Breakfast Club is back

Plus, grab a drink with Zayzoon's founder and InterGen's CEO

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Emily Edwards
May 22, 2024

Welcome to the Midweek Memo: a weekly digest of the city’s top tech events, personnel moves, job openings, and industry opportunities.

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Startup TNT Happy Hour | Every Thursday

  • Connect with local entrepreneurs and investors at Startup TNT’s weekly happy hour events in Edmonton and Calgary.

  • Join every Thursday to meet a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals and engage in conversations about latest trends and strategies.

  • Are you a startup founder looking to infuse your team with fresh ideas, energy, and cost-effective talent?

  • Internships could be the game-changer your organization needs. However, finding the right match and seamlessly integrating interns into your dynamic startup environment can be daunting. In this event, dive into the crucial strategies and best practices for successful internship recruitment and management explicitly tailored for startups.

  • This panel is bringing together folks on two sides of the backend infrastructure aisle.

  • Speakers are:

  • Get ready to be inspired by the latest groundbreaking ideas and inventions.

  • This in-person gathering is your chance to connect with like-minded individuals, discover cutting-edge technologies, and witness groundbreaking innovations in action. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a community that is shaping the future.

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Talent Meets Opportunity Mixer | May 28

  • Join the Talent Meets Opportunity (TMO) mixer, hosted by Alberta Innovates, on May 28, 2024, at the Marriott, Downtown Calgary. This event connects industry leaders, innovators, and support providers with trainees — from undergrad to the postdoctoral level — who are eager to explore new trajectories and apply their skills in real-world settings. 

  • Why attend?

    • Showcase your company or innovation work

    • Meet top talent

    • Build meaningful connections

Inventures 2024 | May 29-31

  • Take part in three days with the brightest minds, angel investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders from across the globe that are solving the most critical issues of our time.

  • Inventures 2024 content tracks are:

    • Growing up: Food tech, farm to fork

    • Earth tech: Building everything better

    • Tech triathlon: Quantum + AI + IoT

    • Entrepreneurship: Accelerating scale-up

    • Blurring boundaries: Tech at work

    • Live long, live well: Unveiling health data

  • This panel focuses on advances in technology enhanced threat mitigation for AML.

  • Hear from:

  • Join this monthly meetup at the Social Innovation Hub to hear the stories of founders and the impact their startups are making.

  • This month, Ron Jaicarran is joining to share the behind-the-scenes storytelling of Imagine Cities. Imagine Cities develops digital tools to support neighbourhood organizations by providing access to current research, skills and tools, and talent to assist in advancing local projects that build more vibrant, resilient and flourishing neighbourhoods for residents.

Fintech Drinks | June 25

  • The quarterly Fintech Drinks is a collaborative social gathering bringing together the fintech community. These events are meant to facilitate exchanges, sparking new symbiotic relationships with fintech enthusiasts from all backgrounds.

  • This quarter’s topic? Crafting a trustworthy and resilient fintech brand for Canadians.

  • Speakers include:

    • Tate Hackert, President and Founder, Zayzoon

    • Sandi Gilbert, Founder, DealPoint & CEO, InterGen

    • David MacLean, Head of Marketing, Neo Financial

💼 Calgary tech jobs

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