Conférenciers
M. Tom Jenkins
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Président exécutif et chef des stratégies
Open Text Corporation 
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« The impact of digital content on innovation »
« Digital Content continues to grow and transform what is possible in the management of knowledge. This is impacting the pace and capacity of research and the entire commercialization chain and therefore has serious implications for innovations in Canada. There are challenges that we face in making digital use of our knowledge within the Canadian eco system and this presentation will explore these challenges and discuss solutions. »
P. Thomas Jenkins is Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer for Open Text™ Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC) of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, the largest independent software company in Canada. Mr. Jenkins has served as a Director of Open Text since 1994 and as its Chairman since 1998. From 1994 to 2005, Mr. Jenkins was President, then Chief Executive Officer and then from 2005 to present, Chief Strategy Officer of Open Text. Mr. Jenkins has also held several executive positions with DALSA Inc., an electronic imaging manufacturer based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Prior to these positions, Mr. Jenkins was employed in technical and managerial capacities at a variety of information technology based companies in Canada.
In addition to his Open Text responsibilities, Mr. Jenkins is the Chair of the federal centre of excellence Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN). He is also an appointed member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), past appointed member of the Government of Canada’s Competition Policy Review Panel which reported in June 2008, and past appointed member of the Province of Ontario’s Ontario Commercialization Network Review Committee (OCN) which reported in February 2009. Mr. Jenkins is also a member of the board of BMC Software, Inc. a software corporation based in Houston, Texas. He is also a member of the University of Waterloo Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council, a director of the C.D. Howe Institute, a director of the Canadian International Council (CIC) and a director of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE).
Mr. Jenkins received an M.B.A. in entrepreneurship & technology management from Schulich School of Business at York University, an M.A.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto and a B.Eng. & Mgt. in Engineering Physics and Commerce from McMaster University.
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