Future Forward - your career forward

Are you ready to take the next step in your professional journey?

Whether you’re exploring career options, building your network, or deciding between academia and the private sector—we’ve got you covered!

Future Forward is a brand-new initiative—an intimate networking event featuring SFU alumni and industry leaders.

• Connect with leaders from a range of fields eager to share insights on hiring trends and career pathways for HQPs. 
• Practice your networking skills in a facilitated and guided way.
  
• Engage in thought-provoking roundtable discussions. 
• Connect with peers from different disciplines.
   

This event features a welcome from the organizers, roundtable discussions (with industry leaders, alumni, grad students and postdoctoral fellows), open networking, as well as the opportunity to connect with peers over dinner, dessert and beverages.

CONFIRMED INDUSTRY LEADERS

Leaders from the following organizations will be in attendance:

• Human in Motion Robotics (Engineering/Research/Entrepreneurship) - Dr. Siamak Arzanpour, Co-founder CEO / SFU Professor
  
• City of Burnaby - Civic Innovation Lab (Sustainability/Innovation) - Rebekah Mahaffey, Executive Director / SFU Adjunct Professor
  
• Fraser Health Authority - Evaluation and Research Services (Public Health/Research) - Dr. Kate Keetch, Director
• City of Vancouver - Circular Food Innovation Lab (Social Innovation/Sustainability) - Erin Nichols, Senior Project Manager
  
• Creative BC (Creative industries/Research Storytelling) - Karin Watson, Director of Business Operations
  
• Raincoast Conservation Foundation (Science/Conservation) - Misty MacDuffee, Biologist and Program Director
  
• STEMCELL (Life Sciences/Innovation) - Dr. Jan Hendrikx, Manager of Collaborations and IP

Please connect with Charity Slobod (grad_prod@sfu.ca) for any issues with ticketing or futher details on the programming