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ECE Leaders of Tomorrow: myPatent Session with The Honourable Glen Murray

Event date: Friday, March 30, 2012, at 3:00 PM
Location: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, BA 1160


Join us for myPatent Session #4, presented by ECE Leaders of Tomorrow, on Friday, March 30, 2012.


This session will feature the following keynote speaker:

The Honourable Glen Murray: current Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities and MPP (Toronto Centre); former Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation; former Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs; and, former Mayor of Winnipeg.

 Registration will begin at 2:20 pm and will close at 3:45 pm. A complimentary dinner will be provided following the session.

Other speakers include: 

The Honourable Peter Fonseca: former Ontario Minister of Labour; former Ontario Minister of Tourism; former Member, Standing Committee on Estimates; former Member, Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly; and, current Vice-President of Strategy at Able Translations Ltd.

Hadi Aladdin:  Co-founder and President, CoursePeer Inc. (www.CoursePeer.com); Co-founder, Angstron Technologies Inc. (www.Angstron.com); Investment Manager at Rez Motor Inc.; and, Mentorship Chair @ ECELOT.

Marwan Aladdin: Co-founder, CoursePeer Inc. (www.CoursePeer.com); Co-founder and President, Angstron Technologies Inc. (www.Angstron.com); and, Investment Manager at Rez Motor Inc.

Wilson Teixeira: President, Able Translations Ltd. (www.AbleTranslations.com)

Professor Joseph Orozco: Acting Director, The Entrepreneurship Hatchery at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering; Adjunct Professor at The Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto; Angel Investor at Medipattern; and, Co-Founder and former CEO at Telequote.

This is a live interactive session on the opportunities offered by the Ontario government, designed especially for U of T Engineering undergraduate and graduate students to help them get funded and start new ventures. We will also discuss prototyping (building a team, outsourcing), and commercialization (raising funds, licensing, pitching to investors.) 

Don't miss the opportunity to network with the speakers!

Rsvp your spot ASAP (limited seats): http://ecelot.com/mypatent_s4.php


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