Adventures in High Tech.

Sue Hofmeister introduced Brett Sinkinson, the student who participated in last October's Adventure.  Brett is a student at MSS who's awareness of career opportunities has been expanded by this trip.

Brett said he wanted to thank the Club for the opportunity to go.  It was a fun and informative experience for him.  They took the train to Ottawa and were there for 5 days.  About 40 were on the trip and he made a lot of new friends.

They toured software companies where mostly he seemed to be pleased to learn that he might be able to get a job where he doesn't have to wear a tie.  But they also introduced the students to cutting edge software design and products.  At Carleton they looked a 3D remote sensing technology that was broadcast on 8ft screens.  Cognos software demonstrated new spreadsheet software and talked about student co-op placements.  At the Museum of Science and Technology they traced technical progress and got more understanding of how we arrived where we are.  Ottawa U is experimenting with a camera that ID's people and that can track events - like who put that knapsack by that pillar. 

In between tours they had speakers address them.  A rep from the business community talked about the rise of India and China and the influence they will have on the global economy through economic clout as well as outsourcing.

Brett said it was awesome to see what is being worked on before it is introduced to the public and that it was important to see that High Tech is still very active despite the collapse of Corel and Nortel.  So much is going on in smaller companies and he is now thinking about different career opportunities.

He thanked the Club again for the support.