BIO: Paul Wilker is Executive Director of SmartCapital, a project led by the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI). Over the past four years, Mr. Wilker has worked with task force teams in all sectors of the community to develop and launch online applications and e-services. These teams have identified over 20 projects and captured over $15 million in funds from federal, provincial and local government programs and to launch online services. In May, 2000, SmartCapital was the awarded the designation as Ontario's Smart Communities Demonstration Project by Industry Canada's Smart Communities program. Before joining OCRI, Mr. Wilker held senior marketing and business development positions in JDS Fitel, Mitel Corporation and Nortel.

BIO: Jennifer Lindsey, Kingston District Community Information Centre's database administrator, holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology from St. Lawrence College. She represented KDCIC at the Community Information Online Consortium (CIOC) annual general meeting this June and has been instrumental in moving KDCIC's in-house database to the web, using the CIOC software that is being adopted by information centres across the province. Her current projects include exploring the partnering of volunteer bureaus to enhance the quality of online information and reduce duplication.

BIO: Jean Pfleiderer, J.D., Ph.D. (University of Colorado), is managing a database research project sponsored by the City of Kingston, the Kingston Frontenac Public Library, and the Kingston District Community Information Centre. Formerly a senior writer with Hummingbird's Business Intelligence Division, Dr. Pfleiderer is cataloging existing community information databases, looking at partnering opportunities, and providing technical information in support of the City's strategic planning initiative, Access to Information and Services.