The infraNET Project,
University of Waterloo
presents ...
A Smart Community
Seminar
Connecting Canadians
Through Smart Mobile Technologies
Mike Lazaridis
Wednesday,
January 26, 2000
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Davis Centre, Room 1302
University of Waterloo
About the Seminar
The Internet phenomena
has demonstrated that people desire to interact with organized
real-time information as much, if not more, than with people. The
information content on the Internet continues to grow, becoming more organized,
and more attractively bundled and packaged for all market segments. As the Internet,
and the number of people who use and depend on it continues to grow,
the need for any-time, any-where access to this information will become
essential. The need to interact with this vast information and commerce
base, receive and initiate email, and interact with others requires a
wireless always-on, always-connected interactive wearable wireless
technology. Mr. Lazaridis will describe the future of wearable wireless Internet devices,
the possibilities and limitations of wireless data technologies, and some potential
Internet services.
Mike Lazaridis
Mike Lazardis, founder of
Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM), oversees all product development and
operations at RIM and is responsible for the development and ownership
of several patents for Digisync, software code, and radio technologies.
Mr. Lazaridis has received the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Award (1999), New
Technology Development Award (1997 National IWAY Awards), the High-tech Entrepreneur of
the Year Award (1996), the CATA award for best high-tech product
(1995), an Emmy award (1994) and Technical Achievement Academy Award
(1998) for designs in computer film editing equipment, and designed
industrial communications cards that won the Canada Award for Business
Excellence (Innovation-1992). His wireless technical achievements include: BlackBerry,
the first complete, wireless email solution for accessing corporate
email and PIM from a single handheld; the world’s first two-way
interactive pagers for the Mobitex and DataTAC nationwide wireless data
networks; world’s first PCMCIA Type II wireless radio modem for
the Mobitex wireless data network; and the world’s first integrated
wireless terminals for Point-Of-Sale credit-card and debit-card
applications.
Research In Motion
Research in Motion Ltd.
(TSE:RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM) is a world leader in designing, manufacturing
and marketing wireless devices and technology for the wireless data and
mobile communications markets. Recently, RIM was recognized as one of Canada’s
fastest growing high tech companies in the Deloitte and Touche Canadian Technology
Fast 50 ranking. RIM’s current product portfolio includes
BlackBerry, the revolutionary wireless email solution designed for
corporate email and Internet users, two-way pagers, wireless PC card
adapters, software connectivity tools and embedded wireless modems. RIM
was founded in 1984 and is based in Waterloo, Ontario. E-mail: info@rim.net.
Web site: http://www.rim.net.
For more information
Shirley Fenton
The infraNET Project
Computer Systems Group, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4074
Seminar Sponsorship
This seminar is sponsored by The
infraNET Project, University of Waterloo.
The infraNET Project, initiated by the
University of Waterloo in 1996, is a partnership to advance Web and
Internet technologies. Its founding partners are: LivePage, MKS, Open
Text, RIM, Sybase (Waterloo) and Waterloo Maple.
We also gratefully acknowledge the
assistance of the Institute for Computer Research, University of
Waterloo.
