webcom boasts 45 speakers, 33 case studies, panels and conferences, and close to 700 participants. Among the renowned speakers, Debbie Weil, author, speaker, and expert on corporate blogs and social media, Maggie Fox, founder and CEO of Social Media Group, and Geoff Livingston, author of the award-winning book on new media “Now is Gone”.

You will also have the opportunity to meet local experts, including Michelle Blanc, Bruno Guglielminetti, Katia St-Jean, Patrick Dubé, Charlérik Lemieux, Mitch Joel and several others.

For the past five years, webcom has been offering up-to-date conferences focused on international sharing and experience for local companies, allowing them to make sure their administrators are equipped to face tomorrow’s communication and technological challenges.

webcom is proud to feature a new addition to celebrate its 10th conference! Always seeking to provide the latest content tailored to corporate realities, while making sure to stay on top of upcoming challenges, webcom decided to redesign its program schedule. As such, it will now be focused on educating and promoting Québec-based organizations through its effective combination of international speakers and local business partners.

Those who are curious, have a vision or develop strategies can take part in conferences grouped under the five following themes:

1. Internal communications and services
2. External marketing and communications
3. E-commerce
4. Platforms and technologies
5. Innovation and interactive experience

Besides the main conference, participants can attend two off-program activities, namely webcomLive and webcamp.

webcomLIVE
An 8-hour WebTV presentation broadcasted live from webcom and accessible online in real-time.
http://webcom-montreal.com/attraits/webcomlive/

webcamp
A workshop presented by Sylvain Carle where tech and social Web buffs can push the Web environment’s conventional limits.
http://webcom-montreal.com/attraits/webcamp/

What:                     webcom-Montréal
When:                    Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Where:                  ICAO Head Office
                                999 University Street
                                Montréal, Québec
Time:                      8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Registration:
http://webcom-montreal.com 

Fees
webcom-Montréal: $495

*** Starting at 4:00 p.m., all conferences will be offered free of charge as “Speed-Keynotes”.

On Twitter 
http://twitter.com/webcomMT

*** To follow all conferences on Twitter:  #webcomMT

On Facebook 
webcom-Montréal: http://www.facebook.com/webcommt

webcom is brought to you by Guidyu and made possible through the collaborations of several partners, including: Transcontinental, Bell,  w.illi.am and Massy-Forget Public Relations.

Under the theme of corporate rebooting through collaboration and communities, you will discover all the benefits your company may reap from using Wikis, real-time Web software such as Seesmic and Foursquare, Internet and Intranet communities, professional networks and mobility.

This year, webcom-Montréal welcomes two guests of honour and keynote speakers, namely Jared Spool, founder of User Interface Engineering and among the foremost experts on the concept of usability, as well as Marsha Collier, author of 25 “for Dummies” books and one of the world’s top online community experts.

Among the renowned speakers that will also be attending the conference are Jen Evans, President of Sequentia Communications, author and technophile, who regularly discusses themes regarding women, young women and technology, as well as David Armano, Senior Vice-President at Edelman Digital, praised for his in-depth expertise in social media.

You will also have the opportunity to meet our local experts, including André Mondoux, Louise Guay, Benoit Descary, Frédéric de Pardieu, Dominique-Sébastien Forest and many more.

webcom-Montréal is the world’s biggest Francophone conference on new technologies. It offers a series of conferences divided between four distinct themes, namely Enterprise 2.0, Marcom 2.0, Solutions 2.0 and Mobility.

The Enterprise 2.0 conferences will enable participants to learn more about several case studies from across the world, including those conducted by internationally-renowned companies, such as CSC, Caisse d’Épargne, Penn State University, Navstar, NASA and BART-San Francisco.

Starting at 3:30 p.m., all conferences will be offered free of charge as “Speed-Keynotes”.

The complete conference schedule and further information on all speakers are available at www.webcom-montreal.com.

Besides the conferences, participants will also have the opportunity to participate in the webcom-LIVE event.

Webcom-LIVE
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/webcomlive#events

What:           webcom-Montréal
When:          Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Where:         ICAO Head Office 
                      999 University Street 
                      Montréal, Québec
Time:            8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Registration:
http://webcom-montreal.com

Fees
webcom-Montréal: $495

On Twitter 
http://twitter.com/webcomMT

*** To follow all conferences on Twitter:  #webcomMT

On Facebook 
webcom-Montréal: http://bit.ly/c2oG6T

A record event, over 900 participants networked at OACI, where it all took place, thanks to the involvement of several collaborators and partners from the business, Web, communications and multimedia fields.

With over 850 members on its Facebook page, more than 1,000 subscribers to the event’s Twitter account, thousands of tweets on the topic (1st Trending Topic in Canada on Twitter on May 26, and unlocking of the Swarm badge on FourSquare, a first in Montréal), as well as impromptu interviews on webcom-LIVE, Internet users the world over watched the entire day unfold live. Press coverage in a dozen media outlets also helped ensure the success of webcom-Montréal, whose media relations were coordinated by Massy-Forget Public Relations.  

Among the renowned 50-odd speakers in attendance, Tara Hunt, marketing and online community expert and pioneer, and author of the book The Whuffie Factor, Clara Shih, author of The Facebook Era, and Chris Heuer, founder of the Social Media Club, also shared their considerable Web expertise with participants.

Guests of this 8th edition had their dance cards full, with 37 sessions and conferences, including six panel presentations and a dozen case studies, a webCamp attracting 2.0 fans, webcom Live, where speakers participated in live interviews, as well as the very first Canadian edition of WebTweet Montréal.

Four main fields, namely Corporate 2.0, Marketing 2.0, Solutions 2.0, as well as a themed field focusing on Public Relations 2.0, enabled participants to learn more about new Web trends and practices, as well as look into several 2.0 case studies, all of which was divided into three major themes:  real-time Web, online communities and Wiki collaboration.

Webcom organizers took the opportunity to award two important distinctions to people who stood out within Québec’s new technology industry. In fact, this is the second time such distinctions were given, since both Michel Cartier and Michelle Blanc were so honoured last October. On May 26, Louise Guay and Sylvain Carle were honoured.

webcom-Montréal is already preparing its 9th edition, to be held on November 17, 2010, and promises to be just as dynamic and relevant. Among the potential themes proposed are mobility, geopositioning and augmented reality.

Among the renowned speakers also in attendance will be Tara Hunt, marketing and online community expert and pioneer, and author of the book The Whuffie Factor, Clara Shih, author of The Facebook Era, and Chris Heuer, founder of the Social Media Club.

Furthermore, early on during the presentation, the Centre francophone d'informatisation des organisations (CEFRIO) will present the exclusive results of a study on the progress of social media and Web 2.0 in Québec.

webcom-Montréal is the world’s foremost francophone conference on new technology. It features a series of conferences divided between four different fields, namely Corporate 2.0, Marketing 2.0, Solutions 2.0 and Public Relations 2.0. These workshops enable participants to learn more about several 2.0 case studies within each theme, all grouped under three main themes: real-time Web, online communities and Wiki’s collaboration.

Please note that as of 3:30 p.m., all conferences are presented free of charge as Speed-Keynotes.

The complete schedule and all relevant details are available at www.webcom-montreal.com 

New: WebTweet-Montréal

“I tweet, therefore I am”. Canada’s first Twitter conference: Jeff Pulver, special speaker at WebTweet-Montréal

For the first time in Canada, and in collaboration with webcom-Montréal: a conference on Twitter – a micro-blogging site and pop culture phenomenon, as well as media, politics, nanoliterature, music, etc.

For this first edition, WebTweet-Montréal will host none other than Jeff Pulver as keynote speaker. Vonage founder Jeff Pulver is the mastermind behind the “140 characters conference”, the inspiration behind WebTweet-Montréal. The complete schedule is available: www.webcom-montreal.com 

GENERAL DETAILS

What: webcom-Montréal & WebTweet-Montréal
When: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Where: OACI Head Office
999 University St.
Montréal, QC
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Registration: http://webcom-montreal.com

Fees:
webcom-Montréal: $495
WebTweet-Montréal: $95

On Twitter: 
http://twitter.com/webcomMT
http://twitter.com/WebTweetMTL

On Facebook:
webcom-Montréal: http://bit.ly/c2oG6T
WebTweet-Montréal: http://bit.ly/ctwzaX

In addition to the traditional webcom sessions (Enterprise 2.0, Marketing 2.0 and Solutions 2.0), a special session dedicated to the future of the media in the 2.0 era will be added. Montreal will host a number of local and international guest speakers, including John Temple, president and editor of the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News, who will share the lessons he learned from his newspaper’s failure to adapt to the arrival of new information technology. Ludovic Blecher, editor-in-chief of liberation.fr, and Patrick Pierra, co-president and CEO of Branchez-vous, will take part in a panel discussion on new business models for the media and their future. Last but not least, Shel Holtz, found of Holtz Communication + Technology, will discuss tactics for transparency and the value of access to information in business. In all, over 40 speakers and leaders from Quebec’s business communications, web marketing and e-business sectors will present conferences, case studies, training sessions and debates on the conference sessions’ four concurrent themes.

“webcom Montreal provides a wide range of opportunities for participants to learn, dialogue, participate and network,” says conference producer Michel Chioini. “The last time the conference was held, we hosted 575 participants and we’re expecting to beat that record this fall.”

As a key indicator of conditions in the 2.0 world today, the findings of a SOM-webcom survey on the status of Web 2.0 from a business point of view will be released at the beginning of the conference.

webcom Live

Throughout the day, the webcom Montreal site, a succession of conference organizers, guest speakers, sponsors and participants will appear on camera at webcom Live with Christian Aubry and his team, to talk with visitors to the site and comment on the conference in progress.

Book fair

This year, webcom Montreal will launch a book fair featuring many published works from the industry. To operate this year's book fair, webcom Montreal will partner with Lien Multimédia and its web platform BoutiqueTechno.com, making it possible for participants to buy books by this year’s guest speakers and other authors.

Free features

Also featured this year will be a repeat of the SpeedKeynoting formula, open free to the public from 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM, including a panel discussion entitled “Is the Future of the Media Tied to the Web?”

With complete WiFi available free of charge, the organizers also hope to allow all participants to blog, microblog or socialize freely. They’re also making the services of their own five bloggers available to share the job of reporting on the conference sessions and other events via their personal blogs. To complete the mix, the organizers plan to have the majority of conferences recorded on video and will make these available free of charge online at webcom-montreal.com.

REGISTRATION AND REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS: To register for the conference, please visit webcom-montreal.com. 

To plan an interview with a webcom Montreal spokesperson or guest speaker, please call Sophie Desbiens at Allard Hervieu Communication at 514-499-3030, extension 777, or email sd@ahcom.ca.