Creating Connections - Building Bridges Between Students and Industry - Nov. 29th

The Student Biotechnology Network in partnership with SCWIST is proud to present:

Creating Connections – Building Bridges Between Students and Industry

Date: Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Time: 6:00pm-9:30pm
Location: Floral Hall, VanDusen Botanical Gardens
5251 Oak Street, Vancouver
Registration is available at [url=http://www.thesbn.ca]http://www.thesbn.ca[/url]
$15 early bird (until Nov 22th), $18 until Nov 28th
Limited seating available!

Despite a significant increase in the number of women graduates at all levels in the life sciences, there has not been a concurrent rise in the number of women holding upper management positions within industry or holding professorships at universities. This may be due to a number of factors that will be addressed at Creating Connections. The topics covered will be of interest to everyone, although there will be an emphasis on the female perspective.

Keynote speaker: Colette Rivet Executive Director, BioTalent Canada

About Colette Rivet

Colette Rivet is the Executive Director of BioTalent Canada. She is responsible for the overall management, operations and strategic development of BioTalent Canada, including financial and managerial duties, external relationships and administrative duties. Colette has several years of senior management experience in such positions as Director of Strategic Operations for the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, Strategic Resource Alignment Associate of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Manager of The McLaughlin Centre for Evaluation at the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, Professional Liaison at Cangene Corporation, Director of Scientific Resources at the Canadian Blood Agency and Manager of Component Quality, Laboratory Services at the Canadian Red Cross Society.

Colette holds an MBA from the University of Ottawa and National Certificate in Voluntary and Non-Profit Sector Management. She is also a Certified Health Executive, a Clinical Laboratory Scientist, an Advanced Registered Technologist, and a General Registered Technologist.

BioTalent Canada helps Canada’s bio-economy industry thrive globally. As a non-profit national organization of innovators leading our bio-economy, BioTalent Canada anticipates needs and creates new opportunities, delivering human resources tools, information and skills development to ensure the industry has access to job-ready people.