Wish I’d been able to attend this event, but here are the 15 ideas, spanning 5 streams: creating, learning, empowering, changing, revolutionizing, that recommend ways to improve Canada’s digital economy based on the issues raised during the two-day discussions.  Here’s the summary from Jennifer Kavur, Computer World Canada,

The creating stream, presented by Tim Jackson, founder and partner of Tech Capital Partners Inc., and Kevin Newman, anchor and executive editor at Global National:

1) An online “concierge” that would bring provincial and federal government together with one portal to make it easier for people to access and discover what government programs are available.

2) A provision of copyright laws that would allow people to choose what they want to charge and what they want to charge for to help them monetize content.

3) A “risk fund” for projects that recognizes the emerging market and allows for artistic experimentation. The fund would specifically acknowledge that the only way Canada will innovate and change is by acknowledging and accepting the risk of failure.

The learning stream, presented by Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) president Sara Diamond and Ken Coates, dean of the Faculty of Arts at OCAD:

4) A national provincial plan across curriculum – from K-12 to post-secondary education – that would bring literacy, numeracy, writing and digital skills to the Canadian population. This strategy coordinates literacy on both the federal and provincial scale. One component includes an open source repository for resources.

5) A national repository of co-op programs and

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