UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

University of Alberta Edmonton www.ualberta.ca Everyone is Welcome! TUESDAY 1:00pm - 1:45pm   Salon 9 AIESEC International Association of Students in Economics & Commerce Da Li President, AIESEC - Edmonton Chapter University of Alberta Bryan Smith VP External, AIESEC - Edmonton Chapter University of Alberta AIESEC, the world's largest international student-run organization, will introduce you to an amazing program entitled Insight.. This program whose major sponsors are Oracle, Hewlett Packard and Cap Gemini is a complete wwweb-based solution addressing issues from human resource tracking, contact management and a unique international internship exchange matching system. AIESEC is a student run organization that experiences a 100% turnover every 3 years. This system will enable a global organization to preserve its organization memory, as well as drastically improve the delivery of its international exchange program. Come learn how Insight has been integrated into all aspects of this successful international organization! Da Li is the President of the Edmonton chapter of AIESEC. Majoring in International Business, Da is in his fourth year of a bachelor of commerce degree. Da has been involved in AIESEC for 4 years. He recently attended the launching of the INSIGHT system at AIESEC International's International Congress in Atlanta, USA. Bryan Smith is a second year business student at the University of Alberta who plans to major in Marketing. He has been involved with AIESEC for two years and this experience has provided exceptional growth and opportunity. In the future Bryan hopes to work internationally and participate in the AIESEC program that he has been managing for the past two years.   TUESDAY 1:00pm - 1:45pm   Salon 11 ILO Technology Transfer at the University of Alberta James Murray, Associate Vice President, Research / Industry Relations Director, Industry Liaison Office University of Alberta     By serving its University researchers, industry and government to best of its abilities, the Industry Liaison Office's goal is to place the University of Alberta among the most successful university technology commercialization in North America. The Industry Liaison Office does: ˆ Identification and evaluation of University discoveries ˆ Providing appropriate Intellectual property protection ˆ Prototyping of inventions for market potential ˆ Marketing of intellectual property ˆ Licensing of intellectual property ˆ Spin-off company formation Dr. Jim Murray was educated at the University of Alberta and Princeton University. Dr. Murray is currently the Director of the Industry Liaison Office at the University of Alberta. He is member of the Board of Economic Development Edmonton and is Chairman of the International Membership Committee of the Association of University Technology Mangers. Dr. Murray serves on numerous other University of Alberta research services and policy committees.   TUESDAY 2:00pm - 3:45pm   Salon 11 HKN: Health Information from Alberta's Universities to You Della Jacobson Marketing and Account Manger Health Knowledge Network     The Health Knowledge Network provides health care professional and researchers with access to databases of the latest medical information. The databases are on the Internet and used throughout Alberta. In this presentation you will learn more about how HKN works and who uses the service. An on-line demonstration will reveal the results of research into a common medical problem. Della Jacobsen has worked as Marketing and Account Manager of the Health Knowledge Network (a view into the world of health sciences literature) since 1995. Along with her previous experience in market research, corporate information centres and electronic information delivery systems, Della brings a business perspective to her involvement in the library world. She obtained a Master of Library and Information Studies degree from the University of Alberta in 1991.   TUESDAY 4:00pm - 4:45pm   Salon 11 Creating a Digital National History Bob Hesketh Dept. of History and Classics University of Alberta Christopher Hackett Dept. of History and Classics University of Alberta   Bob Hesketh and Chris Hackett are the driving forces behind Chinook Multimedia Ltd. whose current major project is the development of a comprehensive digital multimedia history of Canada based on the work of some of Canada's finest historians and other scholars. A collaboration between Chinook Multimedia, the University of Alberta, and Prentice-Hall Allyn & Bacon Canada, the initial products are two CD-ROMs covering Pre-and Post-Confederation Canadian history aimed at the post-secondary market. Thanks partly to Academic Technologies for Learning Production Studio (ATL), the project is tapping into some of the best multimedia expertise available. Hesketh and Hackett will demonstrate a prototype of the Post-Confederation CD-ROM and will discuss some of the issues related to the critical relationship between scholars, the University, and private industry. Bob Hesketh is a historian specializing in the cultural and political development of the Canadian West. His most recent work is Major Douglas and Alberta Social Credit, published by University of Toronto Press. He has also, along with Chris Hackett, been active in developing digital teaching tools for the Department of History and Classics and for the University of Alberta generally, and in exploring the implications of the new digital technologies for the humanities and social sciences. Chris Hackett is a historian specializing in the cultural development of the Canadian West. He has also, along with Bob Hesketh, been active in developing digital teaching tools for the Department of History and Classics and for the University of Alberta generally, and in exploring the implications of the new digital technologies for the humanities and social sciences.   TUESDAY 5:00pm - 5:45pm   Salon 11 CA*net II The Next Generation Internet Douglas MacLeod Director of Projects WURCNet Inc., Edmonton     CA*net II is the Canadian response to Internet II and the Next Generation Internet. In Alberta, research to advance networks like CA*net II is championed by WURCNet. WURCNet operates Wnet II, a physical network which connects the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta and the offices of the Alberta Research Council. This session will explore how the Internet is continually advancing and its applications to the corporate world. Douglas McLeod has worked professionally as an architect, musician, graphic artist, computer programmer and writer. Currently the Director of Projects, WURCNet (the Western University Research Consortium). He has degrees in both architecture and computer science from the University of Toronto. WURCNet's key application areas are health, education, telecommunication, earth resources and business. WURCNet has supported research and development in over 60 projects ranging from telemedicine to distance education.