BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250429T164052EDT-08025XR8OI@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250429T204052Z DESCRIPTION:Getting What You Want:  The Art of NegotiationThursday\, May 1 | 10:00 am -11:30 am | Brown 5001This seminar will be an interactive\, fun \, and interesting way to learn about negotiations and acquire information that will help you develop your negotiating skills.  Whether it's a salar y negotiation\, a promotion\, acquiring a job\, bargaining a deal\, learni ng how to work effectively in a team environment\, or networking\, you wil l be called upon to negotiate. It is not as daunting as it seems once you' ve developed a sensible approach.  PRESENTER:  Jay Allen Hewlin\, Esq. Jay A. Hewlin is an attorney and consultant specializing in managerial eff ectiveness\, employment law\, and leadership. Jay provides training and in struction in a number of key areas\, helping managers of organizations dev elop the skills necessary to avoid complaints of discrimination and its as sociated costs. Jay has extensive experience counseling corporations on em ployment law matters arising under Title VII\, the FMLA\, the ADA\, the AD EA\, and the USERRA. In addition\, Jay is a Course Lecturer at the Desaute ls Faculty of Management at 󷢲Ʊƽ̨\, Montreal\, Canada\, where he teaches Negotiations and Conflict Management. As well\, Jay collaborate s with management scholars throughout the US and Canada on research examin ing employee satisfaction\, retention\, organizational culture\, managing a diverse work force\, and selection. Much of Jay’s work involves teaching managers how to be effective in a diverse work force.  Jay has counseled and represented the United States Senate offices in employment law matters \, and researched the impact of particular provisions of the U.S. Constitu tion on workplace policy. Before working for the Senate\, Jay worked in Ne w York City for Proskauer Rose LLP\, one of the nation’s largest law firms with a national reputation for its Labor and Employment practice. While a t Proskauer\, Jay investigated charges of discrimination for private and p ublic sector clients. He counseled human resource managers and senior exec utives on a broad range of labor and employment issues arising under feder al and state labor and employment laws.   In addition to his legal experie nce\, Jay is a seasoned manager and entrepreneur\, having worked as an exe cutive in private industry and managed his own corporation in New York. He has extensive experience negotiating and drafting contracts. He has taugh t classes in management and negotiation at the McDonough School of Busines s and the Center for Professional Development at Georgetown University. He has also been a guest lecturer at Howard University’s Business School\, a nd the Robert H. Smith School of Business of the University of Maryland. J ay participated in a leadership conference in Singapore where he taught CE Os and senior executives on the topic of leadership and management.  Inter estingly\, Jay has an extensive background in performance and production. He is a professional trumpeter\, songwriter\, and singer\; having performe d as a soloist in major concert events in the U.S. and Europe. He has also had several opportunities to perform live on television. Moreover\, Jay h as worked as an “extra” in various nationally broadcast daytime dramas. Ad ditional television credits include several interviews related to his arti stry\, and a nationally broadcast news program on President Obama’s inaugu ration. As a producer at radio station WQXR\, 96.3 FM (New York)\, he prod uced numerous radio commercials\, live radio broadcasts\, and concert even ts featuring leading artists in the classical and jazz musical genres. Jay has won many international and national awards for excellence in broadcas ting. Jay received his Juris Doctorate from Columbia University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Boston University. He has publish ed in The Corporate Counsellor\, Columbia Law Review\, and Ovation Magazin e. As well\, Jay authored a book titled: The First Fifteen Minutes (For Th ose Dating With Marriage in Mind). Mitacs Suite of Programs and Prospe cting 101Thursday\, May 8 | 10:00 am -11:30 am | Brown 5001 Are you a gra duate or postgraduate candidate interested in making money while refining your research skills and building your professional network? Come to this presentation and learn about Mitacs and the tools to help you connect with industry! Marc-Olivier Fregeau and Rebecca Reich will give an overview o f the ‘tips and tricks’ of the major steps of prospecting. Whether one is trying to find an internship\, a research partner or even a job\, there ar e certain fundamentals which will greatly improve one’s odds if used corre ctly. Marc-Olivier and Rebecca will illustrate how to use these skills to maximize the benefits of Mitacs’ programs. PRESENTERS: Marc-Olivier Frég eau\, PhD Marc-Olivier joined Mitacs in August 2013 and is currently Spec ialist of Business Development in Montreal.  Prior to Mitacs\, he obtained a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Sherbrooke. During his PhD\, Marc-Olivier worked on cellular biology\, dopamine signaling and calcium signaling to understand the importance of intracellular calcium in schizop hrenia. Marc-Olivier has also been involved in the organization of provinc ial conferences in Pharmacology. His full profile can be found here: http: //ca.linkedin.com/pub/marc-olivier-frégeau/2b/a1/457/ Rebecca Reich Rebe cca has been with Mitacs since 2010 and is currently Director of Business Development and Team Lead for Quebec and Atlantic Canada.  Prior to Mitacs \, she worked in Canada for Octasic Semiconductor and in USA and Europe fo r Analog Devices.  With degrees in Electrical Engineering from 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ and MIT (and a minor in Arts-Music)\, Rebecca has done research in acoustics a nd signal processing\, and has spent the more technical part of her career providing support for customers in building audio systems for electronics .  Her full profile can be found here: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/rebecca- reich/1/423/447/ Pharma Careers DayFriday\, May 9 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | SSMU Morning Session – Talk Session (at Madeleine Parent room\, SSMU Bui lding) (morning program) The morning session of the Career Day consists o f two one-hour talks by Prof. Youla Tsantrizos\, and Dr. Katia Zubkova\, p receded by a brief introduction of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) and our 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ Student Chapter. 9:30-11:15am: Scienti fic Careers at Health Canada by Dr. Katia Zubkova (Scientific Reviewer at Health Canada) 11:15am-12:15pm:  Road Map to a Scientific Career: Success & Failure\, Two Sides of the Same Coin by Prof. Youla Tsantrizos (Profess or at Department of Chemistry\, VP of Canadian Society of Chemistry) 12:1 5pm-1:30pm: Lunch break Afternoon Session – Mentor Me Over Coffee (at M adeleine Parent room\, SSMU Building) (afternoon program) The afternoon s ession consists of two hours of 25-minute small group discussion. Particip ants will be divided into groups of eight to ten and engage with an establ ished professional from the pharmaceutical domain in a round-table format. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions about available c areer options\, to gain an insider’s view on the hiring process\, and to n etwork with professionals. After every 25 minutes\, students will rotate f rom table to table in order to meet with the mentors. Coffee and pastries will be served. Our panel of 'two-hour mentors' consists of a wide range o f professionals with extensive experience in their respective domains. 1:30 - 5:00 Mentor me Over Coffee List of mentors: Dr. Matthieu Bouc her (Medical advisor\, Pfizer\; Adjunct professor\, Dept. Pharmacology\, M cGill University)   Brian John Capogrosso\, LL.B (Associate\, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP) Dr. John Colucci (Research scientist\, Zamboni Chemical S olutions\; Former research scientist\, Merck-Frosst) Dr. Carmela Deluca ( Partner and patent agent\, Bereskin & Parr LLP) Dr. Sarah Gora (Medical a nd scientific relations leader\, L’Oreal) Dr. Joseph Mancini (Associate D irector\, Vertex Pharma\; Adjunct professor\, Dept. Pharmacology\, 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ University) Dr. Arshad Siddiqui (President and CEO\, Paraza Pharma)   Dr .Youla Tsantrizos (Professor\, Dept. Chemistry\, 󷢲Ʊƽ̨\; Vice president\, Canadian Society for Chemistry) Dr. Katia Zubkova (Scientific reviewer\, Health Canada) Leveraging LinkedIn to Win:  Be-IN-Valua ble! Thursday\, May 15 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Brown 5001 LEVERAGING LINKED IN TO WIN: Be- IN-Valuable Workshop: Are you getting 100% from your Linked In Experience? Many individuals are on LinkedIn but not really LinkedIn!  This workshop will demonstrate how best to utilize the only professional s ocial networking tool and take full advantage of ALL it has to offer. You will learn how optimize your profile\, build 'key' connections\, job searc h\, and apply social media intelligence. Networking is not what it used to be!PRESENTER: Shelly Elsliger\, B.A\, B.Ed\, PPCC\, SME-M Cert.Shelly El sliger is a Career Development Specialist\, certified Professional Coach\, LinkedIn Trainer Strategist\, Social Networker\, and Founder of Linked-Ex press. Over the past 13 years she has helped diverse individuals find\, us e\, and expand their natural talents to allow them to find and settle in a career that is both meaningful and fulfilling. Shelly is also an avid run ner and will complete her first 1/2 Marathon on June 1st\, 2014. Scienc e Careers Under a Microscope Friday\, May 16 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Brown 5001 Wondering what else you can do with your science graduate degree other than teaching or research? This panel of science professionals will discuss their career paths including Health Advisor for Health Canada & Sc ience Communication. PRESENTERS: Sophie Hamel\, PhD candidate in Cellula r and Molecular Medicine - University of Ottawa Sophie Hamel received her Bachelor of Science and Master in Experimental Medicine from 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ Unive rsity. She is a PhD candidate in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the Un iversity of Ottawa and participated in an externship at Harvard University in 2011. Sophie has many years of experience in pharmacovigilance and eme rgency drug approval. She acts as the lead officer reviewing application f or the emergency release of new pharmaceutical products at Health Canada. In the past\, Sophie was appointed as the International Health Science Adv isor to the Health Canada's Director General of the International Affairs Directorate. She is the author of several manuscripts in the area of oncol ogy and had the chance to travel to over 30 countries and 5 continents.  J ordanna Bermack\, PhD\, Freelance Science Communication Jordanna is a fre elance Medical Writer and Editor. She completed her PhD in Neuroscience at 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ in 2004 followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Molecu lar Neuroscience at University of Ottawa. She then began her career as a m edical writer working at an agency specializing in pharmaceutical sales tr aining. Shortly after that\, she started a new role as medical liaison at a Medical Device Company which led to a later promotion to the global medi cal communications team where she worked for 5 years. More recently\, she led a team of writers at an agency specialized in continuing medical educa tion. Following the birth of her second child she decided to pursue freela nce medical writing and teaching and will be teaching a medical writing co urse in the fall at Concordia's Department of Continuing Education. During her career she has been involved writing a variety of medical communicati ons including sales force training\, peer review journal articles\, guidel ines documents\, marketing material\, learning programs\, etc in a wide ra nge of therapeutic areas.   Damien Calvet\, Ph.D.Patent Search Specialist & IP Strategist\, BREVETEK Damien Calvet holds a PhD in chemistry. He is a member of the Ordre des Chimistes du Québec  and of the Intellectual Pr operty Institute of Canada (IPIC).  Before founding Brevetek\, Damien Calv et was an intellectual property advisor for eight years in a Montreal IP l aw firm. As an IP advisor\, he specialized in the preparation and manageme nt of patents and registered industrial designs. His clients included Cana dian\, European and American companies (pharmaceutical\, cosmetics\, chemi cal\, bio-tech\, medical devices\, agricultural tools\, polymeric material s\, electrochemical…). He has drafted many patentability\, validity and fr eedom-to-operate opinions.  As a chemist\, Damien Calvet has more than 8 y ears of experience in scientific research at a number of European and Nort h American universities. He specialized in organic chemistry\, synthesis a nd characterization of polymers and he has a strong expertise in rheology (physics of fluids) of gels and hydrogels. During his post-doctoral resear ch\,  he focused on the measurement of nanoscale forces using SFA: Surface Force Apparatus – a high-tech tool mixing physic\, optic and electronic t echnologies.  As an IP advisor\, Damien Calvet performed numerous Prior Ar t searches (patents\, patent applications\, scientific papers) through pub lic databases of the Canadian patent office (CIPO) and the US patent offic e (USPTO)\, Espacenet of the European PO\, Patentscope of the WIPO\, and u sing Questel‘s orbit.com search tool\, with which he is still collaboratin g. As a research scientist\, he wrote a number of scientific papers and co nducted bibliographic searches using tools such as SciFinder and STN of th e CAS (Chemical Abstract Service). Non-Profit Panel: The Costs & Bene fits of Working in the Non-Profit SectorTuesday\, May 20 | 10:00 am – 11:3 0 am | Brown 5001 Interested in working in the non-profit sector? Learn h ow to leverage your graduate degree from a panel of speakers who have buil t careers you may want! PRESENTERS: Marie-Michèle Dumas\, chargée de pro jet sur la relève au CSMO-ÉSAC (Comité sectoriel de main-d’œuvre de l’écon omie sociale et de l’action communautaire) Marie-Michèle Dumas est chargé e de projet sur la relève en économie sociale et en action communautaire p our le compte du Comité sectoriel de main-d’œuvre de l’économie sociale et de l’action communautaire (CSMO-ÉSAC). Diplômée de deuxième cycle de l’Éc ole des Sciences de Gestion de l’UQAM en gestion des entreprises sociales et collectives\, elle détient également plus de cinq ans d’expérience à ti tre de conseillère en emploi et intervenante psychosociale auprès des clie ntèles jeunes et immigrantes dans un Carrefour jeunesse-emploi. Elle est é galement membre fondatrice d’une OBNL et d’une coopérative de solidarité d ans le domaine de la culture. Béatrice Alain\, Project Manager\, Head of international relations and Coordinator of the RELIESS Béatrice Alain has a joint degree in Economics and Political Science at 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ and a Master’ s degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Afte r graduating Ms. Alain lived for several years in Latin America and Italy\ , mostly working on the organisation of various international conferences and publications. Since 2010\, Ms. Alain works at the Chantier de l’économ ie sociale\, where she is responsible for international relations and coor dinates the RELIESS\, a virtual international centre on public policy for the social economy.   Stephanie Guico\, Strategy and Management Consultan t   Stephanie Guico graduated from 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ in 2005 with a BA in Political Sciences and International Development. Her passion for holistic socio-eco nomic development brought her to work abroad for a time... which made her realise she could have far more impact at home in Montreal. In 2009\, she discovered the power of cooperatives to build prosperous and tight-knit co mmunities and has not looked back. She has since worked with coopérative L a maison verte in NDG\, the Cooperative Development initiative\, a nationa l coop development program\, the Desjardins Group and the RESEAU de la coo pération du travail\, in addition to facilitating capacity building and st rategic development exercises in Central America and the Caribbean. She is currently doing consulting work with cooperatives in Canada and the Unite d States.  Kathryn Muller\, Ph.D.\, Associate Director\, Development Prog rams\, Development and Alumni Relations\, 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ Kathryn Mulle r is a historian-turned-fundraiser at 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ where\, as Associa te Director of Development Programs\, she is responsible for overseeing ph ilanthropic activities in several faculties. Prior to 󷢲Ʊƽ̨\, Kathryn was a consultant for a number of art and culture organizations\, as well as E xecutive Director of the McCord Museum Foundation.  Kathryn holds a MA fro m Université Laval and a PhD from Queen’s University in Aboriginal History \; she was working on a post-doc at 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ before initially taking the lea p into fundraising for the Faculty of Arts in 2010. She also sits on the e xecutive of several organizations\, including artsScène (Business for the Arts)\, the Young Directors of the Institute for the Governance of Public and Private Organizations\, and is a volunteer on the Association of Fundr aising Professionals’ Education Committee and with the Action Canada Alumn i Network.  Challenges and Opportunities: How Science Policy Contribute s to Shaping our SocietyWednesday\, May 28 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Thomson H ouse What fields of study are relevant to Science & Policy?  What are som e of the key science policy challenges presently impacting Canada (and Que bec's) economies and how can they be addressed?  Science policy contribute s significantly to shaping our world: Policies regulating the fields of sc ience and technology impact the way in which societies move forward\, whet her support is offered to new entrepreneurial ventures\, and pave the way for innovative discoveries to get off the ground. There is an ever-greater need for a broad and informed discussion on key science policy issues and the way in which they contribute to shaping our society. Fostering dialog ue between policy-makers\, scientists\, entrepreneurs\, as well as the gen eral public has the potential of shedding new light on common challenges a nd opportunities facing these stakeholders\, and may even point towards no vel solutions and courses of action. Join our panel of experts as they wil l be discussing some of the key issues facing the field of science policy today and how things can be improved in order to better serve the interest s of society at large\, as well as ways in which individuals from various fields can get involved in this exciting field. PRESENTER: Paul Dufour\, Principal\, PaulicyWorks\; Fellow\, Adjunct Professor\, Institute for Sci ence\, Society and Policy\, University of Ottawa Paul Dufour is Principal of PaulicyWorks\, a science and technology policy consulting firm based i n Gatineau\, Quebec. He is one of Canada’s leading experts in S&T policy a nd international development. He is a Fellow and Adjunct Professor with th e Institute for Science\, Society and Policy at the University of Ottawa\, member of the External Advisory Board to the Battelle Center for Science and Technology Policy at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs\, and is on the steering committee for the Canadian Science Policy Conference.  Hav ing spent 30 years in the public sector as a science adviser with several agencies and departments\, Mr Dufour served as interim executive director of the Office of the National Science Adviser to the Government of Canada. He was with the International Development Research Centre as special prog ramme assistant of the project on Research on Knowledge Systems. Other pro fessional activities included senior adviser at Natural Resources Canada\, Ministerial Assistant to Canada’s Secretary of State for Science\, Resear ch and Development\, senior analyst with the Science and Technology Strate gy Directorate at Industry Canada and international S&T relations’ adviser with the Secretariat to the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on Science and Technology. Mr Dufour was for several years\, research advisor for the Science Council of Canada\, where he produced several reports on Canada’s international and domestic technology prospective.  Born in Montreal\, Mr . Dufour was educated at 󷢲Ʊƽ̨\, the Université de Montreal and Concordia University in the history of science and science policy\, and has had pra ctical S&T policy experience for over three decades. He lectures regularly on science policy\, has authored numerous articles on international S&T r elations and Canadian innovation policy including the Canada chapter for U NESCO’s World Science Report in November 2010. He was series co-editor of the Cartermill Guides to World Science (Canada\, Japan\, Germany\, Souther n Europe and the United Kingdom) and North American editor for the revue O utlook on Science Policy. He provides seminars to interns for the Council of Canadian Academies\, writes regularly on innovation policy\, and has be en an assessor on several Canadian government programs\, including Grand C hallenges Canada and Genome Canada. Dr. Nicole Arbour\, Team Lead - Scien ce & Innovation Network\, Canada\, British High Commission To Start or Not to Start a Start Up?Tuesday\, June 3 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Brown 5001 Thinking of launching a start up? Not sure where to start? What’s invo lved? Hear from people who did it\, investors\, accelerator program repres entatives\, and 󷢲Ʊƽ̨’s Entrepreneurship Center. PRESENTERS: Patrick Ve spa\, MEngManager\, Strategy and Program DevelopmentDobson Centre for Entr epreneurial Studies Zouya Zarei\, B.Eng\, Ph.D.\, Aerodynamicist Zouya h as a B.Eng. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from 󷢲Ʊƽ̨\, specializing in numerical methods and computational fluid dynamics with a strong basis in applied mathematics and thermodynamics. His graduate rese arch focused on the aerodynamic interactions between proximal bodies in su personic flow. While at 󷢲Ʊƽ̨\, he also had the opportunity to work on th e operations side of final exams\, eventually taking on the responsibility of overseeing the exams of the entire Faculty of Engineering. Following h is graduation from 󷢲Ʊƽ̨\, he worked on related research projects but con tinued to look for ways to channel his passion for solving problems. He is now the founder and CEO of ISENCORE\, a software development firm based i n Montreal. ISENCORE's goal is to streamline the product design process\, specifically as it applies to the 3D printing industry. When not managing the activities at ISENCORE or coding\, Zouya can likely be found writing s hort stories\, drawing portraits and figures\, or whipping up a new batch of homemade bread. Philippe Simard\, President\, Simactive Philippe Sima rd has been acting as the President of SimActive since its creation in 200 3. Under his management\, the company rapidly positioned itself as a leade r in geospatial solutions. Before SimActive\, Dr Simard was involved in nu merous projects with world-class organizations such as the Department of N ational Defence and NASA. He holds a doctorate in electrical engineering f rom 󷢲Ʊƽ̨\, where he did his research in computer vision. In 2 005\, he won the prestigious Young Innovator Award from the Networks of Ce ntres of Excellence which honors top Canadian researchers whose work benef its society. Matthew Smith\, COO of TandemLaunch Matt Smith is currently Partner and Chief Operating Officer at TandemLaunch\, a Montreal-based ve nture capital fund and technology incubator that scouts\, accelerates\, an d commercializes early-stage technologies from the world's top universitie s in close partnership with major Consumer Electronic brands.  Matt is a s easoned small business executive and entrepreneur having held executive ro les in several startups\, including as CEO and founder of two of his own.  Matt earned his B.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ in 20 01. Katya Marc\, M.Eng.\, MBA\, Industry Liaison Manager\, Faculty of Eng ineering Katya is on a two-year secondment to the Faculty of Engineering from the Commercialization Unit of the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) as the Industry Liaison Manager. Based in the Innovations Catalyst in Engi neering (ICE) hub (/engineering/research/ice)\, she w orks closely with faculty members on the promotion of technologies and exp ertise of the Faculty to potential partners and facilitates interaction be tween the various stakeholders in the projects to achieve successful colla borations and transfer of outstanding research from the labs to the market place. Katya administers the William and Rhea Seath Awards in Engineering Innovation that support and recognize annually two outstanding individuals in the Faculty of Engineering ─ either undergraduate students\, graduate students or professors ─ who are conducting groundbreaking research with c ommercial potential. Details of this award:  /enginee ring/research/ice/awards.  Katya has been working at 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ for over 15 ye ars\, servicing mainly the Faculty of Engineering for their research/servi ce contract and intellectual property commercialization needs. Prior to jo ining OSR\, Katya was an industrial technology advisor with the National R esearch Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC’s IRAP)\, and before that worked for Eastman Chemical Company in Canada\, US A\, and Malaysia for over six years in multiple areas: technical sales\, p rocess and development control\, production\, and technical service.  A th ree-time 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ graduate\, Katya earned her B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in C hemical Engineering\, and her MBA from 󷢲Ʊƽ̨. WordLink.com: The Most Popular Content in the World PresentationMonday\, June 9 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Brown 5001 Do you have a talent in: Web Design\, Information System s\, Social Media Marketing\, Online Publishing\, Broadcasting\, Videograph y\, Artistic Direction? Want to put your ideas into action? We are looking to find Montreal talent to grow our team.  Come to the presentation and l earn what it takes to be a part of one of Montreal’s leading startups. Wor dLink.com was selected as one of the 10 most promising startups in Quebec\ , as a part of Capital Innovation Defi Montreal 'the most important accele rator program in Quebec.” It was also invited to present at Microsoft Bizs park as one of the 12 most promising startups for Funders Road Show.  Word Link.com uses your activity on social networks to sort the world’s news. S hare\, like\, comment\, tweet\, favorite\, pin\, or up-vote a story or vid eo with your friends on any social network and you drive content up the fr ont page.  Our vision is to improve the way people consume media\, and to help them discover novel content beyond their personal networks and prefer red sources. PRESENTER: Nadav Perez\, Founder & President of WordLink.co m Nadav Perez received his first class honors in biochemistry in the facu lty of medicine in 2008 from 󷢲Ʊƽ̨. His honors study and inter ests were in molecular dynamics simulations. When he realized his dreams o f simulating experiments would not happen in his generation\, like many di scouraged researchers he turned to corporate and went on to the John Molso n School of Business where he received the Beta Gamma Sigma honors in the joint MBA/CFA in Investment Management from the Goodman Institute and is n ow a CFA affiliate member. He received the Ned Goodman Teaching Assistants hip and was President of the program.  After school Nadav turned down coun tless job offers in order to start his own business. He is now the founder \, president and lead developer of one of Montreal’s most exciting new sta rt-ups WordLink.com.  WordLink.com was selected as one of the 10 most prom ising startups in Quebec\, as a part of Capital Innovation Defi Montreal ' the most important accelerator program in Quebec.” It was also invited to present at Microsoft Bizspark as one of the 12 most promising startups for Funders Road Show.  WordLink is made up of a small team of Montrealers wh o aim to make their place among the media giants. It is the first searchab le newspaper driven by the people of the world\, available on web and mobi le. Registration required through myFuture. From your homepage\, click on the Events tab followed by the Workshop tab and keyword GCS 2014. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140603 LOCATION:Room 5001\, Brown Student Services\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G3\ , 3600 rue McTavish SUMMARY:Grad Career Series (GCS) 2014 URL:/caps/channels/event/grad-career-series-gcs-2014-2 35065 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR