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Participant: Aurélien Leftick, Ottawa University
Business name: Novia Solutions
Concept: to provide Practice Management System applications and services to improve dental practices, performance, and efficiency. Novia Solutions will launch with an outsourcing service called Integral to provide a series of preconfigured dental office and clinical applications that will be delivered over an IP network via a subscription-based outsourcing contract. More Finalists >

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1st Annual National Nicol Award to Feature Eric Sprott, One of North America's Leading Investment Fund Managers as Key Note Speaker

Eric Sprott, C.A.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager

Sprott Securities Inc.

Eric Sprott has accumulated over 35 years of experience in the investment industry. After completing his undergraduate degree at Carleton University and earning his designation as a Chartered Accountant, Eric entered the investment industry as a research analyst at Merrill Lynch. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities Inc. (SSI), which has become one of Canada 's largest independently owned institutional brokerage firms. At SSI, Eric was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer and directed the investment strategy of the firm. After establishing SAM in August 2000 as an entity separate from SSI, Eric divested his entire ownership of SSI to its employees and chose to focus his sole attention on the investment management business.

Eric's investment management abilities are well represented by the exceptional historical performance of Sprott Funds and Sprott Managed Accounts. Furthermore, his prescience on the state of North American financial markets has been captured throughout the last several years in a monthly investment strategy article he authors titled "Markets At A Glance".