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Skip section navigation.Abstracts for the First Annual Polytechnics Canada Technical Showcase
November 16-18, 2006 Calgary, Alberta
For more information, please contact Allison Nixon.
| 8:00 - 8:45 AM | Registration and continental breakfast |
| 8:45 - 9:00 | Introduction Dr. Alex Zahavich, Director Applied Research and Innovation Services, SAIT Polytechnic Welcome Dr. Gordon Nixon, VP Academic SAIT Polytechnic |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Key Note Speaker Dr. Peter Hackett, President and CEO of Alberta Ingenuity Fund |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Measuring the Impact of Applied Research on Canadian Polytechnics Dr. Dawn Mercer, Seneca College |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | VSC Moblie ED Desalination System Vita Martez, SAIT Polytechnic |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Integrated Projects in the Curriculum Dr. Carlos Frewin, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Minimalist Education Materials Ken McKee, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Introduction to Polytechnics Canada Sharon Maloney, Executive Director, Polytechnics Canada Lunch Address Dr. Jason Myers, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | The Long Tail of Polytechnics Research Avrim Katzman, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Smart Mold: Real-Time In-Cavity Data Acquisition Hamidreza Karbasi, Henry Reiser - Conestoga College |
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break |
| 2:45 - 3:15 | Improving the Pick and Place Process at The Circuit Centre Inc. Joy McKinnon - George Brown College |
| 3:15 - 3:45 | Development, Evaluation, and Commercialization of a Home-Based Lift Device Nancy Paris, James Watzke - British Columbia Institute of Technology |
| 3:45 | Wrap up Network reception wine and cheese to follow |