Seminar #2 - Friday January 13th, 11:30 AM ~ 1:00 PM

Google

Joanne McKinley (bio)
Software Engineer
Google

Location: Vaughan West

To fulfill its mission of organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful, Google employs a wide range of large-scale hardware and software solutions. Learn about the life cycle of a Google search query, see some pictures of early Google hardware, and consider the possibilities when you have access to vast amounts of data and tremendous computational resources. Joanne will also include some discussion on what it's like to work for Google (e.g. how much fun it is) and end with interactive Q & A.

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Past, present, and future of graphics

Mark Kilgard of Nvidia
nVidia
Tech Capital Partners

Location: Thornhill

Please note there will be a raffle draw of GeForce 7800 for those who attend the seminar.

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Turning Technology into a Business

Jacqui Murphy (bio)
Associate
Tech Capital Partners

Location: King City

Do you have a great idea or technology that could be the basis for a viable business? This session will give you one venture capitalist's perspective on how to determine if what you've invented can be commercialized. How do you research market opportunities? How do you pick a market? When do you start talking to potential customers? How do you secure a first customer? These and many more questions will be addressed at this session.

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Business Intelligence in Telco world

Vladimir Melnik (bio)
Business Intelligence Manager
TELUS Communications Inc.

Location: York A

 

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