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  • BCTIA: Impact - Featuring Excellence in Product Innovation

    May 25, 2010 at 5pm
    Student Tickets are only $24.50!

    The featured companies of this month's IMPACT are creators of leading-edge solutions that were used to increase functionality, security and efficiency for their adopters.

    Hear from Rich Baldry (Product Manager of Sophos), Tom Nyberg (Director, OVI Publish Solutions Mgmt Local Entity Head at Nokia Vancouver and Jonathan Bixby (CEO of Strangeloop Networks) as they share what differentiates them from competitors and their plans for the future.

    Impact is a monthly speaker series featuring the winners and finalists from the 2009 Technology Impact Award (TIAs). Impact events are great opportunities to network with time before and after the speaker presentations to engage with like-minded professionals and learn about technologies developed in your own backyard!

    Register at: http://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEventDetails?ID=1339&EID=6876

  • MIT Enterprise Forum - April 20th, 2010

    MIT Enterprise Forum - April 20th, 2010

    Thanks to WestLink Innovation Network Ltd., entrepreneurship@UBC is pleased to act as host for the MIT Enterprise Forum’s “Creating Value through Sustainability” worldwide webcast.

    What: http://www.mitforumatlanta.org/event.php
    Where: UBC - 6190 Agronomy Road, Second Floor, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
    When: 3:45 - 6 p.m. (broadcast starts at 4 p.m.)
    Who: Matt Kistler, Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Walmart. The keynote speaker.
    Cost: $0 – entrepreneurship@UBC is pleased to host.

    This should be of interest to any entrepreneur, including student entrepreneurs, interested in the clean tech/green tech space.

    Space is limited and is on a first come first served basis, so please RSVP to Mark Mawhinney: mark@mawhinney.ca.

  • BCTIA Impact - Featuring Company of the Year: Sierra Wireless

    Featuring Company of the Year: Sierra Wireless
    Tuesday April 20, 5pm - 7:30pm, @ Hyatt Regency Hotel

    This Technology Impact award acknowledges a company that shows superior business development and is a recognized leader in the technology industry.

    Sierra Wireless, winner of the 2009 Company of the Year award, has grown revenue both organically, and through a series of strategic acquisitions, by an impressive 430% since 2005. Jason Cohenour, CEO of Sierra Wireless, joins BCTIA to share their corporate success story and their vision for the future.

    This month features the the winner of the Company of they Year Award.

    Students receive a discount on tickets.

    For registration and details, visit http://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEventDetails?ID=1339&EID=6499

  • Bright Ideas Competition 2010 Winners

    Winners of the 3rd Annual Bright Ideas Competition:

    1st Place:
    H2Know: Tom Mazur, Kelly Ng, Joey Kovacs

    2nd Place:
    LazyLense: Janny Ke

    People's Choice Award:
    LazyLense: Janny Ke

    Thank you to those who came out to the watch the competition.

  • LBA 2nd Annual Charity Fashion Show for Free the Children

    Langara Business Association presents awear

    SECOND ANNUAL CHARITY FASHION SHOW FOR FREE THE CHILDREN

    Educating Through Fashion

    Innovators and volunteers from the Langara Business Association are teaming up to organize the second annual Charity Fashion show, aWear, for Free the Children. The fashion show aims to raise awareness of Free the Children's development efforts to break the cycle of poverty and child exploitation through education. The event is open to the general public and all proceeds will be donated to Free the Children.

    Building on last year's success assisting in the Oxfam Fashion Show, The LBA wanted to continue to give members a chance to build on their experience in all aspects of event organization, all while giving back to important initiatives.