For more than 50 years, DPI has been providing leading edge learning and networking events, and this year we will be providing even more opportunities to engage, network, knowledge share, learn and grow.
DPI Regional affiliates have indicated in the past that it is difficult to obtain approval and/or budget to attend our Ottawa based Professional Development Week (PDW) or monthly seminar series.
With this in mind, we are excited to announce that DPI will be hosting a Regional Seminar this year on October 16th in Montreal. DPI is coming to you!
08:00 - 08:45 - Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:45 - 09:00 - Opening Remarks
09:00 - 10:00 - Bianca Tomazeli - How to use Open Source to collaborate and accelerate the Digital Innovation for Cities
10:00 - 10:20 - Coffee & Networking
10:20 - 11:20 - Julie Blais Comeau - H2H (Human-to-Human); the competitive edge of the techno era
11:20 - 11:30 - Closing Remarks
Governments on all levels have tons of legacy systems that need to be replaced or find ways to interoperate with new ones. The new age of Smart Cities and edge technologies bring us a great opportunity to think differently and try to take advantage of the digital innovation era. In this talk, Bianca Tomazeli will share how Montreal and many cities in Canada are working with Open Source to achieve this goal. Where are the challenges? How did the city of Montreal benefit from using Open Source and creating an Open Source Policy? She will also bring up for discussion an initiative envisioned by the Government of Canada to support cities across the country in collaborating on developing digital tools to solve common problems using Open Source. Join us to see how Open Source can be a great asset to help cities accelerate their digital innovation process.
Bianca Tomazeli, City of Montreal
Bianca Tomazeli is passionate about how digital innovation leads to citizen’s life net positive impact. For over ten years, she has been engaged in Montreal IT Services. Her role as Senior Advisor under the Technology, Architecture, Innovation, and Security Direction has led her to develop a broader knowledge of IT strategies and digital innovation. Her diligent interest and directional decision thinking accelerate the breakthrough towards the aimed digital evolvement. Her current leading projects at Montreal IT Services comprise open source development, municipal innovation, IT policy maker, market analysis and partnership development. These projects are contributing to Montreal's digital innovation strategy and will become a reference for other municipalities.
We are in the era of diversity and of digital communications. The worldwide business arena is more competitive than ever.
As an IM/IT practitioner in the public service, you are not using a B2B (Business-to-Business) or a B2C (Business-to-Consumer) service cycle. Based on your leadership, your organizational and technical skills, you are the heart of a H2H, Human-to-Human, service cycle.
Master the people skills that are necessary for success at work by joining Julie Blais Comeau, Canada’s go-to etiquette expert, to discover the secrets of the H2H service approach.
By the end of this interactive conference, participants will:
Julie Blais Comeau, Founder and Chief Etiquette Officer at etiquettejulie.com
Julie Blais Comeau is a Canada’s go-to etiquette expert. This modern manners’ maven is Chief Etiquette Officer at etiquettejulie.com. She is a professional speaker and the author of Etiquette: Confidence & Credibility.
You may have read, seen or heard her on CBC, CTV, TVA, Radio-Canada, HuffPost Reader’s Digest, Canadian Living, Women’s Health, and many others.
Fluently bilingual, a certified business etiquette, international protocol, cultural intelligence and client services consultant, she teaches the competitive edge of the digital era; the interpersonal skills that are necessary for success.
With Julie’s help, all can go from oops… to ahh! “Farewell faux-pas. Hello confidence & credibility!”
This event is only open to DPI affiliates.
Free Admission / Pre-Registration Required
Registrations are required by NOON on October 8, 2019.
If you are not an affiliate, please sign up. Registration is free!
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DPI focuses on providing high quality learning and networking opportunities, as well as hosts an array of forums to consult and engage our various members in the IM/IT community. All of our events are put on by public sector professionals for public service professionals, and in the spirit of maintaining and fostering an environment of respect, integrity, inclusivity and excellence, we support and abide by the principles of the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector on all occasions.
This event is only open to DPI affiliates.
Free Admission / Pre-Registration Required
Registrations are required by NOON on October 8, 2019.
If you are not an affiliate, please sign up. Registration is free!
DPI focuses on providing high quality learning and networking opportunities, as well as hosts an array of forums to consult and engage our various members in the IM/IT community. All of our events are put on by public sector professionals for public service professionals, and in the spirit of maintaining and fostering an environment of respect, integrity, inclusivity and excellence, we support and abide by the principles of the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector on all occasions.