Where to find VC firms, entrepreneurs, and industry experts

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

Before we get into this, check out the results from our weekly poll!

On Sunday, we asked if you’re headed to Innovation Week YYC in November. Thirty-eight percent of you said yes.

Now, on to the events you can’t miss…

Today: Scaling Deep Tech for a Decarbonized Future | October 23

• Deep Tech Canada is hosting an event to bring together industry, policy-makers, and experts in supporting standards development to showcase opportunities for Canada's leadership in clean, green, and sustainable technologies.

Today: Banff Venture Forum | October 23-24

• The Banff Venture Forum is a platform to showcase outstanding early and growth-stage ventures in the tech space.

• It engages a North American audience of experts from private equity firms to corporate strategy makers and foreign trade and development agencies, among others.

• The company showcase provides a highly focused networking opportunity for emerging outfits to display their products to strategic players for meaningful business development opportunities.

Building Your Personal Brand | October 24

• Calgary Tech Thursdays is co-hosting an event with Careers in Technology and Innovation on building your personal brand.

• In today's competitive and fast-changing job market, personal branding has never been more important. Whether you're a job seeker, a mid-career professional, or a senior executive, your personal brand defines how you're perceived in the industry and shapes the opportunities that come your way.

• Hear from:

  • Martina Sarro, senior recruitment consultant at Verve

  • Emilie Mazurek, senior product designer at Max Retail

  • Zac Novak, founder and CEO at Careers in Technology and Innovation

  • Derek Hovinga, demand generation at The Inbound Lab

TV and Film Industry in Calgary | October 31

• Calgary Tech Thursdays is co-hosting an event with Calgary Economic Development on the film and TV industry in Calgary.

• Over recent years, this sector has seen tremendous growth, including the HBO series Last of Us filmed here in Calgary. The conversation will talk about exciting developments in the space, barriers to its growth, and what the future might look like.

• Speakers include:

  • Matt Gillespie, president and CEO at Joe Media Group Inc.

  • Marc Kronewitt, business development at Denvr Dataworks

  • Erin O'Connor, senior manager of the creative economy at Calgary Economic Development

💼 Calgary tech jobs

• Garmin is hiring a Project Coordinator - Engineering

• City of Calgary is hiring an Infrastructure Project Coordinator

• RBC is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test

• Palo Alto Networks is hiring a Solutions Consultant - Calgary/Vancouver

• Deloitte is hiring a Manager, Enterprise Architecture, Deloitte Global Technology