PanIIT 2014 International Conference

His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, addressed participants at the PanIIT 2014 International Conference held at the International Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre, in Toronto, on June 7, 2014. He spoke on how educators and innovators from Canada, India and the United States have to work together to achieve both excellence and equality of opportunity—a key objective in building smarter, more caring and prosperous societies.

Dr. Srinivasan Venkatesh, Conference Chair of the PanIIT 2014 International Conference, also delivered remarks. The Indian Institutes of Technology Alumni Canada (IITAC), in collaboration with PanIIT-USA, hosted the PanIIT 2014 International Conference in Toronto, from June 6 to 8, 2014. Over a thousand business professionals, technocrats, innovators, entrepreneurs and government officials from Canada, the United States, India and other countries were in attendance. The conference theme is “Innovate, Integrate and Transform—Let’s Co-Create Our Future.”

The Governor General congratulated the 2014 recipients of the IITAC Distinguished Alumni Awards.