We've got your May events line-up

Plus, two more opportunities for Calgary innovators

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Emily Edwards
April 24, 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.

  • This panel brings together two of Canada's most promising Scale-Up founders to talk about their journey and experience.

  • Moderated by Chloe Smith, CEO and Founder at Mercator.ai, this panel features:

    • Jeff Adamson, Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Founder, Neo Financial

    • Rob Khazzam, Co-Founder and CEO, Float

  • Intellectual Property (IP) is a buzzword we hear all the time as business owners, but what does it mean, how does it apply to your specific business?

  • In this workshop, you'll get a basic overview of what IP is and how to embed IP strategies in your impact-driven business. You'll leave with an understanding of IP and tools to connect with Elevate IP to further develop IP strategies and deepen relationships with industry professionals.

  • This month, Musap (Moose) Abdel joins for some behind-the-scenes storytelling of Struggle Is Your Success (S.I.Y.S.), a non-profit that empowers youth from diverse backgrounds by providing them with the skills, training, and guidance they need to overcome their challenges and pursue their passions in life.

  • During the event, Moose will reflect on his journey as a founder and S.I.Y.S.'s approach to inspire, guide, and motivate these young people through innovative and high-quality entrepreneurial and leadership-focused programs and workshops.

  • Sign up to join the live event and watch the Top 20 Companies in Southern Alberta pitch

SPONSORED BY FORESIGHT

Develop Your C-Suite Leadership Skills

Strong leadership is pivotal to an emerging venture's success. Effective leaders can multiply their growth and impact by better navigating challenges, leveraging networks, and empowering teams.

Foresight’s CXO Growth Program helps cleantech CEOs, CTOs, CFOs, CSOs, and CTOs develop leadership strength through a supportive community of peers and industry experts.

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

💼 Calgary tech jobs

2 more opportunities

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