Build a Resilient Business with Automation and AI
2020-11-05 09:30 - 10:30 (America/Edmonton) | Ontario
The time is NOW to Build a Resilient Business with Automation and AI
November 5, 2020 | 9:30 am – 10:30 am (MST)
Automation and AI together can augment your core strengths, supplement your weaknesses and empower your people to focus on what is important. Plus automation can provide immediate ROI including short term payback on costs.
Please join JWN Energy and our partner, IBM for this on-line event on November 5, 2020. Through real examples, this session will look at the power of AI, combined with automation of processes, workflows and digital worker to demonstrate how you can rethink your business and operations to accelerate your success.
PROGRAM OUTLINE | 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM (MST)

Welcome Context Setting
Presentations and Discussions
Q&A

SPEAKERS AND PRESENTERS

Benjamin Jacob
Partner
IBM Automation
A strategic and driven executive, Benjamin leads the IBM Automation Practice in Canada. He works with his high performing team across all industries and sectors to help clients scale their automation programs, manage them with confidence and optimize automation benefits to ensure a resilient business ready for growth opportunities.
Benjamin brings a vast range of IT industry and leadership experience with companies like Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Symantec and most recently IPsoft.

Wendy Ell
Director, Strategic Partnerships
& Industry Development
JWN Energy
(Moderator)
Having been a marketing strategist to Alberta businesses for over 25 years, Wendy’s had the opportunity to develop strategic business plans and event activities for over two hundred businesses. Her clients have come from the sectors of oil and gas, real estate, agriculture, food and beverage, consumer products, professional services and advanced technology. Wendy’s current role involves collaboration with corporations and associations; all for the purposes of helping industry overcome hurdles, mitigate risk, better communicate and improve productivity.
Currently, with respect to Alberta’s construction sector, she is working on rolling out a major industry program called The Alberta Project Improvement Network. The organizations involved in this network are sharing best practices, piloting new practices and communicating wins. The synergies and new activities created is fully intended to generate a dramatic movement for change. This program aims to have our sector be twice and safe and twice and productive by 2020.

YYC Tech: Role of Technology in Innovative Immigration Systems
2020-11-10 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
CivicTechYYC – Tech for Good
Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 PM
Join us to learn how technology is being used to enable innovative immigration systems.
To ensure that Alberta continues to grow as an economic engine in Western Canada through Covid-19 the development of innovative immigration systems is critically important. Immigrant Services Calgary is leading a new system for streamlining services for newcomers among multiple service providers in Alberta called Gateway Canada. Gateway is a client-friendly platform that gives newcomers an individualized plan with one access point to the entire network of services available. Data will be collected to measure impacts and share insights between organizations so we can keep improving our services.
Learn more:
Innovative system introduced in Calgary to improve newcomers’ access to settlement services – https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/innovative-system-introduced-in-calgary-to-improve-newcomers-access-to-settlement-services
New app a ‘companion’ for newcomers to Alberta seeking homes, employment – https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2019/11/06/new-app-a-companion-for-newcomers-to-alberta-seeking-homes-employment.html
Presenters:
Hyder Hassan is the CEO of Immigrant Services Calgary, which unleashes the economic, social, and civic potential of newcomers looking to begin their lives in Canada. He spent 15 years in various financial roles at leading Canadian Institutions and was most recently Head of Wealth for Qtrade Financial before joining Immigrant Services Calgary. He is co-founder of Fullsoul Canada, a not-for-profit equipping hospitals in Uganda with medical supplies. Mr. Hassan is a Calgary top 40 under 40, member of the Rotary Club of Calgary Fish Creek and a council member on the Premier’s council on charities & civil society. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Management Studies from the University of Waterloo, 3 financial designations, Public Leadership Credential at the Kennedy School of Government (candidate), a certificate in project management from York University, and a certificate in financial markets from Yale School of Management.
Daniel Wu is the Newcomer Platform Lead at Immigrant Services Calgary with a background in computer science and interdisciplinary studies. His work includes developing and leveraging technology in settlement service delivery. He has created the “Welcome to Alberta” app, which is the first smartphone app for immigrants and refugees. He holds a master’s degree in Computer Science with extensive experience in cyber security, software development, data analysis, and cloud computing. He has been invited to participate in a number of national events as a keynote speaker.
Find out more about CivicTechYYC and signup for our newsletter at https://civictechyyc.ca/
https://www.meetup.com/CivicTechYYC-Tech-for-Good/events/274233486/

Canada Innnovation Week Going Virtual!
2020-11-16 08:00 - 2020-11-20 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual Online
Canadian Innovation Week
November 16-20, 2020
Innovation Week is going virtual for 2020
RESILIENCE THROUGH INNOVATION
Innovative thinking is essential for navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian ingenuity, creativity and persistence is helping to build a better Canada. Join us in recognizing and celebrating Canadian Innovation online and use #CanadianInnovationWeek.

E&Y Strategic Growth Forum® 2020
2020-11-17 08:00 - 2020-11-19 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual Online
Strategic Growth Forum
November 17 – 19, 2020
In the never normal, is ingenuity the new currency? Join to hear luminaries and seasoned entrepreneurs virtually deliver the guidance and insight needed to design what’s next and beyond.
E&Y

Deloitte 360 Session 1
2020-11-17 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
Join us at 360 by Deloitte
360 by Deloitte (formerly known as Deloitte 360°) will take place as a live virtual experience on November 17, 18, and 19, 2020 from 11am to 1pm EST.
What to expect
Our complimentary flagship conference brings together public and private sector executives from all over Canada. You can expect conversations and panel discussions with progressive and innovative leaders covering a variety of industry issues, insights, and opportunities that hold the potential to help propel Canada into a thriving new-age economy.
Attendees joining the event in real time will also have the opportunity to interact directly with other participating executives across the country via our virtual platform’s chat capabilities.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Deloitte 360 Session 2
2020-11-18 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online

Deloitte 360 Session 3
2020-11-19 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online

Building the post-pandemic workplace with Julian Barling, Queens U
2020-11-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
WEBINAR: Building the post-pandemic workplace with Julian Barling
How will we redesign work and do so in a way that’s good for people and organizations while preparing us for the next societal crises, whether they be pandemics, recessions or something else we haven’t yet anticipated?
Led by Professor Julian Barling, this webinar will be based on hard lessons recently learned and the best of organizational science from decades of research.
Thursday Nov 26, 2020 1:00 PM EST – Register Now

Canadian Workforce of the Future, presented by PwC
2020-12-08 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
We’re on the edge of a new world of work — one brimming with ways to reimagine how we use technology to collaborate, innovate and deliver differently. – PwC
Delivering your work differently is essential during and post the COVID-19 era. How is your business preparing for this new future of work? How are you channeling the new ways of working to better your employees and workplace productivity?
In this webinar, Jean McClellan, PwC Canada, will share her insights based on findings from PwC’s Canadian workforce study. This study explored employees’ and employers’ perceptions of return-to-workplace plans, the digital workplace experience and the importance of work-life balance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jean will discuss how Canadians’ ways of working are becoming more fluid and how their relationships with organizations are changing. Plus, hear what is needed from businesses to build resiliency and maximize the potential of your people!
Please confirm your attendance by December 7 @ 4 PM
We will be using the Zoom meeting platform for the webinar. A link to join will be sent out to all registrants 12-24 hours prior to the webinar via email.
About the Presenter
Jean McClellan | National Consulting People and Organization Leader, PwC Canada
Jean McClellan has been with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP since 1995 and is a Partner in the Consulting practice. Jean currently leads PwC Canada’s National People and Organization practice. She works with multidisciplinary teams to solve complex issues for clients. In the past, Jean held various leadership positions within PwC such as the Alberta Public Sector Leader, the Education Sector Leader for Western Canada, the People and Change lead for Western Canada, the Valuation, Forensics and Disputes Lead for Manitoba and the Performance Improvement lead for Manitoba. Jean has served public and private companies in the energy, agriculture, service, manufacturing, financial services, and public sectors over her career.
For close to a decade, Jean has practiced in the areas of program and change management, financial, operational, and human resource effectiveness, and service transformation. Prior to that, Jean’s practice areas included valuation and fairness opinions, litigation support services, insurance claim services, economic and financial analysis, and corporate transaction support. She has been involved with numerous engagements undertaken for the purposes of litigation, arbitration and regulatory purposes.
In addition to having a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree and a Masters of Accounting degree from the University of Manitoba, Jean also holds her Chartered Accounting designation, her Chartered Business Valuators designation, her Certified Public Accountant (USA) designation, her Prosci Change Management Certification, and a Program Management Professional Designation. She has been recognized with the Early Achievement Award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba and is a past Chair of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce.

An Evening with a Nobel Laureate
2020-12-09 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
The University of Alberta’s celebration for Michael Houghton, Director, Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute, and recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Hosted by science journalist, television personality, and author
Distinguished Alumnus Dan Riskin
Visit ualberta.ca to watch at 7:00 p.m. (MST) on December 9, 2020

University of Alberta virologist Michael Houghton spent more than a decade hunting a virus responsible for causing cirrhosis and cancer of the liver in people around the world.
In recognition of his discovery of the hepatitis C virus, Houghton will be awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Join Bill Flanagan, President and Vice-Chancellor, and Brenda Hemmelgarn, Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, as we celebrate and honour Michael Houghton, Director, Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute.
7 p.m. (MST), Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Houghton will talk about this momentous discovery and the hepatitis C virus vaccine he and his team at Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology have developed that is now in the late pre-clinical stage of testing. Houghton is also leading an effort to produce a vaccine for COVID-19.
Hosted by science journalist, television personality, and author
Distinguished Alumnus Dan Riskin
With special guest
Distinguished Alumnus D. Lorne Tyrrell, OC, AOE, Founding Director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology

To view, visit u at 7 p.m. (MST) on Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Inventures Unbound: Get to Know Day: Early Startup Stage
2021-01-13 09:00 - 11:30 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
Get to Know Day is a meetup event for those on the front lines of innovation to gather and learn about each other’s programs and services.

About this Event

About Get to Know Day 2021
Get to Know Day is a meetup event for those of us on the front lines of innovation to gather and learn about each other’s programs and services that support innovation. This is an informal way for new and experienced staff to get to know any changes to programs, what is available, and what we can all do better to support the innovation ecosystem in Alberta.
Typically this event is a one full-day session, however because the event will be delivered virtually we are looking to split the event into four sessions. Sessions will be two and a half hours long, and run every Wednesday over the course of four weeks starting the second week in January 2021. Session days will be divided into programming support for each stage of innovation development (ideation, validating and scaling), and will end in a final session that brings everyone together to discuss ideas on how to grow the innovation ecosystem in Alberta.

Session 1 – Early stage – Wed, Jan 13th: 9 – 11:30 AM
Session 2 – Growth Stage – Wed, Jan 20th: 9 – 11:30 AM
Session 3 – Scaling stage – Wed, Jan 27th: 9 – 11:30 AM
Session 4 – Ecosystem development – Tues, Feb 2nd: 9 – 11:30 AM

Inventures Unbound: Get to Know Day: Growth Stage
2021-01-20 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online

Turn your expertise into a business - the first four steps
2021-01-28 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
If you’re thinking of turning your expertise into a business or you’re struggling to get off the ground, there are four steps that will help you decide what you can do and get you there faster.
Neville Chamberlain, the creator of the Tornado Method, will walk you through the first four milestones you have to reach to build a business based on your expertise. You will learn why it is so important to niche down and get super clear on what problem you’re solving, how recurring revenue can help you sell less and earn more, what a minimalist brand is, and the importance of designing a great customer journey.
This webinar is specifically for people who are thinking of starting a business based on their expertise, or have started and are struggling to get off the ground.

You can be part of Alberta's tech ecosystem! Are you an aspiring entrepreneur or looking for a job in tech
2021-02-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Ontario
Are you an aspiring entrepreneur or looking for a job in tech?
You can be part of Alberta’s tech ecosystem, even if you are not a programmer.
Last year Alberta’s tech community raised over $500 Million in funding, employed over 20,000 people in well-paying jobs, and it is anticipated to more than double in the next 10 years.
This Friday, there is a special lunch session open to anyone looking to get a job in tech and aspiring or first-time tech entrepreneurs.
Albertan’s can launch a tech company or be part of Alberta’s tech ecosystem, even if they are not a programmer!
Last year Alberta’s tech community raised over $500 Million in funding, employed over 20,000 people in well-paying jobs, and it is anticipated to more than double in the next 10 yearsJoin us for this free lunch and learn session hosted by Bow Valley College and Amazon Web Services to discover what is possible with cloud computing and how you can be part of Alberta’s tech ecosystem.
Our first Thursday night session is scheduled from 6PM to 8PM for February 25th and then the 2nd and 4th Thursday in March, April, May and then planning some sort of challenge for the June dates. Postings on these dates to follow soon!
Join us if you:

Want access to $1,000 in Amazon AWS credits
Crave to surround yourself with like-minded people
Yearn to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges
Want to know if there could be a career in tech for you
Struggle to launch an idea without a technical co-founder
Are searching for an entry point into Alberta’s tech community

Global Opportunities in Digital Health: Network Medicine
2021-02-17 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
About this Event

Featuring Joseph Loscalzo, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
About this Event
Alberta needs to harness the power of emerging health opportunities to unlock the full potential of its health innovation capacity. The advent of emerging methods and technologies promises to create products that deliver more effective and patient-centered care. One approach is Network Medicine, a paradigm-changing discipline that uses systems biology and network science to understand disease mechanisms and therapeutic strategies from an integrated perspective. Join Alberta Innovates on February 17 and learn about the advances and opportunities in the field of Network Medicine featuring Dr. Joseph Loscalzo, a leading international authority on the subject. Dr. Loscalzo has made tremendous contributions to establishing the field of Network Medicine, which involves going from molecular level to systems level thinking connecting the biological, environmental, and social aspects of human health.
About the Presenter
Dr. Loscalzo is Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, and Soma Weiss, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received his A.B. degree, summa cum laude, his Ph.D. in biochemistry, and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.Dr. Loscalzo is recognized as an outstanding cardiovascular scientist, clinician, and teacher. He has received many awards including the Gold Heart Award from the American Heart Association, the Educator of the Year Award in Clinical Medicine from Boston University, and the William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentorship Award from Harvard Medical School. He is currently Director of the NIH-funded Center for Accelerated Innovation (the Boston Biomedical Innovation Center), and of the NIH-funded Harvard Undiagnosed Disease Network program. He is also former Editor-in-Chief of Circulation, currently Editor-at-Large of the New England Journal of Medicine, and a current senior editor of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. Previously Dr. Loscalzo has served as an associate editor of the New England Journal of Medicine for nine years. Dr. Loscalzo has been a visiting professor at many institutions, holds three honorary degrees, has authored or co-authored over 1,100 scientific publications, has authored or edited 51 books, and holds 32 patents for his work in the field of nitric oxide, redox biology, and vascular biology. His most recent work involves systems biology.
About the  Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) – Concepts ProgramThe Alberta Innovates AICE Program is designed to enable and accelerate early-stage innovators along the commercialization client journey from ideating to conceptualizing across four domains of commercialization. The Program is being delivered in a series of closed-call streams that are designed to support early-stage innovation in emerging fields of health that are highly relevant to Alberta.
For more information visit https://albertainnovates.ca/programs/accelerating-innovations-into-care-aice-concepts/

Mental health in the workplace
2021-02-23 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
Mental health in the workplace
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 | 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM | ONLINE
How can you support mental health in your workplace? From the largest corporations, to businesses with only one or two employees, knowing how to navigate mental health in the workplace is key to a vibrant and productive workforce.
This half day conference will provide you with the necessary tools and resources to prepare you to help your employees and yourself.
Speakers: Tony Rubleski, Mind Capture Group & Dr. Ryan Todd, Headversity

Glass Ceiling Series - Women in Big Data
2021-03-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
Women in Big Data, Edmonton Chapter, is proud to present our Glass Ceiling Series; four virtual meetings presenting women in early, mid and late stages in their career paths, culminating with a perspective seeing through the glass ceiling.
The second in our monthly series will be on:
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021, noon-1pm (MST)
Mid Stage Career
We will be featuring a conversation with:
• Miche Priest – Venture Lead at AltaML
Miche is a startup and product adviser, investor, and entrepreneur with a Master of Arts in Communications and Technology from the University of Alberta. She has been part of building banking, insurance, pharmaceutical, and direct-to-consumer software products and is currently commercializing machine learning applications in the animal health space.
We will explore her path to her current role and the skills she feels are needed to be successful.
Please join us!

Women in Business: Finding Passion in Entrepreneurship
2021-03-18 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
Business Link is proud to present this Women in Business event in honor of International Women’s Day. This half-day conference will support women entrepreneurs and small business owners in finding passion in entrepreneurship.
This event will feature an incredible keynote speech from Jessica Janzen. Jessica is an author, joy bringer, and the Executive Director of the Love for Lewiston Foundation. The passing of her son, Lewiston, encouraged her to start living and get on with what she had always dreamed of. This led to the release of her book (Bring the Joy) and raising over $1 Million dollars for the Foundation that she started in honor of her son. Jessica helps leaders move forward and build a stronger tomorrow by overcoming adversity and building resiliency.
Attendees will also hear presentations from two accomplished women in business: Marcela Mandeville the CEO of Alberta Women Entrepreneurs, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to enabling women to build successful businesses, and Barbara McKenzie, CEO of Business Link. Following presentations, there will be interactive, round table discussions led by ATB Financial, Alberta Women Entrepreneurs, and Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. Attendees can ask our guest experts any questions they have and will discuss challenges and opportunities that women in business face.
You’ll walk away with:

Ways to re-ignite your passion & find joy in entrepreneurship after a challenging year
Key takeaways from discussions about challenges & opportunities facing women entrepreneurs, setting your business up for long-term success, and how to break free from mindsets that have been holding you back
Plus, you could win some exciting giveaway items!

The Women in Business Box
Add-on to your event ticket with the Women in Business Box. For less than $17, you’ll receive a box valued at over $80 with some incredible products from local Alberta businesses including: Little Tucker, Worthy Jams, a copy of Bring the Joy by Jessica Janzen, and more! Please note that these boxes are available to Alberta registrants only.
Please note: This program may be recorded.

Inventures: Small Tech Businesses: Growth & Adjusting During and Post COVID-19
2021-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Ontario
ENTREPRENEUR’S SPEAKER SERIES
Small Tech Businesses: Growth & Adjusting During and Post COVID-19
March 25, 2021
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm MDT
Featuring David Sax
Author and Journalist
Award-winning author and business journalist, David Sax, has always worked for himself and has spent the majority of his career writing about entrepreneurs of every type. His latest book, “The Soul of an Entrepreneur”, goes beyond the Silicon Valley startup myth, in order to tell the real stories of small business owners who make up our economy.
For entrepreneurs in every sector, the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have been unprecedented. There is no such thing as “business as usual”. The only certainty, it seems, is uncertainty. In his presentation David will discuss the freedom and risks of owning a small business and how to manage, reinvent and move forward during uncertain times. A Q&A will follow.

Techstars Startup Weekend - Online
2021-03-26 08:00 - 2021-03-28 17:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
About this Event

Join Platform Calgary, Startup Calgary and Startup Edmonton for a virtual, fun-filled, hands-on educational experience that will enable you to build, validate and launch your tech startup idea over the course of a weekend. Whether you’re a hacker (developer), hustler (business/sales) or hipster (designer), there is something for you!
On the first evening, you’ll either pitch or join a team around the top ideas. Throughout the course of the weekend, you’ll work with your teams and coaches to validate and develop a prototype. You’ll present your final product on Sunday evening for a panel of judges and fun startup awards.
Why attend? Here’s what you’ll get out of it:

Education: Startup Weekends are all about learning by doing, whether you’re learning a new skill or a new way of thinking. Don’t just listen to theory, build your own strategy and test it as you go.
Co-Founder Dating: The people who come to Startup Weekend are serious about learning how to build and launch startups. Create relationships that last long past the weekend.
Have Fun: During the weekend you’ll be working alongside awesome people who share your ideas. Startup Weekend is meant to be fun and entertaining, so enjoy it!
Solve Local Problems with your Ideas: Do you think that one of your ideas can change your town or have a positive impact in your group of people? Bring your idea notebook with you and start making a positive change in your local community.
Build Your Network: Startup Weekend works hard to recruit high quality, driven entrepreneurs- like you!
Learn New Skills: With a whole weekend dedicated to letting your creative juices flow, Startup Weekends are perfect opportunities to work on a new platform, learn a new programming language or give marketing a try. With nothing to lose, there’s no reason not to step outside your comfort zone.
Learn How to Launch a Business (and Actually Do It!): Startup Weekend is the epitome of Lean Startup Methodology.
Mentorship: Local tech and startup leaders participate in Startup Weekends and give feedback to participants. Interact with the movers and shakers in your community.
Get Access to Valuable Startup Resources: By participating in Startup Weekend, you are given instant access to great products and tools. No one leaves a Startup Weekend empty handed!

Please note: Ideas worked on over the course of the weekend must be new/unique ideas and not previously worked on in any capacity.
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Refund Policy: please reach out to your organizing team for a refund at finance@platformcalgary.com
Terms and Conditions
Terms of Participation Agreement: It is our job to provide you with an incredible networking and learning experience. Our intention is that you meet some amazing people that you might start a company with, learn from mentors as well as learning from your peers. The event is intended to be a collaborative forum for sharing, learning, building, and having fun. As such, by registering as a participant, you acknowledge that any ideas shared by you or anyone else over the course of the event are contributions to the overall experience and community. If you’re very concerned, you can limit your pitch to the rough outline of the idea without giving away key information.
As a member of your startup community, you agree to be inclusive of any and all people and their ideas. You agree to act professionally, treat everyone with respect, and treat the event facilities with proper care. You agree that you are responsible in the event of any accidents or damages that you cause. You also agree to not hold Techstars Startup Weekend, your local volunteer team, or any of the event supporters liable for any loss, damage, injury, or any other unforeseeable incident.
By participating in the event, you grant Techstars Startup Weekend permission to capture photos/videos of the event. You can find the full legal terms on our Communities Page, but to summarize, we want to share your success with the world.
By purchasing a ticket to a Techstars Startup Weekend event, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you have questions please reach out to privacy@techstars.com.

Space Settlement Entrepreneur - SSEC Competition
2021-03-26 08:00 - 2021-03-28 17:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
About this Event

Audience: High-school and Undergraduate-college students
The SSEC is an online (virtual) competition for high-school and undergraduate-college students, interested in the future of space technology and entrepreneurship. Over the course of this 3-5 day online competition event, students will develop a space-industry start-up company that meets the needs of a newly-designed space settlement (2020’s competition description- https://bit.ly/SSDCIntro).
Students will learn about: the entrepreneurial mindset, marketing, problem and solution ideation, business models, prototyping, investor pitch decks, and the all-important elevator pitch.
Dates: Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 1:00 PM – to Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
AGENDA (see Tentative agenda at https://www.STEME.org/ssec)
Saturday, March 20
2:00 PM CST 1. Introduction to Entrepreneurship
3:00 PM CST 2. [RESEARCH] Landscape of the Space Industry and SSDC
4:00 PM CST 3. Introduction to SSDC & Problem Spaces (Request for Proposal)
Sunday, March 21, 2021
2:00 PM CST 4. Introduction to the Pitch Deck & Judges’ Rubric
2:15 PM CST 5. Assessing a Problem
3:15 PM CST 6. Developing a Solution
4:00 PM CST 7. Prototyping
4:30 PM CST 8. Introduction to Marketing & Customer Proposal & Sales Pitch
Thursday, March 25, 2021
5:00PM CST SSDC Kick-Off & Training
Friday, March 26, 2021
5:00 PM CST 9. Business Model Canvas
6:30 PM CST 10. Market Research: Customer Needs and Interviews & Meetings
7:00 PM CST 11. Investor Pitch Deck, Elevator Pitch, & Presentation Skills
Saturday, March 27, 2021
1:00 PM CST SSDC Panel & Company Pitches
1:30 PM CST SSDC Company Meetings
Sunday, March 28, 2021
9:30 AM CST SSDC Company Presentations
1:00 PM CST SSEC Final Pitch Presentation and Judging
4:00 PM CST SSDC & SSEC Winners announced
Pricing: $50 (online/virtual competition)
$40 Early-Bird Pricing
WITH FULL SCHOLARSHIP OPTIONS!
For the most up-to-date information, visit: www.STEME.org/ssec
If you are in FINANCIAL NEED and cannot afford to attend but wish to attend, we urge you to apply for our Scholarship ($50 value): https://bit.ly/SSECScholarship1

Fireside Chat with Greg Horowitt & Jim Gibson
2021-03-26 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
Event Information

Rainforest Alberta sprouted from the award-winning book, The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley. In this book authors, Victor W. Hwang and Greg Horowitt introduce a radical theory to explain the nature of innovation ecosystems – human networks that generate extraordinary creativity and output.
Join the Rainforest Alberta community and one of its co-founders, Jim Gibson, as we host Greg Horowitt in exploring how the pillars of our ecosystem are optimized by social behaviours. These behaviours require trust across social barriers, encourage diversity and promote experimental collaboration. Greg will also share insights from his upcoming book.
Brought to you by Rainforest Alberta and support from Bow Valley College.

AMII AI Seminars: Two-player, Zero-sum games
2021-03-26 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
Amii researcher at the University of Alberta Dustin Morrill presents “Hindsight Rationality and Efficient Deviation Types in Extensive-Form Games”. In this talk, he suggests to field learning algorithms that ensure strong performance in hindsight relative to “deviations” (pre-defined behaviour modifications) in two-player, zero-sum games.
Abstract: A successful approach to playing two-player, zero-sum games has been to deploy a static artifact resembling a Nash equilibrium, which has led work in artificial intelligence to focus on computing such artifacts. This approach is less sound and has been less successful in multi-player, general-sum games. We suggest instead to field learning algorithms that ensure strong performance in hindsight relative to “deviations”, i.e., pre-defined behavior modifications. A society of such “hindsight rational” agents converges toward mediated equilibrium, a traditional notion of equilibrium based on average correlated play rather than factored behavior, in contrast to Nash equilibrium. We re-examine deviation types and mediated equilibria in extensive-form games to gain a more complete understanding and resolve past misconceptions. We introduce a new deviation type that has implicitly formed the basis for the counterfactual regret minimization (CFR) algorithm. We generalize CFR to the extensive-form regret minimization (EFR) algorithm that is hindsight rational for any given deviation type within a broad and natural class. This class contains powerful new deviation types that are efficient to use in games with moderate lengths. We present an empirical analysis of EFR’s performance with different deviation types in common benchmark games, showing that stronger deviation types typically impart better performance, even in two-player, zero-sum games.
Presenter Bio: Dustin is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Alberta and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) working with Professor Michael Bowling. He works on multi-agent learning and scaleable, dependable learning algorithms. He is a coauthor of [DeepStack] and he created [Cepheus’s public match interface]. He completed a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in computing science at the University of Alberta where his M.Sc was also supervised by Michael Bowling. As an undergraduate, he worked with the Computer Poker Research Group (CPRG) to create an [open-source web interface to play against poker bots] and to develop the 1st-place 3-player Kuhn poker entry in the 2014 Annual Computer Poker Competition (ACPC).

COLLISION CONFERENCE 2021
2021-04-20 08:00 - 2021-04-22 17:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
WHY COLLISION?

Collision brings together “the world’s best speakers”, tech’s leading companies, and top media. Join us online this April to make meaningful connections, find valuable leads, and get access to premium content.
NETWORKING
Imagine if you could gather the “who’s who of international tech” in one digital space. With more than 40,000 attendees set to go online this April for Collision, you can make meaningful connections and continue the conversations long after the conference ends.
Inc. Magazine sums it up: “Expect game-changing speakers, dynamic content, and great opportunities to network and connect with others.”
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
With expert-led workshops and roundtables, Collision is buzzing with insights from the leaders of all industries touched by tech. Hear it from a well-balanced and enticing line-up covering today’s pressing topics. Hear inspiring success stories, join thought-provoking conversations and upskill at Collision.
As Entrepreneur Magazine puts it, “every visitor is guaranteed to learn something both new and exciting”.
LEAD GENERATION
We’ll welcome more than 40,000 attendees this year. They want to see what’s out there – and what’s in the pipeline – in the world of tech. Join us this April and connect with who you want to meet to drive your business forward. Use our software to discover new contacts and generate leads from wherever you are in the world.
HuffPost calls Collision “a global gathering of provocative ideas, brilliance, and investment dollars.” Connect with everyone from CEOs and founders to marketing managers and developers, and take your business to the next level.
PREMIUM CONTENT
Along with tech’s leaders, we’ve gathered authors, athletes, actors and musicians to talk about how tech touches their industries, covering more than 30 different topics. Listen to more than 100+ hours of premium content including talks, Q&As and unique experiences.
The Wall Street Journal captures well the energy at Collision, saying it’s “a frenetic stream of sessions on a wide range of topics, from technology and digital media to music, politics and culture.”
TEAM BUILDING
Teams from the world’s top companies come together at Collision this April. Give your team a shared experience and spark new ideas with inspiring talks, masterclasses and roundtables. Break the routine and start engaging conversations.
Inc. Magazine sums it up: “Collision continues to be the most frequent answer when I ask others what conference they most want to attend this year.”
BRAND AWARENESS
Get your brand in front of the most prestigious names in international media. Collision attracts more than 1,250 journalists from publications including Bloomberg, Financial Times, Forbes, CNN Business, CNBC, and the Wall Street Journal. Amplify your message and showcase your company to the world’s most prestigious tech journalists at Collision.
In the words of Recode, our content caters to “a broader industry audience wanting to keep up with what’s new in tech.”

TNT YEG Community Awards
2021-05-20 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
The YEG Startup Community Awards are an entrepreneur-led, volunteer-run, and community-centric initiative to recognize the brilliant work that’s being done in our city. The awards bring our community together and celebrate the accomplishments of our boldest risk-takers. We’re all about embracing diversity, recognizing hard work, and not taking ourselves too seriously. Join us as we cheer on the amazing individuals, companies, and events that drive innovation in Edmonton.
Community sponsors that made this happen

ERIN
Startup Edmonton
Mercer Tavern
Alberta Innovates
Drugbank
dealcloser
Startup TNT

Most Edmonton Startup of the Year

Areto Labs
RUNWITHIT Synthetics Inc.
Samdesk

Best Startup Workplace

DrugBank
Jobber
Samdesk

New Startup of the Year

Agriolabs
Areto Labs
Copysmith

Connector of the Year

Bradley Poulette
Laurie Wang
Tim Lynn

Volunteer of the Year

Colin Christensen
Gail Powley
Jas Panesar

Corporate Champion of the Year

ATB
CBRE
MNP

Startup Event of the Year

Edmonton Startup Week 2020
Great Alberta Pitch Marathon
Startup TNT Investment Summit I

Mentor of the Year

Arden Tse
Jessica Doody
Kristina Milke

Student Entrepreneur of the Year

Eden Redman
Ravina Anand
Shelvie Fernan

Pivot of the Year

Codo
DiveThru
Fly & Fetch

Community Champion of the Year

Ashlyn Bernier
Colin Christensen
Zack Storms

Service Provider of Year

Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation
Startup Edmonton

This event will be happening on Remo, with the after-party moving to Discord.

Legal 101: Corporate, intellectual property & employment basics for startups
2021-05-27 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
Legal 101: Corporate, intellectual property & employment basics for startups
Thursday, May 27, 2021 | 2:00 PM | WEBINAR
When running a business there are key partners that can help you along the way. Legal expertise is often required to ensure successful sustainability and growth for business.
In this session Winta Asfaw, a Senior Associate from Dentons Canada LLP will cover a broad range of topics that are relevant for entrepreneurs at all stages of their business including:

Corporate Ownership, Founder Issues & Agreements
Intellectual Property Considerations
Employee, Employer Rights & Responsibilities
Key Contract Considerations

Engaging a lawyer early on can mean avoiding legal risks and safeguarding the success and future growth of your business.
Speaker: Winta Asfaw, Dentons Canada LLP

Founder Fridays: Remote Work Revolution Author Chat
2021-06-04 12:00 - 2021-06-21 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
June 4 : Fireside chat with Tsedal Neeley, author of Remote Work Revolution : How to Work From Anywhere Founder Fridays is a series of fireside chats with authors of books that are typically held on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month, the initiative is based on the success of a fireside chat with Ian Hathaway (Brad Feld’s co-author on their latest book) that had 300+ participants and gave away 100 copies of The Startup Community Way to attendees from across Alberta.
Each month you can register for either or both of two sessions:
A fireside chat with an author where the last 15 minutes is a Q & A session with the participants and a link is provided so those from Alberta can request a free copy of the author’s book.
Table discussions held two weeks later (sometimes with, sometimes without the author) to discuss the different ways the content from the fireside chat and the author’s book can be applied to Alberta’s Startup Community.
Founder Fridays are designed to support Alberta’s entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, ecosystem builders and service providers by:

Upskilling entrepreneurs, mentors, ecosystem builders and service providers
Developing entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship support in and around post-secondary institutions
Helping startups grow faster and develop the expertise and traction required to attract capital
Increasing the volume of startups and the velocity at which they progress through the Startup Commons stages

Working with existing entrepreneurship support organizations to expand their mentor network Founder Fridays is a joint initiative of 150 Startups, Bow Valley College, Futurepreneur, Rainforest Alberta, and the Venture Mentoring Service of Alberta and are made possible by the generous support of Bow Valley College, RBC, The Hunter Family Foundation, Calgary Innovation Coalition, RINSA, and Women Entrepreneurs-in-STEM.
Past Sessions:
April 9 : Fireside chat with Cory Bray, author of Sales Playbooks: The Builders Toolkit April 23 : Roundtable discussion with Joseph Fung on how to apply the learnings from Cory’s fireside chat and book May 7 : Fireside chat with Vijay Govindarajan, author of The Three Box Solution Call or text Craig Elias (+1.403.874.2998) if you have any questions or suggestions for future authors and their books.

Building a Winning Team for your Startup & Finding the Right Co-founders
2021-06-08 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
Summary
entrepreneurship@UBC’s Community Town Hall series brings us together to share announcements, gain insights from industry leaders and network across our ecosystem.
Building a winning team and finding the right co-founders is critical to the success of your startup. Attracting talent that is diverse across backgrounds and skill sets, forward thinking and adds to your culture are key milestones in your journey that can make or break your venture.
Yet, as early-stage founders and business people, how do you begin to identify the gaps in your team, hire the right talent and bring on co-founders who align with and strengthen your vision?
Details
Join us June 8th as we hear from three entrepreneurs from our community who will share their journeys building a winning team, finding their co-founders and attracting game changing talent. We are thrilled to be welcoming Akshay Gupta, CEO & Founder at Bit Happier Inc and mentor with entrepreneurship@UBC, Amielle Lake, CCO of HATCH alumni CarboNet (and former Entrepreneur in Residence with entrepreneurship@UBC!), and Zack Eberwein, Co-founder and CEO of HATCH alumni Stoko, moderated by our CORE Venture Activator, Fraser Pogue.
Plus, meet our newest cohort of UBC Sauder Venture Development Specialists who will be joining us this summer and hear from our venture community themselves on their recent accomplishments and milestones!
During this event you will:

Hear from our star-studded panel of Entrepreneurs on their experience building winning teams, attracting talent to their startup and how they found the right co-founders

Meet our newest cohort of UBC Sauder Venture Development Specialists

Find out what’s coming down the pipeline for ventures and share your recent news/accomplishments with the community. Are you hiring?
Connect with like-minded entrepreneurs and innovators.

Meet our Featured Panelists
Akshay Gupta, CEO & Founder at Bit Happier Inc.
As an Entrepreneur with a Master of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation, I have years of experience with proven competence in Design Thinking, Product Development, Risk Assessment, Customer Engagement, Agile Development, Business Development and Business Transformation within the financial industry, consulting and startup industry; I can link corporate vision to the delivery of desired results through people empowerment and the effective use of resources, processes, and technologies. I have learned first-hand the impact of technology in the business world. Driven by my passion for learning more about technology, I went back to school to pursue my Master of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation (a graduate business degree specializing in tech startups) from Saint Mary’s University in Canada. In school, I stumbled upon new emerging technologies, and ever since, I have been committed to identifying and implementing innovative solutions around the world. Because of my passion for new technologies, I have achieved my IBM Blockchain Foundation Developer certification. I am also a recipient of the “Durland Innovation Award” for a Blockchain application. I also hold an honours degree in Business Economics from the University of Delhi and a multitude of Design Thinking certifications. I am currently on a mission to change 1 billion lives through my mental health/ behavioural thinking company — Bit Happier Inc.
Amielle Lake, Chief Commercial Officer of CarboNet
Amielle Lake founded Tagga, marketing technology platform, in 2008 after working in marketing and corporate communications in the finance industry. In February 2017, Tagga was acquired by Campaign Monitor. In 2018, Amielle co-founded the Women’s Equity lab, a women’s investment group focused on developing the next generation of women shareholders. The organization is now in its third year with chapters in Victoria, Vancouver and the Okanagan. In 2019, Amielle joined Dr. Michael Carlson, Barry Yates and Bill Schonbrun to effectively found and commercialize CarboNet. CarboNet is a clean technology company that has developed a unique chemistry to treat industrial wastewater. The company’s mission is to end the issue of contaminated water. A lofty mission to be sure, but Amielle is a firm believer in doing well and doing good. As CarboNet’s Chief Commercial Officer, Amielle is working with industry to recycle their wastewater and lessen their reliance on freshwater. Amielle is passionate about entrepreneurship and an advocate for women in business. She holds an MBA and is also a published author.
Zack Eberwein, Co-founder and Chief Executive Office of Stoko
Zack is an entrepreneur and mechanical engineer who chose to write his own story, founding Stoko in 2017 with two of his closest friends. Stoko has redefined how athletes overcome injuries by introducing an entirely new category of supportive apparel. By incorporating adjustable medical-grade bracing seamlessly into everyday athletic clothing, the Stoko team has created an entirely new method of joint support, eliminating the need to wear traditional braces altogether. Personally, Zack is a strong believer in the importance of building meaningful relationships with others, fostering a strong company culture, and living with a growth mindset. He consistently strives to create positive change in the world and inspire others to do the same; starting with Stoko’s community of athletes.
Format

Welcome!

Meet our Venture Development Specialists

Venture announcements (submit yours in the RSVP!)
Featured panel on building a winning team and finding the right co-founders

Who should attend
This event is for entrepreneurship@UBC’s community of ventures from Phases 1-4/HATCH, Entrepreneurs in Residence (EiRs), Mentors, and the UBC community at large.
Session information
Zoom information will be available via your registration confirmation email. As well, it will be on the online event page. Attendees will also be sent the Zoom link and password to their registered email in advance of the session.
About entrepreneurship@UBC
entrepreneurship@UBC propels UBC innovations out into the world through venture creation, providing UBC students, researchers, faculty members, alumni and staff with the resources, networks, and funding they need to succeed.
As one of the world’s top 40 research universities with 80,000 students, faculty and staff and over $650M annual research funding, UBC has long been a catalyst for innovation. Part of the Innovation UBC network, entrepreneurship@UBC supports UBC ventures and entrepreneurs to generate social and economic impacts in B.C. and around the world. To date, entrepreneurship@UBC has worked with over 561 ventures who have raised more than $1.39 billion in funding, generated more than $116 million in revenue and hired more than 989 employees, stimulating the economic and social landscape of B.C. while building anchor companies that have a global impact.
Visit our website entrepreneurship.ubc.ca to learn more

MLOps World - Machine Learning In Production
2021-06-14 08:00 - 2021-06-17 17:00 (America/Edmonton) | Virtual Online
Join us for a virtual event dedicated exclusively to ML in Production. 4 days – Join when you can – all recordings provided

Alberta Business Awards of Distinction
2021-06-25 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | Ontario
Event Information
The Alberta Business Awards of Distinction recognize businesses and organizations demonstrating outstanding achievements and contributions in their communities.
Join us virtually for our livestream event on Friday, June 25 when we will recognize this year’s finalists and announce our ABAD 2021 winners. The event will be emceed by Jennifer Crosby from Global Edmonton.
ABAD 2021 Virtual Event
Date: Friday, June 25, 2021
Start Time: 6:30 pm (doors open at 6 pm)
There is no cost to attend this year’s event but attendees are required to register in advance.

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