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Wavefront’s mPower M2M week is coming to Vancouver February 7-9th.

Wavefront's mPower week is coming to Vancouver February 7-9th.

What is mPower Week?
A unique three-day series of North American conferences bringing together enterprise industry leaders, wireless and M2M solution providers, and mobile operators to:

  • Identify critical industry issues and challenges
  • Discuss wireless / M2M technology solutions to improve enterprise operations
  • Share market trends, best practices and proven strategies
  • Promote collaboration and create new relationships between participants

Kicking off the weekend will be the mPower M2M summit. This one day event will attract over 250 technology developers and global business leaders from around the world to create ideas, opportunities, and innovation for solving industry-specific challenges with Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technologies.  International leaders such as Philippe Guillemette, Sierra Wireless, Markus Breitbach, Deutsche Telekom, Mansell Nelson, Vice President M2M Rogers, and Steve Pazol, President nPhase will share  lessons learned and/or technology challenges and trends impacting future development during case study presentations.

BCIC is proud to support the attendance of 20 companies from  the regions across British Columbia in the weekend events:

Feb 7 mPower M2M - Machine-to-Machine technologies are changing the way we do business. Learn from the top players in the M2M ecosystem at this marquee event.
Feb 8 mPower Connections - Pitch your company to global wireless companies in one-on-one business partnering meetings. Open only to conference attendees.
Feb 9 mPower Business - Wireless technologies are completely changing how we engage with customers and employees and drive productivity. Learn from the leaders in the space how to cut the cord on your business and stay ahead of the competition.

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BCIC Mentor Program
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