Past Events from November 22, 2023 – December 12, 2023 – Page 18 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Tech Wednesdays with NPower Canada

Online

About this event More than 80% of NPower Canada alumni secure employment or enroll in higher education within 6 months of graduating, with 30-40% already placed into jobs upon completing training. Graduates launch digital careers in roles such as Help Desk Agent, Data Analyst, QA / Tester and Business Systems Analyst with companies like TELUS, Accenture and CIBC. NPower Canada is a registered charity launching individuals 18 + (with no maximum age) into meaningful digital careers. NPower Canada's virtually delivered programs provide participants with 15 weeks of no-cost, part-time tech skills training, including industry certifications, complemented by employability skills coaching and wraparound supports (including bus pass, interview clothing and laptops/WiFi based on financial need). Program participants are also connected directly with employers, job retention supports and five years of alumni services including continued education and mentorship. Candidates do not need any prior background in tech to apply. They must have completed their high school, Dogwood or GED, and be eligible to work in Canada. NPower Canada prioritizes serving lower-income, un/underemployed individuals, female-identified, BIPOC, 2SLGBTQ+, newcomers and people with disabilities. Join us to learn more and apply early to avoid waitlist for the upcoming start date: https://npowercanada.ca/youth/

Nova Scotia RENs Partners for Progress 2023 Conference

Glasgow Square Theatre 155 Riverside Parkway, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Pictou County Partnership has the pleasure of hosting the annual Partners for Progress Conference. The 2023 conference works to support economic development throughout the province by bringing the Regional Enterprise Networks and other stakeholders and community members together for conversations surrounding a diverse spectrum of topics crucial to the growth and prosperity of our rural communities. Discussions and  development of action plans are focused on the four economic lenses: Grow Strategic Sectors: growing our share of high-paying, high growth, and high-productivity sectors. Increasing Productivity: enabling increased productivity for all sectors and businesses across the province. Planting the Seeds: investing in new ideas and entrepreneurship to grow the economy. Community Focus: ensuring all communities experience growth and prosperity. View the full schedule here!

Using Git Tools to Manage File Changes and Collaborate: Collaboration

Online

This session will focus on collaborative development workflows using Git-collaboration sites like GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket and will demonstrate how to work with branches, issue tracking, contribute to projects using pull-/merge-requests, code-review, how to run CI/CD-pipelines and use other common features of these platforms. Prerequisite to attending this workshop is a basic experience with using Git by: attending the session Version Control with Git on November 21, 2023; having attended the Version Control with Git lecture of any Software Carpentry workshop; or having hands-on experience with Git version control (i.e. being familiar with the Git commands: status, add, commit, checkout, log, diff, push, & pull). Attendees should have a computer (Windows, Linux or MacOS) on which they install Git before the workshop, following the instructions on https://carpentries.github.io/workshop-template/#git You will also need to sign up for a free GitHub account at https://github.com/ and know your username and password. Lesson Material: https://acenet-arc.github.io/git-collaboration/ This session will be delivered online. Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, i.e. gmail). Connection details for the session will be sent out beforehand only to those registered with institutional/organizational email addresses.

Unlocking Success: Elevate your brand with powerful AI tools

Online

🌐Announcing Our Free Webinar 🚀 *Struggling to make your brand heard in the digital chaos? Ever feel like your voice is lost in the digital noise?* In this session, we'll guide you step-by-step on how to build a powerful brand and make the most of key resources at your fingertips. It's a game-changer, and it's entirely FREE! You're not alone! Join us on Nov 28 for "Unlocking Success: Elevate your brand with powerful AI tools." Act now, and let's break through the noise together. 🗓️Date: 28 November 2023 🕒Time: 5:00 PM AST to 7:00 PM AST Webinar Agenda: 1. AI's Impact on Branding : Explore and unearth the untapped potential of AI tools for crafting a compelling online presence. 2. Entrepreneurial Insights : Shubhra Singh and Rajat Budhiraja spill the secrets behind their startup success. 3. AI Tools Showcase : Practical Tips & Tricks into the journey of cutting-edge AI tools for brand building and engagement. 4. Live Q&A session with the experts. Secure your spot: https://www.eventbrite.ca/x/758935244747/  #BrandVisibility #CountdownToSuccess #WebinarWisdom #AiinBranding #DigitalSuccess #Entrepreneurship #EmployNXT

Pitch Competitions

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Practice makes perfect. Pitch perfect. Volta Pitch Competitions are an opportunity for those in the Atlantic Canadian tech and innovation communities to practice their three-minute business pitch and receive feedback from peers and industry professionals. Our Quarterly Pitch Competitions provide participants with experience pitching to investors and potential early adopters. Each competition will be judged by a panel of entrepreneurs, potential investors and community leaders. Judging will be based on the pitch, business idea, and will focus on presentation quality and content. Quarterly Pitch Competitions are only open to residents of Atlantic Canada. An idea, product or company may be pitched a maximum of twice. Previous Volta Pitch Competition winners will not be allowed to pitch the same idea/business at future competitions (new businesses or ideas from the same company are permitted). The next Volta Virtual Pitch Competition Powered by Boast will take place on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 12:00pm. ‍The winning Pitch will receive: $500 Visa gift card Name engraved on Volta’s Pitch Competition trophy Selection Criteria The Idea When providing a description of your company or idea, be sure to outline its originality. When reviewing the applications we will be looking at the information provided and since […]

ACENET: Visualization with R

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While working with large sets of numbers, it is often quite useful to display the information graphically. Often, we use basic graph types such as histograms, scatter plots, bar charts, box plots etc. We will use R as our programming language for this workshop. Basic knowledge of R is highly recommended, although it is not mandatory. The learning objectives will include: Create simple scatterplots, histograms, and box plots. Compare the plotting features of base R and ggplot2 package. Plotting with ggplot2 Plotting time series data Arranging and Exporting plots. Wednesday, November 29th, 1:00 - 3:00 pm (Atlantic time) Joining instructions and setup requirements will be provided prior to the first session. Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail) This session will not be recorded.

Tech Talk Tuesday: Identity Security Insights

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Maintaining a strong identity security is a significant challenge for organizations as they often lack comprehensive visibility into their full identity landscape. With the ever-growing number and intricate nature of identities in a constantly changing environment, organizations remain unaware of potential threats until it is too late. Join this technical product clinic on how to gain a comprehensive overview of identities, accounts, entitlements, and privileged accounts within your IT infrastructure and how to use these insights to better protect your identity landscape. In this session you will learn about: Centralized view of Identities and their entitlements Overview of Detections (Suspicious behavior of a threat actor) Overview of Recommendations (Aligning to Security Best Practices) During the first 15-minutes BeyondTrust’s Sr Solutions Engineer, Chris Weaver will demonstrate on how to learn how to effectively utilize BeyondTrust's Identity Security Insights solution.