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Welcome to the International Business and Entrepreneurship Centre (IBEC). If you're a student interested
in taking on a leadership role in entrepreneurial or international business, you've come to the right place.
Check our upcoming competitions and events below.
News and Upcoming Events
March 4th-9th, 2012 "EPP - Boston Trade Mission"
Students from the University of New Brunswick, Université de Moncton, and Crandall University will be traveling to Boston during this week with representatives from the companies that are working with in the Export Partnering Program for the annual Trade Mission. A representative from each partnering company will join each EPP student, and the teams' export strategies will begin to be implemented.
March 12th - 15th, 2012 "Week of Entrepreneurship"
Join us in celebrating risk, creativity and passion! Starting March 12, 2012, entrepreneurs and students will be visiting business classes to speak about their experiences with entrepreneurship. Then, drop in at the International Business & Entrepreneurship Centre (Tilley 332) on Thursday March 15, 2012 from 11:00am-2:00om for an open house to find out about our programs for upper-year BBA and MBA students. More.
January 20th-22nd, 2012 – "EPP – Portland, Maine"
Students from UNB, Université de Moncton, and Crandall University along with a UNB professor, program manager, a director from Université de Moncton and an instructor from Crandall University will travel to Portland, Maine. The group will meet with a Matchmaker on Friday and on Saturday they will visit Maine Meade Works. Students will perform cold calls to companies in Portland representing their clients.
November 30 - December 2, 2011: Annual BMO Apex Business Plan Competition
If you have a great idea for a new business venture, bring it to the BMO Apex Business Plan Competition and join student teams from across Canada to compete for over $20,000 in cash prizes. The biggest event of this kind in Atlantic Canada, the BMO Apex business plan competition will take place in the Wu Conference Centre at UNB Fredericton, November 30-December 2, 2011.
The deadline to register is November 23. For information, click here. To register, click here.
December 1, 2011: Pond-Deshpande Pitch Competition
Do you have a great idea about something? Bring it to the Pond-Deshpande Pitch competition on December 1. Open to students in all faculties at UNB Fredericton and UNB Saint John, the Pond-Deshpande Pitch competition offers students a chance to pitch their great ideas to a panel of judges to win prizes. All you need to qualify is a great idea that you believe in and the drive to convince others of its value.
For more information, click here. Registration deadline is November 23. If you register before November 18 you have a chance to win additional prizes. To register click here.
November 29, 2011: Nicol Entrepreneurial Award
The Nicol Award is a national program designed to generate and reward interest in entrepreneurship on the part of undergraduate students in any faculty or field of study at participating universities across Canada. Any team of one to three students from UNB is eligible to enter the competition taking place on November 29. Teams will compete for a $5,000 cash prize, a $2,000 second place prize, and a chance to compete in the national finals in Ottawa in March 2012.
The deadline to register is November 23. For more information, click here. To register, click here.
December 1, 2011: UNB APEX Qualifier Competition
UNB teams wishing to compete in the annual BMO APEX Business Plan Competition must go through a selection process by participating in the APEX Qualifier. Once you pass this stage you will compete for over $20,000 in cash prizes.
The deadline to register is November 23. For more information click here. To register, click here.
January 21st-23rd – "EPP – Portland, Maine"
Ten UNB students along with a UNB professor, program manager, and a director from Universityé de Moncton traveled to Portland, Maine. The group had a meeting on Friday with Matchmaker and on Saturday they visited Maine Meade Works. Students did cold calls to companies in Portland representing their clients.
February 4th - "Interviews - Malley Industries Inc."
The IBEC team traveled to Moncton to visit Malley Industries at their new location, 1100 Aviation Ave. Interviews with Kathy and Terry Malley were conducted in the afternoon covering topics relating to entrepreneurship. Mike Sullivan, a recent employee of Malley Industries and past Export Partnering Program student from the faculty of Business Administration, also granted us an interview.
February 13th-Feb.16th – "Activator Team – Hydrogen Storage"
Activator Team Leaders Peter MacLeod and Tim Frazer attended a Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Conference in Washington, D.C. representing the team "Hydrogen Storage".
Click on the following link to learn more about the Activator Program
February 17th-23rd - "Activator Team - SmartSkin Technologies"
Kumaran Thillainadarajah, a past Activator Entrepreneur of SmartSkin Technologies is attending a mobile wireless conference in Barcelona, Spain.
March 6th-10th, 2011 "EPP - Boston Trade Mission"
A total of 9 students from the University of New Brunswick, Université de Moncton, and Crandall University will be traveling during this week to Boston with representatives from 9 companies to participate in the annual Trade Mission. A representative from each partnering company will join each EPP student, and the teams' export strategies will begin to be implemented.
Click on the following link to learn more about the Export Partnering Program
EPP Student Makes Youtube Video
Click on the picture below to watch John Morrison's Grad Class contest entry
Twitter (unbibec)
Follow us and keep connected. It is a great way to get live feedback and information on what activities the centre is currently involved in. We had live Twitter feeds during the 2010 BMO Apex Business Competition and even competitors were in on the Twitter action as well! To go to our twitter page, click on the 'share' link at the bottom of this page.
