Calgary Funding Roadshow

Wed, May. 28, 2014 All Day

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The 2014 Funding Roadshow is designed to better educate
entrepreneurs on funding opportunities as well as facilitate
connections between funders and entrepreneurs.

The Calgary stop of the Funding Roadshow is hosted by
Accelerator YYC and Startup Calagry.

Innovate Calgary, The Business Link and REAP Calgary are a
community partners supporting the event.

A total of 20 companies per day will get to pitch, the
criteria for each stream… Read more…

Students to Startups Kick Off Party!

Thu, May. 29, 2014 5:30pm — 9:00pm

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Join us at the interactive Square One Kick Off Party!

Featuring Andrew Phung & Ken Bautista

This is your opportunity to connect with our city’s
brightest entrepreneurs, demo their products, and celebrate
everything that our startup and entrepreneurial community
has to offer.

We will showcase local student startups who are rapidly
growing, attracting investor funding, and earning revenue.

Creatives, entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers, consumers and
supporters – everyone is welcome!… Read more…

Hacking Health Calgary

Jun. 13 – 15, 2014 All Day

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3 Days. Bright Minds. Health Care Innovation.

Hacking Health is designed to improve health care by
inviting technology creators and health care professionals
to collaborate on realistic, human-centric solutions to
front-line problems.

Hacking Health is a fun, intense, hands-on event being held
at the University of Calgary, Foothills Campus. Small teams
of health care professionals, developers and designers will
tackle tough problems in a supportive community of peers… Read more…

TECTERRA Showcase 2014

Wed, Jun. 18, 2014 All Day

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The TECTERRA Showcase 2014 will provide a fantastic
opportunity for the geomatics and business community to
gather and learn about the latest innovative practices, new
products and organizational successes in the Canadian
geomatics industry.

This anticipated event will feature over 50 companies from
TECTERRA’s portfolio of funding programs who will share and
demonstrate the latest technologies. Showcase will also host
demonstrations, company presentations, networking
opportunities and a keynote presentation… Read more…

HPCS 2014

Jun. 25 – 27, 2014 All Day

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HPCS is a multi-disciplinary conference, considered Canada’s
premier advanced computing forum. Each year, Canadian
researchers, analysts, and IT professionals from academia
and industry gather to exchange the ideas, tools, and new
discoveries that are driving today’s innovations in
computational research.

This year’s program is built around the theme of HPC Serving
Society and includes sessions focusing on Bioinformatics,
Big Data & Analytics, Computational Materials Science, Ocean
& Atmosphere Modelling,… Read more…

Digital Alberta Awards

Sat, Jul. 19, 2014 5:00pm — 10:00pm

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Digital Alberta is excited to host the 2014 Digital Alberta
Awards on July 19, 2014 at the Royal Alberta Museum
theatre in Edmonton.

Celebrating the best and the brightest in the world of
digital media, the Digital Alberta awards put a spotlight on
locally made innovations and inspirations. Entry
applications are open immediately.

Make your mark. Show Alberta your superpowers!

Nominate yourself or someone you admire today! Read more…

TEC Venture Angels Bootcamp

Aug. 16 – 17, 2014 All Day

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TEC Venture Angels will be hosting an Investment Bootcamp
August 16-17, 2014.

Randy Thompson, Angel Investor and Director of TEC Venture
Angels, will provide startup founders with valuable insight
and exercises to help them ‘become the investor’ and
understand the process. Founders will get the exclusive
opportunity to:

Talk directly with investors about what they look for
(including local Angel & VC guest speakers) Form connections
with influencers… Read more…

Startup Weekend – Solutions For Your City

Aug. 22 – 24, 2014 All Day

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Join us for the next edition of Startup Weekend where you
will be creating innovative solutions using open data
provided by The City of Calgary. Your goal is to identify
opportunities to build tools or services that would improve
service delivery and/or enhance the daily lives of
Calgarians.

Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active
and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of
founding startups… Read more…