CONNECT: Next Happens Here – October 12, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention Centre – West
CONNECT is a conference for early-stage tech entrepreneurs who want the answers to “what’s next for my company”.
WHY ATTEND? Uncover the answers to the burning question on every entrepreneur’s mind… What’s my next step? Learn what you didn’t know straight from the people who’ve accomplished it. Stay ahead of the curve with the expert advice you will gain at CONNECT.
Join over 800 attendees learning from tech entrepreneurs and mentors who’ve been there and made it – and be inspired to create your strategy for startup success.
What you can’t afford to miss:
• Keynote address: Lane Merrifield, Co-Founder and General Manager of Club Penguin
“Made in BC”: the inspiring inside story of how an Okanagan startup caught the eye of Disney and the world
• Case Studies: There Are Two Sides to Every Story: hear what worked and what didn’t from both the Entrepreneur and the Expert
• Lightning Lessons: How I Did It - 5 minutes from 5 startups on HOW they beat the odds
AND, on top of that, at CONNECT you will get expert advice, face-to-face, from 30 of BC’s tech leaders, together in one spot. Walk away with the answers to “what’s next” and get started tomorrow.
PURCHASE YOUR TICKET TODAY! www.connectnext.ca/
Early bird ticket price: $40 (ends September 17, 2010)
Regular ticket price: $50
Student price: $20
Professional Development Seminar: Negotiation Skills
Status: Registrations are being accepted.
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010
Time: Registration & Breakfast 8:00am – 8:30am
Seminar 8:30am – 4:30pm (lunch provided)
Location: Fort St. John, BC - Venue TBD
Instructor: Greg Campeau, Campeau Learning and Development Inc.
Credit: 7.5 PDH (Professional Development Hours)
Cost: APEGBC Members (before July 8, 2010): $399.00 + HST = $446.88
APEGBC Members (after July 8, 2010): $439.00 + HST = $491.68
Non-members: $439.00 + HST = $491.68
APEGBC Contact: Ailene Lim, Professional Development Coordinator
Email: alim@apeg.bc.ca Phone: 604-412-4899
To avoid cancellation of this seminar, please register prior to July 8, 2010.
Seminar Summary:
Are you currently being underpaid for your skill and expertise? Are your customers, clients or employers more demanding and wanting more for less? Do you sometimes feel less than excited about the deals you agree to?
“The truth is that we don’t get what we deserve – we get what we negotiate.” ~ Herb Karrass
Achieving success in this increasingly complex, chaotic, competitive world requires a new set of core competencies, and the ability to negotiate effectively to get your needs met is at the top of the list.
You will learn:
• The most common negotiating mistakes and how to avoid them
• How to build relationships that create open communication and successful agreements
• Characteristics of an effective negotiator (self assessment tool)
• How to plan and prepare for your negotiations
• Understanding the sources of negotiating power
• How to create and communicate distinctive value
• Understanding the difference between Collaborative and Competitive negotiations
• How to create win-win outcomes when negating or resolving conflict
• How to defend yourself against “hardball’ negotiators
North Peace Savings and Credit Union
in partnership with
Sci-Tech North
Present
Re-orienting for Renewal: Community Development in Rural & Small Town BC
Where:
The Enerplex – east meeting room
When:
May 18, 2010 at 07:00 PM
Speaker:
Don Manson, Coordinator of the Community Development Institute, UNBC
The Community Development Institute focuses on two fundamental issues: community capacity and community development. By undertaking research, sharing information, and supporting education outreach, the Institute is a vital partner to communities interested in making informed decisions about their own futures.
As Coordinator of the Community Development Institute, community outreach and research are two of Don's responsibilities and in fulfilling these roles; he visits most communities in northern BC and the southern Yukon each year.
Don is also an Adjunct Professor of Geography and a Research Associate on the Canada Research Chair's Rural and Small Town Studies Team. His areas of interest encompass sustainable and healthy communities, citizen participation, and the economic history of northern British Columbia. Don's presentation will include:
• what is community development
• getting ahead of the resource development curve
• examples of successful resource development policy in BC
• equipping communities to exercise place-based advantages
• how to meet development opportunities and challenges
Thank you for your attention and response. I look forward to seeing you at the event.
Sincerely,
Lori Ackerman
Sci-Tech North
lori@scitechnorth.bc.ca
250 785 9600
PRO-D EVENT FEATURES RENOWNED ANTHROPOLOGIST
Date: Tuesday May 4, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: North Peace Cultural Center
Event: Peace Professionals Pro-D event, public welcome
Cost: $5 cost recovery fee charged at the door
Register: email lori@scitechnorth.bc.ca or call Sci-Tech North 250 785 9600
Ethnographic studies are holistic, founded on the idea that humans are best understood in context, including where they live, how they make a living, what language(s) they speak, their history, their customs, their beliefs, and so on.
Robin Ridington has worked with Dane-zaa people of northeastern BC since 1964 when he began his fieldwork with four communities: the Blueberry, Doig, Halfway and Prophet River First Nations. He is a Professor Emeritus in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia and taught there from 1967 to 1995. He has a BA from Swarthmore College and a PhD in Anthropology from Harvard University.
Robin is an audio and video documentarian and was ethnographic director of the videos produced by the Doig River First Nation. The recordings and photographs that Robin made in the 1960s form a core part of the Dane-zaa archive. He was fortunate to know the last Dreamer, Charlie Yahey, and many other 
Dane-zaa who have now gone on the trail to heaven. Robin is the author of Little Bit Know Something, and Trail to Heaven, as well as many articles on Dane-zaa culture and philosophy. He and Jillian Ridington are currently completing a history of the Dane-zaa First Nations, Where Happiness Dwells.
Seminar #2 in their 10-week series
Tuesday, April 13
Roger Kuypers and Doran Ingalls from Fasken Martineau will walk you through Managing Your Intellectual Property.
Other topics this year include:
• Perfecting your Pitch
• Social Networking for Start-ups
• The Business Plan
• and more!
The entire series is just $100 per team or individual, or $20 per individual seminar.
View the full schedule.
...and don't forget, the 2010 competition deadline is Monday, April 19!
This presentation embarks on a historical review of surveying Northeast BC, highlights acheivements by early Land Surveyors well known in this area, and leads into the definition and scope of Geomatics as a modern profession.
Date: Thursday April 8, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm—9:00 pm
Location: North Peace Cultural Center
100th Street Fort St John BC
Event: Peace Professionals Pro-D Event
Cost: $5 fee charged at the door
(draw for attractive prizes)
Register: email lisa@scitechnorth.bc.ca or
call Sci-Tech North 250 785-9600
Presentation to Professionals and Public
Hosted by Sci-Tech North/APEGBC
Recent advances in technology are described, including Robotic instrument technology and the various of GPS methods, as well as the latest in data management, Geographic Information
Systems and mapping technology, taking account of the use of LIDAR data and government
resources.
Governance structure is discussed including entry standards, ethics, code of conduct and guiding statutes and legislation.
Also, educational programs in BC are highlighted, instruments and maps displayed, and handouts are available.
Presenting Land Surveyors :
• Shauna C Goertzen, BCLS, CLS—Instructor, Northern Lights College
• Tyler S Mikkelson, BCLS— Project Manager, Focus Corporation
• Jerry J Mullin, BCLS— Project Manager, Vector Geomatics
• Harald Riessner, BCLS, P.Eng—Project Manager, Focus Corporation
• Erik P Snucins, BCLS, OLS—McElhanney Land Surveying
Land surveying is the oldest profession in British Columbia and considered the second oldest profession in the world (dating back to ancient Egyptian times;)
The wildly popular province-wide technology competition is getting underway and this year you can find out for free how to be a part of it.
New Ventures BC is one of North America’s largest technology business-idea competitions.
It’s like a boot camp for business start-ups!
• learn from some of B.C’s best business experts at our business-education seminars
• network with top professionals in business, law, finance, government and academia
• improve your business and strategies during each round of competition
• receive advice and insight from mentors In Round 3
• present your condensed business plan to a panel of ‘angel’ investors, venture capitalists and industry experts in Round 4
Competition winners will share $300,000 in prize packages.
New Ventures BC competition is open to any BC resident, team or business with an innovative technology product or service that has not yet secured significant financing from external investors (i.e. investors other than friends, family and company founders).
Date: April 9th
Time: 12 Noon
Place: Innovation Resource Centre (101 1584 7 Ave Prince George)
Cost: This informational session “Assessing the Opportunity” is free!
Speaker: Bob de Wit – NVBC Executive Director A Vancouver technology entrepreneur and angel investor, Bob de Wit is a founder and director of GreenAngel Energy Corp. Bob’s 15-year career includes experience in corporate development, corporate finance and competitive market intelligence. An active member of the VANTEC angel network and the WUTIF angel fund, he also runs the SFU Venture Connection entrepreneur-in-residence program.
Contact Allan Stroet at the Prince George Innovation Resource Centre 250-564-7255 or email astroet@innovate.bc.ca to reserve a spot for the session.
Visit www.newventuresbc.com for competition details. *Competition closes April 19 2010!
Now that you've convinced yourself that your venture will be viable, how do you go about convincing others?
And how do you avoid the unsuspected barriers that could keep you from success?
New Ventures BC in association with the Prince George Innovation Resource Centre are offering an interactive event “Assessing the Opportunity”.
Participants will review the basics of putting together an elevator pitch or business opportunity statement. They will gain a better understanding of: investor math; appropriate capital structures; industry standard investor materials and terms; investor expectations for go-to-market strategies; and how to put together a capital plan.
As an added bonus, participants will walk through a step-by-step guide on how to put their best foot forward in the 2010 New Ventures BC competition – a unique opportunity to advance your corporate development. www.newventuresbc.com
Date: April 9th
Time: 12 noon
Place: Innovation Resource Centre (101-1584 7th Avenue, Prince George)
Cost: Free
Potential Winnings: Hundreds of Thousands of $$$ in the New Ventures BC competition!
Past local finalists include Dr Matt Reid, UNBC Physics Dept and Theo Warkentin, Bluekey Energy
RSVP if you wish to attend:
Allan Stroet
Innovation Resource Centre
Ph: 250-564-2755
astroet@innovate.bc.ca
March11th: Show me the Money!
• Have a great innovative or technical product and you want to boost revenues?
• Interested in how your company can benefit from digital media and technology trends?
This webinar will focus on digital media, technology and innovation companies in the monetization of software/applications as well as present ideas on turning new trends into opportunities.
The event keynote Rochelle Grayson will be presenting proven methods to monetize innovations, particularly in the digital media, web and software worlds – in short, how to ensure companies make money with their products in today’s market. Her expertise and dynamic presentation style make this a must attend event!
Date: March. 11th, 2010, 12- 1 p.m. plus Q&A
Cost: free
Register: click to register for webinar
PRE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL WEBINARS – register early to avoid disappointment!
Contact www.kast.com 1 250 483 5053 with questions
About presenter Rochelle Grayson www.rochelle.ca
Most recently, I was the Acting President of New Media BC and prior to that, President of Work at Play. I like to make sure my projects are lean, mean, moneymaking machines! All this can be summed up in one famous statement by one infamous movie star: Show me the money! I am equally comfortable discussing social media trends, virtual goods monetization models, micro transactions, the future of virtual worlds and MMOGs, and web 2.0 technologies. Since 2008, I have been nominated as one of Canada's Top 100™ Most Powerful Women, named one of Business in Vancouver's Top Forty under 40, named one of Vancouver's Top 10 Technology Women and received the Canadian Women in Communications' Trailblazer: Excellence in Leadership Award.
Online accessibility: these workshops and sessions are offered online so you can learn and interact from your home or office. 
Contact www.kast.com 1 250 483 5053 with questions.
This presentation will describe the links between silviculture research in the B.C. Peace; changes in technology; and changing social expectations of forests and forestry.
“Tricks” from the past, combined with current tools and technology can be applied in silviculture practices to ensure that our forests will continue providing goods and services into the future.
Richard Kabzems is a second generation boreal forester. He has been involved in silviculture research in north-eastern British Columbia since 1988 with projects in silviculture systems, vegetation management and soil science.
Richard has degrees in Agriculture (B.S.A. Honours, Plant Ecology) and Biology (B.Sc.) from the University of Saskatchewan, and Forest Ecology (M.Sc.) from UBC.
Date: Tuesday March 2, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: North Peace Cultural Center
100th Street Fort St John BC
Event: Peace Professionals Pro-D event; public welcome
Cost: $5 fee charged at the door
Register: email lisa@scitechnorth.bc.ca or call Sci-Tech North 250 785 9600
Forests are valued for much more than timber production and the economic benefits of wood and paper products. They also provide habitat for plants and animals, clean air and water, scenic and spiritual values, and recreational opportunities.
Silviculture is the art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests to meet the diverse needs and values of the many landowners, societies and cultures.
Forest Facts 10% of the world's forests are located in Canada. Canada has 16% of all softwood timber and just under 3% of the world's hardwoods.