Wednesday, May 6, 2009 5-7pm
160 Elgin Street, Suite 2600

April 29, 2009 - Ottawa, ON

The Reality Behind Government

Investment Money

OCRI Global Marketing and The Ottawa Network in partnership with Ottawa’s technology clusters present their 4th annual funding focused event. With VC and Angel almost dead, people are turning to the government programs – which ones are good and which ones aren’t? Join us for a panel discussion of experts who have experience maneuvering through the programs and paperwork of a variety of government programs. Everyone is welcome.

Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location: The Marshes, 320 Terry Fox Drive, Kanata
Cost: Free – RSVP to kblair@ocri.ca

Host
David Stein, Program Director/Board Member, The Ottawa Network

Moderator
Bruce Lazenby, Regional Director for Canada, Corum Group

Discussion Topics and Panelists
Quebec: A bridge to high-tech financing.
Gail Snuggs, CEO/President, Optx Commerce Inc.

Tips for having government funding go in your favour.
Charles Black, CEO, Telewatch

How does the ecosystem really work, practical advice.
Michelle Scarborough, VP Investment & Commercialization, OCRI

Changes in the SR&ED Tax Credit Program
Kay James, Senior Director, SR&ED, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Sometimes strategic acquisition by a larger company can be the best way to go.
Bruce Lazenby, Regional Director for Canada, Corum Group

Wednesday, April 22, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Algonquin College, Woodroffe Campus just south of Baseline,
Building T, Room T130 (campus map below)

What’s the Scoop on Ottawa High Tech

So, what’s going on? Ottawa has a distinguished history of technology innovation, and has weathered technology and economic twists and turns. Where are we today?  Find out about the state of Ottawa high tech – the breadth of market segments addressed by local companies, the role of our educational institutions, what is creating change, and how it’s impacted by the current economic downturn.

Come hear our distinguished speaker:

Jim Donnelly – Editor, Ottawa Business Journal
Jim Donnelly has been editor of the Ottawa Business Journal and Ottawa Technology magazine since early 2008, and has been with Transcontinental Media since 2005. He was previously the features editor of Ottawa At Home magazine, entertainment editor at the Ottawa City Journal, and sports editor of the Orleans Star.

Previous to his time at Transcontinental, Jim plied his trade at Ottawa Magazine, the Toronto Sun and, yes, Frank Magazine - all while finding the time to live abroad in the U.K. for one year in 2001-02, and India for six months in early 2005 - both during and following his time at graduate journalism school at Carleton University. He graduated in 2004.

Originally hailing from Parry Sound, Ontario and having attended both Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo and Carleton, Jim now lives in Ottawa. He is passionate about the local business community and tech scene, travel, great music and ice hockey, in no particular order.

Campus map: http://www.algonquincollege.com/main/yourAlgonquinTab/directions/woodroffeMap.htm

Free parking in lot 8 after 5:30 pm

Start-Up Drop In - April 15, 2009 - 5-7pm
Offices of LaBarge Weinstein

Wednesday April 8th from 6pm to 8pm at TheCodeFactory (246 Queen Street)

The Ottawa Network (TON),

3 x 10 panel on “Bootstrapping for Success”

The Ottawa Network (TON)’s 3 x 10 panel is a monthly event focussed on entrepreneurial aspects of the technology community. Each panel features 3 speakers presenting for 10 minutes each.
This month’s speakers:

Dan Wilton is the President and co-founder of Tologix, a 2008 startup with a disruptive Legal Knowledge Management and Publishing solution. Founded by a web technology executive & team of lawyers, Tologix has a product in-market, is tightly focused, and serving marquee clients. As an active entrepreneur with a passion for disruptive technologies, Dan has consulted & invested in local startups, successfully launching them on shoestrings. Prior to Tologix, he has worked as VP Web Services in Ottawa’s largest terrestrial ISP, VP Marketing in the largest regional wireless ISP, and Associate Director with Canada’s largest telco where he drove growth of an emerging SMB-focused product line.

Aurélien Leftick leads PicSphere’s commercialization efforts and is committed to making MetaFlow the industry standard workflow solution for professional photographers. Prior to joining PicSphere, he was a business analyst at Sumalytics, a new Healthcare Performance Management solution pioneered at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the University of Ottawa. He was responsible for evaluating and articulating the commercialization opportunities of this new case-costing methodology. In 2006, Aurélien was awarded Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the Ottawa Center of Research and Innovation (OCRI).

Pascal St-Jean co-founded PicSphere Technologies and played a key role in raising PicSphere’s first seed investment round. He is the lead technologist, architecting and implementing an innovative technology called MetaImage. He is also responsible for building and leading the development team which completed PicSphere’s first product, MetaFlow, now in commercial Beta. Pascal graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor in Computer Engineering from the University of Ottawa.