Are you working on the latest, greatest, most fascinating new science and technology?  The OCE Student Video Competition is your opportunity to broadcast your project to the world; through the OCE Discovery website, YouTube channel, Facebook Page and on the big screens at OCE’s Discovery 2010.

Use your creative video skills to:

1. Tell your research story
2. Introduce your research team
3. Show us your technology
4. Explain the benefits and outcomes of your work
5. Connect to the Ontario innovation network
6. Attract investors
7. Inspire others
8. Promote collaboration

You could win cash prizes:

• 1^st Prize: $2,500
• 2^nd Prize: $1,500
• 3^rd Prize: $1,000

Competition Quick Notes:

When: Starting immediately. Entry forms must be submitted by April 1, 2010. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube before April 30^th, 2010.

How: Upload your video to www.YouTube.com (naming it as instructed, and informing OCE when your video is ready) and it will be added to the OCE Discovery 2010 Video Contest YouTube Channel.  The panel of judges will award cash prizes to the top three videos, but all finalists will receive a free pass to Discovery 2010.

Who: The video contest is open to all post-secondary students enrolled at an Ontario university or college during the period of April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010. Students must be working on an applied science research project with commercial potential.

For additional information, or to download the application form, please visit the student centre at ocediscovery.com, or contact Jamie Doran at (519) 998-2476 and james.doran@oce-ontario.org.

Are you a high school student interested in developing your competitive advantage and networking with some of Canada’s brightest entrepreneurs? If so, then why not register for the 2010 Back to Business Conference to be held in Guelph on March 6, 2010.

B2B is the brainchild of 10 students, 2 of which are Impact members. Last year, Susie Pan and Mitchell Schinbein were Shad Valley Interns for Impact, working together on the Impact National Conference, giving them the inside experience of planning and executing a national conference.

The goal of the B2B conference is to bridge the gap between business skills and knowledge, teaching valuable and essential business skills that cannot be learned through textbooks.

Impact will be highlighted at the B2B conference – promoting the Impact Microcredit Competition and the 2010 Impact National Conference. The 2010 Back To Business Conference will also feature student keynotes, interactive business challenges such as the first ever Business Olympics, an exhibition of local resources and opportunities, as well as lots of networking opportunities.

Some of the events at the conference include:
- Elevator pitch – An opportunity to learn to develop your 30 second pitch.
- Exhibition Scavenger Hunt
- Patent Pending – An interactive marketing sales pitch challenge.

In addition, B2B is offering a $500 scholarship to a high school student who has demonstrated tremendous business leadership in his or her community. B2B has established this scholarship to recognize the amazing work of youth and their tremendous potential as future business leaders. To apply, please go to the website: www.back2business.org

Please register online or find out more information on www.back2business.org or email Susie Pan at susie@back2business.org.

Are you interested in building your resume, networking with the top youth leaders and industry professionals in the country, and becoming a key contributor to Canada’s premier youth-run projects?  If so, then why not join the Impact team?

The Impact Entrepreneurship Group (www.impact.org) is Canada’s largest youth-run entrepreneurship organization that celebrates and encourages the entrepreneurial spirit in young leaders.

Students working at Impact will have the opportunity to develop a diverse range of skills by participating in different programs and departments within Impact.

Projects that you may be involved in include:

• I Am My Ambition video campaign (Featuring established entrepreneurs)
• Impact Apprentice (A university-level business competition)
• Impact National Conference (Canada’s most prestigious youth entrepreneurship conference)
• Impact Connect (Organizing competitions, networking events, and seminars at university campuses)
• Communications and Public Relations

Why should you apply?

• An amazing resume addition for scholarship and university applications
• An opportunity to gain an edge in the competitive job market
• An opportunity to develop entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial skills
• Personal mentorship and networking opportunities
• A chance to work with Canada’s top scholarship winners and youth leaders
• The venue to learn the secrets of managing time and running high-level, high-budget projects

Who are Impact members and alumni?

• Top 20 Under 20 Recipients
• Merit Scholarship winners and recipients of every major Canadian scholarship
• Top university students from across the country, studying every discipline
• High school students who have demonstrated leadership in their communities and nationally
• Currently or previously employed at companies such as: Google, Amazon, Deloitte, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and more…
• Entrepreneurs managing million-dollar businesses
• Social and green entrepreneurs

Impact is looking for students who are resourceful and not afraid to try new things.  Our volunteers have good written and oral communication skills, and are self-starters who work well alone and in teams.  High value is placed on critical thinking skills and problem solving skills.

If you are interested in joining Impact, please send your resume and cover letter to Yue Liu, Director of Human Resources, at yue.liu@impact.org. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Impact is coming to Kingston!  On March 6, we will be holding a one-day discussion about innovative thought and the entrepreneurial spirit.  We are bringing some extraordinary speakers who will talk about their journeys to success and their experiences as entrepreneurs.  Our speakers include, among others:

Bruce Poon Tip (Founder & President/CEO, Gap Adventures, Speaker @ TEDx Bangkok and TEDx Whistler)
Julie Mitchell (Founder & Owner, Parcel Design)
Lauren Friese (Founder & Owner, Talent Egg)
Bobby Umar (Founder & President, Raeallan Consulting)
Alyssa Richard (Co-Founder, Break into Business)
Dave Hale (Co-Founder & CEO, Re: Cognition Branding)
Peng-Sang Cau (Co-Founder & President/CEO, Transformix Engineering)
Michele Romanow (Co-Founder, Evandale Caviar)

If you are interested in building your entrepreneurial skills, then you should definitely come to this event.  With our great lineup of speakers, you are sure to learn a lot!  The best part is that this event is completely free!

DETAILS

Date:  Saturday, March 6, 2010

Time:  10:00 am – 4:15 pm

Address:  Ellis Hall, Queen’s University (58 University Avenue, Kingston, ON)

To register, click here or email jane.wu@impact.org .

2008 Waterloo HackU winner Addy Cameron-Huff (in red shirt) is also the winner of the 2009 Yahoo HackU finals in New York City. Photo: Rasmus Lerdorf

As many already know, Impact Connect and Yahoo! had ran the Hack U competition at the University of Waterloo in both 2008 and 2009.  For those who don’t know, HackU is a week-long coding festival challenging the  brightest of the University of Waterloo’s programming community.  The HackU competition is held across Canada and the U.S. and challenges students to develop a web application that solves a problem in 24 hours or less.

In the 2008 HackU competition run by Impact Connect, Waterloo graduate Addy Cameron-Huff won with his application that tracks speeches made by Canadian politicians, allowing constituents to follow the progress of their MPs.

One year later, Cameron-Huff moved on to the HackU finals held in New York City, competing against teams from universities such as Berkeley, Cornell, and the University of Washington. Approximately 40 teams had just two minutes to present their hack.

In New York, Cameron-Huff blew away his competition with his application that sent out instant alerts about insider trades for various stocks.

With these key victories, Impact Connect is proud to have helped Mr. Cameron-Huff on his path to success.

EDIT:  Thanks to Addy Cameron-Huff for posting the link to his presentation!  You can watch it here.