Life Over Labels is proud to continue our event series- Discover Your Passion! Over the next few months we will be inviting experts from a variety of fields (both STEM and otherwise) to present their work, details about their career, the path they took to get there and why they enjoy it. We will also feature student speakers who will be presenting on areas close to their hearts.





Our expert speaker will be Mischa Steiner- the founder and CEO of Awesense. He will be speaking about his passion for entrepreneurship and his experiences in starting and running his own company. Mr. Steiner is very generously hosting this event at Awesense's offices in Downtown Vancouver.

Speaker Bio:



Mischa's product development and management experience in the embedded electronics, wireless, and software industries was honed at organizations such as ECO Fuel Systems, Newpoint Thermal and the Okanagan Research & Innovation Centre.

Mischa is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry conferences, university programs and government events on the smart grid and the innovation potential of technology to transform business and society. He represented Awesense as a voting and participating member during the inception of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) led by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and an active volunteer at Science World to encourage school children to pursue careers in math, science, and engineering.

Mischa holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Victoria and Wireless, Electronics, Engineering Technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology after leaving a Ph.D path at Simon Fraser University in Mathematics.

Our student speaker is Ansel Hartanto.

A 1st year Combined Business and Computer Science student, Ansel will talk about the adjustments and definition of what it means to be involved while at the same time keeping a healthy work-life balance. Ansel is currently involved in BizHacks, IGNITE Business Competition, and the Spark Exec Team.

Once again, admission is free for this event. However, donations are greatly appreciated as all proceeds will go towards planning future talks.

Interested in volunteering at this or future events? Email us at lifeoverlabels@gmail.com or message us on Facebook!