Meet the women in Calgary tech beating the odds

Plus, get your discount code for tickets to the Startup Canada Tour stop in the city.

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Emily Edwards
March 19, 2025

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

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On Sunday, we asked if you had celebrated International Women’s Day. Sixty-percent of you said yes and that it was still important.

Now, on to the events and opportunities you can’t miss…

📅 Events

  • Calgary Tech Thursdays is holding a panel featuring resilient women moving forward against all odds. The conversation will focus on the stories of three women who own SMEs, what they went through, and their tips from their successes.

  • The panel will feature:

  • Are you a startup looking for the right resources to scale, a business owner seeking fresh strategies, or an entrepreneur eager to explore new growth opportunities?

  • The Alberta Regional Innovation Networks (RINs) are coming together to provide an exclusive event for scaling and growing companies to network, access key resources, and prepare for the next stage of their business journey.

  • This interactive event will feature presentations from leading innovation organizations, a panel discussion on Alberta’s scale-up gap, and networking opportunities with industry experts.

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  • AI is transforming agriculture by improving productivity, sustainability, and efficiency. Its applications include pest identification, weather forecasting, soil health monitoring, animal nutrition, and autonomous equipment.

  • Adopting new technologies, especially AI, presents challenges such as a shortage of skilled professionals; high initial investments; and concerns about data security, privacy, and ethics. The upcoming session will address these issues by featuring pioneers in the field.

  • Tech Thursdays is hosting a panel on Garmin's product development.

  • Dive into how Garmin approaches building products for its customers’ real needs versus their stated desires, and hear from folks on the company’s product management and engineering teams.

  • Speakers include:

    • Moderator: Christa Hill, co-founder and CEO at Tacit Edge

    • Ross Stirling, director of engineering at Garmin

    • Stefan Lund, senior product manager at Garmin

    • Michael Choi, software engineering manager at Garmin

    • Alejandra Cano Tinoco, senior software engineering team lead at Garmin

  • Join the Canadian entrepreneurship ecosystem at the Startup Canada Tour to expand your network, learn from industry leaders, and apply valuable insights to your early-stage business!

  • As a Calgary Tech Journal reader, you can use the code CTJ30 for 30% off startup passes and general admission passes. Plus, take advantage of early-bird pricing until March 31st.

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