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July 2010
CONNECT: Next Happens Here
With CONNECT less than two months away, we are happy to announce the following program details:
We all know the story... Kelowna-based startup, the creators of a virtual world populated by animated penguin avatars, was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2007. Today, it is still considered to be one of the most successful online success stories in our province. Few have had the chance to hear their startup success story up close and personal...until now.
Kelowna's very own Lane Merrifield, Co-Founder and General Manager of Club Penguin will deliver CONNECT's feature address:
Made in BC: The inspiring inside story of how an Okanagan startup caught the eye of Disney and the world.
This will be Lane's first time speaking at a conference in BC! Join us at CONNECT and hear how Lane has led the operations, management and business strategy for Club Penguin, one of the most popular and fastest growing virtual worlds for children. Lane helped develop and launch Club Penguin in 2005 and has played an integral role in its phenomenal growth and international success.
EnWave: Taking the Processing Industry by Storm with REV Innovations
Jennifer Thompson, VP Corporate Development accepting the TSX Top 50 and "Pick of the Street" Awards from John McCoach, President, TSX Stock Exchange
With an impressive number of patents and awards already given to this innovative R&D company, EnWave's entry into BC's industrial technology sector shows no sign of slowing its march. The company was a recipient of a BCIC Commercialization of Agricultural Technology (CAT) Competition $10,000 Expression of Interest voucher in 2009. It has developed what it believes could be a new industry standard for the dehydration of food, live or active bulk liquids and sensitive pharmaceuticals with their three distinct divisions: nutraREVTM, powderREVTM and bioREVTM/ freezeREVTM.