The infraNET Project,
University of Waterloo
presents ...
A Smart Community
Seminar
Getting Smarter -
Speed and Growth in the Internet Economy
John Sheridan
Vice-Chair, Bell Canada
Wednesday, March
29, 2000
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Davis Centre, Room 1302
University of Waterloo
About the Seminar
The promise of the Internet is driving
change and offering huge opportunities for growth, but it is also
penalizing anyone - companies, communities and individuals - that cant
move at net speed. John Sheridan, Vice-Chair, Bell Canada will discuss
the values of speed and growth in the Internet economy and he will offer
his perspective on how companies, communities and individuals can tap
into these values. John will also share how Bell Canada is putting
these values into action and ensuring its place as a leading Internet
player.
John Sheridan
John Sheridan is Vice-Chair for Bell
Canada. In this new role, John leads all Bell business units and under
his leadership, Bell will pursue its focus in the wireless, data and IP
areas. John Sheridan first joined Bell Canada in 1979 from the
Conference Board of Canada and has since demonstrated his extensive
expertise in Marketing, Sales and Customer Service Operations. From
1992 to 1996, he worked extensively in the UK cable/telephony industry
as CEO of ENCOM Cable TV and Telecommunications Ltd. and COO of Bell
Cablemedia plc. John currently serves as Chairman of Bell Distribution Inc.,
and as a director on the board of the University of Southern California
Centre for Telecommunications Management. He is active in the Toronto
community, serving on the Board of Governors of Ryerson Polytechnic
University, Junior Achievement of Metropolitan Toronto and North York,
and is a director of the Toronto Board of Trade and the Toronto 2008 Olympic
Bid Committee. Mr. Sheridan is a Masters Economics graduate of Queens University
with undergraduate degrees in Environmental Studies and Economics from the University
of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University.
Bell Canada
Bell Canada provides a full range of communications services
to customers, including wired and wireless local and long distance telephone services,
Internet access, high-speed data services and directories. Bell Canada, its telecom
partners and subsidiaries provide services through 13.6 million access lines, including
11 million in Ontario and Quebec. Bell Canada also serves more than 2.3 million wireless
customers through Bell Mobility. Bell Canada is 80% owned by BCE Inc.
of Montreal and 20% owned by SBC Communications Inc. of San Antonio,
Texas. Bell's Website is located at: http://www.bell.ca
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.