Features: Case Competition. $1,000 in cash prizes. Networking. Discover internships, jobs and careers from over eight different disciplines.

This is a one-day conference where U of T students may explore various career options through profession and skills based sessions. Students have the opportunity to interact vis-a-vis with leaders top of their field, including senior executives, professors, and directors. This conference also features a social entrepreneurship case competition with $1,000 in cash prizes. Attendees may choose to attend sessions depending on their interests, including journalism/public relations, scientific research, law, government, public affairs, business, economics and medicine. Admission to the conference is free of charge.

This conference also features its inaugural Social Entrepreneurship Case Competition, called Interfaces. Apply for an opportunity to showcase your analytical skills, meet like-minded people and take part of a challenge that tackles pressing social issues of our Canadian society.

Deadline to apply for case competition: January 25th, 2015, by midnight. The case competition has a cap of 40 attendees, with a registration fee of $10. Each team is composed up to 4 members.

Prizes for case competition: 1st place- $500, 2nd place- $300, 3rd place- $200

Case competition information: http://afteruoft.org/?pageid5710

Register here: http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/after-u-of-t-professional-development-conference-tickets-15201005617

More information: http://afteruoft.org/?pageid4757

Dress code: business casual

Itinerary:

9:30 AM Sign-in

10:00 AM Introductory Remarks and Keynote

11:15 AM Professional Sessions choose one: 1 Journalism/ Public Relations 2 Scientific Research 3 Law

12:30 AM Lunch

01:00 PM Case Competition Presentations

02:00 PM Keynote Address from David Scrymgeour, Executive-in-Residence at Rotman Commerce

02:45 PM Career Skills Development with the U of T Career Centre: 1 Resume and Cover Letter Writing 2 Strategic Planning for Your Career 3 Interviewing Preparation and Practice

04:00 PM Professional Sessions: 1 Government, Public Affaires, and Politics 2 Business and Economics 3 medicine

05:00 PM Concluding Remarks

Arts Speakers

DAVID SCRYMGEOUR- Executive-in-Residence at Rotman Commerce

DEIRDRE MCMURDRY- Principal at Navigator

JEFFERY DVORKIN- Director of the Journalism Program at UTSC

SADIYA ANSARI- Staff Reporter at Toronto Star

JACK DAITER-Vice President, Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company

GARY CAPLAN- Partner at Mason Caplan Dizgun LLP

CLAIRE GLOSSOP- Senior Consultant at Monitor Deloitte

CHRISTIAN ARAMBULO- Director of Qualitative Research at Ipsos-Reid

GREG DONAGHY- Head of the Historical Section, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

ALEXANDER SWANN- Research and Communciations Consultant, Gandalf Group

ROBYN GRAY- Senior Associate in Energy and Environment Practice, Sussex Strategy Group

Science Speakers

ESLIE BOEHM- Director of Research, Sunnybrook Hospital

SEEMA MATEL- Staff Cardiologist, Sickkids

WILLIAM NAVARRE- Head of U of T Undergraduate Molecular Genetics Program

CHRISTOPHER YIP- Director of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering

DENNIS MCCORMAC- Senior Science Advisor & Director Genomics Services at the Ontario Genomics Institute

FIONA CUNNINGHAM- Director of Business Development at Mitacs Inc.

sponsored by Student Initiative Fund, the Hart House Good Ideas Fund