wWe are gathering feedback from our 1st Successful Event...and beginning to plan another. We have chosen a tentative date ~ Wednesday, May 31 - 7:30 am - 9 am SHARP!!. If you haven't registered online - which we recommend! - please come at 7:15 am. You are welcome to mix n' mingle after the event...
- $8 in advance / $10 at the door ~ GST included.
Special thanks to our sponsor Bountiful BC Marketing (Gift Baskets).
To register securely online, click here.
Next Speaker: Sam Znaimer, VP, Ventures West Management
Sam Znaimer is a pioneer of the Canadian venture capital scene with over 20 years of hands-on early stage technology investing experience. He joined Ventures West in 1983 and actively leads investments in the telecommunications and IT sectors.
Sam currently serves as a director of Convedia Corporation, Quic Financial Technologies Inc. and Zeugma Systems. Sam represents Ventures West as the General Partner of the Western Technology Seed Investment Fund, a venture capital fund co-managed by Ventures West that was created in 1997 to provide seed stage financing for early stage technology projects in Western Canada. He also serves as a director of iCORE, Alberta´s Informatics Circle of Research Excellence. Sam was a founding Director of BC Technology Social Venture Partners advising EMBERS, an economic development group in Vancouver´s downtown eastside, and the Potluck Café, a social enterprise that provides free, nutritious meals to the “hardest to house” in this economically troubled area.
Sam received an A.B. (cum laude) in chemistry from Harvard University and a M.Sc. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lately Sam has been brushing up his media production skills, acting as a production assistant on the infamous Clay Murder animation series (http://members.shaw.ca/leith.znaimer/animations.htm)
