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Lunch & Learn: The State of Entrepreneurship in Alberta
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Starts: Thursday, June 18
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Ends: Thursday, June 18
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Lunch & Learn:The State of Entrepreneurship in Alberta
Presented by: The Centre for Innovation Studies (THECis)and GEM
June 18, 2015
12:00pm - 1:00pm
TEC Edmonton(4th Floor, 10230 Jasper Ave., Edmonton, AB)
A light lunch will be provided to registrants.
This report describes the state of entrepreneurship in Alberta. It describes the attitudes, activity and aspirations of individual entrepreneurs in Alberta and how they compare with the rest of Canada and 73 other countries.
Alberta demonstrates an extraordinarily high rate of entrepreneurship, and the report provides some insights into how and why this is.
After a short presentation about the report we will have a panel discussion about the report and have a question and answer session with the audience. Come and join us for an interesting discussion.
Cooper Langford, Ph.D., FRS(Can.)
Dr. Langford is Faculty Professor in Chemistry and in Communication and Culture (Science and Technology Studies) at the University of Calgary. He is a Fellow and member of the board THECIS. He is a former Vice-President (Research) at U of C and a former Director of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at NSERC. He has published on university/industry/ government relations, strategic research funding, evaluation of the outcomes of university research, Canadian participation in megascience, regional clusters in innovation and knowledge flows. His current research includes study of the social dynamics of innovation in the city as an innovation system.
Peter Josty, Ph.D., MBA
Peter Josty has been Executive Director of THECIS since 2001. THECIS is a not for profit research company that specializes in innovation research. THECIS carries out three main activities: research projects for clients relating to innovation; it organizes events such as breakfast meetings, workshops and conferences, to promote networking in the innovation community; and it educates graduate students in science, engineering in medicine about the fundamentals of innovation and the basics of starting a business. Before this he had a diversified career in the chemical industry in Canada.
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TEC Edmonton
10230 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 4P6