Events for October 6, 2020 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

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Innovate Care

Innovative Care 2020

Atlantic Canada’s Event of the Year for Health Care and Aging. An opportunity to hear from small and large innovative companies in the Health and Longevity Sectors, to learn new skills and to network with investors, startups and support organizations. A great program of speakers from near and far and a startup pitch competition highlighting new, exciting ideas. Innovate Care, the Jameson Group and Aging2-Halifax are pleased to be working in collaboration with the NS Dept of Seniors, Northwood and other organizations to showcase Nova Scotia as an innovation hub for innovative home & health care, aging, senior, mobility and independent care solutions. The event will offer a fully-featured virtual experience. On October 5 & 6th IC2020 in partnership with Aging2.0’s and its Pitch competition will feature thought provoking keynotes and interactive roundtables on innovative care solutions. They’ll focus on independence for those who require care at home, at a home care facility or within a health care system. The 2 day event will provide a forum for today’s frontline healthcare providers and technology solution providers along with startups, investors and major innovators like Google, Amazon, Oculus, Telus Health, etc to come together in a “think tank” setting to discuss […]

Accelerate Discovery

ACENET Programming Workshop: Unix Shell, Version Control and R Begins

Using software-carpentry.org materials this workshop introduces you to the fundamentals of the Unix Shell, Version Control with Git and R. About this Event This is a beginner level series that is hands-on, covering the fundamentals of R, including data types, conditional statements, loops and functions, as well as program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. The goal is to teach the practical knowledge needed to start programming, debugging and using R in everyday tasks. You do not need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop. You do need to have a laptop with a Mac, Linux or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc) on which you have administrative privileges, as you will need to pre-load specific software packages.   This workshop will take place on: Tuesday, October 6th - 10:00am-2:00pm (ADT) Tuesday, October 13th - 10:00-2:00pm (ADT) Tuesday, October 20th - 10:00 -2:00pm (ADT) Tuesday, October 27th - 10:00-2:00pm (ADT) Please see this link for Detailed Information. Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not […]

Building a Career in the Tech Sector

Building a Career in the Tech Sector

Learn from industry experts about the skills and steps that will help you build and advance your career in the tech industry. Whether you have recently begun your career in tech or are currently working towards a related degree, you may find yourself asking “What can I be doing now to better prepare myself for a career in tech?” or “How can I continue to build on my current role to advance my career?” Join ShiftKey Labs and Digital Nova Scotia this upcoming Tuesday, October 6th for a panel discussion addressing these questions. Come ready to learn about the skills and steps that will help you build and advance your career in tech. This virtual panel discussion will run from 12pm – 1pm and will allow for questions at the end of the session. About our panel: Akram Al-otumi, Director, ShiftKey Labs Nick Misener, Partner – IT Recruitment, Venor Nicole Seamone, HR & Talent Lead, REDspace Katie Wright, Director of Engineering, Dash Hudson Register