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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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Women in Wealth: A Financial Feminism Opportunity | January 25
Data suggests that women will be making the majority of decisions for boomer wealth and will be the major driver of spending.
Join a conversation around building financial tools for women, co-hosted by the51.
Speakers include:
Pamela Draper, president, Digital Commerce Group
Shelley Kuipers, co-CEO, the51
Vanessa Stockbrugger, senior private wealth advisor, National Bank
YYC Hacks 2024 | February 2-4
The goal of this hackathon is to promote software development as a tool to make Calgary more accessible to newcomers and visitors, by creating engaging and innovative approaches to both immigration and tourism.
Participants of all coding abilities will learn, network, and be a part of a community that can change how newcomers and visitors connect with our beautiful city.
Problem statement: How can we use technology to make Calgary more accessible to visitors and newcomers?
Bolstering Your Ransomware Defense Strategy | February 1
Cybersecurity attacks are on track to rise in 2024, and an effective ransomware defense strategy is vital to keeping your company safe.
For a conversation on how to build an effective strategy, join:
Jeff Malenfant, VP of digital payments and vendor relations, Alpaca
D'Arcy Moynaugh, partner in cybersecurity at Deloitte Canada
At this week’s Tech Thursday gathering, join a conversation on blockchain and crypto. How will this tech exist within an increasingly tight regulatory environment?
DigiMarCon Canada 2024 | April 18-19
Join peers in person or online for two days jam-packed with digital marketing best practices, latest trends, practical solutions, strategy, and networking.
Plus, check out the next generation of technology and innovation: internet, mobile, adtech, martech, and SaaS technology.
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.
Inventure's 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
🗣️ The week that was
💼 Calgary tech jobs
AgencyAnalytics is hiring a Creative Director
Fortis Games is hiring a Director of Product (Games)
Zapier is hiring an AI Solutions Engineer
Stantec is hiring an Electrical Engineer - EIT
Procom is hiring a Project Manager
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