Tech Thursday

We have an awesome line-up for October in #Calgary 🎃👇 💸 October 3rd, ‘Tech M&A in Canada,’ co-hosted by Torys LLP featuring: Konata Lake, Partner at Torys LLP Geoff Kelsall, Senior Associate at Torys LLP Michael Rossi, Vice President, Corporate Development at Neo Financial Fraser Hall, Partner at Rhino Ventures Chelsea Gillett, Principal, Fund I and II, The51 🤖 October 10th, ‘Real-Time Generative AI Applications at Scale’ co-hosted by Confluent, featuring: Andrew Sellers, Head of Technology Strategy at Confluent Drew Gillson, Co-Founder at Gravity Foundation Danielle Gifford, Director of AI at PwC Clark Lai, CEO at Motiv 🤑 October 17th, ‘CTO to CTO: Building FinTech Giants in Canada’ co-hosted by Wealthsimple featuring: Kris Read, CTO at Neo Financial Diederik van Liere, CTO at Wealthsimple Tsering Asha L., Senior Editor at RedPoint Media Group (Avenue Calgary) 📈 October 24th, ‘Building your Personal Brand’ co-hosted by Careers In Technology and Innovation, featuring: Martina Sarro, Senior Recruitment Consultant at Verve Emilie Mazurek, Senior Product Designer at Max Retail Zachary Novak, Founder & CEO at Careers In Technology and Innovation 🎃 October 31st, ‘TV and Film Industry in Calgary’, co-hosted by Calgary Economic Development featuring: Matt Gillespie, President & CEO at Joe Media Group. Other speakers TBA We want to thank our incredible sponsors for making these events possible: Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Calgary Economic Development, Float, Google Cloud, and Confluent. RSVP using the link in the comments!

#Winnipeg, we have an awesome line-up for you this October! 🍁☕️ 🎮 October 3rd, ‘Game Developers in Winnipeg,’ co-hosted by New Media Manitoba featuring: Corinne Gusnoski, Senior Manager of Business Development at New Media Manitoba Kyle Schmitz, Founder at Teenage Astronauts Inc. Jameel De Beer, Founder at JD Video Game Productions Miguel Aquino, Founder at Manaflow Studio Inc. 📈 October 10th, ‘Fireside Chat with Adrian Sala on the Future of the Tech Ecosystem in Manitoba’, featuring: Hon. Adrien Sala, MSc BComm PMP, Minister of Finance at the Government of Manitoba Paul Card, CEO of the Manitoba Technology Accelerator 🚙 October 17th, ‘Tech and Transportation’ featuring: Aleaha More, Marketing Manager at FlexNetworks Dr Adejobi Adeloye, Founder at Amba Patient Transfer Mathieu Desrochers, Managing Director at Navi Pickups Jared Kozak, Founder at MoveRight Daniel Santos, CEO at Evotrux 🤝 October 24th, ‘Finding Product-Market Fit’ featuring: Avi Stoller, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Taiv Other speakers are TBD 🎃 October 31st, ‘Scary Startup Stories: Open Mic Night’, co-hosted by North Forge and Manitoba Technology Accelerator featuring: You! A big thank you to all of our sponsors Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Manitoba Technology Accelerator, Norima Consulting Inc., Go Oil, Amiron Ventures, FeedFlo, Pitblado Law, Lotlinx, Inc., Conquest Planning Inc., and Hilltop Partner Network. RSVP to all of our events using the link in the comments!

Really excited to co-host 'Tech M&A in Canada' with Torys LLP this week in #Calgary! The tech M&A market has seen a slowdown in recent years. Our panelists will dive into the impact of economic uncertainty, shifting valuations, and evolving regulatory landscapes, discussing what it will take for M&A activity to rebound. Our speakers are: Konata Lake, Partner at Torys LLP Geoff Kelsall, Senior Associate at Torys LLP Michael Rossi, Vice President, Corporate Development at Neo Financial Fraser Hall, Partner at Rhino Ventures Chelsea Gillett, Principal, Fund I and II, The51 This event series happens every week at The Pioneer. Doors open at 4:30pm, the panel starts at 5pm. RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gZCWPidD

Last week we hosted 'Truth to Transformation: Implementing Reconciliation in your Business' with the Indigenous Chamber of Commerce 🟧 Thank you Bashir Mustapha for the video recap!

Last night TOOK OFF! 🚀📈 (pun absolutely intended) Delightful to host our first, and certainly not last, event on the Aerospace sector last night to a full house. A big thank you to our co-hosts Calgary Economic Development and Amy Smith for helping us put the event on. Thank you to our tremendous speakers: Kimberley Van Vliet, Director, Aerospace Innovation Hub at Innovate Calgary Sean Greenwood, Founder and President, Canadian UAVs Lisa Eyamie, Director of Digital Business Development Transformation, WestJet Lynda Holden, Interim Dean – School of Transportation and School of Manufaturing and Automation at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) And of course to our tremendous sponsors Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Calgary Economic Development, Manitoba Technology Accelerator, Confluent, Float, and Google Cloud!

Tech Thursday summary for Sept 26th 2024 “Reconciliation and How to Incorporate it into your Business" 📢 Sponsored By SkipTheDishes Neo Financial Manitoba Technology Accelerator Norima Consulting Inc. Amiron Ventures Go Oil,Snowflake  Hilltop Partner Network FeedFlo Conquest Planning Inc. Lotlinx, Inc. 📢 Host Paul Card CEO Manitoba Technology Accelerator 📢 Moderator: Renee Greyeyes, President & CEO, Indigenous Chamber of Commerce 📢 Panel: Geeta Tucker, FCPA, FCMA, President & CEO of CPA Manitoba Christopher Henry, President, Indigenous Canadian Medical Dispensaries As we approach the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, last nights Tech Thursday panel delved into how businesses can effectively integrate reconciliation initiatives into their operations. The discussion centered on indigenous business and purchasing initiatives, emphasizing the success stories and challenges faced in this journey. One key highlight was the Indigenous Lerner's approach for accounting by the Manitoba CPA's, shifting the focus from mere profit-making to incorporating culturally appropriate content and narratives while teaching financial concepts. With groups of 30 learners led by indigenous instructors, nearly 100 individuals have been trained by this program to date. Chris's remarkable journey included touring over 200 First Nation communities before launching his business, emphasizing the importance of understanding and sharing resources within healthcare for community benefit. Overcoming challenges required years of building trust through transparent plans that shared economic benefits. Leadership support was crucial in recognizing reconciliation as an opportunity for growth, stressing the significance of consistent relationship-building and attentiveness to indigenous communities' needs and wishes. Cost concerns at Manitoba CPA were initially raised regarding Reconciliation initiatives but were quickly debunked, highlighting the need to balance perceptions of reconciliation efforts and underscore the necessity for First Nation CPAs. Looking ahead, the focus remains on supporting indigenous entrepreneurs by addressing pressing issues like the unique tax questions Indigenous entrepreneurs face and finding the funding to grow. Indigenous communities are looking for partnerships to grow their economic potential and its critical that potential Partners don't overpromise what they can do while owning and learning from any mistakes made during the partnership process. #Reconciliation #manitoba Richard McAlpineDonna McAlpine, PMPClint UnrauMichael HarmerJackie RomansTerry WangJohn SparrowRavneet KaurSajjad HeydariChris FransooCorinne GusnoskiDerek Boutang, FCPA, FCMAAdam RehillBashir MustaphaPavlo RomanskyiShane GruskoDavid PetersBahram Moeinian

What your typical Thursday looks like in Calgary. Thanks to Motiv for the incredible recap!

'Innovation in Calgary's Aerospace Sector' is this week, and it should be a good one! 🛫 We're thrilled to co-host this event with Calgary Economic Development who have brought together an amazing line-up of speakers: Kimberley Van Vliet, Director of Aerospace Innovation Hub Sean Greenwood, Founder and President, Canadian UAVs Lisa Eyamie, Director of Digital Business Development Transformation, WestJet Lynda Holden, Interim Dean – School of Transportation and School of Manufaturing and Automation at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) There's only a few tickets left. Grab them now: https://lnkd.in/gcTFrJzb

Honoured to have been named 'Innovator of the Week' by Avenue Calgary Magazine! There is really no Tech Thursday without the tech communities in #Winnipeg and #Calgary who support our events every single week – a huge shoutout to everyone who has attended, spoken at, and sponsored our events. “What we wanted to create is [an] environment where you could go meet with your peers, learn from what they were building and creating, and really showcase some of the awesome work being done in these two communities” Wanted to shoutout the team at Neo Financial for believing in me to go off on my own and giving me this incredible opportunity. A big thank you to Amanda Broos, Chris Simair, Andrew Chau, Jeff Adamson, and Kris Read. Thank you to Tsering Asha L. for the great piece! Paul Card, excited for where we can take this thing together. 📈🚀 Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eGeKnBpS

Next Monday is National Truth and Reconciliation Day. This #Thursday in #Winnipeg, we're thrilled to have partnered with Indigenous Chamber of Commerce to host 'Truth to Transformation: Implementing Reconciliation in Business'. Renee Greyeyes, President & CEO, at the Indigenous Chamber of Commerce Geeta Tucker, FCPA, FCMA, President & CEO of CPA Manitoba Christopher Henry, President of IcMD.ca RSVP to the event here: https://lnkd.in/gNjQW9ks A big thank you to our sponsors Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Manitoba Technology Accelerator, Go Oil, Conquest Planning Inc., Hilltop Partner Network, Norima Consulting Inc., Amiron Ventures, and FeedFlo