CyberSocial

Moncton CyberSocial – February 2012

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:41:20 +0000

Invitation to the February 2012
CyberSocial Workshop
and Networking Event.

Workshop – February 8 at 1:00 PM

Networking – February 8 at 5:00 PM

Where: The Moncton Club ~ 115 Queen St

Cost: Free

The Moncton CyberSocial Committee is pleased to welcome our headliner for the Wednesday February 8 – 2012 ~ CyberSocial Monthly Networking Event.

The New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation (NBIMC)

The New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation (NBIMC) is the trustee and investment manager for the pension assets of over 50,000 members of the Public Service, Teachers’, and Judges’ defined benefit pension plans. Located in Fredericton, NBIMC is the largest institutional investment manager in Atlantic Canada with assets under management of approximately $9.1 billion at March 31, 2011.

The Corporation is profiled at: www.nbimc.com

George Long, Senior Portfolio Manager – Private Equity, will be providing an overview of the Atlantic Opportunities Private Equity Fund – a separate investment portfolio created to evaluate local investment opportunities. More information is available at http://www.nbimc.com/Investments/AtlanticOps.aspx

The CyberSocial Committee is also pleased to present a free afternoon workshop session starting at 1:00 pm: Academia /Industry Research Partnership Workshop

The Workshop will feature Kelly Ashfield from the University of New Brunswick (UNB) Office of Research Services explaining the support mechanisms available to foster industry collaboration with UNB. Funding to support industry collaborations with universities and colleges will be outlined by Richard Isnor of NSERC, Ian Baird of MITACS and Katie Baird of ACOA.

Dr. Ken Kents, UNB, will provide an overview of UNB’s Faculty of Computer Science and discuss successful research partnerships; highlighting the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) Atlantic, including the Next Generation Java Virtual Machine supporting Multi-core Processing. This development of international scope will deliver a ground breaking enabling technology thatis expected to pave the way for a new wave of high performance computing for Internet services.

Seating for this workshop will be limited, so please RSVP for attendance. — http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/2817905431

After the event you can stay and enjoy our Free Networking Event!

Come by and find out how you can take advantage of these unique opportunities.

Event attendees are also welcome to take a “Minute at the Mic” to announce anything you feel may be of interest to our members.

Mark your calendar for this unique event and bring a friend. You can also stop by early and/or stay late

We hope to see you there!

Invitation ouverte à l’activité de réseautage Cybersocial Moncton mensuelle (février 2012)

Quand: Le mercredi 8 Février 2012 à 17h00
Où: Le Club de Moncton ~ 115, rue Queen
Coût: Gratuit

Le Comité de Moncton Cybersocial est heureux d’accueillir notre conférencier d’honneur dans le cadre l’évènement mensuel de réseautage Cybersocial.

La société de gestion des placements du Nouveau-Brunswick

La société de gestion des placements du Nouveau-Brunswick (SGPNB) est le gestionnaire fiduciaire et de placement pour les actifs de retraite de plus de 50.000 membres de la fonction publique, des enseignants et des juges éligibles aux régimes de retraite à prestations préétablies. Située à Fredericton, la SGPNB est le plus grand gestionnaire de placements institutionnels au Canada atlantique avec un actif sous gestion d’environ 9,1 milliards en date du 31 Mars, 2011.

Le profil de la société est accessible au : http://www.nbimc.com

George Long, Gestionnaire sénior de portefeuille financier – offrira un aperçu du Fonds de promotion des actions privées de l’Atlantique – un portefeuille distinct créé pour évaluer les opportunités d’investissement locales. Des informations additionnelles sont disponibles à : http://www.nbimc.com/Investments/AtlanticOps.aspx

Le Comité Cybersocial est également heureux de présenter un atelier en après-midi à 13h00 pour présenter les progrès en cours au Centre IBM d’études avancées à l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick. Le Directeur du Centre, Dr Ken Kent, présentera une mise à jour sur l’ambitieuse collaboration entre UNB et d’IBM pour la Machine Java Virtuelle Nouvelle Génération, pouvant soutenir les processeurs multi-coeurs.

Ce développement est de portée internationale et offrira une évolution technologique unique permettant d’ouvrir la voie à une nouvelle ère de l’informatique haute performance pour les services Internet. Ceci est très important pour l’industrie et elle se déroule ici même au Nouveau-Brunswick.

Notre atelier de l’après-midi mettra également en vedette Kelly Ashfield auprès du bureau des services de recherche UNB expliquer les mécanismes de soutien disponibles pour favoriser la collaboration de l’industrie avec les activités de recherche de l’UNB et les autres organismes de recherche. Katie Baird, agente de développement économique avec le Fonds d’innovation Atlantique APECA-NB fournira quelques informations complémentaires sur ce programme en collaboration avec la présentation d’UNB.

Le financement nécessaire pour appuyer les collaborations avec l’industrie seront détaillées par Richard Isnor du CRSNG et Ian Baird de MITACS. Ces scénarios sont encouragés et conséquemment UNB a été très actif dans la Communauté du Grand Moncton.

Venez en et découvrez comment vous pouvez profiter de ces occasions uniques.

Les participants à l’évènement sont également appelés à prendre une “le micro pour une minute” pour annoncer ce que vous considérez d’intérêt pour nos membres.

Inscrivez cet évènement unique à votre calendrier et amener un ami. Vous pouvez y faire présence plus tôt pour plus de réseautage/ et continuer la soirée après l’activité pour concrétiser les opportunités entre collègues.

Nous espérons vous y voir!

Cybersocial Moncton travaille en coopération de nombreux organismes, dont:
Moncton CyberSocial works in cooperation with many organizations including:

Special Announcement:

The Wallace McCain Institute`s Entrepreneurial Leaders Program (ELP5) is searching for the “top 15” high growth potential entrepreneurs in NB and the surrounding region.

Read more... or watch the videos to get a better understanding of the Entrepreneurial Leaders Program.

This Month’s CyberSocial WorkShop

(Starting at 1:00 PM)

The Director of the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies at UNB,
Kelly Ashfield from the UNB office of Research Services – Presents
~ An overview of Industry Collaboration with UNB

In addition, Richard Isnor of NSERC, Ian Baird of MITACS, and Katie Baird of ACOA.will talk about Funding to support industry collaborations.

Plus

Dr. Ken Kent – Presents
~ Next Generation Java Virtual Machine for- Massive Multicore Systems

Seating for this workshop will be limited, so please RSVP for attendance.

http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/2817905431

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After the event you can stay and enjoy our Free Networking Event!

Thanks to our featured sponsor NRC for assisting with planning this month’s event.

January 2012 Moncton CyberSocial

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:13:38 +0000

Invitation to the January 2012 Moncton CyberSocial:

When: Jan 11, 2012 ~ 5pm to 7pm

Where: Moncton Club ~ 115 Queen St

A reminder that our regular Networking event will take place this coming Wednesday and will feature Vimsoft.

Vimsoft is a real local success story and continues to grow in exciting ways. Mitch Manuel and Joel DeWolfe together present an overview of Vimsoft in terms of background, funding, and focus. They will discuss current projects and growth prospects and will also provide an overview of the innovative technology that is at the core of Vimsoft.

Drop by this coming Wednesday for some face to face networking and socializing.

We hope to see you there!

Reminder for this Month’s Event !

Come out and enjoy some time at our Free Networking Event!

Moncton CyberSocial is a sub committee of Enterprise Greater Moncton

Moncton CyberSocial’s Monthly Networking Event – December 14th

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:35:50 +0000

On December 14, 2011 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm the Moncton CyberSocial is hosting a special mini-Workshop on Agile Programming and SCRUM – at The Moncton Club 115 Queen Street

Please Register for this event at EventBrite
Presented by Sébastien Aubé of Cognitive X Systems

Outline of the Agile Programming presentation:

What is Agile? / The Agile Manifesto
Basic Concepts (Iterations, Teams, Co-Location, Working software)
SCRUM in Agile
What is SCRUM?
Roles in SCRUM team
Core Roles and Ancillary Roles
SCRUM meetings
Daily Scrum
Sprint Planning Meeting
Review and Retrospective
Measuring progress
Open discussion and questions as time permits.

Our Featured Guest Speaker for this month’s Networking Event ~ 5:00pm to 7:30pm is Martin Montplaisir – Business Technology Manager – HealthConnect Inc

HealthConnect Inc., headquartered in Moncton, NB, is a provider of outsource services to the Pharmaceutical industry. First established in Toronto, ON, HealthConnect has been in operation for over 20 years and employs nearly 40 workers. The company is made up of four different divisions, which support their information and education services related to health and wellness:

· The Patient Care division consists of a Contact Centre and provides product information and support to consumers, patients and healthcare professionals.
· The Clinical Care division manages clinical trials and patient adherence programs to help patients use medications appropriately.
· The Brand Care division offers Strategic Consulting Services.
· The Pharmacy division provides mail order dispensing, prescription consulting and information support.

Continually evolving, HealthConnect prides itself on providing tailored services based on Client needs. Some of the more recent services HealthConnect has offered consist of Social Media and Facebook Monitoring.

About Martin Montplaisir ~ Business Technology Manager
Martin currently leads a 5 member team at HealthConnect including: Back end Developer, Web Developer, IT Network/Phone Specialist, Data Analyst, Programmer.
Assets to manage: Contact Center, Fulfillment house, On-line Pharmacy

Martin has been in the IT industry for over 20 years. He has worked for with many small organizations in the IT industry which have grown and sold to public traded companies. Some of these companies:

1: Whitehill Technologies sold to Skywire, Oracle, and Thomson Reuters
2: BelTek Sold to High Jump
3: Kleinmundo sold to Thomson Reuters

This has led him to travel to over 25 different countries working for fortune 500 organizations in the Legal, Distribution, and Manufacturing markets.

His passion is both business and technology and to how they relate to each other. He is currently getting his PMP certification through St. Mary’s University and has recently just come back from Peru doing the Inca trail and living in the Amazon forest for 2 weeks.

Cybersocial December 14th

Dale Ritchie — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:28:47 +0000

See you at the City Club 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Wednesday, December 14th

Cyber Social’s Monthly Networking Event is on November 9th, 2011

admin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:05:57 +0000

Join us from 5pm-7pm at the Moncton Club Ltd, located at 115 Queen St.

Two really interesting companies with exciting new technology will be featured:

Firstly Picomole Instruments as our November headliner

will present its highly innovative prototype medical device technology that uses laser human breath analysis to determine the presence of minute concentrations of molecules that are indicators of cancer and other deadly diseases instantly. This is a major technology with enormous implications to health care under development right here in Moncton. Very cool stuff. (www.picomole.com)

Secondly The Corporate Trade Network in collaboration with the Cybersocial will launch its new trading platform from 2-5 pm in the afternoon and at the Cybersocial event. If you have excess products or service cycles you can trade for what you need. It’s a great productivity tool that can affect your bottom line significantly – save your cash!!!! (http://corporatetradenetwork.com/)

see below for the invite to the afternoon session for The Corporate trade Network

Hope to see you these this Wednesday

The Corporate Trade Network ~ Launch Event

admin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:46:59 +0000

As part of the Greater Moncton business community we are pleased to invite you to the official launch of New Brunswick’s new business to business (B2B) Trade Exchange.

The CTN launch event is slated for November 9, 2011 from noon to 5pm at the Moncton Club, located at 115 Queen St. This special event will help us to reach out to the Greater Moncton business community and we encourage you to come by and bring a guest or two. (The larger the “business network” the more opportunity it brings to member companies.)

Please read the “Corporate Trade Network ~ Launch Event” attachment or visit www.CorporateTradeNetwork.com for details.

Don’t forget to mark the date in your calendar and we look forward to seeing you on November 9th at the Moncton Club!

Thank you,
Neil Peters
The Corporate Trade Network
506.961.5075

Hello world! 2.0

admin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:36:16 +0000

Welcome to the new Moncton Cyber Social web community 2.0!

We’ve updated the site to better support you and your participation.

Each member will be get an account over the next month which will allow you access to the site to post, message, and blog information about your company, projects, and anything else of interest to the Moncton Tech community.

And remember, we’ll see you every 2nd Wednesday of the month at our social event for drinks, networking, and interesting presentations by your own members.

Hope to see you there!

October is being held at La Terraz, Church Street.