TORONTO, ONTARIO and NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- (Marketwire) -- 01/10/13 -- BMO Capital Markets, the investment & corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE:BMO)(TSX:BMO), will host its 2013 technology outlook media conference call on Tuesday, January 14th at 1 p.m. ET. BMO technology analysts will provide insight into:

--  The year that was - a look back at highlights from 2012 
--  Outlook for IT spending in 2013 
--  The increasing focus on social-media companies 
--  The battle between smartphone manufacturers and what to expect in 2013 
--  Outlook for 2013 in the tech sector - what we can expect to see

WHEN: January 14, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. ET

WHO:

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BMO Technology Analyst:                 Coverage Includes:                  
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Dan Salmon, Marketing & Advertising     Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, LinkedIn  
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Edward Williams, Digital Entertainment  Amazon, Activision Blizzard, Netflix
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Keith Bachman, Hardware                 Apple, HP, Dell                     
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Karl Keirstead, Software                Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce.com   
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Tim Long, Communications Equipment      QUALCOMM, RIM, Cisco                
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Ambrish Srivastava, Semiconductors      Broadcom, Intel, Texas Instruments  
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Journalists who would like to participate in the call are asked to use the following dial-in:

Phone: 416-641-2144 / 866-696-5910

Passcode: 8043061

Link to our disclosures: https://research-ca.bmocapitalmarkets.com/Public/Company_Disclosure_Public.aspx