Media Advisory - Scotia Capital's Telecom & Tech Conference to be Broadcast on Web

TORONTO, Nov. 7, 2011 /CNW/ - Scotia Capital is hosting its 12th annual Telecom & Tech Conference. This year's participating companies represent a broad range of service and product providers in the technology and telecom sectors. Audio portions of the presentations will be broadcast live on the web beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT.

Scheduled presenters and times* are:

Tuesday, November 8
   
9:00 a.m. Rogers Communications, Rob Bruce, President, Communications
9:30 a.m. MTS Allstream, Pierre Blouin, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
10:00 a.m. Bell Aliant, Karen Sheriff, President & CEO
10:40 a.m. Cogeco Cable, Louis Audet, President & CEO
11:10 a.m. Celestica, Paul Nicoletti, Chief Finacial Officer (CFO)
11:40 a.m. BCE Inc., George Cope, CEO
12:40 p.m. Telecom Regulatory Panel
  BCE Inc., Mirko Bibic, SVP, Regulatory and Government Affairs
  Globalive Wireless, Simon Lockie, Chief Regulatory Officer
  Rogers Communications, Ken Engelhart, SVP, Regulatory
  MTS Allstream, Chris Peirce, Chief Corporate Officer
1:30 p.m. Mobile Payment Panel
  Research In Motion Limited, Andrew Bocking, Vice President (VP), Handheld Software Product Management
  Rogers Communications, David Robinson, VP, New Business Planning
  Canadian Tire Corporation, Rob Shields, SVP, Marketing
  Scotiabank, Heather MacMillan, Director & Head, Emerging Payments
2:20 p.m. WIND Mobile, Anthony Lacavera, Chairman & CEO
2:35 p.m. Public Mobile, Jim Hardy, CFO
3:05 p.m. NexJ Systems, William M. Tatham, CEO
3:35 p.m. Sandvine Corporation, Dave Caputo, President & CEO

Listeners 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 is the global corporate and investment banking and capital markets division of the Scotiabank Group. We help corporate, institutional and government clients in Canada and around the globe seize opportunities, unlock value, and achieve their financial goals. Scotia Capital has 29 offices and more than 300 relationship managers organized around industry specialties. For more information, please visit www.scotiacapital.com.

Scotiabank is one of North America's premier financial institutions and Canada's most international bank. With close to 70,000 employees, Scotiabank Group and its affiliates serve approximately 14.6 million customers in some 50 countries around the world. Scotiabank offers a diverse range of products and services including personal, commercial, corporate and investment banking. With more than $523 billion in assets (as at July 31, 2010), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (BNS) and New York Exchanges (BNS). For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com.

 

For further information:

Patty Stathokostas at (416) 866-3625 or patty_stathokostas@scotiacapital.com