Events

This Pitch Competition, powered by Cox & Palmer, is an excellent opportunity to practice your pitch, fine-tune your deck, and get feedback from peers and industry professionals. You will also gain valuable experience presenting to investors, potential early adopters and a room full of people (you never know who may be sitting in the audience!) Each competition will have a judging panel, comprised of entrepreneurs, potential investors and community leaders. Judging will be based on the pitch, not the business, and will focus on the presentation quality and content. Judges Panel: Patrick Fitzgerald, Partner at Cox & Palmer Jane Crowell, Senior Director Strategy and Planning, 7 Communications Ian Whytock, Manager of Strategic Initiatives at Barrington Edge The winning Pitch will receive: 1) $500 Visa Gift Card 2) Name engraved on Volta’s “I’ve got 99 problems but my pitch ain’t one” trophy 3) A photo on the “Pitch Wall of Fame” board 4) Cox & Palmer swag bag Lunch and refreshments will be served! How to Apply to Pitch: Fill out this form to apply for a slot to pitch. Space for pitching companies is limited. Please visit here for a list of regulations. Applications are due by Wednesday, August 7 at 5:00pm. Applications will […]

GameGen is a fun-filled event for youth ages 13 to 25 to learn and practice video game development through the use of Scratch or Unity. There will also be special presentations from industry experts. Volta, in partnership with Ignite Labs and Digital Nova Scotia, is pleased to help bring this event to life in Halifax. Throughout this exciting weekend, you will develop, create, and pitch a videogame of your own creation. You will receive helpful tips and information from industry experts from across Nova Scotia. You will have a chance to get hands-on with tech and explore hot topics such as virtual reality, 3D modeling, and digital art. We welcome both teams and individuals to participate. No team? No problem! Feel free to partner up when you come If you do not have a computer, but want to participate, we have a limited number of computers available to borrow. (Please be sure to select the ticket option Require Use of a Computer) Judging: Each team or participant will have three minutes to pitch their game to the judges. Games will be judged on the game concept, completeness, and design, with extra points for innovation. Teams will be ranked by total score, with the top three […]

Stephanie Lummis is a User Experience Strategist with more than 20 years experience. She has been invited to talk on the topic of user-centric content strategy and her talk is entitled, “Persuasion Architecture: Turn your user research into content that converts.” You will learn: how to organize and structure content on your website to persuade people through the customer journey toward conversion internal linking and keyword strategies how it differs from information architecture You’ll leave with strategies and tips you can put to use immediately. Previous attendees have also asked for some activities to help us all get to know one another better. So this evening, we encourage you to bring a friend (or two) who also might be interested in the topic and participate in an activity that will help you remember the main points and help you meet new people. Light Refreshments will be served. Bring a pen or marker please! 6:00-6:30 Networking 6:30-6:35 Introduction and Announcements 6:35-7:05 Stephanie Lummis: “Persuasion Architecture: Turn your user research into content that converts.” 7:05-7:10 Q&A 7:10-7:15 Intro to Networking Game/Activity 7:15-7:45 Networking Game/Activity 7:45-7:50 Wrap up and Prize giveaway Find out more

In this session, attendees will learn about the latest developments and trends in the cloud landscape and how they can benefit from CANARIE’s DAIR Cloud program

The Coworking Community is designed to connect mobile workers, entrepreneurs, and freelancers both physically and electronically.