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TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/10/12 -- Social Media Week (SMW) returns to Toronto next week with over 100 free events across the downtown core from Feb. 13-Feb. 17, 2012.

"We are thrilled this has grown into one of Canada's largest free digital culture festivals," says Eli Singer, president and founder of Entrinsic, the agency producing SMWTO for the past three years. The number of events offered at SMWTO 2012 has more than doubled since last year's festival.

Toronto's impact on the festival globally includes the participation of Don Tapscott, one of the world's leading authorities on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology, as the global curator of the event and will deliver the opening global keynote live from New York City. The global launch video for Social Media Week that has gone viral, Future Hipsters, came out of Toronto.

Toronto is one of 12 cities throughout the world participating in Social Media Week (SMW), which together are offering more than 1,000 events. SMW's theme in February focuses on Empowering Change through Collaboration.

What:     Social Media Week Toronto
Where:    Various locations across the Toronto downtown core
          For schedule and locations visit
          http://socialmediaweek.org/schedule
When:     Feb. 13 to Feb. 17, 2012
Cost:     Registration is free and based on first-come, first-served.

About SMW

Social Media Week is one of the world's most unique global platforms, offering a series of interconnected activities and conversations around the world on emerging trends in social and mobile media across all major industries. Social Media Week takes place in the US, Canada, South America, Europe and Asia. Learn more at socialmediaweek.org.

About SMWTO

SWMTO has grown to be one of the largest free digital culture events in Canada. The festival is produced by digital culture and communications agency Entrinsic. You can follow SMWTO on Twitter @smwto and using the hashtag #SMWTO. For the current event schedule visit socialmediaweek.org/schedule.

SWMTO 2012 sponsors are: At the theme level, BMO Bank of Montreal, LinkedIn and Chevrolet; at the event level, AOL, VIA Rail, MediaMiser and Chobani Yoghurt. Media partners include, The Globe and Mail, Marketing Magazine, Torontoist, Marketwire+Sysomos and Green Rabbit Media; community partners include, Epilogger, RightSleeve.Com, rdio, Art Gallery of Ontario and Yahoo! Canada.

Future Hipsters

SMW promotional video Future Hipsters was created by Entrinsic, produced by Sons and Daughters and post-production by Posterboy.

Contacts:
For media inquiries contact:
Vivant Communications
Christina A. Marshall
416-686-4116
info@vivantcommunications.ca

Source: Social Media Week Toronto (SMWTO)

PAINESVILLE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lake Erie College announced today it has received a one-million dollar bequest from former Lake County resident and Coe Manufacturing president, Fred W. Fields. Fields passed away Dec. 13, 2011 at age 88.

“We are grateful Fred Fields has remembered Lake Erie College. He has been a longtime friend and generous supporter of Lake Erie for decades. His kindness has helped us advance education for many generations and his gift today will continue his legacy as a man who believed in higher education and the importance of philanthropy,” said Lake Erie College president Michael T. Victor, J.D., LL.D.

Fields began working as a junior engineer with Coe Manufacturing Company in Painesville in 1947. Because of his strong work ethic and eager nature to learn, he was transferred to the Pacific Northwest early in the 1950s. In 1959, he became Coe’s West Coast manager. Fields was instrumental in the building of the company’s plant in Tigard, Ore.

In 1976, he bought Coe Manufacturing and under his leadership, continued to expand the business. By 1999, it had acquired 15 other companies with expertise in new areas of technology, particularly computer-controlled automation in plywood and lumber production. In 2000, Fields sold Coe to a venture capital firm and retired from the lumber business.

His relationship with the College reaches back to the 1990s where he served on an advisory committee. Understanding the financial challenges facing educational institutions coupled with the new demands for technology in the classroom, in 1992, Fields gave Lake Erie its first technology-directed gift to bring computers to campus.

Recognized for his many contributions to his industry, arts and education, in 1997, Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore. named its new fine arts building the Fred W. Fields Center for the Visual Arts. In 2000, Lake Erie College presented Fields with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during its Commencement ceremony.

Fields and his wife Suzanne (Schoenfeldt) believed that education prepares and stimulates young people to innovate and develop ideas collaboratively. To this end, the Fields advocated improving college faculties and facilities as keys to quality education.

Per Fields instructions, the unrestricted gift will be used to support current priorities of the College.

Lake Erie CollegeSusan Licate, 440-375-7253440-223-7194 (cell)slicate@lec.eduorKatie Staats, 440-375-7230kstaats@lec.edu

Source: Lake Erie College

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL) today announced that Michael M. Morrissey, Ph.D., the company’s president and chief executive officer, will present at the 14th annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference at 8:30 a.m. EST / 5:30 a.m. PST on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, in New York. During the presentation, Dr. Morrissey will discuss the company’s development program and plans for cabozantinib, and review the most recent publicly available data for the compound. He will also provide a general business update, including the company’s financial outlook for 2012.

The presentation will be webcast and may be accessed in the Event Calendar page under Investors at www.exelixis.com.

About Exelixis

Exelixis, Inc. is a biotechnology company committed to developing small molecule therapies for the treatment of cancer. Exelixis is focusing its proprietary resources and development efforts exclusively on cabozantinib (XL184), its most advanced product candidate, in order to maximize the therapeutic and commercial potential of this compound. Exelixis believes cabozantinib has the potential to be a high-quality, broadly-active, differentiated pharmaceutical product that can make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. Exelixis has also established a portfolio of other novel compounds that it believes have the potential to address serious unmet medical needs, many of which are being advanced by partners as part of collaborations. For more information, please visit the company's web site at www.exelixis.com

Exelixis, Inc.Charles Butler, 650-837-7277Vice PresidentInvestor Relations and Corporate Communicationscbutler@exelixis.com

Source: Exelixis, Inc.