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Jalloo Festival of Animation and Games

May 15, 2012 in Press Release

 

 

Jalloo Foundation

19 Ellis Street

Miramichi NB E1N 2X9

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Phone 506.778.6797

Fax 506.778.6379

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organizer@jalloo.net

http://jalloo.net

  

The Atlantic Coast’s gathering of professionals for Animation and Games.

 

Preparations are underway for this year’s Jalloo Festival of Animation and Games.

 

2012 marks the 5th annual Jalloo! Come and join us for the education, the networking, the recruiting, and the fun.

 

Pre-Jalloo Activities

 

Monday-Tuesday, 18-19 June.

 

An accidental scheduling glitch years ago has led to the tradition of a professional development workshop before Jalloo.

 

Topic: TBA, so keep the dates open and watch for the announcement.

 

Jalloo Activities

 

This is all day Wed, 20 June, and half of Thursday. Things are still taking shape, but events include:

 

·         Marketing for mobile games

·         Funding original IP with Canadian Media Fund

·         Recruiting talent for small animation and game companies

·         Researching and approaching  game and animation employers

·         Showcase of new grads into the industry

·         Display: The Art of Atlantic Games

·         Video Game Arcade

·         Networking Lobster Dinner

Check the website for updates: http://jalloo.net/Jalloo12

Post-Jalloo Activities

The regular part of Jalloo ends with Thursday’s BBQ lunch, but the events keep on coming

 

Game Jam:

 

With the 24hr game jam professionals, grads, and students in all disciplines form up spur of the moment teams to conceive, design, build, test, and release a simple game concept in 24 hours. This is a great way for professionals to exercise their skills and for recruiters to check out and even with their potential new employees.

 

The Jam runs Thursday afternoon – Friday afternoon, around the clock.

 

FYI – One Game Jam team managed to sell their Game Jam creation not once but twice!

 

Animation Festival & Competition:

 

Ca$h prizes will be awarded for top 2D and 3D entries in student and professional categories, as well as an “Audience Favourite” award. Screenings of entries is Thursday afternoon.

 

 

Don’t forget to register at http://jalloo.net/Jalloo12/register.html

 

-Brian

 

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Brian McGee

Organizer Jalloo Festival of Animation and Games

 

PS – There will be more announcements over the next few weeks

 

 

You are receiving this email because you have indicated an interest in the Atlantic Animation and Games  industry in general or Jalloo in particular. If you have received this message by mistake or wish to be removed from the mailing list, please contact organizer@jalloo.net

 

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Seminars on Commercialization by Wallace McCain Institute with Deloitte

May 15, 2012 in Press Release

Here is some interesting  information about a seminar the Wallace McCain Institute is putting on with Deloitte in June.

This event would be a good fit for companies commercializing or have recently commercialized out of PropelICT, etc

The experts from Deloitte will offer an open dialogue format on 2 seminar topics about 1.5 hours per pit stop:

PitStop 1 -Doing Business in the US, understanding the tax implications, pitfalls and tips
PitStop 2 – What Angel Investors look for: how to prepare to raise capital, what is going on in the capital market, SBITC

The dates and locations are as follows:
June 6th 8:45-noon in Moncton at the Ramada Inn
June 6th 2:15-5:30 in Saint John at UNBSJ
June 7th 8:45-noon in Fredericton at the Wu Centre

Seating is limited and the session is only $80 for the full 3 hour session or $50 if they only want to attend one pitstop of the two.

We’ll provide further details when upon registration .

To Register: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DeloittePitStop-Spring2012

For additional information please contact:
Nancy Blanchard
Events Manager
Wallace McCain Institute
Ph./Fax 506 855-9944
Mobile 506 874-8802

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June 2012 CyberSocial

May 11, 2012 in Uncategorized

June 2012 Moncton CyberSocial Networking Event

 

An Invitation to the June 2012 CyberSocial Networking Event.

When: Wednesday June 13
Where: The Moncton Club ~ 115 Queen St (Note there is parking available in the adjacent Aliant Lot after 4:30 pm)
Cost: Free

Drop by from 5:00 to 7:00 pm for our monthly Networking event.

Our featured presenter for the June 2012 CyberSocial is Scott Henderson from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.  NBIF is an independent corporation that supports the development of innovation in New Brunswick.  NBIF’s mandate is to strengthen the innovation capacity of New Brunswick by making investments in applied research and new growth-oriented businesses.  See http://www.nbif.ca/ for more information.

 

The Moncton CyberSocial Networking Event offers a unique opportunity to get reacquainted with colleagues, make new industry connections, and find out what’s happening in the local IT sector.

 

Event attendees are also welcome to take a “Minute at the Mic” to announce anything you feel may be of interest to our members.

 

Mark your calendar for this unique event and feel free to bring along your friends and/or colleagues. You can also stop by early and/or stay late.

 

We hope to see you there!

 

PLUS June 2012 Tech Talk Seminar: The Business of Gaming

Did you know that…

…mobile games are the most popular App category?
…people spend an average of 7.8 hours per month gaming on their phones?
…in the US, one-third of the population are mobile gamers?

Did you also know that…

…mobile games in the US generated $12B in 2011?
…34% of the top grossing apps in the App store use a freemium model ?
…Angry Birds makes $6M/month from ads?

This is a fast growing industry with smart phone gaming expected to double by 2016. In this panel session, entrepreneurs Marc Alloul, Stuart Duncan and George Donovan will lead the discussion on how the making of games is a business, not a hobby.

New Brunswick has the training and expertise for building games and is now creating an infrastructure to help support those who want to build them. Find out how to create a stable and profitable business in this industry.

About Marc Alloul:

Marc is a serial entrepreneur, spending the last sixteen years in both large publicly-traded, as well as smaller private equity-funded companies, where he developed and brought to market innovative technology & marketing solutions to some of the world’s leading telecom operators and media groups.
Marc is a strategic advisor to several companies where he is a shareholder and/or a board member. He is currently involved with Sarbakan, a renowned independent game studio specializing in global cross-platform development services and original game creations. Recently, as part of the management teams, he instrumented the sales of Bight Games to Electronic Arts and Mobitween to Zed Group.

About Stuart Duncan:

Currently Director, Bight Studios at Electronic Arts, Stuart has been an active and successful entrepreneur for over 16 years. As CEO of Bight Games, Stuart utilized his decade long experience in advanced multimedia production to oversee operations for one of the industries’ most innovative mobile game developers. Under his direction, Bight’s strong R&D focus propelled them into a leadership position in original 3D and Social mobile game development with hit titles like Trade Nations and Puzzlings. Bight Games was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2011.

About George Donovan:

George is the CEO of Gogii Games Corp, and a pioneer in the online marketplace. He established and sold his first IT company, Internet Communities, to Cadgan Publishing, and then grew his next company, Infiknowledge, to a full time staff of 90 before selling it to Traffix Inc. in 2001. While positioning Gogii to compete internationally, George is also one its leading creative forces. He has nearly 20 years in the interactive entertainment industry and is an investor, publisher, and award winning developer of games for evolving platforms.

When

Wednesday June 13, 2012 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM ADT

Who

Entrepreneurs, investors, game developers, students

Cost

Tech South East Members – no charge Students – no charge Non-members – $25+ HST

Where

Stadium, Atlantic Lottery Corporation
922 Main Street
Moncton E1C 8W6

For more information please contact: Brian McGee
Instructor – Electronic Game Design
NBCC Miramichi
brian.mcgee@nbcc.ca
(506) 778-6797
http://nbcc.ca

 

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May 2012 CyberSocial

April 23, 2012 in CyberSocial Events

May 2012 Moncton CyberSocial Networking Event

An Invitation to the May 2012 CyberSocial Networking Event.

When: Wednesday May 9
Where: The Moncton Club ~ 115 Queen St (Note there is parking available in the adjacent Aliant Lot after 4:30 pm)
Cost: Free

 

Drop by from 5:00 to 7:00 pm for our monthly Networking event.

Our featured presenter for the May 2012 CyberSocial is Steve Scott of Zedfast Solutions Corporation.  Steve will provide an overview of Zedfast; a software design studio specializing in web and mobile development. Zedfast builds entertainment and business products for the complete line of Apple and Android handheld devices.

The Moncton CyberSocial Networking Event offers a unique opportunity to get reacquainted with colleagues, make new industry connections, and find out what’s happening in the local IT sector.  As a special bonus, McKenzie College will be donating a cool door prize for a free draw at this month’s event.

Event attendees are also welcome to take a “Minute at the Mic” to announce anything you feel may be of interest to our members.

Mark your calendar for this unique event and feel free to bring along your friends and/or colleagues. You can also stop by early and/or stay late.

We hope to see you there!

 

Invitation à l’événement de réseautage CyberSocial du mois de mai 2012

 

Quand: mercredi le 9 mai
Où: Le Club de Moncton 115, rue Queen (Stationnement disponible dans le lot àproximité d’Aliant après 16h30)
Coût: Gratuit

 

Participez à notre événement mensuel se déroulant de 17h-19h

Notre entrepreneur vedette du CyberSocial édition mai 2012 est Steve Scott de solutions Zedfast Corporation. Steve donnera un aperçu de Zedfast;. Un studio de design de logiciels spécialisé dans le développement web et mobile. Zedfast fabrique des produits de divertissement et d’affaires pour la gamme complète des appareils mobile Apple et Android.

L’événement de réseautage CyberSocial Moncton offre une occasion unique de renouer avec des collègues, faire des liens avec l’industrie de l’innovation et d’être à l’affut de ce qui se passe dans le monde des TI de chez nous.  Comme un bonus spécial, McKenzie College fera don d’un prix de présence cool pour un tirage gratuit à l’événement de ce mois.

Les participants à l’événement sont également invités à prendre un “Minute au micro” afin d’annoncer quoique que vous pensez pouvant être d’intérêt pour nos membres.

Inscrivez cet évènement unique à votre calendrier et amener vos amis. Vous pouvez y faire présence plus tôt pour plus de réseautage/ et continuer la soirée après l’activité pour concrétiser les opportunités entre collègues.

Nous espérons vous y voir!

 

Œuvres Moncton CyberSocial en coopération avec de nombreuses organisations locales, y compris
Moncton CyberSocial works in cooperation with many local organizations including:

Sponsers

 

 

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April 2012 Moncton CyberSocial Networking Event / Événement de réseautage Cybersocial de Moncton pour du mois d’avril 2012

March 29, 2012 in Uncategorized

CyberSocial Agenda for April 2012 at La Teraz

(Note that our venue has changed to La Teraz for this month only!)

11:00 AM to 2:30 for the Angel’s Den (details below)

3:30 to 5:00 PM for the Google Apps workshop (details below)

5:00 to 7 PM for our monthly Networking event.

 

11:00 AM to 2:30 ~ The Moncton CyberSocial Group is pleased to present the McKenzie Accelerator Angel’s Den

Where:  La Teraz, Moncton, NB
When:  Wednesday, April 11/12
from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm networking with Angels and Startups
**Lunch provided

This event is for Angel Investors, Bankers,  funding organizations, startups and prospective startups.  Space is limited.  Please register at http://mckenzieangelsden.eventbrite.ca/ or send email to ccormier@mckenzie.edu.


3:30 to 5:00 PM ~ The SpeakIT seminar is presented by Tech South East

SpeakIT       TSE WEBSITE

   Building Business Applications in the Cloud
Where:
Le Teraz
154 Church St
Moncton


Driving Directions

When:
Wednesday April 11, 2012 from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM ADT

 

Cost:
TSE members: no charge
Non-members: $25 + HST
 
“Titans of Technology” Sponsors
ALC      RBC
 
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The presentation is intended to provide a high level introduction to application development “in the cloud”, with a special focus on the common decision factors and questions raised by IT executives when deciding how cloud technologies such as Platform-as-a-Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service will fit into their short- and long-term strategies for delivering custom business applications to their end users.The presentation will discuss development of new applications and modernization of legacy applications already in production; options for mobile device enablement; integration with other applications; and a broad comparison of leading IaaS providers such as Google, Amazon and Rackspace as well as leading PaaS providers such as Google, Salesforce.com, Microsoft and Engine Yard.About the presenter:Mark Long is responsible for Sheepdog’s application development practice. Sheepdog helps clients move their business into the cloud, and Mark’s team of software developers, designers and testers focuses on building custom business applications that leverage cloud technologies in order to deliver rich functionality, intuitive user experience, high availability and effortless scalability in a cost effective way.We invite you to stay after this event for the monthly CyberSocial.Construire des applications commerciales dans le NuageLa présentation vise à offrir une introduction de haut niveau au développement d’applications ”dans le nuage”, avec une attention spéciale sur les facteurs communs de décision et les questions soulevées par les cadres en TI lorsque vient le moment de décider de la façon dont les technologies nuages telles les Plateformes en tant que Service (PaaS) et les Infrastructures en tant que Service (IaaS) sauront s’adapter à leurs stratégies à court- et long- terme pour livrer des applications commerciales personnalisées à leurs utilisateurs finaux. La présentation portera sur le développement de nouvelles applications ainsi que sur la modernisation d’applications patrimoniales déjà en production; des options pour l’habilitation d’appareils mobile; l’intégration avec d’autres applications; une vaste comparaison de fournisseurs principaux d’IaaS tels Google, Amazon et Rackspace ainsi que des fournisseurs principaux de PaaS tels Google, Salesforce.com, Microsoft et Engine Yard.Biographie

 

Mark Long est responsable de la pratique Sheepdog pour le développement d’application.  Sheepdog aide ses clients à déplacer leur entreprise dans le nuage et l’équipe de Marc et ses développeurs de logiciel, concepteurs et testeurs se concentrent sur la création d’applications commerciales personnalisées qui influencent les technologies du nuage afin d’offrir une fonctionnalité riche, une expérience d’utilisateur intuitive, une grande disponibilité et une évolutivité sans effort de manière rentable.
Register Now/Inscrivez-vous maintenant!

 

Ordre du jour pour le CyberSocial Avril 2012

11h00 à 14h00 – ‘Angel’s Den’ (détails ci-dessous)

15h30 à 17h00 Atelier Google Apps (détails ci-dessous)

17h00 à 19h00 Évènement de réseautage mensuel.

11h00 à 14h30 ~ L’équipe du Cybersocial de Moncton vous présente le ‘Angel’s Den’ du programme d’accélérateur d’affaires du collège McKenzie
Où:  La Teraz, Moncton, NB
Quand:  Mercredi, le 11 avril 2012
De 11h00 à 14h00
14h00– 15h30 Réseautage avec les ‘anges’ du programme et entrepreneurs en démarrage
**Repas fournis
Cet évènement est ouvert aux investisseur providentiels (Angel Investors), les entreprise en démarrage ainsi qu’à nos futurs entrepreneurs. L’évènement est contingenté.
Veuillez vous inscrire en ligne à l’adresse suivante:

http://mckenzieangelsden.eventbrite.ca/

ou par courriel à ccormier@mckenzie.edu.

 

 

L’événement de réseautage Moncton CyberSocial offre une occasion unique de renouer avec des collègues, faire des liens avec l’industrie de nouvelles et de savoir ce qui se passe dans le secteur local des TI.

Participants à l’événement sont toujours les bienvenus pour prendre un “Minute à la MIC” d’annoncer quoi que ce soit vous vous sentez peut-être d’intérêt pour nos membres.

Vous pouvez également arrêter au début et / ou rester tard si vous avez un peu de temps à perdre.

Marquez votre calendrier et n’hésitez pas à amener un ami.

Nous espérons vous y voir!

 

After the event you can stay and enjoy our Free Networking Event! 

We will have short presentation from each of our Angel’s Den Presenters, plus other interesting guest speakers.

Event attendees are also welcome to take a “Minute at the Mic” to announce anything you feel may be of interest to our members.

Mark your calendar for this unique event and bring a friend. You can also stop by early and/or stay late

We hope to see you there!

Œuvres Moncton CyberSocial en coopération avec de nombreuses organisations locales, y compris
Moncton CyberSocial works in cooperation with many local organizations including:

TSE WEBSITE

 

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March 2012 Moncton CyberSocial Networking Event / Mars 2012 Moncton Networking Event CyberSocial

March 10, 2012 in CyberSocial Events

An Open Invitation to the March 2012
Moncton CyberSocial Networking Event.

When: Wednesday March 14 at 5:00 PM
Where: The Moncton Club ~ 115 Queen St
Cost: Free


The Moncton CyberSocial Networking Event offers a unique opportunity to get reacquainted with colleagues, make new industry connections, and find out what’s happening in the local IT sector.

Our featured guest for the evening is Senior Software Tester – Nathan Langton of PQA who will give a brief presentation on the nbQ peer learning initiative.

Notre invité vedette de la soirée est Tester Senior Software – Nathan Langton de PQA qui vous donnera un bref exposé sur l’initiative NBQ apprentissage par les pairs.

CyberSocial Event attendees are always welcome to take a “Minute at the Mic” to announce anything you feel may be of interest to our members.

You can also stop by early and/or stay late if you have some time to spare.

Mark your calendar and feel free to bring a friend.

We hope to see you there!

 

Une invitation ouverte à la 2012 Mars
Événement de réseautage Moncton CyberSocial.

Une invitation ouverte à la 2012 Mars
Événement de réseautage Moncton CyberSocial.
Quand: Le mercredi Mars 14 à 17h00
Où: Le Club de Moncton ~ 115, rue Queen
Coût: Gratuit

L’événement de réseautage Moncton CyberSocial offre une occasion unique de renouer avec des collègues, faire des liens avec l’industrie de nouvelles et de savoir ce qui se passe dans le secteur local des TI.

Participants à l’événement sont toujours les bienvenus pour prendre un “Minute à la MIC” d’annoncer quoi que ce soit vous vous sentez peut-être d’intérêt pour nos membres.

Vous pouvez également arrêter au début et / ou rester tard si vous avez un peu de temps à perdre.

Marquez votre calendrier et n’hésitez pas à amener un ami.

Nous espérons vous y voir!

Œuvres Moncton CyberSocial en coopération avec de nombreuses organisations locales, y compris
Moncton CyberSocial works in cooperation with many local organizations including:

CyberSocial Sponsors

 

 

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Moncton CyberSocial – February 2012

January 21, 2012 in CyberSocial Events, Press Release

Invitation to the February 2012
CyberSocial  Workshop
and Networking Event.

Workshop – February 8 at 1:00 PM

Networking – February 8 at 5:00 PM

Where: The Moncton Club ~ 115 Queen St

Cost: Free

The Moncton CyberSocial Committee is pleased to welcome our headliner for the Wednesday February 8 – 2012 ~ CyberSocial Monthly Networking Event.

The New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation (NBIMC)

The New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation (NBIMC)

The New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation (NBIMC) is the trustee and investment manager for the pension assets of over 50,000 members of the Public Service, Teachers’, and Judges’ defined benefit pension plans. Located in Fredericton, NBIMC is the largest institutional investment manager in Atlantic Canada with assets under management of approximately $9.1 billion at March 31, 2011.

The Corporation is profiled at: www.nbimc.com

George Long, Senior Portfolio Manager – Private Equity, will be providing an overview of the Atlantic Opportunities Private Equity Fund – a separate investment portfolio created to evaluate local investment opportunities. More information is available at  http://www.nbimc.com/Investments/AtlanticOps.aspx

 

The CyberSocial Committee is also pleased to present a free afternoon workshop session starting at 1:00 pm:  Academia /Industry Research Partnership Workshop

The Workshop will feature Kelly Ashfield from the University of New Brunswick (UNB) Office of Research Services explaining the support mechanisms available to foster industry collaboration with UNB.  Funding to support industry collaborations with universities and colleges will be outlined by Richard Isnor of NSERC, Ian Baird of MITACS and Katie Baird of ACOA.

Dr. Ken Kents, UNB, will provide an overview of UNB’s Faculty of Computer Science and discuss successful research partnerships; highlighting the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) Atlantic, including the Next Generation Java Virtual Machine supporting Multi-core Processing. This development of international scope will deliver a ground breaking enabling technology thatis expected to pave the way for a new wave of high performance computing for Internet services.

Seating for this workshop will be limited, so please RSVP for attendance. — http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/2817905431

After the event you can stay and enjoy our Free Networking Event!

Come by and find out how you can take advantage of these unique opportunities.

Event attendees are also welcome to take a “Minute at the Mic” to announce anything you feel may be of interest to our members.

Mark your calendar for this unique event and bring a friend. You can also stop by early and/or stay late

We hope to see you there!

 

Invitation ouverte à l’activité de réseautage Cybersocial Moncton mensuelle (février 2012)

Quand: Le mercredi 8 Février 2012 à 17h00
Où: Le Club de Moncton ~ 115, rue Queen
Coût: Gratuit

Le Comité de Moncton Cybersocial est heureux d’accueillir notre conférencier d’honneur dans le cadre l’évènement mensuel de réseautage Cybersocial.

The New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation (NBIMC)

La société de gestion des placements du Nouveau-Brunswick

La société de gestion des placements du Nouveau-Brunswick (SGPNB) est le gestionnaire fiduciaire et de placement pour les actifs de retraite de plus de 50.000 membres de la fonction publique, des enseignants et des juges éligibles aux régimes de retraite à prestations préétablies. Située à Fredericton, la SGPNB est le plus grand gestionnaire de placements institutionnels au Canada atlantique avec un actif sous gestion d’environ 9,1 milliards en date du 31 Mars, 2011.

Le profil de la société est accessible au : http://www.nbimc.com

George Long, Gestionnaire sénior de portefeuille financier – offrira un aperçu du Fonds de promotion des actions privées de l’Atlantique – un portefeuille distinct créé pour évaluer les opportunités d’investissement locales. Des informations additionnelles  sont disponibles à : http://www.nbimc.com/Investments/AtlanticOps.aspx

Le Comité Cybersocial est également heureux de présenter un atelier en après-midi à 13h00 pour présenter les progrès en cours au Centre IBM d’études avancées à l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick. Le Directeur du Centre, Dr Ken Kent, présentera une mise à jour sur l’ambitieuse collaboration entre UNB et d’IBM pour la Machine Java Virtuelle Nouvelle Génération, pouvant soutenir les processeurs multi-coeurs.

Ce développement est de portée internationale et offrira une évolution technologique  unique permettant d’ouvrir la voie à une nouvelle ère de l’informatique haute performance pour les services Internet. Ceci est très important pour l’industrie et elle se déroule ici même au Nouveau-Brunswick.

Notre atelier de l’après-midi mettra également en vedette Kelly Ashfield auprès du bureau des services de recherche UNB expliquer les mécanismes de soutien disponibles pour favoriser la collaboration de l’industrie avec les activités de recherche de l’UNB et les autres organismes de recherche. Katie Baird, agente de développement économique avec le Fonds d’innovation Atlantique APECA-NB fournira quelques informations complémentaires sur ce programme en collaboration avec la présentation d’UNB.

Le financement nécessaire pour appuyer les collaborations avec l’industrie seront détaillées par Richard Isnor du CRSNG et Ian Baird de MITACS. Ces scénarios sont encouragés et conséquemment UNB a été très actif dans la Communauté du Grand Moncton.

Venez en et découvrez comment vous pouvez profiter de ces occasions uniques.

Les participants à l’évènement sont également appelés à prendre une “le micro pour une minute” pour annoncer ce que vous considérez d’intérêt pour nos membres.

Inscrivez cet évènement unique à votre calendrier et amener un ami. Vous pouvez y faire présence plus tôt pour plus de réseautage/ et continuer la soirée après l’activité pour concrétiser les opportunités entre collègues.

Nous espérons vous y voir!

Cybersocial Moncton travaille en coopération de  nombreux organismes, dont:
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Special Announcement: 

 

The Wallace McCain Institute`s Entrepreneurial Leaders Program (ELP5) is searching for the “top 15” high growth potential entrepreneurs in NB and the surrounding region.

Read more... or watch the videos to get a better understanding of the Entrepreneurial Leaders Program.

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This Month’s CyberSocial WorkShop

(Starting at 1:00 PM)

The Director of the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies at UNB,
Kelly Ashfield from the UNB office of Research Services – Presents
~ An overview of Industry Collaboration with UNB

In addition, Richard Isnor of NSERC, Ian Baird of MITACS, and Katie Baird of ACOA.will talk about Funding to support industry collaborations.

Plus

Dr. Ken Kent – Presents
~ Next Generation Java Virtual Machine for- Massive Multicore Systems

Seating for this workshop will be limited, so please RSVP for attendance.

http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/2817905431

 

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After the event you can stay and enjoy our Free Networking Event!

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Thanks to our featured sponsor NRC for assisting with planning this month’s event.

 

 

 

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January 2012 Moncton CyberSocial

January 8, 2012 in CyberSocial Events

Invitation to the January 2012 Moncton CyberSocial:

When: Jan 11, 2012 ~ 5pm to 7pm

Where: Moncton Club ~ 115 Queen St

A reminder that our regular Networking event will take place this coming Wednesday and will feature Vimsoft.

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Vimsoft is a real local success story and continues to grow in exciting ways.  Mitch Manuel and Joel DeWolfe together present an overview of Vimsoft in terms of background, funding, and focus.  They will discuss current projects and growth prospects and will also provide an overview of the innovative technology that is at the core of Vimsoft.

Drop by this coming Wednesday for some face to face networking and socializing.

We hope to see you there!

Reminder for this Month’s Event !

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Come out and enjoy some time at our Free Networking Event!
Moncton CyberSocial is a sub committee of Enterprise Greater Moncton 
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Moncton CyberSocial’s Monthly Networking Event – December 14th

December 9, 2011 in CyberSocial Events, Press Release

 

On December 14, 2011 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm the Moncton CyberSocial  is hosting a special mini-Workshop on  Agile Programming and SCRUM – at The Moncton Club 115 Queen Street

Please Register for this event at EventBrite
Presented by Sébastien Aubé of Cognitive X Systems
Cognitive-X

Outline of the Agile Programming presentation:

    • What is Agile? / The Agile Manifesto
    • Basic Concepts (Iterations, Teams, Co-Location, Working software)
    • SCRUM in Agile
    • What is SCRUM?
    • Roles in SCRUM team
    • Core Roles and Ancillary Roles
    • SCRUM meetings
    • Daily Scrum
    • Sprint Planning Meeting
    • Review and Retrospective
    • Measuring progress
    • Open discussion and questions as time permits.

Our Featured Guest Speaker for this month’s Networking Event ~ 5:00pm to 7:30pm is Martin Montplaisir – Business Technology Manager – HealthConnect Inc
Health Connect

HealthConnect Inc., headquartered in Moncton, NB, is a provider of outsource services to the Pharmaceutical industry. First established in Toronto, ON, HealthConnect has been in operation for over 20 years and employs nearly 40 workers. The company is made up of four different divisions, which support their information and education services related to health and wellness:

· The Patient Care division consists of a Contact Centre and provides product information and support to consumers, patients and healthcare professionals.
· The Clinical Care division manages clinical trials and patient adherence programs to help patients use medications appropriately.
· The Brand Care division offers Strategic Consulting Services.
· The Pharmacy division provides mail order dispensing, prescription consulting and information support.

Continually evolving, HealthConnect prides itself on providing tailored services based on Client needs. Some of the more recent services HealthConnect has offered consist of Social Media and Facebook Monitoring.

About Martin Montplaisir ~ Business Technology Manager
Martin currently leads a 5 member team at HealthConnect including: Back end Developer, Web Developer, IT Network/Phone Specialist, Data Analyst, Programmer.
Assets to manage: Contact Center, Fulfillment house, On-line Pharmacy

Martin has been in the IT industry for over 20 years. He has worked for with many small organizations in the IT industry which have grown and sold to public traded companies. Some of these companies:

1: Whitehill Technologies sold to Skywire, Oracle, and Thomson Reuters
2: BelTek Sold to High Jump
3: Kleinmundo sold to Thomson Reuters

This has led him to travel to over 25 different countries working for fortune 500 organizations in the Legal, Distribution, and Manufacturing markets.

His passion is both business and technology and to how they relate to each other. He is currently getting his PMP certification through St. Mary’s University and has recently just come back from Peru doing the Inca trail and living in the Amazon forest for 2 weeks.

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by Dale Ritchie

Cybersocial December 14th

December 9, 2011 in Uncategorized

See you at the City Club 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Wednesday, December 14th

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