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RainForest LWOL: Amir Reshef of Deal Closer
2019-04-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Work Nicer Coworking (Beaver House), #100, 10158 103 Street ,, Edmonton,, AB, T5J 0X6, Canada
Agenda:

11:45 Check In (bring your lunch!)
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.
April 17th – Amir Reshef of dealcloser
Amir Reshef is the co-founder and CEO of dealcloser. Prior to co-founding dealcloser, Amir was a corporate lawyer at a large international law firm where he worked on transactions of numerous types and sizes.

Accelerate Alberta Flagship Technology Conference
2019-04-16 07:00 - 19:00 | Calgary Telus Convention Centre
ACCELERATEAB – Alberta’s Flagship Technology Conference
ACCELERATEAB, POWERED BY THE A100, CONNECTS LOCAL STARTUPS, KEY MENTORS, INVESTORS AND PARTNERS ACROSS THE PROVINCE
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
7:30 AM – 7:00 PM MDT
Location

Calgary TELUS Convention Centre
136 Eighth Avenue SE
Calgary, AB T2G 0K6
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Alternating between Edmonton and Calgary each year, AccelerateAB is the province’s annual flagship event that brings together leaders, investors, influencers and supporters of Alberta’s fast-growing startup community, with the goal of leveraging the success of the next generation of technology entrepreneurs across the province.
Tickets on sale: 15 January 2019
Ticket policy: Full refunds are available 30 days prior. After this date, you may send an alternate to the event without additional charge.
For more details, please visit AccelerateAB.com

NAIT Mawji Centre: Wrap Up & Networking Skills
2019-04-11 16:00 - 17:30 | NAIT Mawji Centre, CAT Building, CAT309A - Third floor of the Centre for Applied Technology, Edmonton, Alberta, T5G 2R1, Canada
Thu, April 11, 2019
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
Many entrepreneurs have achieved success with the help of building a strong professional network, but networking isn’t easy and many people fail here. Developing networking skills is something too easily ignored as it pushes you outside your comfort zone. Join us for a series of sessions where we focus on networking and helping you develop your skills and professional network.
For this wrap-up event we will include some local business leaders to help you further grow your network.
Refreshments and snacks provided!
This session to be hosted in CAT 202 (The Glass Box).
NAIT CAT Building, CAT 202
10304-10524 117A Avenue Northwest
Edmonton, AB T5G
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RainForest LWOL - TrustBIX
2019-04-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Work Nicer Coworking (Beaver House), #100, 10158 103 Street ,, Edmonton,, AB, T5J 0X6, Canada
Agenda:

11:45 Check In (bring your lunch!)
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.
April 10th – Hubert Lau from TrustBIX
Hubert has won many awards, including the 2017 Innovation of the Year, 2017 Small Business Award of Distinction, the 2016 Export Award of Distinction, and most recently the Leading Edge Business Award of Distinction. His company TrustBIX Inc. is an amalgamation of two companies, ViewTrak Technologies, which provides livestock technologies in Canada, United States, China and Mexico, and BIXSco, which developed the Beef InfoXchange System which supports birth-to-retail, value-added traceability for the beef industry.
Hubert has led the ViewTrak team to become the number one provider of pork grading systems in China, created biometric devices used in Afghanistan for security checkpoints, and created the largest Canadian exporter of malting barley to China. Prior to starting ViewTrak and BIXSco, Hubert lead the top-secret technology team for the Integrated Response Against Organized Crime, worked with ex-military and ex-secret services personnel in a detailed investigations of digital crime, was a key member of the team that built the largest financial trading floor in Canada, and designed and implemented both voice over IP networks (VOIP) and secure virtual networks and systems to allow companies globally to collaborate on confidential projects a decade before cloud services became popular.

RoundHouse Event Workshop 3
2019-03-27 08:00 - 17:00 | RoundHouse MacEwan University, 11110 104Ave, Edmontnon, Alberta, Canada
Strengthening Systems for Community Economies – March 27, 2019, 2-5 p.m.
Building inclusive community economies often requires systems change to enable more community-based economic development. This workshop will explore the current opportunities to affect policy change towards a more just and equitable society for all. Learn how localizing spending and fostering community ownership build inclusive community economies. Facilitated by Brooks Hanewich.

Urban Land Institute Alberta - Ice District Tour
2019-03-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Urban Land Institute Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Join 50 city builders for a behind the scenes tour of ICE District, Edmonton’s 25-acre multi-use sports, entertainment, office and residential development located in the heart of downtown.
The guided tour will include stops in Rogers Place – Ford Hall, Stantec Tower (including the SKY Residences) and Edmonton Tower.
Our Tour Guides:

Hillary Lumme, Senior Vice President, Property Manager & Operations – Katz Group
Bob Black, EVP, KGRE/OEG Special Projects
Michael Smith, Senior Vice President, Multi-Family, Western Canada – ONE Properties
Scott Argent, Vice President, Regional Leader Edmonton Capital Region, Stantec

We will learn about the amazing development of the ICE District, including discussion on opportunities, challenges and lessons learned so far.
Following the tour, a networking social will be held in the recently opened ICE District Boston Pizza located inside Edmonton Tower at 10111 104 Avenue.
Pay Parking is available in the Stantec Tower which has direct underground access to Rogers Place, Ford Hall.
REGISTRATION FEES:
Member/Non-Member
$50.00/$75.00 + GST
YLG Member/Non-Members
$35.00/$50.00 + GST
Click here to view a list of attendees.

RainForest LWOL - Honest Dumplings
2019-03-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Work Nicer Coworking (Beaver House), #100, 10158 103 Street ,, Edmonton,, AB, T5J 0X6, Canada
March 20th – Chris Lerohl of Honest Dumplings
Chris is the business development and strategic lead for Honest Dumplings. Chris was previously the Business Development Manager at TEC Edmonton where he managed the business development team and developed the UA Solve program. His role supported entrepreneurs in both business development and technology development. His strengths include: strategic analysis, people management, identifying market opportunities, analyzing the strength of new technologies and helping to determine the best commercialization strategy. He has technical and research experience in food, agriculture, energy systems, clean technologies, and communications.
Agenda:

11:45 Check In (bring your lunch!)
12:00 Welcome
12:10 Who is in the Room?
12:25 Entrepreneur Profile
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.

Working Nicer Complimentary Public Co-Working
2019-03-14 09:30 - 16:00 | Work Nicer Coworking (Beaver House), #100, 10158 103 Street ,, Edmonton,, AB, T5J 0X6, Canada
Come visit 80 or so friends to celebrate their new home at Work Nicer Coworking. Learn all about who they are, what they are up to, and how you celebrate with and support them.

Thursday, March 14th
10160 – 103 St NW, Edmonton
9:30AM – 4PM
Complimentary coworking open to the public.
Set up shop, connect, and get work done! Invite your friends.

ACG's Corporate Growth Summit 2019 March 13-14
2019-03-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 1N9, Canada
Overview

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Member Registration Price 395.00 + GST
Non-Member Registration Price 445.00 + GST

FULL Summit Agenda link is to the right of this page
https://files.constantcontact.com/4e37ac00701/d1e785b5-7870-4435-807a-621c34e020d5.pdf

Please email Karina Chin at edmonton@acg.org with any dietary restrictions.

SPEAKERS
Right Honourable Stephen J. Harper
For nearly ten years, The Right Honourable Stephen J. Harper led Canada through the world’s most complex geopolitical, economic and security challenges as the country’s 22nd Prime Minister. During his tenure in the world’s top forums such as the G-7 and G-20, NATO, and the United Nations, Mr. Harper was known for a frank, assertive leadership style defined by principled diplomacy, disciplined economic policy, a strong stance on international peace and security, and passionate defence of freedom and human dignity.
Today, Mr. Harper is Chairman and CEO of Harper & Associates, a global business consulting firm and Chairman of the International Democrat Union, the global alliance of conservative political parties. He is also a Founder-Member of the Friends of Israel Initiative, an association of former high-office holders from around the world steadfastly defending Israel’s right to self determination, security and democracy.
Curtis Stange
President & CEO of ATB FinancialCurtis Stange is the President and CEO of ATB Financial. With assets growing to 55 billion, ATB provides personal, business, agriculture, corporate, and wealth management services to nearly 770,000 customers in 247 Alberta communities.
A seasoned banker with over 30 years experience at one of Canada’s “Big Five” banks and ATB Financial, Curtis has led teams across diverse geographic markets and through various economic cycles. His inaugural role at ATB was to launch a new line of business focused on entrepreneurs all over Alberta. He then played a key role in the transformation of ATB’s banking systems, the company’s biggest tech challenge in a generation. Curtis has also taken strategic planning and operations teams to new places, like the adoption of new tech like Apple Pay and blockchain, and the launch of ATB LendR. More recently he served as ATB’s ﬁrst-ever chief customer oﬃcer.

Curtis received the Order of Athabasca University for public service work and is a Stanford alumnus. He’s a strong advocate for mental health as an active member of the Canadian Mental Health Association. Leading a purpose-driven organization, Curtis is passionate about making banking work for people by truly listening and using ATB’s expertise to help change people’s lives for the better.

CME Manufacturing Economic Outlook & Investment Roadshow
2019-03-13 17:00 - 19:00 | YellowHead Brewery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Manufacturing Economic Outlook & Investment Roadshow
Join Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), together with our partners for our Manufacturing Economic Outlook and Investment Roadshow at one of your local craft breweries.
This cross-Canada pub night series of events is your one-stop-shop to receive economic insights, learn about government incentive programs and capital investment opportunities available to manufacturers and all while enjoying a pint at your local craft brewery.

MANUFACTURING ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
What’s in store for the economy in 2019? What do you need to know to forecast throughout the year and into 2020? CME’s Chief Economist Mike Holden will provide you with his manufacturing economic outlook and answer your questions.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
Investment in new capital and technology is critical for Canadian industry to grow and be globally competitive. Unfortunately, Canadian companies are falling behind their international competitors when it comes to investing in new machinery, equipment and advanced manufacturing technologies.
At the same time, Canada is home to global leaders in technology adoption and our businesses have access to a range of existing supports to help them deal with the rapid pace of technological change taking place today. To share information about the opportunities created by embracing new technologies, and to support business investment and growth in Canada, this event will feature an expert from BDO Canada who will provide specific advice to companies on how to invest in and grow their companies.

Join us for a brew!
When: March 13, 2019
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Where: 10229 105 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1E3

COST
$50 + GST CME Members
$75 + GST Non Members

ACG's Corporate Growth Summit 2019 March 13-14
2019-03-13 16:30 - 18:00 | Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 1N9, Canada
Overview

Member Registration Price 395.00 + GST
Non-Member Registration Price 445.00 + GST

FULL Summit Agenda link is to the right of this page
https://files.constantcontact.com/4e37ac00701/d1e785b5-7870-4435-807a-621c34e020d5.pdf
Please email Karina Chin at edmonton@acg.org with any dietary restrictions.

SPEAKERS
Right Honourable Stephen J. Harper

For nearly ten years, The Right Honourable Stephen J. Harper led Canada through the world’s most complex geopolitical, economic and security challenges as the country’s 22nd Prime Minister. During his tenure in the world’s top forums such as the G-7 and G-20, NATO, and the United Nations, Mr. Harper was known for a frank, assertive leadership style defined by principled diplomacy, disciplined economic policy, a strong stance on international peace and security, and passionate defence of freedom and human dignity.
Today, Mr. Harper is Chairman and CEO of Harper & Associates, a global business consulting firm and Chairman of the International Democrat Union, the global alliance of conservative political parties. He is also a Founder-Member of the Friends of Israel Initiative, an association of former high-office holders from around the world steadfastly defending Israel’s right to self determination, security and democracy.
Curtis Stange
President & CEO of ATB Financial

Curtis Stange is the President and CEO of ATB Financial. With assets growing to 55 billion, ATB provides personal, business, agriculture, corporate, and wealth management services to nearly 770,000 customers in 247 Alberta communities.

A seasoned banker with over 30 years experience at one of Canada’s “Big Five” banks and ATB Financial, Curtis has led teams across diverse geographic markets and through various economic cycles. His inaugural role at ATB was to launch a new line of business focused on entrepreneurs all over Alberta. He then played a key role in the transformation of ATB’s banking systems, the company’s biggest tech challenge in a generation. Curtis has also taken strategic planning and operations teams to new places, like the adoption of new tech like Apple Pay and blockchain, and the launch of ATB LendR. More recently he served as ATB’s ﬁrst-ever chief customer oﬃcer.

Curtis received the Order of Athabasca University for public service work and is a Stanford alumnus. He’s a strong advocate for mental health as an active member of the Canadian Mental Health Association. Leading a purpose-driven organization, Curtis is passionate about making banking work for people by truly listening and using ATB’s expertise to help change people’s lives for the better.

RainForest LWOL -
2019-03-13 12:00 - 13:30 | Work Nicer Coworking (Beaver House), #100, 10158 103 Street ,, Edmonton,, AB, T5J 0X6, Canada
March 13th – Koleya Karringten from Absolute Combustion
Koleya is the co-founder, President and CEO of Absolute Combustion International. With over 14 years of entrepreneurial experience, Koleya has helped to create and develop companies from the ground up. Working within technology companies for over the last decade, Koleya has proven herself capable of taking groundbreaking technologies all the way from the inception phase through to commercialization, while developing relationships with major corporations to facilitate the deployment of various technologies she assists in designing. Working alongside ingenious inventors and technology experts for over 10 years, Koleya’s passion for technology capable of making a strong impact to society rapidly grew and her desire to create technology capable of assisting to clean up the planet is unstoppable. Koleya has also proven capable of branding and marketing different technologies to create a strong digital footprint and brand awareness of the technology she deploys.
Agenda:

11:45 Check In (bring your lunch!)
12:00 Welcome
12:10 Who is in the Room?
12:25 Entrepreneur Profile
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.

Machine Learning 101 with Amii
2019-03-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Startup Edmonton HQ, 301, 10359 - 104 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Heralded by many as the fourth industrial revolution, artificial intelligence has inspired countless news articles, novels, and films. With this deluge of information comes hopes and aspirations, fears and misconceptions – some justified and others not.How can we make sense of it all?Join Amii as we pull back the curtain on AI and lay a pragmatic foundation for what AI is, what it isn’t, and how you can begin to think about the place of AI in your business.Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/machine-learning-101-with-amii-tickets-54597647032

Data Science Meet-Up
2019-03-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Startup Edmonton HQ, 301, 10359 - 104 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Startup Edmonton
Wednesday, March 6 at 6:30 PM
• “Cost-Sensitive Classifier Evaluation Using Cost Curves” – Professor Robert Holte (CS @ UofA)
• “Figuring out the limits of human vision with deep learning” – Navaneeth Kamballur Kottayil (Machine Learning Researcher at BorealisAI)
Pizza will be provided before presentations and after presentations we will head to a pub for networking!
The meetup is sponsored by AltaML (http://altaml.com/).
Abstracts:
Cost-Sensitive Classifier Evaluation Using Cost Curves
(co-author: Chris Drummond)
The evaluation of classifier performance in a cost-sensitive setting is straightforward if the operating conditions (misclassification costs and class distributions) are fixed and known. When this is not the case, evaluation requires a method of visualizing classifier performance across the full range of possible operating conditions. This talk outlines the most important requirements for cost-sensitive classifier evaluation, and introduces a technique for classifier performance visualization – the cost curve – that meets all these requirements. This talk should be of interest to anyone who works in areas that use classifiers, for example, machine learning, pattern recognition, biometrics, and diagnosis.
Related papers:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10994-006-8199-5
https://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~holte/Publications/kdd2000.pdf
Figuring out the limits of human vision with deep learning
In this talk, I present a part of my PhD thesis done in collaboration with Telecom Paristech. In this work, we explored methods to derive the human perceptual limit to see changes in an image. We proposed a new method to solve the problem with convolutional neural network. Our solution involved using deep learning in conjunction with traditional methods in psychophysics. Our method derives the human error detection threshold by solving an alternative problem of image quality assessment. We tested our method on publicly available databases for measuring human visual thresholds and show state of the art results.
Related papers:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.07269
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327994999_Learning_Local_Distortion_Visibility_from_Image_Quality
Edmonton Data Science meetup is a place to learn about data science and network with fellow Data Scientists. The presentations for the upcoming meetup…

RainForest LWOL - Colin Christensen
2019-03-06 12:00 - 13:30 | Working Nicer – Beaver House, 10158 103 St NW – #100, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 0X6, Canada
March 6th – Colin Christensen from THNQ
Colin refuses to accept the status quo of the world. He’s constantly reading (about 500 books a year) and studying to find out why things are the way they are and what can be done about making them better. After having started, sold, failed, grown and invested in businesses over the last 20+ years, Colin curated a freely accessible model designed to be the best way to start and grow a business called The Whole Entrepreneur – with the crazy goal of defeating the unnecessary failure in entrepreneurship worldwide.
While his day job is helping entrepreneurs from startup to $20M build meaningful profit and love their life through his business THNQ, he is also launching a pilot project for microlending and entrepreneur development in Central America; building a construction incubator/accelerator, and reinventing drywall.
Colin’s kaizen mindset stretches through family, marriage, church, business, life, fitness, the way we learn, the way we grow, relationships, humility, philosophy, technology and more.
Colin’s central core value is entrepreneurship. As an advocate, he is a part of the Rainforest Initiative in Alberta, several mentoring groups, supporting the development of entrepreneurs globally through HOPE Worldwide and his class on innovation and entrepreneurship is the most sought-after program for school-age kids through the Career Pathways at the EPSB.
Agenda:

11:45 Check In (bring your lunch!)
12:00 Welcome
12:10 Who is in the Room?
12:25 Entrepreneur Profile
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.

BitCoin Rodeo Technology Symposium March 5-6th 2019
2019-03-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 1N9, Canada
BITCOIN RODEO PRESENTS
THE BLOCKCHAIN AND TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
Our symposium brings together blockchain, robotics, machine learning and IoT but adds the market aspects of government, academia, industry leaders and venture capital creating a space to not only showcase our tech industry but promote industry growth directly by connecting our partners with capital, customers, and opportunity.
TECH WALK EXHIBITOR FLOOR
Explore the latest technologies in our interactive showroom complete with food and beverage samples.
B2B
These 20 minute matchmaking sessions accelerate lead generation. Meet with our sponsors and speakers on a one-to-one basis over a coffee in our Business to Business Lounge. Scheduling is facilitated though our conference app.
PITCH COMPETITION
6 minutes in front of a live audience and a VC panel judges for a $500/competitor cash prize.
EXHIBITORS
contact amanda@bitcoinrodeo.com
Visit www.bitcoinrodeo.com for more details!
