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RainForest LWOL YEG
2019-11-13 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-11-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Amber Cafe, 10166 114 st NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Join us every Wednesday to meet other entrepreneurs (both emerging and experienced), investors, researchers, students, and a broad range of ecosystem helpers at this informal gathering of individuals who want help diversify the Alberta economy by supporting innovators like you.
Whether you are new to the innovation ecosystem, are confused about all the services and entrepreneurial supports available, or have it all figured out – you should attend this gathering.
While in the room, we practice the values expressed in the Rainforest Social Contract.
Agenda:

11:45 Check In
12:00 Welcome
12:10 Who is in the Room?
12:25 Entrepreneur Roundtables and Sharing Success Stories

12:45 Networking

You should come prepared to discuss who you are, what interested you in the Rainforest, what you are working on, and how you can help others in the room.

Sobey Art Awards - Event at AGA
2019-11-14 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | Art Gallery of Alberta
Sobey Art Award

Discover the shortlisted artists for the 2019 Sobey Art Award!
Stephanie Comilang, Nicolas Grenier, Kablusiak, Anne Low and D’Arcy Wilson are this year’s shortlisted artists.
Established in 2002, the Sobey Art Award aims to promote new developments in contemporary Canadian art and provide opportunities for artists, bringing them national and international attention.
The program represents a total commitment of more than $650,000 CA annually. This year it will present $240,000 in prize money — including a top prize of $100,000 for the winner. Each of the four finalists will receive $25,000, and the other longlisted artists will receive $2,000 each. In addition to monetary awards, three artists from the longlist will be selected by the jury to take part in the Sobey Art Award Residencies Program. Finally, one shortlisted artist will be selected by Fogo Island Arts to attend an annual residency.

Champions of Art in Canada: the 2018 Sobey Art Award

Chris Hampton

November 14, 2018

For one evening at the beginning of October, in the Austrian birthplace of Mozart and home of the popular von Trapp family, Canadian art was the talk of the Salzburger Kunstverein. Although the local members of the public and the group of European journalists present might not know Whitehorse from Winnipeg, they gathered to hear Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada and Chair of the 2018 Sobey Art Award, discuss the practices of the five Canadian artists selected from regions across the country as finalists for one of Canada’s richest and most prestigious art awards.
One focus of Drouin-Brisebois’ presentation was the growing role of such art prizes within curatorial work and among cultural institutions looking to help develop the profile of their artists beyond national borders. This was of particular interest to the audience at the Kunstverein, one of Austria’s oldest art galleries of contemporary art. “Maybe the best way to draw greater attention to Canadian artists is by also giving them greater visibility outside of Canada, by increasing their international presence,” Drouin-Brisebois commented back in Ottawa. “What kinds of opportunities could that lead to?”
2019 SOBEY ART AWARD GALA
Rob Sobey, Chair, Sobey Art Foundation; Catherine Crowston, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Art Gallery of Alberta; Françoise E. Lyon, Chair, Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Canada; and Sasha Suda, PhD, Director and CEO, National Gallery of Canada, cordially invite you to the 2019 Sobey Art Award Gala at the Art Gallery of Alberta.
On this special evening, artists, curators, donors and other contemporary art lovers from across Canada will gather to celebrate the shortlisted artists and discover the name of this year’s winner of the Sobey Art Award.
Friday 15 November 2019
COCKTAIL RECEPTION at 6 pm
Speeches at 7 pm
Art Gallery of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
Invitation only to Donors of the Alberta Art Gallery

Teens Learning Code: JavaScript for Beginners
2019-11-17 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton) | Jobber, 10520 Jasper Ave, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Why learn JavaScript?
JavaScript is simple but powerful. It is the backbone to all those nifty animations you see on websites and it powers many modern day web applications, including Gmail, Google Maps, and Facebook (to only name 0.00001% of the sites that use JavaScript!).
Many aspects of JavaScript can be easy for even absolute beginners to grasp but has powerful language constructs that can be used down the road. With JavaScript, getting started is super simple, since all you need is a web browser and a text editor. No need to worry about installing interpreters, compilers, or any of that mumbo jumbo.
The Teens Learning Code Introduction to JavaScript workshop is designed to be a hands-on experience. Join us for this full day workshop and you will:

learn basic programming techniques and concepts that are translatable to other programming languages
review the basic building blocks of how HTML, CSS, and JavaScript work together to create richer online experiences
write JavaScript to create a snazzy shopping cart
get a quick introduction to the popular JavaScript framework library jQuery
get an idea of what resources are available if you’d like to continue learning at home (and we think you will)

Who is this for?
Our Teens Learning Code workshops and events offer female-identified, trans, and non-binary youth ages 13-17 opportunities to take action on ideas that will shape our future while leveraging the power of technology. Our learning experiences are much more than learning how to code. Our experiences empower teens to learn problem solving skills, how to turn ideas into reality, exposure to what a future in technology could look like, and much more.
Prerequisites:
None! This workshop is designed for beginners.
What’s Included:

Requirements:

Note: If you do not have a laptop to use during the duration of the workshop, we have a limited quantity that we can loan out. The option to borrow a laptop will be included in your order form when registering.

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Questions? Email us at info@canadalearningcode.ca

DemoCamp 47
2019-11-19 06:30 - 19:30 (America/Edmonton) | Univeristy of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
DemoCamp brings together developers, creatives, entrepreneurs and investors to share what they’ve been working on and to find others in the community interested in similar topics. For presenters, it’s a great way to get feedback on what you’re building from peers and the community, all in an informal setting. Started back in 2008, DemoCamp Edmonton has steadily grown into one of the largest in the country, with over 200 people attending each event.The rules for DemoCamp are simple: 7 minutes to demo real, working products, followed by a few minutes for questions, and no slides allowed.Time: 6:30 pm doors open, 6:45 pm program startsLocation: CCIS 1-140 – University of AlbertaDrinks and networking to follow at RATT (Room At The Top) – 7th floor, Students Union BuildingThis DemoCamp will feature community products & projects as well as projects from the University of Alberta’s HackED: Beta hackathon!Interested in applying to demo? Fill out the application form here: http://www.startupedmonton.com/democamp/

Prairie Sciences Canada & Alberta Agriculture & Forestry - Funding Day Event
2019-11-21 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Wyndham Garden Calgary Airport Hotel, 11 Freeport Crescent NE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Prairie Biosciences Canada, in partnership with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, is pleased to announce Funding Day. This event is an opportunity for Alberta companies in the Natural Health Products and Cleantech sectors to develop strategic partnerships, gain access to funding and secure the resources they need to grow their businesses. The one-day conference will be held on November 28, 2019 at Wyndham Garden Calgary Airport Hotel (11 Freeport Cres NE, Calgary)
Using a computerized match-making process supported by an online survey, companies will meet one-on-one with various funders, investors and service providers. The meetings are scheduled in seven-minute intervals enabling participants to conduct introductory meetings in a timely and efficient manner.
Don’t miss this opportunity to make the connections your business needs to keep growing!
Registration is now open: The conference welcomes companies in Natural Health Products and Cleantech sectors to participate and make new connections. Service providers and business consultants who are looking to connect with companies are also welcome.
Participating Companies: Register Here
Service Providers: Register Here
Consultants: Register Here

Women @TNT
2019-11-21 16:30 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | Polar Park Brewing, 10416-80 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
It’s a November to Remember at TNT this month!
The Edmonton Advisory Committee on Startups is hosting our next event. Come meet current members and learn about how you could join them to represent Edmonton entrepreneurs in important decisions facing our community. Most of the current members have joined us at Startup TNT before, and at least one of them plans to invest with us at the summit. We look forward to seeing them all on Thursday.
Nov 21st – Women @ TNT – Sponsored by 4 innovators that want to help bring more women to our weekly meetup. They are buying us $400 worth of drinks and snacks, but you have to bring a woman entrepreneur with you!

Next Canada Hosting NextAI Programs in 2020 - Toronto & Montreal Campuses
2019-11-22 08:00 - 2020-01-06 17:00 (America/Toronto)
AI IS CHANGING OUR WORLD. ARE YOU READY TO BUILD SOMETHING IMPACTFUL?

Next AI is a world class program for artificial intelligence based ventures and technology commercialization.
We identify talented idea or early-stage teams with ambitious solutions and leverage Canada’s leadership position in AI to provide them with the capital, mentorship, education and network to disrupt industries.
Next AI is delivered on two campuses: Toronto and Montréal. Next AI – Montréal is delivered in partnership with HEC Montréal
Next AI 2020: Application
There are three components to this application process:
1.Venture Information to be completed by the Primary Contact using the form below
2. Founder Profile to be completed by each founder applying to Next AI in HERE
3. a Kira ‘video interview’ (see instructions below)

Please make sure all information is complete before you click “Submit” and all 3 components are submitted by the deadline. You can “Save Progress” by clicking the button at the bottom of the form, so you can return to work on it anytime.

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 11:59PM ET MONDAY, JANUARY 6.

Please review our FAQ and Program Timeline HERE before applying.

Lien vers le formulaire en Français
Thank you for applying to Next AI. Please expect to hear back in mid-January 2020 regarding the status of your application. For questions, please email:
Toronto: info@nextai.com
Montreal: infomtl@nextai.com

CHIC Cannabis Hemp Innovation Centre - Demo Day
2019-11-23 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
About this Event

** Address is 6212 55 Avenue Vegreville, Alberta T9C 1N5
Our teams will be fresh and ready to pitch after 7 weeks of training and mentoring.
Come watch some great pitches, meet some industry advocates, and rub shoulders with this amazing community.
(although, hard to rub shoulders in a 46,000 sf building) We will have some Hors D’oeuvres and Drinks.
We will likely have some surprises as well.
Register for this event at Fuse42.ca under Demo Day.
See you there.
The CHIC/Fuse42 Team

Impact of AI on our Life
2019-11-23 13:00 - 16:30 (America/Edmonton) | Central Lions Club, 11113 - 113 Street, Edmonton, Canada
Time:
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Nov 23rd, 2019 (Saturday)
Co-hosted by:

Action for Healthy Communities
Alberta Artificial Intelligence Association

Partners:

Central McDougall Queen Mary Park Revitalization
City of Edmonton

Location: Central Lions Recreation Centre 11113 – 113 Street, Edmonton
Click HERE to register.
Abstract:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not a science-fiction dream anymore and has truly arrived. At the heart of much of today’s technological innovation, AI is going to change the world more than anything in human history. Quickly becoming a key part of our everyday lives in the near future, AI will have a significant impact on every section of our society. Thanks to expertise from the University of Alberta and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), Edmonton is one of three hubs for AI research in Canada, playing a global leader in the field.
Although AI has the potential to greatly improve many things, however, there are some concerns about AI as well. For example, AI will lead to many job losses, increasing unemployment. Many people are scared. Are we ready for AI? How can we prepare Edmontonians for AI to adopt the pioneer role the city is playing in the nation and the world? Leadership is the key. The purpose of this leadership training workshop is to educate our community leaders as pioneers to recognize, acknowledge, and fully embrace how AI can transform the way we will live and work.
This is the first leadership training on AI awareness and readiness in Edmonton. We believe it will create a history in Edmonton to help people adopt the age of AI. We hope after the training, the workshop will facilitate participants to achieve high-value knowledge acquisition and reskilling that capitalize on the transformative powers of an AI-ready culture. Eventually, we wish participants can take a leadership role in helping their communities develop capacities to embrace the age of AI.
Speakers:
Prof. Howard Nye.
Topic: Technological Displacement and the Duty to Increase Real Incomes: from Left to Right
Bio: Howard Nye, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alberta, works primarily in the areas of normative ethics, practical ethics, and meta-ethics, and has related interests in political philosophy, the philosophy of mind, and decision theory.
For more information about Prof. Nye, please check here.
Prof. Bin Zheng: M.D. Ph.D., Director of SSRL, Endowed research chair in surgical simulation.
Topic: Human intelligence and AI application in surgical simulation.
Bio: Bin Zheng, Associate Professor in Surgery, holds the Endowed Research Chair in Surgical Simulation position in the Department of Surgery of the University of Alberta. Prof Zheng collaborates with surgeons, engineers, clinical educators, and psychologists to develop simulators and evaluation educational outcome of simulation-based programs. His long-term goal is to prompted the use of simulation in surgery for improving care quality and patient safety.
For more information about Prof. Zheng, please check here.
Prof. Irene Cheng, Director of Smart Multimedia Research Centre, UAlberta.
Topic: Multimedia, AI concepts and AI education.
Bio: Dr. Irene Cheng, (SMIEEE) is the Scientific Director of the iCORE Multimedia Research Centre and an Adjunct Faculty in Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, and Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Canada. Her research interests, among others, include incorporating human perception, following the concept of Just-Noticeable-Difference or JND) psychophysical methodology, to improve multimedia, graphics and computer vision techniques. She conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania on 3DTV related topics. Before joining academia, she was an Information Technology executive in Lloyds Bank.
For more information about Dr. Cheng, please check here.
Dr. Shi Jin: Director of Century Link (VP of Engineering, a local successfuly startup DataGarden, acquired by U.S. large telecom company – Century Link).
Topic: Share your entrepreneurship story on how you stayed on top of the tech trend and being successful on Cloud computing wave.
Bio: Dr. Jin led the engineering team for a small Edmonton startup called Datagardens from 2012 to 2014. Datagardens was acquired by Centurylink in 2014 and Shi has been the director leading the CenturyLink Edmonton office since then. His team has grown from merely just 2 developers in 2012 to about 15 in 2019. Recently his portfolio expands beyond the Edmonton office to include another 10-engineer team in the US.
Please check here for more information about Dr. Jin

RainForest Summit
2019-11-26 09:00 - 18:00 (America/Edmonton) | Polar Park Brewing, 10416-80 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
We are at a pivotal point in Edmonton’s history. We have the chance to transition from a resource-based economy to one that embraces innovation, technology, and a vibrant diversity of businesses.
But in order to build the greater interconnectedness and culture needed to really make Edmonton an innovation hub, we need to come together to honestly assess the state of the current system, and what needs to change so that we can all build thriving businesses and startups here. Edmonton has the talent, resources, and the spaces needed to support entrepreneurs, but without a strong sense of unity, community, collaboration and interconnectedness that make ecosystems like Silicon Valley hotspots for innovation, communities like ours can still fall flat as a place for innovation.
We want to change that and we want you to join others who are passionate about building a stronger, more resilient, and more innovative economy for Edmonton that supports you.
Why Should You Attend?
If you want to be part of a group of people who aren’t sitting on the sidelines while decisions are made on their behalf, who aren’t interested in shooting down the ideas of others but examining them and adapting them; if you want to actively participate in building a better future for Edmonton, then this event is for you.
We’ll bring innovators, doers, strategists, and thought leaders like you together to honestly evaluate Edmonton’s ecosystem and collaborate on ways we can do better to create a true hub of innovation in Edmonton. You bring an open mind and a desire to participate in building a better future.
You can get 20% off your registration by filling out the Scorecard Assessment, before registering. This will give us a baseline pulse check of the community to bounce off for the event by measuring the collective responses against the 6 Rainforest Pillars.
Learn more about the Scorecard and its Importance
Why is This Event Different?
We are not government-funded, we are not institutional, we are not bureaucratic. We are entrepreneur-led and focused.
This isn’t like other ‘initiatives’; this is doers looking to help other doers.
This event isn’t a community engagement session. It’s action-oriented and builds off existing reports from the community.
We are doing this because we see the potential in Edmonton to support those who think differently. We understand that now is the time for Alberta to embrace the knowledge-based economy and make progress towards diversification, and we aren’t willing to sit on the sidelines and wait for this to happen on its own.
What IS Rainforest Alberta?
Rainforest Alberta is an entrepreneur-led grassroots initiative that is working to support Alberta’s transition from a resource-based economy to one which embraces innovation. We aim to be an inclusive place where all the ingredients can assemble to work collectively towards this common goal. We contribute to the community by actively working to remove the transactional barriers that stifle innovation and building a community that trusts and encourages each other.
Even with talent, capital, and business-friendly policies, a community may still fail as a place for innovation. Intentionally building an innovation ecosystem is vital to connecting and building upon those basic ingredients.
We use the principles of The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley book by Victor Hwang and Greg Horowitt to help us evaluate, influence and improve the Alberta innovation economy. We’ve localized their scorecard into a measurement tool that helps us assess the quality of Edmonton’s ecosystem. We have set a goal of improving the scores in both Calgary and Edmonton to 800/1000 by 2020. Currently, we only rank 643 on that scorecard. We need to do better.
Learn more about Rainforest Alberta – yeg
We look forward to meeting you at the event and changing the Albertan innovation system, together! We’ll give you 20% off your registration to say thank you for filling out the Scorecard Assessment (the discount code is on the last page).
Learn more about the Scorecard and its Importance

Edmonton Connector
2019-11-26 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Edmonton) | Polar Park Brewing, 10416-80 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
We are doing something special for the November Rainforest Connector – as it will be held on the last Tuesday of the month, and will be a post-summit event.
November Rainforest Connector – Tuesday, November 26 5-6:30PM Post-Summit Session at Polar Park
Everyone Welcome!
Rainforest Alberta – Connector is an informal get-together for Edmonton entrepreneurs at all stages (from ideation to exiting), small business owners, possible employees, and ecosystem champions looking to encourage and promote collisions between people and create connections that will help drive the success of entrepreneurs in Alberta’s innovation system.
Join us to meet like-minded people, celebrate successes and learn from failures, and build a community that supports and promotes entrepreneurship across the Province.
While in the room, we practice the values expressed in the Rainforest Social Contract.
Agenda:

5:30 PM Check-In
5:50 PM Welcome & Introduction of the Rainforest
6:00 PM Discussion/Networking
7:00 PM End

You should come prepared to discuss who you are, what interested you in the Rainforest, what you are working on, and how you can help others in the room.
Learn more about Rainforest Edmonton Events

RainForest LWOL YYC Calgary
2019-11-27 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | School of Archtecture, Planning, and Landscaping – City Building Design Lab, 616 Macleod Trail SE #Suite 1100,, Calgary,, Alberta, T2G 2M2, Canada
Curious what’s happening in the tech industry in Calgary?
Join us at Lunch Without Lunch to hear about the players, events and news that are making our innovation ecosystem thrive. This weekly meeting is a regular check on the pulse of the community, open to people from any age, wage, or stage of company.
Rainforest Alberta is movement, building community in the tech and innovation ecosystem in the province through opening conversations around culture, leadership, and other focus areas.
General Agenda:
11:45-12:00 Networking
12:00-12:15 Welcome & Rainforest Announcements
12:15-12:45 Introductions from new community members
12:45-12:50 News & annoucements from the ecosystem , Community conversations.
We believe Alberta is primed to be a global destination for growing your tech venture right in this province. Come to a meeting to find out why, or for more information, visit www.rainforestab.ca
Date and Time

Wed, November 27, 2019
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM MST
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Location

School of Archtecture, Planning, and Landscaping – City Building Design Lab
616 Macleod Trail SE
#Suite 1100
Calgary, AB T2G 2M2
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RainForest Power Hour YYC Calgary
2019-12-03 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Calgary Public Library, 800 3 Street Southeast, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0E7, Canada
Power Hour is Rainforest’s ambitious goal to connect people with solutions to their problems. Working in small groups with other innovative individuals from the ecosystem you’ll be able to both get and give free help in this connected and safe envionment.
Building a culture of trust while inspiring leadership and role models among everyone, Rainforest is a community driven movement growing the tech and innovation economy in Alberta.
Agenda:
5:00-5:15 Rainforest welcome and announcements
5:15-6:00 Small group problem solving
Learn more about Rainforest at rainforestab.ca
Date and Time

Tue, December 3, 2019
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM MST
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Location

Calgary Public Library
800 3 Street Southeast
Calgary, AB T2G 0E7
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RainForest LWOL YYC Calgary
2019-12-04 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | School of Archtecture, Planning, and Landscaping – City Building Design Lab, 616 Macleod Trail SE #Suite 1100,, Calgary,, Alberta, T2G 2M2, Canada
Curious what’s happening in the tech industry in Calgary?
Join us at Lunch Without Lunch to hear about the players, events and news that are making our innovation ecosystem thrive. This weekly meeting is a regular check on the pulse of the community, open to people from any age, wage, or stage of company.
Rainforest Alberta is movement, building community in the tech and innovation ecosystem in the province through opening conversations around culture, leadership, and other focus areas.
General Agenda:
11:45-12:00 Networking
12:00-12:15 Welcome & Rainforest Announcements
12:15-12:45 Introductions from new community members
12:45-12:50 News & annoucements from the ecosystem , Community conversations.
We believe Alberta is primed to be a global destination for growing your tech venture right in this province. Come to a meeting to find out why, or for more information, visit www.rainforestab.ca
Date and Time

Wed, December 4, 2019
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM MST
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Location

School of Archtecture, Planning, and Landscaping – City Building Design Lab
616 Macleod Trail SE
#Suite 1100
Calgary, AB T2G 2M2
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