It was the first-time, but not the last, that pushing our Mitacs Elevate fellows outside their comfort zones proved to be nerve-wracking, yet ultimately beneficial.  With the TV program Dragon’s Den in mind, “the Great Idea Pitch” event gave 20 Elevate Fellows the chance to pitch their research to industry experts. The objective was to give the Fellows practice in communicating the industry-applicability of their research to companies in their sector and demonstrating its value to the organizations’ bottom lines.

Mitacs Elevate Fellow, Kinfe Tadesse Mengistu has come a long way (literally) to get to where he is now. And congratulations are definitely in order as Kinfe starts his new position as speech scientist for Nuance Communications, a company he’s always dreamed of working for.

Kinfe is quick to acknowledge the role that Mitacs Elevate played in acquiring his new role.

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Gurjit Singh credits the Mitacs Elevate program with facilitating the transition point between postdoctoral education and finding a fulfilling research position. He obtained his Ph.D. (psychology) from the University of Toronto, his M.A. (social psychology) from the University of Waterloo, and his M.Sc. (Audiology) from the Western University.

How to Get Canada's Top PhDs Working for You

Join Mitacs at a networking breakfast and meet 44 of Canada’s top Postdoctoral Fellows who are pursuing research in information technology, engineering and other disciplines related to ICT. This is an opportunity for Ontario companies to network with the Postdoctoral Fellows and discuss collaborative R&D projects.

Why You Should Attend

Take a Look Inside Canada’s Clean Energy Research Lab with Dr. Forest Wang and Meet Canada’s Top Research PhDs in Green Technology

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Meet Top PhDs in Biotechnology and Connect with Industry Leading Companies Therapure Biopharma and Nucro-Technics

Join Mitacs at an exclusive networking breakfast and meet 44 of Canada’s top Postdoctoral Fellows who are pursuing research in Biotechnology and Advanced Health.  This is an opportunity for Ontario companies to talk to the Postdoctoral Fellows about collaborative R&D projects and increasing commercialization potential.

Industry Speakers

Dates:  March 1-3, 2012 

Location:  University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Web-site:  http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/qfrm2012/

Organizers:  Chi-Guhn Lee, Mohamed Wahab Mohamed Ismail, Roy Kwon, Oleksandr Romanko, Kyung-Kuk Kim, Zhong Ma, Zhijian Yin, Thomas Kim, James Park, Mohammad Mahdi Tajbakhsh 

Sponsors:  Mitacs, University of Toronto

Date: March 1^st, 2012

Time: 8:00 am - 10:00 am

Location: Four Points by Sheraton Mississauga Meadowvale

                  2501 Argentia Road

                 Mississauga, Ontario L5N 4G8

Contact: Siamak Farhad sfarhad@uwaterloo.ca