TORONTO, Nov. 17 /CNW/ - Scotia Capital is hosting its annual Telecom &
Tech Conference on Tuesday, November 18th in Toronto. This year's
participating companies represent a broad range of service and product
providers in the Technology and Telecom sectors. Presentations will be
interactive and promise to deliver timely insights and views to conference
participants. Audio portions of the presentations will be broadcast live on
the web beginning at 9:30 a.m.Scheduled presenters(*) and times are:

    Tuesday, November 18:
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    9:30 a.m.    CGI Group, Doug McCuaig, Senior Vice-President and General
                 Manager, Western Canada, Ontario and Atlantic Canada
    10:00 a.m.   Sierra Wireless, Dave McLennan, Chief Financial Officer
                 (CFO)
    10:40 a.m.   MTS Allstream, Pierre Blouin, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
    11:10 a.m.   Cogeco Cable, Pierre Gagne, CFO
    12:50 p.m.   Sandvine, Scott Hamilton, CFO
     1:20 p.m.   Rogers Communications, Bill Linton, CFO
     1:50 p.m.   Globalive Communications, Anthony Lacavera, Chairman and CEOListeners may access the conference live via a web audio link at
www.scotiacapital.com. The conference will be archived on Scotia Capital's
website for three months.(*) Agenda is subject to change. See www.scotiacapital.com for most
        current schedule.Since 1998, Scotia Capital's Industry Conferences have been ranked No.1
in Canada by independent surveys. Scotia Capital represents the global
corporate and investment banking and capital markets platform of the
Scotiabank Group, one of North America's premier financial institutions. The
Scotiabank Group has combined assets of $462 billion in assets (as at July 31,
2008) and more than 60,000 employees worldwide, including affiliates. It is
also Canada's most international bank, serving customers in some 50 countries
around the world. For more information, visit www.scotiabank.com or
www.scotiacapital.com.