Less than a week from now, law enforcement professionals from five countries (Canada, Netherlands, U.S., UK, Australia) will gather in Vancouver to share best practices and ideas in law enforcement use of social media and the Internet. The SMILE Conference™ will occur March 26-29 at the Fairmont Vancouver.

LAwS Communications is producing the Vancouver event in partnership with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. The SMILE Conference™ began just under two years ago in April in Washington, D.C. Subsequent conferences occurred in Santa Monica, Chicago and Dallas, with each city’s Police Department hosting. The Vancouver event is the fifth event and the first to be held outside of the United States.

Follow hashtag #SMILEcon and, if you can’t be in Vancouver, feel free to tweet your questions to our assembled group of experts. Additionally, some sessions will be streamed live at The SMILE Conference website.

Here’s a look at the agencies who will be represented at The SMILE Conference.

  • Abbotsford Police Department
  • American Military University
  • B.C. Securities Commission
  • Barrie Police
  • Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
  • Calgary Police Service
  • Canadian Pacific Police Service
  • Chatham-Kent Fire Department
  • Coquiltam, City of
  • Coquitlam RCMP
  • Dave.ca Communications
  • Delta Police Department
  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans
  • Department of Justice Canada
  • Dutch Police
  • Edmonton Police Service
  • El Monte Police Department, California
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FINTRAC
  • Halifax Regional Police
  • Hamilton Police Service
  • IBM
  • InterChange Public Affairs
  • LAwS Communications
  • Lethbridge Regional Police Service
  • Manitoba Department of Justice
  • Medicine Hat Police Service
  • Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers
  • Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
  • Ministry of Justice, Police Services Division
  • Montreal Police Service
  • National Search & Rescue Sec.
  • Nelson Police Department
  • Net-L3.com
  • New Westminster Police Department
  • Nishnawbe Aski Police
  • Oak Bay Police Department
  • Ontario Association of Police Educators
  • Ontario Provincial Police
  • Ottawa Police Service
  • Peel Regional Police
  • PoliceOne
  • Power Corporation of Canada
  • Prince Albert Police Service
  • Raytheon Network Centric Solutions
  • Regina Police Service
  • Ribbet Inc.
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police
  • Saanich Police
  • Saskatoon Police Service
  • Sceneverse Inc.
  • Service de police de la Ville de Québec
  • Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau
  • Sierra Systems
  • Six Nations Police
  • Social Catalyst Inc.
  • Sûreté du Québec
  • Surrey, City of
  • Surrey RCMP
  • Tayside Police, Scotland
  • Toddington International
  • Toronto Police Service
  • Transit Police
  • University of Wollongong
  • Vancouver Police Department
  • Vermont State Police
  • Victoria Police Department
  • Waterloo Regional Police Service
  • Windsor Police Service
  • Winnipeg Police Service
  • York Regional Police