All presentations are at
The Consulate General of Canada, Chicago:
(Two Prudential Plaza)
180 N. Stetson Ave., Suite 2400.
Chicago, Illinois

CECI is proud to announce that The Canadian Consulate is sponsoring the "best and brightest" tech organizations of Manitoba to come to Chicago on November 13-15.

Attendance is free, but pre-registration is mandatory for space-planning purposes (Link to Form). 
See the NOTE below for setting up one-on-one meetings

The purpose of the mission is three-fold: 

  1. To share ideas, concepts and business solutions with Chicago-area businesses through 14  mini-presentations (see program below); 

  2. To meet prospective  strategic partners for technology exchange and mutual business growth; 
    and 

  3. To meet directly with chief executives in various targeted companies to explore common business interests.

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NOTE: please call or e-mail Joanne Gucwa immediately if you would like to set up a meeting with any of the company executives. 
Call Joanne at 312-984-5050 or send an e-mail to jogucwa-at-techmanage.com (use @ in place of -at- when e-mailing)

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  1. In fulfilling the first part of the mission's purpose, most of the members have chosen to provide mini-presentations, designed around the theme:

    BOOSTING YOUR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY 


    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 (RSVP Required)

    [A] 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    "Make Your In-House Marketing Strategy Come to Life" - TAG Creative
    Marianne Smith, President
    www.tag-cs.com

    [B] 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    "Mergers and Acquisitions Aftermath Insights" - Alitra, Inc.
    Karl Sproll, President
    www.alitra.com

    [C] 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    "The Advantages of Remote Support by Virtual Teams" - Resolute 
    Technology Solutions
    Rod Devos, President
    www.resolutets.com

    [D] 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    "Transformative Learning Experiences" - Wildwood Consulting
    David Church, President
    www.wildwoodconsulting.com

    [E] 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
    "Lean Manufacturing" - Quantus Software
    Larry Archer, President
    www.quantussoftware.com

    [F] 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    "DataTel Case Lessons Learned" - Alitra, Inc.
    Karl Sproll, President
    www.alitra.com

    [G] 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    "Lean Thinking" - Protegra
    Wadood Ibrahim, President
    www.protegra.com


    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14  (RSVP Required)

    [I] 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    "Addressing Hospital-Acquired Infections" - Kane Biotech
    Gord Froehlich, President
    www.kanebiotech.com

    [J] 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    "The Validation Experience" - PharmEng
    Ben Lee, Vice President, Western Canadian Operations
    www.pharmeng.com

    [K] 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    "The Human Side of IT" - Technologies for Learning
    Brendan Nagle, President
    www.tlg.ca

    [L] 11:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
    (TBA) - The Exchange Group
    Kent Ulrich, President
    www.exg.ca

    [M] 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
    "How to Build Web 2.0 Systems" - Protegra
    Wadood Ibrahim, President
    www.protegra.com

    [N] 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    "Web-enabling Your Excel Systems" - Alitra, Inc.
    Karl Sproll, President
    www.alitra.com

    [O] 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    "Solving the Breakdown in Supply Chain Management" - Quantus Software
    Larry Archer, President
    www.quantussoftware.com