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DESCRIPTION:Dear Ieee members:\n\nAs we promised that we will start cogniti
 o talks in October\, here we are:\n\nWhat is the topic?\n\n&quot;Coaching young
  startups and entrepreneurs toward success”\n\nThe focus of this talk wo
 uld be on the problems and obstacles that usually stop entrepreneurs\, esp
 ecially the students\, to go forward and establish their startups.\n\nIt t
 alks about the startup ecosystem in Canada and North America in general an
 d how you can find your way to this ecosystem and use the resources availa
 ble.\n\nAt the end of this talk a successful student startup will join us 
 and you can ask your questions from these young successful entrepreneurs.\
 n\n-When?\n\n25 October\, 1pm est time (or 10am pst)\n\n-Who can attend?\n
 \nWe open the registration for all Ieee members\, students and non student
 s in Canada and USA.\n\nBut as it is a virtual event\, non Ieee members ar
 e also allowed to join.\n\n-Who is the speaker?\n\nIlias Benjelloun runs M
 TLNewTech\, the largest volunteer driven tech startup non profit in Canada
  for the last 10 years\, and is in charge of the Open Innovation Strategy 
 at Desjardins. He is recognized for empowering organizations\, startups\, 
 and tech communities alike to have a more symbiotic relationship to delive
 r fair\, respectful and meaningful open innovations benefiting society.\n\
 nWanna know more about Ilias and Montreal New Tech? These links will help:
 \n\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/iliasbenjelloun\n\nhttps://www.montrealnew
 tech.com/\n\nWe also have invited 2 startup founders:\n\nSonia Israel\, th
 e co-founder\, holds a BSc in Neuroscience from McGill University\, where 
 she previously founded an award-winning neurotechnology group that eventua
 lly gave rise to Aifred Health. Aifred Health is a Montreal-based healthte
 ch startup that helps physicians make better treatment decisions in mental
  healthcare. Starting with depression\, Aifred’s clinical applications o
 ffer guidance and analytics for doctors to enable patients to get better\,
  faster.\n\nPhil Barrar\, Founder and CEO\, Moka Phil Barrar is on a missi
 on of financial inclusion to help people achieve their financial goals as 
 current Founder and CEO of Moka. He is a successful entrepreneur\, angel i
 nvestor\, startup advisor\, and FinTech expert.\n\nBut...\n\nThis is not t
 he only exciting part\, though covid kicked all of us out of the real worl
 d and networking doesn&#39;t seem like a fit in the virtual words\, we tried o
 ur best to bring you a slightly different experience.\n\nAt the end of our
  event\, we will have a networking session\, each 6 minutes the system ran
 domly will connect 2 person together and you have time to talk and know ea
 ch other.\n\nSo\, prepare your yourself (and also prepare some hot chocola
 te and cookie to hype you up during the networking)\n\nDon&#39;t miss this eve
 nt!\n\nCo-sponsored by: Montreal New Tech\n\nAgenda: \n13:00 - 13:30 Ilias
  talk over the mentioned topic\n\n13:30 - 13:45 Q&amp;A with student startup f
 ounders\n\n13:45 - 14:15 Networking\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee
 .org/m/243241
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/243241
ORGANIZER:melissa.v.tehrani@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:13
SUMMARY:Cognitio Talk: Coaching Young Startups And Entrepreneurs Toward Suc
 cess
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/243241
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;Dear Ieee
  members:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;As we promised t
 hat we will start cognitio talks in October\, here we are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is the topic?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span
  style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;&quot;Coaching young startups and entrepreneurs tow
 ard success&amp;rdquo\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;The fo
 cus of this talk would be on the problems and obstacles that usually stop 
 entrepreneurs\, especially the students\, to go forward and establish thei
 r startups.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;It talk
 s about the startup ecosystem in Canada and North America in general and h
 ow you can find your way to this ecosystem and use the resources available
 .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;At the end of this talk 
 a successful student startup will join us and you can ask your questions f
 rom these young successful entrepreneurs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;
 em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-When?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;2
 5 October\, 1pm est time (or 10am pst)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;
 &lt;strong&gt;-Who can attend?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 4
 00\;&quot;&gt;We open the registration for all Ieee members\, students and non stu
 dents in Canada and USA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;B
 ut as it is a virtual event\, non Ieee members are also allowed to join.&amp;n
 bsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-Who is the speaker?&lt;/str
 ong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;Ilias Benjelloun runs M
 TLNewTech\, the largest volunteer driven tech startup non profit in Canada
  for the last 10 years\, and is in charge of the Open Innovation Strategy 
 at Desjardins. He is recognized for empowering organizations\, startups\, 
 and tech communities alike to have a more symbiotic relationship to delive
 r fair\, respectful and meaningful open innovations benefiting society.&amp;nb
 sp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;Wanna know more about
  Ilias and Montreal New Tech? These links will help:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a hre
 f=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/iliasbenjelloun&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 
 400\;&quot;&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/iliasbenjelloun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a h
 ref=&quot;https://www.montrealnewtech.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;ht
 tps://www.montrealnewtech.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;We also have invited 2 startup fo
 unders:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;str
 ong&gt;Sonia Israel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;\, the co-founde
 r\, holds a BSc in Neuroscience from McGill University\, where she previou
 sly founded an award-winning neurotechnology group that eventually gave ri
 se to Aifred Health. Aifred Health is a Montreal-based healthtech startup 
 that helps physicians make better treatment decisions in mental healthcare
 . Starting with depression\, Aifred&amp;rsquo\;s clinical applications offer g
 uidance and analytics for doctors to enable patients to get better\, faste
 r.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phil Barrar\,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 
 400\;&quot;&gt; Founder and CEO\, Moka Phil Barrar is on a mission of financial in
 clusion to help people achieve their financial goals as current Founder an
 d CEO of Moka. He is a successful entrepreneur\, angel investor\, startup 
 advisor\, and FinTech expert.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;s
 pan style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span
  style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;This is not the only exciting part\, though co
 vid kicked all of us out of the real world and networking doesn&#39;t seem lik
 e a fit in the virtual words\, we tried our best to bring you a slightly d
 ifferent experience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;At th
 e end of our event\, we will have a networking session\, each 6 minutes th
 e system randomly will connect 2 person together and you have time to talk
  and know each other.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;So\,
  prepare your yourself (and also prepare some hot chocolate and cookie to 
 hype you up during the networking)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span st
 yle=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;Don&#39;t miss this event!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
 \n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;13:00 - 13:30
 &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; Ilias talk over the mentioned topic&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;13:30 - 13:45&amp;
 nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; Q&amp;amp\;A with student startup founders&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;13:45 - 14:1
 5&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; Networking&lt;/p&gt;
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