands of locations worldwide.
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Toon Boom Animation Inc.
www.toonboom.com
5530 Saint Patrick, Suite 2210
Montreal QC Canada H4E 1A8
Toon Boom Animation Inc. is the worldwide leader in digital content and animation creation software, delivering products and services online to its global community. Toon Boom carries user-friendly applications for all, catering to children, home users, creative professionals as well as students, educators and schools. Toon Boom is fully dedicated to education and goes far beyond just developing technology and curriculums that will enhance the classroom experience. Toon Boom is an influential advocate of bringing industry and education together, while partnering with value-added partners to help students achieve their goals. At the high-end studio level, Toon Boom offers a wide product range from powerful pre-production tools to leading-edge animation production solutions. Relying on its extensive expertise in animation production, Toon Boom provides consulting services in the fields of optimization, pipeline integration, production assistance and custom development.
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Xomo Digital Inc.
www.xomodigital.com
1650 West 1st Ave, Suite #202,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6J 1G1
Xomo provides world-class mobile apps for events. Products include Spotlight, the first FREE native mobile app for conferences, festivals and events of all sizes, and Xomo Mobile Event Guide, a full-featured premium app. The world’s largest events rely on Xomo for mobile apps, including the London 2012 Olympics, the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and the South By SouthWest (SXSW) festival and conference. Xomo’s mobile apps help attendees with smartphones or tablets discover what’s on around them, plan ahead and navigate using interactive maps. They can also connect with other attendees and share on popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. Xomo Digital’s head office is located in Vancouver, Canada, and Xomo Europe is based in the UK with an office in Germany.