IIDEXCanada 2015

As a first-time visitor to Toronto, I found the host city of IIDEXCanada to be charmingly rainy when I arrived Tuesday evening. Despite a foggy landing that almost sent me detouring to Montreal, I landed safely near the Toronto Harbourfront. The sun eventually came out during the show on Wednesday, and cheery vibes prevailed everywhere I wandered. IIDEXCanada, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, seems to exist as a perfect middle ground between the gargantuan NeoCon and smaller regional trade shows in the U.S. such as NeoCon East and METROCON. As I made my way around the show, I noticed such a balance of people attending seminars, doing business and checking out booths, and attending the larger keynote and summit events. I was also happy to find that the show declared clear themes and actually delivered on them by gearing its programming to those topics. In contrast to NeoCon, …