October's Halifax Third Wednesday tech/media/marketing meetup is this Wednesday, October 19th from 5-7:30pm. We’ll have our 30-sec intro/opportunity spots, our friends from Digital Nova Scotia, and lots of cool peeps from the Halifax tech community!
Roadmap to a Successful Digital Transformation As service delivery moves further into the virtual realm, a strong digital transformation strategy is paramount for all levels of government. Identifying the needs of citizens, gaining trust through reliable and secure services, and striking the right balance between innovation and practicality is essential to success and progress. Designing digital services which are accessible, inclusive and citizen-centric is an absolute must. By committing to inclusive and innovative design, the public sector can create exceptional products and services. To achieve this, internal buy-in and a culture that is receptive to change is paramount. Embracing a digital mindset and adopting the technologies to facilitate change is key to success. To optimize your digital transformation journey, Digital Government & CX Roadshow 2022 will bring together public sector leaders to explore the most efficient strategies to help you gain internal buy-in and develop a roadmap for your digital transformation. This series will head to 5 Canadian cities, from coast to coast, to highlight emerging trends, future opportunities, and the barriers to successful digital transformation.
About this event Why the %$#& do I need to worry about marketing? If you aren’t thinking about or planning to add marketing to your overarching strategy, your business will fail. If you’re executing marketing tactics without a strategy, your business will stall and stagnate. If you aren’t tracking and reacting to your marketing efforts, you’re wasting money. This workshop will be a no-nonsense discussion around marketing, and offer attendees a guideline to develop an effective, impactful, and results driven marketing strategy that can evolve with the growth of any business. We will dive into how important marketing is to the success of all areas of your organization; how it is ingrained in both acquisition and retention approaches; and how to recognize and react to both success and/or failure. We will explore 3 key components of any successful marketing strategy – brand, customer and category. Each extremely important, and something every organization needs to continually focus on. We will also offer insight, advice and a framework to help build, expand or rework anyone’s marketing strategy. Companies or community groups – be it startups, early stage to well-established – will benefit from this fresh, frank and unique perspective. In this 1 […]
Virtual Event | October 20, 2022 | 8:30AM PST In the world of "hybrid everything" including distributed apps, networks, and remote workers, preventing sophisticated cyber attacks requires a zero trust security architecture that scales with your business. Join us virtually for Check Point: <SECURE> where you will learn how to implement zero trust policies and prevent the latest threats by leveraging AI, deep learning and automation across your cloud, data center, and endpoints. There will also be some very exciting announcements from Check Point around Threat Prevention, IoT and Network Security that you won't want to miss. You'll hear real world case studies on how companies have implemented zero trust hybrid IT security strategies to prevent cyber-attacks on their businesses. And you'll get the latest zero trust, cloud and data center trends and best practices from Frank Dickson, Group Vice President of IDC’s Security and Trust practice. Register now to secure your spot!
Entrevestor Live is a half-day hybrid event dedicated to the greatest successes in the Atlantic Canadian startup community. Dispelling the myth that #StartupAtlantic features only early-stage companies, Entrevestor Live showcases the growth-stage companies that have had major funding rounds, exits or gained a global presence. What’s more, our conference is designed to maximize the time and budget of our customers. Its three-hour duration means you can attend without surrendering a day or more of your precious time. (People in Halifax will still benefit from a networking session after the program.) And it’s priced so that even early-stage founders can attend, either in person in Halifax or online from anywhere. If you’re an investor, Entrevestor Live will show you what’s happening in Atlantic Canadian startups – in the most successful companies, those companies poised to join the top tier, and the emerging sectors. If you’re a founder, the program will help you understand how the best companies got where they are. Either way, this is a must-see event. We're delighted to partner with Volta, Canada's East Coast Innovation Hub, which has agreed to host Entrevestor Live. A networking session will follow the event at Volta.
Are you ready to make waves? Atlantic Canada's Connector Conference for the Local Creator + Creative Community The Swell Atlantic is an opportunity for the diverse community of content creators and creatives of Atlantic Canada to engage with one another face-to-face and to share experiences and expertise related to our digital landscape and economy through meaningful dialogue and hands-on learning. When we come together to share our endeavours, to collaborate, and to celebrate each other, the collective creative energy can propel us each higher, faster, and with so much more strength than if we’re floating along solo. DNS Members can receive $75 off their registration! Email Leah Clarke at leah@digitalnovascotia.com for your code
Road to Economic Prosperity Community Summit Join the Halifax Partnership for the second annual African Nova Scotian Road to Economic Prosperity Summit where the community will share and celebrate progress made on The Road to Economic Prosperity Action Plan - a five-year collaborative strategy developed and owned by the African Nova Scotian community to advance economic development and community priorities. DATE Friday, October 21, 2022, 8:30am-3:00pm PRICE Free VENUE The Prince George Hotel ADDRESS 1725 Market Street, Downtown Halifax B3J 0B7 Nova Scotia Canada
"Agile Threat Actors - Agile Cyber-Defenses" October 24-25, 2022 About the Event The 2022 Symposium Committee of the Atlantic Provinces Chapter of ISACA is pleased to announce its fall event – IT Security & Risk Symposium is being held in-person this year on October 24-25, 2022. We are thrilled to be inviting speakers, attendees and sponsors to an amazing in-person event. A great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and friends in a educational setting. As a nonprofit, global membership association for IT and information systems professionals, ISACA is committed to providing its diverse constituency of more than 140,000 professionals worldwide with the tools they need to achieve individual and organizational success. The benefits offered through our globally accepted research, certifications and community collaboration result in greater trust in, and value from, information systems. Through more than 200 chapters established in more than 80 countries, ISACA provides its members with education, resource sharing, advocacy, professional networking, and a host of other benefits on a local level. Members rely on ISACA for resources that enhance their skills, expand their professional knowledge and connect them with a vibrant community of peers. As such, the Atlantic Provinces chapter is hosting this two-day event to […]
Details This month, we are doing a workshop for some hands-on learning! 👋🏻 Join us on Monday, October 24th as we think together and discover with Nata Kostenko. Big tech scandals, deceptive patterns, data privacy issues... We hear about unethical practices all the time. But what exactly does it mean to "work ethically"? And how can you do it in a human-centred way? It all starts with reflecting on our thought patterns and learning how to voice our concerns. We need to find our North Star and equip ourselves with tools to act against injustice (and keep our sanity). This is a practical workshop where we will explore ways to incorporate ethics into your work process. We will play with some tools, talk about existing barriers to ethical action, and go through concrete examples you might encounter in your daily work. Come as you are and let us untangle this knot together! Nata is a service designer and design researcher at Tilt the Scales. Every day she balances her belief in the power of design to make a difference with the urge to hide from the world's problems. This is a FREE event thanks to our friends at Volta and […]
There is growing information that workplace mental health is becoming a more significant challenge (e.g., YOY increases in STD/LTD & WCB claims due to mental illness). Knowing workers’ mental health is a growing concern is not enough. Assuming that simply introducing programs and policies will be enough to have an impact is a common mistake. To positively impact workplace mental health, employers must understand what psychosocial risk factors and hazards are creating considerable strain on workers and leaders. They must then discover what protective factors they can facilitate by using a Plan – Do – Check – Act approach to reducing mental harm and promoting mental health. Transformation and impactful workplace mental health initiatives drive worker engagement and productivity and lower sick time and disability costs, contributing to a secure and sustainable workforce. In 2020, companies with the highest workforce treatment scores in Just Capital’s rankings outperformed the Russell 1000 by 4.7 percent. Dr. Bill Howatt, an international expert in workplace mental health, will provide professionals tasked with facilitating workplace mental health a framework for putting your organization on the right track to transforming workplace mental health. All workers and leaders have mental health. How effectively employers and employees promote […]
About The Event 🌎 VanHack is Canada’s leading tech recruitment company that’s helped employers with more than 1,700 hires. Named one of the Top 100 Tech Companies to Watch For by FoundersBeta, VanHack is on a mission to increase diversity and create a borderless world. Join more than 1,000 other companies like Neo Financial, Dapper Labs, Booking.com, and Brex who hired great software engineers from around the world. In this 3-day virtual hiring event, you’ll get to speed interview a curated group of female software engineers skilled in JavaScript, Java, Ruby, Mobile, Python and others. Join the speed interview session for the skill sets you’re hiring for. All qualified candidates are pre-vetted by VanHack, and have at least 4+ years of experience. Our diverse female developers are engaged and ready to meet you for remote or relocation opportunities. Why Work With Us Hire Fast Fill multiple roles from a single event and cut down your hiring lead times We’ll Do the Hard Work We pre-screen and pre-vet every candidate you talk to Meet Your Hiring Needs Every hiring event has a specialty focus - such as specific developer skills, women in tech, diversity What To Expect You get to interview […]
About this talk Join our webinar to learn how CloudGuard AppSec pre-emptively prevented the most sophisticated zero-day attacks, such as log4J and Spring4Shell, and truly leverages the power of AI to automatically keep your web applications secure. The presentation will be followed by a fireside chat with Check Point’s Global CISO, Jony Fischbein, who will share his experience battling zero-day exploits. Learn about: The complexities of zero day attacks Next-gen approaches to AI-based precise prevention Best practices from Check Point’s CISO
