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VMware EXPLORE 2023, the company’s flagship event for all things multi-cloud, took place from November 6 to 9 at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain. The event attracted thousands of attendees from around the world, who came to learn, network, and discover the latest innovations and trends in the multi-cloud universe. In this blog post, I will recap some of the highlights of VMware EXPLORE 2023, and share some insights and impressions from the event.

Pre-Events…

one of the pre-events which is not to miss, when you're going to VMware EXPLORE is a vRockstar party. There you can find some old friends and buddies to talk with and then the next day find out that you have not much voice left -:)…

The General Session and Solution Keynotes

In good company #explore3word Sitting in the blogging/press VIP area at #VMwareExplore next to @microlytix #vExpert
Waiting for the general session……

The event kicked off with a general session by VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram, who shared his vision of the future of multi-cloud and how VMware is enabling customers to achieve it. He announced several new products and updates, such as VMware Cloud Platform 7, VMware Cloud Foundation 5, VMware Tanzu AI, and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery. He also showcased some of the customer success stories and partner collaborations that demonstrate the value and impact of VMware’s multi-cloud solutions.

The general session was followed by six solution keynotes, each focusing on a different aspect of the multi-cloud journey: Cloud and Edge Infrastructure, Networking and Security, Modern Applications and Cloud Management, Hybrid Workforce, Vision and Innovation, and VMware Cloud on AWS.

The solution keynotes featured VMware executives, product managers, engineers, and customers, who shared their insights, best practices, demos, and use cases on how to leverage VMware’s multi-cloud portfolio to address the challenges and opportunities of today’s digital world.

The Breakout Sessions and Hands-on Labs

VMware EXPLORE 2023 offered over 500 breakout sessions across 10 tracks, covering a wide range of syllabus and technologies related to multi-cloud. The breakout sessions were delivered by VMware experts, customers, partners, and community members, who shared their knowledge, experience, and tips on how to design, deploy, operate, and optimize multi-cloud environments. The breakout sessions were also available on demand, so attendees could watch them at their own pace and convenience.

You could probably read all the announcements that were under NDA and I have covered in VMware EXPLORE Barcelona 2023 news here. To be honest, in this post, you'll find more than was announced during General Sessions, because we had actually more data to work with, during our NDA pre-briefing -:). But as we could not post it ahead of time, before the event, the post got then ‘buried' by my other blog posts that came later.

In addition to the breakout sessions, VMware EXPLORE 2023 also provided attendees with the opportunity to get hands-on experience with VMware’s multi-cloud solutions through the hands-on labs. The hands-on labs were self-paced, guided, and interactive, allowing attendees to explore, experiment, and learn at their own speed and level of expertise. The hands-on labs covered syllabus such as VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware Tanzu, VMware NSX, VMware Horizon, and more.

The Expo Hall and the Solutions Exchange

One of the most exciting parts of VMware EXPLORE 2023 was the expo hall, where attendees could interact with VMware’s partners, sponsors, and exhibitors, who showcased their products, services, and solutions that complement and enhance VMware’s multi-cloud offerings. The expo hall featured over 200 booths, where attendees could learn, network, and discover new opportunities and possibilities for their multi-cloud journey.

Thanks to our partners/sponsors who were present. I had a great time meeting them all, in person, and with my video gear, recording an interview with their latest development. It's great to see that after the post-Covid era some of them are back and hoping for better -:).

Nakivo

With Nick and Sasha at the Nakivo booth…

And the video with demo….

HPE/Zerto

With Chris Rogers in front of HPE/Zerto booth…

Runecast

With Stan and Zuzka in front of the Runecast booth…

and the latest news about agent-less scanning!

Veeam

#VMwareexplore #Veeam ⁦‪With Rasmus, in front of a ⁦‪@Veeam‬⁩ booth. ⁦‪@VeeamVanguard‬⁩ @vmware ⁦‪@VMware_EMEA

Xorux

With Michal from Xorux showing upcoming Xormon NG which they are about to release (currently in BETA)…

The expo hall also hosted the solutions exchange, where attendees could watch live demos, presentations, and Q&A sessions by VMware and partner experts, who demonstrated how to solve real-world problems and scenarios using VMware’s multi-cloud solutions. The solutions exchange was a great way to see the multi-cloud solutions in action and get answers to specific questions and challenges.

The Social Media Buzz and the vCommunity

VMware EXPLORE 2023 generated a lot of buzz and excitement on social media, as attendees shared their thoughts, impressions, and feedback on the event using the hashtag #VMwareEXPLORE. The social media posts also captured some of the fun and memorable moments of the event, such as the welcome reception, the vExpert party, the VMUG party, the Hall Crawl, and the closing party.

That's how those blog posts are “in-progress”…..

I was especially impressed by the new VMware Tanzu AI, which is a generative AI platform that enables customers to create, train, and deploy AI models on any cloud. I also liked the new VMware Cloud Platform, which is a unified platform that simplifies and automates the management of multi-cloud environments.

I also enjoyed the networking and learning opportunities with other attendees, speakers, and experts, and the fun and entertainment activities that made the event enjoyable and unforgettable.

We had so much fun with the Fujitsu booth stand where you could take a picture of yourself, and then the AI driven software generated an avatar based on your choice. As I like the superhero and Marvel movies, the choice was done quickly !

-:)

VMware EXPLORE Barcelona 2023Party

During the party, the only way to find your peers is via What'sApp (maybe next time we should geo-localize ourselves? -:)…. Yes, here is the Czech Team.

@stmusil @STorder66

And here with my friends at the party.

#vmwareexplore party 2023 with ⁦⁦@NoLabNoPartY @MadiCristil @c_glemot 

Great experience again this year…

Conclusion

VMware EXPLORE 2023 was again a successful and inspiring event that showcased the power and potential of multi-cloud and how VMware is leading the way in enabling customers to achieve it. The event provided attendees with a wealth of information, insights, and opportunities to learn, network, and discover the latest innovations and trends in the multi-cloud universe. We hope you enjoyed this recap of the highlights of VMware EXPLORE 2023, and we look forward to seeing you at the next VMware EXPLORE event in 2024.

The event was a success, there is no doubt about it.

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Interpretive leeway will be given to participants to identify suitable professional development opportunities per the requirements. Beginning in spring 2021, ESA will publish and regularly update a roster of approved training providers and other opportunities in the Professional Development Calendar, and participants are encouraged to favor those opportunities, but any suitable scientific or professional content will be approved, including credits earned toward certifications offered in the professional practice and application of related scientific disciplines.

Requirements

You must achieve 44 CEU across the categories as described below. Minima are the lowest number of CEU in a category that must be reported per review period; maxima are the highest number that will count toward your recertification or upgrade. You can of course complete more as you feel is beneficial to your professional development, but don’t report them toward your total requirement of 44 CEU, and don’t report more than 70 CEU across all categories.

In the spirit of continuing education, some activities are capped per event or year with the aim of distributing effort and professional development across multiple activities and multiple years. Ecologists certified by ESA are encouraged to seek development opportunities from a broad array of sources, and at least 50% of all units reported in Category I must be earned through activities provided by organizations other than ESA. This is to encourage broader professional scientific development and support organizations that support our certification program.

The time period in which you are eligible to earn CEU begins the day after your application due date and ends at the due date of your application for recertification or an upgrade. For instance, the application due date in 2021 was February 1; any CEU-eligible activity after that date can be reported and counted toward the requirements. Note that any participation in continuing education following application does not ensure approval of your application, and cannot be included in your application.

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At least 14 CEU per reporting period must involve education or training in ecology or closely related subjects. Examples include academic or professional development activity in ecology, environmental science, biogeoscience, evolutionary biology, conservation, botany, mycology, entomology, data management, statistics, etc.

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VMware Explore 2023 — Streamlining IT processes is not just a cost-saving strategy – it’s a necessity for organizations to remain competitive, secure, and adaptable in today’s hybrid work landscape. Today, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced advanced automation capabilities and expanded third-party integrations delivered through the Anywhere Workspace platform that provide organizations with the tools needed to simplify IT workflows, enhance security, and Boost overall efficiencies.

“Implementing automation capabilities across all aspects of IT workflows is essential for creating a self-healing, self-configuring, and self-securing environment, which aligns with our autonomous workspace vision,” said Shankar Iyer, senior vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware. “Today’s announcements of next-gen Mac management powered by a modern automation toolkit and new integrations with Intel will equip organizations with unified management and insights that advance IT modernization and security.”

“It’s imperative to maintain a comprehensive view across the modern workspace and our strategy involves enhancing it through a platform-based approach and harnessing automation whenever possible. As a global team working with more than 90 countries, a holistic view across our estate is crucial,” said Scott Gardiner, group end user computing manager, Rentokil. “With Workspace ONE Intelligence as our central data service, we can see real-time security posture data and experience data to help us troubleshoot and remediate issues effectively. The ability to drill down to specific security issues and device timeline data allows us to simplify our support and remediation workflows. Once we pinpoint exactly where we have issues, we can build automations with Freestyle Orchestrator to proactively resolve, allowing us to scale our IT organization.”

Next-Gen Mac Management Simplifies IT Workflows and Saves Cost

macOS adoption is on the rise as organizations support device choice programs, but the use of siloed tools to manage these endpoints can cause complexity for IT teams and inconsistent experiences for employees. Organizations recognize that integrating all devices into a comprehensive UEM strategy is the best way to Boost security and reduce the cost and complexity of managing endpoint diversity.

VMware End User Computing addresses this need by introducing innovative new Mac management capabilities supported by a modern automation toolkit in Freestyle Orchestrator, adding to the robust macOS management features already offered in Workspace ONE UEM. Support for macOS endpoints in Freestyle Orchestrator delivers a modern, low/no-code platform to create and automate complex IT workflows, including app and patch deployments, software and resource sequencing, and desired state management of the OS. This allows admins to work more efficiently by enabling powerful automation for essential daily tasks such as onboarding and configuring Macs.

To further establish a self-healing, self-configuring, and self-securing autonomous workspace, VMware is announcing Hub Health, new third-party security baselines, and a new updates management dashboard for macOS. VMware will bring self-healing capabilities via Hub Health, a unique, always-on service running on the endpoint. Hub Health is powered by Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub and Workspace ONE UEM to automatically identify macOS device health trends and drive proactive UEM-led remediations for common issues. With new third-party security baselines for macOS, IT administrators can easily manage recommended configuration settings from common security standards without manual scripting. Alongside VMware Freestyle Orchestrator, IT can apply settings uniformly across all devices to ensure compliance and reduce errors. The new macOS updates management dashboard provides greater insights to secure Mac devices by supporting patch scheduling, user and device targeting, error handling, and escalations. These leading-edge Mac management capabilities are seamlessly integrated, eliminating management silos, which saves costs, enhances IT flexibility, and boosts security and compliance.

Chip Level Vulnerability Management Enables Pervasive Security

Enabling end-to-end security for today’s distributed workforce requires collaboration with a strong partner ecosystem. VMware continues to innovate with our technology partners and today is unveiling expanded integrations with Intel that enable more secure hybrid experiences.

Expanded Workspace ONE Integration with Device Vulnerability Insights from Intel

At VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas, VMware introduced vulnerability management dashboards in Workspace ONE and emphasized the need for comprehensive vulnerability management, including assessment, prioritization, remediation, and reporting. Today, VMware is announcing an expansion of its partnership with Intel to automate the detection of vulnerabilities at the hardware, firmware, and driver level – further advancing its commitment to holistic vulnerability management.

The exclusive integration with Intel Device Health cloud service will feed telemetry data from all Intel Core processors to Workspace ONE UEM to provide improved vulnerability insights below the operating system. IT and security teams will be able to protect their organizations more proactively against firmware and hardware level threats with the connection of Intel’s vulnerability insights and Workspace ONE vulnerability reporting and remediation capabilities. The integration will enhance endpoint security and increase speed and efficiency of vulnerability identification and remediation.

“Intel and VMware have a longstanding collaboration and we are proud of today’s latest step to deliver enhanced IT management and security benefits for our joint customers,” said Michelle Johnston Holthaus, EVP and GM, Intel Client Computing Group. “The integration of Intel vPro management features and now also Intel Device Health cloud service, with Workspace ONE, provide a unique endpoint solution that will help businesses meet the needs of their hybrid workforce.”

For the latest news and more on how VMware is delivering a faster and smarter path to cloud for digital businesses, visit the VMware Explore 2023 Barcelona Media Kit.

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About VMware Explore

VMware Explore aims to be the industry’s go-to-event for all things multi-cloud. VMware Explore 2023 will feature more industry-led solution and technical sessions than ever before, a thriving marketplace of multi-cloud ISVs and several networking events across the VMware community. With an unparalleled view into multi-cloud services, from public to private to edge, for all applications, VMware Explore 2023 attendees can gain the knowledge and tools they need to solve challenges by simplifying multi-cloud complexity without compromise. To learn more about VMware Explore, please visit: https://www.vmware.com/explore.html

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VMware is a leading provider of multi-cloud services for all apps, enabling digital innovation with enterprise control. As a trusted foundation to accelerate innovation, VMware software gives businesses the flexibility and choice they need to build the future. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to building a better future through the company’s 2030 Agenda. For more information, please visit www.vmware.com/company.

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Meet the most recommended firms across 31 practice areas, from Aboriginal law to white-collar crime.

Aboriginal & Indigenous Law

Olthuis Kleer Townshend

Toronto, Yellowknife | 43 lawyers

Olthuis Kleer Townshend has some of the deepest expertise in Aboriginal law in the country, including treaty rights, land claims, legislation, self-governance, human rights, business law and economic development, plus litigation. OKT lawyers represent the Saugeen Ojibway Nation in an ongoing case over water and land claims relating to 1.5 million acres, including the Bruce (Saugeen) Peninsula. The firm also acted for First Nations in a now-settled class action over drinking-water advisories on reserves across the country. The firm is committed to training and developing Indigenous lawyers, and many of its practitioners hail from Indigenous communities, including managing partner Renée Pelletier. Justice Harry Laforme, the first Indigenous judge at the Ontario Court of Appeal, is a senior counsel at OKT.

Administrative & Public Law

Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein

Toronto | 50 lawyers

Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein’s lawyers have played prominent roles in some of the most high-profile public inquiries in Ontario, frequently as counsel to the commissioner or leading the inquiries. The firm includes noted litigators Linda Rothstein, Chris Paliare, Jean-Claude Killey and Rob Centa, who’ve participated in significant proceedings, including the Ottawa LRT, Walkerton, Ipperwash and pediatric forensic pathology inquiries. The boutique litigation firm is also often called in by other firms to resolve internal disputes and works with regulators on professional misconduct cases.

Banking & Finance | Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investments | Corporate & Commercial | Infrastructure Projects | White-Collar Crime

Blake, Cassels & Graydon

Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, New York, London | 750 lawyers

Blake, Cassels & Graydon is one of Canada’s most storied firms—it was founded in 1856—and consistently ranks No. 1 in the broad area of corporate and commercial law. Its financial services practice, led by Paul Belanger, is one of the largest in the country, counting most of Canada’s big banks as clients (CIBC has been a client since Edward Blake incorporated its first iteration in 1867). Last year, the group represented RBC when it acquired HSBC Canada.

Blakes’ competition, antitrust and foreign investment team has a track record in high-value, multijurisdictional merger-clearance filings, and advises on foreign direct investment filings, antitrust inquiries related to price-fixing cartels, and abuse-of-dominance cases at the Competition Bureau. It was Canadian counsel to VMWare on aspects of its US$61-billion acquisition by Broadcom.

The firm’s integrated corporate-commercial team has clients in key sectors, including automotive, food, retail and tech, dispensing advice on governance, mergers and acquisitions, procurement and more. The team includes John-Paul Bogden in Vancouver, who works with tech clients on domestic and cross-border M&A deals, and Calgary litigator David Tupper.

Blakes also specializes in domestic, cross-border and international large-scale infrastructure and public-private partnership (P3) transactions, including transit, roads, bridges, ports, health care, power, water and waste, airports, telecom and more.

Blakes’ business crimes, investigations and compliance practice, meanwhile, has significant experience defending white-collar-crime enforcement actions, conducting domestic and multijurisdictional internal investigations, defending against class-action litigation resulting from white-collar prosecutions, and designing and assessing compliance programs. The 27-lawyer team, led by Calgary partner Mark Morrison, is noted for its expertise relating to corruption of foreign public officials. Morrison was recently appointed independent compliance monitor in criminal cases involving SNC-Lavalin’s activities in Libya and in connection with the refurbishment of Montreal’s Jacques Cartier Bridge.

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Cannabis

Cassels Brock & Blackwell

Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto | 325 lawyers

Cassels Brock & Blackwell’s 35-strong cannabis team offers a broad range of commercial advice, from intellectual property to securities law, regulatory issues, financing, branding and celebrity endorsements. At the forefront is group co-chair Jonathan Sherman, who acts for Canopy Growth on corporate, commercial, securities and M&A matters, with transactions valued at more than $5 billion. Cassels also advised Leef Holdings in a US$120-million reverse acquisition by Icanic Brands.

Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions | Private Equity & Investments

Stikeman Elliott

Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, New York, London, Sydney | 550 lawyers

Stikeman Elliott is frequently involved in some of Canada’s largest debt and equity offerings, with securities expertise in private placements for early-stage issuers through to complex multijurisdictional public equity and debt offerings. According to the firm, Stikeman pioneered a number of novel securities structures for the Canadian market, including some of the earliest REITs, income funds and special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs).

Its active M&A team, meanwhile, has acted on many of the country’s largest transactions, both contested and friendly, including Teck’s recently announced sale of its steelmaking coal assets to Swiss giant Glencore. Clients of its private equity group include venture capital and pension funds, merchant banks, hedge funds and investors, as well as founders and management teams seeking investors.

Some of its corporate practitioners include chair Jeffrey Singer, and John Laffin and Jeff Hershenfield, who co-lead its capital markets and public M&A group.

Construction | Cyber Security & Data Protection | Transportation

Borden Ladner Gervais

Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal | 800+ lawyers

Borden Ladner Gervais—created in 2000 through the merger of five storied firms—is one of the country’s largest full-service business firms. Its 71-lawyer construction law group handles all aspects of the industry, including infrastructure, P3s and large commercial projects, as well as related disputes. Led by Calgary’s Patricia Morrison, the group’s clients include project owners, engineers, architects, insurers, contractors, suppliers, developers and financial institutions. A few examples: BC Hydro, Canada Infrastructure Bank and NouvLR, the group building Montreal’s light-rail system.

Its 50-lawyer cyber, privacy and data protection group—co-led by Daniel Michaluk in Toronto and Bradley Freedman in Vancouver—has extensive experience in cyber-risk and crisis management for financial and academic institutions, and technology, entertainment and retail companies.

BLG notes it’s the only firm in Canada with a fully integrated national transportation practice, a multidisciplinary team of 65-plus lawyers recognized for its work in disputes, regulatory, environmental and transactional aspects of all modes of transportation, including autonomous vehicles. It serves major railways, urban transit authorities, shipping lines, trucking companies, marine terminals, insurers and airlines.

Criminal Law

Addario Law Group

Toronto | 9 lawyers

Defence counsel Frank Addario’s eponymous firm practices criminal, regulatory and constitutional law, representing clients during investigations, at trial and on appeal. Addario has acted on dozens of high-profile cases; last year, he won acquittal for former CannTrust Holdings CEO Peter Aceto on fraud and securities offences. He also represented intervenor Criminal Lawyers’ Association in one of the most impactful Supreme Court of Canada cases, R. v. Jordan, which introduced a new set of timelines for the hearing of criminal cases in Canada.

Dispute Resolution (Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations)

Lenczner Slaght

Toronto | 90+ lawyers

Lenczner Slaght is a go-to firm for complex and bet-the-company litigation, with leading practitioners like Tom Curry, Peter Griffin, managing partner Monique Jilesen and former Supreme Court justice Ian Binnie on the roster. Its lawyers litigate at every level in a wide range of areas, and it has governments, financial institutions, public authorities, corporations, boards and commissions as clients. The firm consistently innovates through both technology (Data-Driven Decisions and commerciallist.com) and diversity and inclusion (ReferToHer, resumé anonymization in hiring).

Energy & Natural Resources (Mining, Oil & Gas)

Bennett Jones

Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto,Ottawa, Montreal, New York | 500+ lawyers

Bennett Jones—founded in 1922 by future prime minister R.B. Bennett—has been involved in almost every major energy development project in Canada in the past 20 years, from oil and gas to renewables, in areas including litigation, financing, real estate, labour, regulatory and Indigenous law issues. Its team includes highly respected energy partner Patrick Maguire, and the firm counts Canadian power giant Atco as a long-time client, a subsidiary of which recently signed a landmark energy partnership with the Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations.

Environment

Gowling (Canada) WLG

Vancouver, Calgary, Waterloo, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal | 788 lawyers

Gowling WLG’s Canadian environmental law group is known domestically and internationally for its work on climate change, environmental negotiations and litigation, due diligence and risk assessments, regulatory compliance, waste management, and transportation of dangerous goods. Its climate and environmental group, which includes 30-plus lawyers, also works with many Indigenous organizations. The group is led by Adam Chamberlain, who has extensive experience in the Arctic, and includes Rod Northey, who was just retained by the city of Burlington, Ont., to oppose expansion of a gravel pit on the Niagara Escarpment. The international firm has offices in 19 cities across nine countries and three continents.

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Family Law

Epstein Cole

Toronto | 29 lawyers

Epstein Cole, founded in 1978, is the largest family law firm in Canada, with an international reputation for handling sophisticated and difficult matters ranging from complex trust, property and support issues to international child mobility and abduction cases. Epstein Cole’s lawyers have argued cases up to the Supreme Court of Canada, including, most recently, one about the best interests of the child and, notably, on the case that led to legalized same-sex marriage.

Health Care & Life Sciences

Rosen Sunshine

Toronto | 6 lawyers

Founding partners Lonny Rosen and Elyse Sunshine opened their unique health and regulatory boutique firm in 2011. The duo has practised together since 1999 and are passionate experts in their field. Their small but mighty firm advises clients in the health and regulatory sectors, including professionals, health care providers, associations and regulators, and it frequently handles cases of alleged misconduct and privacy breaches before tribunals and courts. Sunshine also serves as the independent complaints review officer for the Ontario Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority.

Human Rights

Cavalluzzo

Toronto | 30 lawyers

Cavaluzzo was founded in 1983 by Paul Cavalluzzo, Jim Hayes and Elizabeth Shilton with a commitment to social justice and equality. It has boasted some of the country’s top human rights, labour, employment and feminist lawyers, and has been involved in many groundbreaking human rights cases addressing racial and gender-based discrimination, and other equality-rights issues. Partners Cavalluzzo and Adrienne Telford represented multiple parties in a case where the Ontario Court of Appeal this year struck down as unconstitutional the Ford government’s restrictions on third-party spending limits in elections. The firm was also counsel to the Association of Ontario Midwives in a precedent-setting appeal in 2022 on systemic gender pay discrimination in Ontario.

Immigration

Green & Spiegel

Toronto; Cleveland; Philadelphia; Providence, RI; Vail, Co.; Amsterdam | 20+ lawyers

Green & Spiegel is Canada’s oldest immigration law practice, providing a full range of Canadian and American personal and corporate immigration services for employers, temporary workers, individuals and their families. Led by senior partners Evan and Stephan Green, the firm was co-counsel for Thanh Tam Tran in the 2017 Supreme Court case that ruled conditional sentences don’t count as jail time in cases where permanent residents convicted of a crime face the loss of their status in Canada.

Insurance

Clyde & Co.

Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal | 2,400 lawyers worldwide

Clyde & Co.’s Canadian wing is part of a global firm with 60 offices on six continents and is a key part of its global insurance and construction practices. Clyde & Co. launched in Canada in 2011 through a merger with boutique firm Nicholl Paskell-Mede. Since then, it has become a leader in coverage, litigation, corporate and regulatory matters for domestic and international insurers, as well as gaining a strong reputation for professional defence. Montreal-based litigator Carolena Gordon is the firm’s senior partner, the first woman and person outside the U.K. to hold that top management position.

Intellectual Property

Smart & Biggar

Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal | 125+ lawyers

Canada’s largest IP firm recently got even bigger through a 2022 merger with Ridout & Maybee. The two firms, both dating back to the 1890s, are now part of the Australian publicly traded patent and trademark group IPH Ltd. The firm says it has filed more patent and trademark applications than any Canadian firm. Its stellar lineup includes IP strategist Daphne Lainson and litigator Steven Garland, who represented Dow Chemical all the way to the Supreme Court in the largest Canadian patent infringement award in history.

International Trade | Real Estate | Technology

McCarthy Tétrault

Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, New York, London | 700+ lawyers

Recognized as one of the top international trade-law practices in the country, McCarthy advises on trade remedies such as anti-dumping and countervailing actions, customs and tariff regulation, government procurement, anti-bribery legislation, and import and export transaction controls and trade embargoes. The team is led by John Boscariol, whose expertise makes him a sought-after speaker and writer on international trade–related issues.

McCarthy’s commercial real estate group—consistently ranked as the best in Canada—advises on a complete spectrum of real estate transactions, from purchase and sales to leasing, financing and development for REITs, private investors, financial institutions and pension plans. Group leader John Currie’s clients include Slate Asset Management, RBC and Scotiabank.

The firm’s technology group acts for a broad array of players in software, hardware, e-commerce, fintech, aeronautics, biotech, life sciences, IT services and data management. Christine Ing heads the group and was part of the team that recently advised Corus Entertainment on the $147.5-million sale of subsidiary Toon Boom Animation to Integrated Media. The group also includes Barry Sookman, one of the country’s pre-eminent authorities on IT and intellectual property law.

Labour & Employment

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, London, Johannesburg | 950+ lawyers

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin is not only Canada’s largest law firm but also boasts one of the biggest national labour and employment practices, co-led by partners David Wong in Vancouver, Karen Sargeant in Toronto and Stéphane Fillion in Montreal. The 132-lawyer team helps clients with collective agreements, risk management and compliance programs, as well as representing clients like Air Canada before tribunals and courts. The group also plays a key role in deals, both national and cross-border, for clients like Pierre Karl Péladeau in Quebecor’s March purchase of the Montreal Alouettes football club.

Media, Entertainment & Sport

Goodmans

Toronto | 200 lawyers

Goodmans, established in 1917, has one of the leading practices in Canada dedicated exclusively to film and television, sports, digital media and book publishing. The firm provides advice, including financing, mergers and intellectual property, for studios such as Amazon, Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Netflix and Apple. Canadians represented include Bell Media, Blink49 Studios, Corus Entertainment and the Writers Guild of Canada. David Zitzerman, who has practised entertainment law exclusively for 25 years, heads the group.

Restructuring & Insolvency

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, New York | 450+ lawyers

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt’s restructuring and insolvency team advises all players in complex business-critical matters, from purchasers of distressed assets and loans to bondholders, directors, senior executives, in-house lawyers and investors. Marc Wasserman, national chair of the 46-lawyer group, has clients including Credit Suisse, Sears Canada and Just Energy Group. Also on the team are highly regarded partners Tracy Sandler, who has handled mandates for Target, GM and Canwest, and Montreal office managing partner Sandra Abitan. As for the firm overall, its roots date back to pre-Confederation days.

Tax

Thorsteinssons

Toronto, Vancouver | 60+ lawyers

Thorsteinssons is the largest firm in Canada that practises nothing but tax law, from tax planning to compliance, and at all levels of court. Its clients include multinationals in a broad range of industries, including aerospace, defence, pharmaceuticals, financial services and natural resources. Thorsteinssons’ team includes top-ranked tax litigator Matthew Williams, who recently represented the Canadian Bankers Association in the Supreme Court case Canada v. Loblaw Financial Holdings, about taxes on income earned by foreign subsidiaries.

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Methodology

Nearly 25,000 lawyers, along with in-house counsel and legal executives across Canada, were actively invited to take part in the survey. The demo was collected via research conducted by Statista on company websites and other publicly available sources. Invitations were sent by email with a one-use-only personalized link.

In addition, lawyers and clients could participate via an open link. In these cases, the participants were required to validate themselves by providing a personal company email address before their answers were included in the evaluation.

The survey, available in English and French, was conducted online between May 16 and July 11, 2023, and more than 3,100 practitioners responded. Statista recorded more than 10,000 recommendations for firms in the different fields of law. Self-recommendations (or recommendations of one’s own law firm) were prohibited, and these recommendations were not included.

The participants were also asked to answer some optional editorial questions. There was also an opportunity to answer questions specifically focused on developments in the Canadian legal world.

Canada’s best law firms were identified in 31 different fields, based on the number of recommendations they received for a respective legal field.

The lists of the top law firms in the various categories were determined after careful examination, based on the available data. The research team endeavoured to be as complete in its reach as possible, within reasonable means. To view the complete list of winners, please visit tgam.ca/bestlawfirms.

About Statista: Statista publishes worldwide established rankings and company listings with high-profile media partners. This research and analysis service is based on the success of statista.com, a leading data and business intelligence portal that provides statistics, business-relevant data, and various market and consumer studies and surveys. For information about the methodology, please contact bestlawfirms-canada@statista.com. To license the award logo, please contact evan.tobias@statista.com.

Purdue West Lafayette instructors and staff looking for professional development in top-of-mind syllabus such as artificial intelligence in education, online and hybrid teaching, and inclusive pedagogy now have easier access and more content areas to choose from in the Teaching@Purdue (T@P) series designed by Innovative Learning via its new website. Authenticated login is no longer required to access resources that address the pedagogical needs and goals of PWL tenure-track and clinical faculty, lecturers, instructional staff, and graduate teaching assistants. 

The T@P website is organized into an easy-to-navigate ecosystem of eight guided paths, each regularly updated and with various tiers of engagement, for a total of 38 self-paced, accessible modules that allow instructors to follow their own individual development routes. Content and resources are designed to allow people to invest their time as needed – from a quick overview to more in-depth “deep dive” exploration.

Each syllabu is segmented into key points to provide descriptions, tips, and examples. This content is dynamic, with new areas and resources added as they become available.
–A new content area on Extended Reality (XR) will help instructors explore and integrate XR technologies into their teaching methodologies by blending the physical and digital realms to create immersive, interactive, and transformative environments that enhance learning.
–Another new set of modules is focused on providing Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) essential information and resources to orient them as GTAs at Purdue University. This content area is helpful whether a graduate student is working as a teaching assistant for an instructor or teaching their own class.
–The popular content area on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education provides an overview of generative AI applications, considerations for course syllabi and assignments, and creative uses of AI in educational settings. It also includes recordings of Innovative Learning’s interactive workshops on AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) held in September 2023.
–Online & Hybrid identifies initial steps for structuring a course and teaching in student-centered online or hybrid learning environments.
–Inclusive Pedagogy seeks to develop an understanding of what inclusive pedagogy is, share attitudes and mindsets that support the creation of inclusive learning environments, and provide tools, resources, examples, and feedback to help instructors put these ideas into practice.
–The Academic Regulations content area provides fundamental academic regulations for Purdue instructors necessary for teaching and learning. It also links to the complete list of academic regulations found in the official university catalog.
-The New Instructor Path was designed to provide essential information and resources to aid new instructors at PWL.
-A section on PWL’s Foundations of Teaching Excellence outlines the Teaching Academy Framework for Teaching Excellence at Purdue that informs all of the content areas.

Questions and feedback on Teaching@Purdue may be emailed to Dr. David Nelson, associate director of the Center for Instructional Excellence, at nelson8@purdue.edu.

Teaching@Purdue is a program of Innovative Learning, Purdue West Lafayette’s hub approach to connect PWL instructors to the resources they need to engage students, develop courses in any instructional modality, and enhance learning across the University. Members include the Center for Instructional Excellence, Libraries and the School of Information Studies, Purdue Online, and Teaching and Learning Technologies. To learn more, visit www.purdue.edu/innovativelearning or email InnovativeLearningTeam@purdue.edu.
For questions and support at your campus, contact:
Purdue Global: Direct teaching-related questions to askctl@purdueglobal.edu. Technical support questions should be directed to TechSupport@purdueglobal.edu or 866-522-7747 (toll-free).
Purdue Fort Wayne: Teaching-related questions should be directed to PFW’s Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) at celt@pfw.edu, 260-481-6354, or CELT’s website for resources and to request one on one consultations. Technical support questions should be directed to PFW’s IT Services Help Desk helpdesk@pfw.edu or 260-481-6030.
Purdue Northwest: Direct teaching-related questions to the Center for Faculty Excellence at cfe@pnw.edu, 219-989-8328, or CFE’s website. Technical support questions should be directed to The Office of Instructional Technology by email oit@pnw.edu or OIT’s website or through their Virtual Help Desk.

The following resources are intended to provide professional development opportunities for the total Army. As we remain committed to an all-volunteer Army that is the most decisive land force in the world, strengthening our Army Profession based on implicit and universal trust has never been more important. The contents of this page will include rich venues for professional development that include Senior Leader speeches, Contemporary Military Forums (CMF), panels and meetings that address a wide range of professional syllabus such as leader development, enhancing Soldier capabilities, modernization, force structure and Army Families.