Wasteland's Colin Rowntree to Address QWEBEC Expo

BOSTON — Wasteland.com founder and CEO, Colin Rowntree, will be moderating the “Ethics & Good Practices in the Adult Industry” seminar at the upcoming QWEBEC-Expo Aug. 9-11 at the Marriott Chateau Champlain in Montreal, Canada.

The B2B tradeshow and technical conference serves existing and prospective online adult entertainment professionals across North America.

The organizers said the annual event acts as an international crossroads for U.S., Canadian and European members of the industry and provides adult website owners, operators and webmasters with the information and resources to build, maintain, promote, market and grow a successful Internet business in the $15 billion + per year market.

“Wasteland.com embraces a wide breadth of business sectors in the adult industry,” Rowntree said. “So I am excited to have an exceptional platform at QWEBEC-Expo to discuss ethical and related issues that affect all divisions in this business.”

Rowntree has been the recipient of a number of industry awards and is noted as an eloquent, witty and thought-provoking commentator, He is a frequent contributor to industry trade publications and websites, including XBIZ and AVN, and has been interviewed by and featured on BBC Television, the Fox Network, HBO, ABC Nightline, NewsCorp, Time and Wired magazines, CNet.com and BNet.com.

The ethics seminar will be held on Aug.10, 1:30-2:45 PM at Viger Hall.

For more information on the expo visit Qwebec.com.

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