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Speaker's Feedback

"Learning must never stop. Those of us who have moved out of the university milieu need continuous refreshment from the ideas brewing within it. And students shouldn't imagine that the abstract problems they confront will continue to haunt them when they too move on. Programs like CUTC help make us all smarter and better able to deal with world that offers not only continuous change, but also enduring truths or realities."
Fill Poschmann, Senior Policy Analyst, C.D Howe Institute



"The dynamics of the three day event, left no time to be bored, from the variety of seminars speakers, the think tank, company tours and guest speakers, I can see why it was a sold out event!"
Jean A. MacKinnon, CMA, CMA Canada, Certified Management Accountants Regional Director of Marketing & Communications




"The CUTC conference is the kind of user organized initiative that Canada needs if it is to become more competitive in the world technology marketplace. It was a pleasure to be involved with a conference with so much enthusiasm and support from bright, talented young Canadians. I strongly recommend any undergraduate in any discipline to get involved. Even more importantly, if you are asked to support this conference get involved. It is your, and your company's chance to make a positive contribution to Canada's future, not to mention your future customers and employees."
Bob Young, Keynote, CEO Lulu Inc, Co-Founder Red Hat Inc.




"It's the most fun I've had at a conference yet. I'll definitely be back again."
Jim Mitchell, Keynote, Fellow and VP, Sun Microsystems




"I thoroughly enjoyed the interaction and interest from the students. It is refreshing to see such eager minds all organized into one event. It is rare that I can give a talk and have a seemingly endless stream of questions afterwards."
Marc Micire, Seminar Speaker, Research Fellow, Perceptual Robotics Lab, University of South Florida




"I was very impressed with the conference. In particular, I have never seen an undergraduate conference run completely by undergraduates. Their level of professionalism and leadership was an encouraging sign for the future. The interest in topics that undergraduates are supposedly not interested in (like ethics) was exciting. The conference was a great experience for me. You assembled an interesting group of speakers, and I enjoyed meeting a collection of colleagues I had not met before."
Dr. Albert Erisman, Panelist, Co-Founder and Co-director, Institute for Business Technology and Ethics




"I thought the experience was absolutely excellent in so many different regards. Your diversity of mentors/gurus and speakers was tremendous. The conference was so professional. The discussions ran smoothly. The added bonus of personal networking for me was great. And the banquet was fun!!"
ThinkTank Mentor, Director of Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness




"It was a great pleasure to attend the CUTC in January 2002. The conference atmosphere yielded an attendance of bright and enthusiastic technical students across Canada. I was excited to speak about our cutting edge technology with these students in a relaxed comfortable environment. Moreover, I felt the conference was well organized, well executed and well received by both industry professionals and students. Microsoft is proud to be involved and contribute to this key technical conference. We look forward to participating again next year."
Sean Daniel, Program Manager, Microsoft Corportaion




"The selection of speakers was impressive, combining top scientists and well known practitioners from both established companies and growing startups. Very seldom do you see this mix of vision and practicalities. The students seemed to cover every faculty and discipline, brought there by a common interest in technology. I think the 2002 CUTC gave these students a good picture of what technology is today and good cues as to where they might fit in."
Claude Lacoursière, Seminar Speaker, CMLabs Simulations




"I truly believe that the CUTC conference may be THE capstone event for undergraduate students and this event should be continued as long as financially practical...I really enjoyed the opportunity to present but the high point of my visit came from sharing my views during the question and answer period and one on one with students afterwards."
Roger Boisjoly, Seminar Speaker, Lecturer on Professionalism and Ethics




Student's Feedback

"On behalf of all those who attended CUTC from Tech BC, we would like to say thank you and congratulations for organizing a successful conference! Everyone was very impressed by the whole weekend and we enjoyed the conference so much! We all would love to make it back next year."
Shannon Tse, Information Technology, TechBC




"CUTC 2002 was great, it brought together industry history makers with future innovators, with the purpose of guiding the society. Personally it influenced what engineering discipline I choose, and helped me make an educated choice about taking up a second degree in economics."
Farron Blanc, Mathematics and Engineering ’05, Queen’s University




"I immensely enjoyed CUTC 2002. Not only were the seminars informative and exciting, they spanned such a broad range of issues that I was completely immersed in the issues surrounding technological innovation and prowess."
Eric Evangelista, Computer Science, York University




"The CUTC conference was packed industry leaders involved in cutting edge technology. I had the opportunity to talk on a one to one basis to industry leaders in Robotics, Medical Imaging, Information Technology, and a lot more. However, I got the most out of the Conference tours. Specifically, I attended the tour to DXNET, a company that develops large scale Virtual Reality simulations for Architecture applications...In the following weeks after the conference, I managed to set up an open concept meeting between my company and DXNET. What resulted was the opening of a myriad of collaboration opportunities and the beginning of a friendship between the two companies....The CUTC conference not only provided me with knowledge and awareness of cutting edge technology, it provided me with valuable industry contacts and even helped me on my work term."
James Hong, Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo