CONNECT 2010 Conference speakers and sessions finalized

Posted by Rob Lewis on 2010-08-24 4:46:00 PM

Now that the GROW Conference is in the books, the next BIG event to hit Vancouver will be BCIC's CONNECT Conference on October 12th at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

The CONNECT Conference website - www.connectnext.ca - went live last week and the list of speakers and sessions has been published. The keynote will be Lane Merrifield of fairy-tale success story Club Penguin which was born in Kelowna, BC and now calls Disney home.

Among the CONNECT speakers are VCs Mike Satterfield of Yaletown Ventures Partners and Paul Lee of Vanedge Capital Partners, emerging entrepreneurs Angel Pui of Weddingful and Ben Sparrow of Saltworks Technologies, and established entrepreneurs Jonathan Rhone of Nexterra Systems and Mark Cunningham of Indicee.

Early-bird tickets are available now and a steal at $40.

Be sure to follow CONNECT on Twitter - www.twitter.com/connectnext - as they will be giving away free tickets to followers leading up to the event. As an example, the 50th person to retweet this tweet will win 2 free tickets. Tweet away and we'll see you at CONNECT!

Company:
BCIC
Website:
http://www.bcic.ca
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The British Columbia Innovation Council (BCIC) is the lead organization charged with advancing innovation and commercialization in British Columbia. BCIC is focused on accelerating the growth of our science and technology communities and competitively positioning British Columbia in the global science and technology economy in order to provide significant employment opportunities and a high standard of living for... more

Company:
Club Penguin
Website:
http://www.clubpenguin.com

In March of 2005, New Horizon Interactive set out to create an online world for kids where they could safely play games, have fun and interact. As parents and Internet specialists, New Horizon''s owners wanted to develop a place they’d be comfortable letting their own kids visit. The Club Penguin team got to work, consulting with educators, law enforcement representatives and other parents, doing extensive... more

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