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                          Joseph Bombardier, Inventor of Snowmobile       
       

* 03 Feb 2007     - First and Organizational Meeting. Election of Officers held. Prior to meeting, announcements were made to  print and broadcast media regarding the organizational meeting.

* 03 Mar 2007     - Second Meeting. Constitution and By-Laws of the Manitoba Inventors' Society was Passed and Approved.

* 07 Apr 2007     - Mr.
RYAN DUPUIS, a Patent Agent from  ADE & COMPANY was our Resouce Speaker.He spoke about the importance of getting a Patent.

Please click here for the link to Mr. Ryan Dupuis' brief bio-data with Ade & Company; 

http://adeco.com/people_ryan.html


* 05 May 2007       -  Meeting CANCELLED due to "Election Ban".

* 02 Jun 2007        - Mr. PHIL POETKER of  POETKER DESIGN , a famous Inventor from Winnipeg, will be our Resource Speaker for the subject: INVENTION, the Processes.

* 07 Jul 2007         -  Mr. KONRAD SECHLEY, a Registered Patent Agent from GOWLING,LAFLEUR & HENDERSON from Vancouver. Mr. Sechley is being sent by the Canadian Intellectual  Property Office (CIPO) to be our Resource Speaker for July meeting.

04 Aug 2007       -  Meeting CANCELLED due to "Long-Weekend".

01 Sep 2007       -  No Guest Speaker for this meeting. We welcome members to "SHOW-OFF"  their inventions/prototypes for "Review and Evaluation". Please note:  ALL ATTENDEES  must sign the "Non-Disclosure Agreement".

13 Oct  2007       -  No Guest Speaker for this Meeting. Those with Invention/Prototype may bring for "Review & Evaluation". ALL ATTENDEES  must sign the "Non-Disclosure Agreement".

10  Nov 2007      -  Mr. KEN COOPER, Managing Director of WINNIPEG ANGEL ORGANIZATION will speak about access to  Venture Capital for small business start-ups and risk Capital for Inventors and
Entrepreneurs. For more information, please visit their website;  
 
   http://www.wao.ca


08 Dec  2007      -  Mr.TREVOR CORNELL, a Professional Engineer and Chief Operating Officer of  INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
(ITC ) will speak about the advanced technical services available to Inventors to improve products and processes. For more information, please visit their website;   

   http://www.itc.mb.ca/


*      Jan  2008                           -  N  O     M  E  E  T  I  N  G


09 Feb 2008 / 3:00 - 5:00 pm   -  Mr. GUYE STROBEL, the Inventor of ALLBARROW will speak and share about his experience/ success of his business and entrepreneurship. ( MEETING POSTPONE UNTIL 08 MAR 2008 DUE TO WEATHER)


 08 Mar 2008 / 3:00 - 5:00 pm   -  Mr. GUYE STROBEL, the Inventor of ALLBARROW will speak and share about his experience/ success of his business and entrepreneurship. Please visit his website;  http://www.allbarrow.com/



*  12 April  2008 / 3:00 - 5:00 pm  -   M E E T I N G   C  A N C E L L E D   /   N O  S P E A K E R   S C H E D U L E D



*  03 May 2008   /  3:00 - 5:00 pm  
-  Mr. NINO CALDAROLA, Implementation Consultant of BELL Canada will speak about "Autodesk Inventor" computer software application for Rapid Prototyping drawing for Inventors application.



07 June 2008  /  3:00 - 5:00 pm  -  (CONFIRMED!!! as of 03 June 2008) ....Mr. John Szukiewics, the Inventor of Ice Router, from Selkirk, Manitoba will speak about his experience and success in Inventing.




*   05  
JULY 2008  / 3:00 -  5:00 pm     . . . . . .  N O   M  E E T I N G   D U E   L O N G   W E E K E N D . . . . . 


*  09  AUG  2008  / 3:00 -  5:00 pm     ............ N O    M  E  E  T  I   N   G   /   N O   S  P E  A  K   E   R .......


13  SEPT 2008 /  3:00 -  5:00 PM  - Mr. GAROLD BREIT, Executive Director of the University of Manitoba's TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE will speak about one of Canada’s leading intellectual asset programs and patent applications and manage a large Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio, including copyrightable subject matter and trademarks. Please visit their website;

http://umanitoba.ca/research/tto/


*  06 DEC 2008  /  3:00 - 5:00 PM  -  Guest Speaker, Mr. MARTY GREEN is best known to Winnipegers as the former host of Cable 11's "Math with Marty. Self-employed since 1995 as the director of BenchmarkTestware , he designs pre-employment tests for skilled personnel, and has many clients in the manufacturing industry throughout Canada and the United States. This versatile mechanical engineer is also the inventor of GRIDBLOX , a unique system of stacking wooden building blocks.


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