Frost & Sullivan's Inaugural GIL 2014: Canada to Explore Industry Disruptions at Ontario's 'Digital Corridor'

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Toronto, Ontario, an emerging hotbed for innovation, will play host to Frost & Sullivan's first ever Growth, Innovation & Leadership (GIL) Canada event on Tues. Dec. 2, 2014 at the Novotel Toronto North York Hotel. The GIL 2014: Canada event will bring together an ambitious, diverse group of industry leaders to share, engage and inspire new ideas and perspectives.

Top 3 Highlights at GIL 2014: Canada

• Growth Success Story to be presented by Gordon Feller, Cisco's Director of Urban Innovations.
• New TechVisions 2020 keynote to provide insight on how top emerging technologies will impact industries.
• 360 Degree Industry Disruptions and Convergence Transformations panel discussion will explore convergence across industries, products and technologies.

For more information on GIL 2014: Canada, please email [email protected]. To view the full agenda for the event or to register, please click here: http://bit.ly/1tFq3Ot.

The daylong event provides delegates access to next-generation perspectives and best-practice strategies via multi-format, knowledge-sharing platforms like Think Tanks, discussion panels, exhibitions and networking sessions. The event concludes with the '2014 Excellence in Best Practices Awards Reception & Gala,' at which top industry performers will be recognized.

Frost & Sullivan's Global GIL Community serves as a leading resource supporting CEOs and their management teams in critical decision-making, offering tools that help industry leaders achieve the three essential objectives of growth, innovation and leadership.

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Supporting Quotes

"At Cisco, the pursuit of innovation is a core part of our values and our culture. Innovation is not limited to a dramatic technological breakthrough; it spans the continuum of all we do; from sustaining innovations, which enhance the capabilities of existing products and services, to disruptive innovations, which create new markets, or business process improvements, which fuel growth, competitive advantage, and customer satisfaction," said Gordon Feller, Cisco Director of Urban Innovations. "In Canada, Cisco is partnering with governments, academia, entrepreneurs and establishing new partner ecosystems to help foster innovation and bring the Internet of Everything to life in real and tangible ways."

"The Toronto metro region was built on innovation. Today an innovation supercluster is fueling advances in life sciences, advanced materials and quantum computing," said Brian Cotton, Frost & Sullivan's Information & Communication Technologies Global Vice President. "Incredible stuff is happening right here, and we're going to meet the people making it a reality."

About Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, works in collaboration with clients to leverage visionary innovation that addresses the global challenges and related growth opportunities that will make or break today's market participants.

Our "Growth Partnership" supports clients by addressing these opportunities and incorporating two key elements driving visionary innovation: The Integrated Value Proposition and The Partnership Infrastructure.

• The Integrated Value Proposition provides support to our clients throughout all phases of their journey to visionary innovation including: research, analysis, strategy, vision, innovation and implementation.
• The Partnership Infrastructure is entirely unique as it constructs the foundation upon which visionary innovation becomes possible. This includes our 360 degree research, comprehensive industry coverage, career best practices as well as our global footprint of more than 40 offices.

For more than 50 years, we have been developing growth strategies for the global 1000, emerging businesses, the public sector and the investment community. Is your organization prepared for the next profound wave of industry convergence, disruptive technologies, increasing competitive intensity, Mega Trends, breakthrough best practices, changing customer dynamics and emerging economies?

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