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Highlights

Interested in a workshop designed to specifically meet your community needs?

• Develop a shared understanding of key issues for successful planning and implementation of broadband telecommunications and Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in communities and regions

• Mobilize individuals and communities by developing understanding and confidence

• Design an agreement for the steps required to move forward

SNG Associates are available for speaking engagements. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Broadband and Economic Development

• Economic Impact of Broadband and ICT

• Beyond Broadband – leveraging ICT for Economic Development

• Is your Community being left behind - what can you do?
  

For details contact:

+ 1 613.277.2588
info@sngroup.com

Speaking Engagements / Workshops / Presentations

Nationally and internationally, SNG has shared its experiences and strategies on ICT-related economic development and socio-economic impact analysis.

 

Client	eNATOA seminar for the US National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, August 25, 2008
Presentation	Broadband and Economic Development

 

Client	Connected Communities Conference, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 5, 2005
Presentation	Economic Impacts and the Business Case for Broadband

 

Client	Connected Communities Conference – panel presentation, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 5, 2005
Presentation	Beyond Broadband and Accelerating the Uptake of ICT

 

Client	Broadband Properties Conference, Dallas, Texas, September 14, 2005
Presentation	Economic Impacts and the Business Case for Broadband

Client	ISPCON, Baltimore, May 24, 2005
Presentation	Forecasting and Meeting Local Business Demand for Your Services

Client	Infrastructure Canada, Ottawa, February 4, 2005.
Workshop & Presentation	Economic Impacts of IT Infrastructure - examples and lessons learned from measuring and analysing impacts at the community level. Economic Impacts of IT Infrastructure

Client	La Communaute Urbaine de Bordeaux, Toronto, June 14, 2004.
Presentation	Presented to visiting French delegation on the impacts and successes of broadband projects in Canada. Lessons learned and management tools sought by client as they are building a € 20 million fibre network in the Bordeaux region.

Client	Broadband Program, Industry Canada, Ottawa, April 16, 2004.
Workshop	Prepared and delivered workshop to Research and Analysis Team, Broadband Program, to collect and assess socio-economic impacts from BRAND and NSI funded projects.

Client	3rd Annual National Connecting Indigenous Peoples in Canada Forum, Ottawa, March 25, 2004.
Presentation	Presented findings from SNG's Internet impact studies and how benefits could be replicated in Indigenous communities and regions.

Client	Department of Trade and Industry, London, UK, September 26, 2003.
Presentation	Presented findings from the South Dundas Economic Impact Study to senior government officials and economists from the Department of Trade and Industry, Treasury, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Client	Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDC) - Annual Conference, Sudbury, June 2003.
Presentation	Presented to CFDC staff economic impacts of community broadband investments and methodology for assessing project impacts.

Client	Conference Board of Canada at the Citizen Relationship Management Conference: Building Integrated Service Delivery in the Public Sector, Ottawa, Canada, April 23-24, 2003.
Workshop	Co-delivered workshop on "Citizen Relationship Management: Mapping the Strategy and Measuring Impacts".

Client	Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Smart Growth Secretariat at the Eastern Ontario Smart Growth Panel, Brockville, Ontario, Canada, November 21, 2002.
Presentation	Presented findings on "Economic Impact Measurement of Community Broadband Investments".

Client	Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation (MEOI) at the Broadband Community Networks 2002 Conference: Connecting People, Place and Prosperity, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, October 22-23, 2002.
Presentation	Presented findings on "Economic Impact Measurement of Community Broadband Investments".

Client	Office of Learning Technologies (OLT), Human Resources Development Canada, at the Third Pan-Canadian Forum on Community Learning Networks, Montreal, Canada, March 17-19, 2000.
Workshop	Co-led workshop to help project managers use performance management tools to benchmark and evaluate 'smart community' projects.

Client	Nortel Italia, Rome, Italy, March 14-16, 2000.
Workshop	Co-delivered a week-long workshop on how communities can leverage IT to become 'connected communities'. Presented concepts on community-based IT capacity building to students from the Masters in IT Program at the University of Lecce,  Italy.