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TECHNATION’s Digital Marketplace Lunch & Learn Webinar

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With the backing of big tech NATIONAL PARTNERS, in just two short years, Canada’s Digital Marketplace has produced irrefutable results: Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and under-represented tech businesses now have better and direct access to government contracting opportunities There’s an increase in the diversity of bidders. Canada’s public sector now has greater visibility into the innovative tech solutions on offer across the country. Why attend? Learn about Canada’s Digital Marketplace including a demo of the platform and benefits of registering your company. Understand how Shared Services Canada is leveraging the Digital Marketplace to target solicitations with under-represented groups and Indigenous Business.

Cybersecurity Awareness Webinar

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Invest Nova Scotia is pleased to offer a Cybersecurity Awareness webinar for Atlantic Canadian businesses. Join them to learn more about the cyber environment and why cybersecurity awareness matters. Topics will include tools and services available for businesses, how companies can apply these tools to make a difference, and a discussion on case studies to illustrate the importance of cybersecurity awareness. Presentations will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. Our Speakers: Jason Besner, Director, Partnerships, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security David Shipley, CEO, Beauceron Security Zafar Muhammad, Practice Lead, Infrastructure and Cloud, Mariner Innovations

BDC Capital fireside chat with Robert Forsythe, CEO of Milk Moovement

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

Join us for an interactive fireside chat with Robert Forsythe, CEO of Milk Moovement, which raised a US$20 million (C$26 million) Series A round earlier this year. A rising tech company in Nova Scotia, Milk Moovement develops software that improves efficiency in the supply chain for the dairy industry. In this intimate conversation, lead by Paul Ryan from BDC Capital, we will hear from Robert on his experience scaling a venture-backed software company. We will take your questions and find out which goes first, the milk or the cereal? Key takeaways: Mooving on up: Career journey and key learnings  Avoiding udder disaster: Key skills for founders to be successful Becoming legen-dairy: Raising capital for a high growth startup Meet your Host: Paul Ryan: Director, Growth & Transition Capital -Nova ScotiaBDC Capital   Paul Ryan is Director, Growth & Transition Capital, with BDC Capital. Paul provides high growth businesses with flexible financing for growth or working capital, an acquisition, a change of ownership, or refinancing. Based in Halifax, Paul has over 25 years of experience in commercial banking, specialized financing, staffing and recruitment, and technology sales with RBC, Radian6, Wooshiii, and Salesforce. Paul holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from St. Mary’s University, […]

Indigenous Professionals Career Fair (Virtual)

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They are targeting Indigenous post secondary or recent graduates from across Canada, but everyone is welcome. The event will be a virtual, two-hour Career Fair with an opening speaker, panel discussion, career fair expo booths and networking rooms. We encourage you and your organization to consider supporting this important initiative as they strive to support alternative and diverse pathways to talent in Canada. They will also be working with strategic community partners to ensure this event is a success. Register Now!

Third Wednesday

The Cannery 1980 Robie St, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Third Wednesday is this coming Wednesday What better way to follow up Valentine's Day than basking in the glow of our warm and wonderful Halifax tech/media/marketing community. We hope to see you there from 5-7:30pm (stage at 6) this Wednesday, February 15th at the Cannery Bar in the Atlantica Hotel!

Halihax February Event Brought to You by HFX.js

Wattpad 1877 Hollis St, Halifax

They wanted a community where developers and designers of all skill-levels and interests could come together and freely discuss everything front-end. So they made it, it's called HFX.js. Are you into the latest design trends? Great! Do you want to share and hear about all things JavaScript? Perfect! This event will have speakers with varying backgrounds discussing front-end, and web tech. They will have 3 lightning talks from up-and-coming techies, and full talks from senior engineers with years of experience in the field of web. They encourage students, hobbyist, and professionals alike to come and join in creating the most open, and inclusive front-end community they can! This event will be held at the Wattpad offices in downtown Kjipuktuk (Halifax). There will be snacks and drinks for everyone. Halihax mission is to inspire, connect, and grow the builders and creators of the Atlantic Canadian technology ecosystem. Halihax offers a suite of resources to engage with the regional technology and startup community. Operating primarily as an online community through Slack, they offer a space for anyone to collaborate and learn with leading industry experts, and share support for local initiatives.

Accessibility in the Workplace

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Within this workshop, Disability Awareness Consultant Andrew Gurza using their lived experience as a disabled person, will walk you through how to make your workplace not only accessible but also work to become anti-ableist. Through real-world examples, a sense of humor and honesty, Andrew will help you understand that accessibility is more than just ramps, buttons and elevators, it is how a disabled person feels in the space. What are 3-Key Takeaways: Participants will understand what ableism is and how it affects the workplace, and be given the tools to call it out. Participants will learn about the different types of accessibility and how they can implement it in their own organizations and workplaces and; Participants will learn how to be anti-ableist at work and why that is important.

DemoCamp Halifax 2023

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

When: Thursday, February 16, 2023, from 5:30pm to 8:00pm AST Where: Volta, 1505 Barrington St, Unit 100, Halifax, NS, B3J 3K5 What is Democamp? Democamp is an annual event for the regional technology and startup community to share what they’ve built as a live demonstration, give each other feedback, learn from speakers and connect with one another. We invite anyone who has an interest in local entrepreneurship in the technology sector to join us for what will be an exciting evening. Enjoy the demos, and be prepared to ask questions to participate in the event and discussion! Apply to Demo: If you are interested in demoing, make sure to apply here before Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 11:59pm.

Discover Vietnam

Nova Scotia, Canada

DISCOVER VIETNAM February 18 - 27, 2023 $3,199* CAD YOUR TRIP INCLUDES: Round trip international airfare from Toronto Pearson International Airport 4-and 5-star hotel accommodations 3 meals each day Deluxe tour busses with A/C Fluent English-speaking tour guides Sightseeing and entrance fees as per itinerary *Price reflects shared occupancy, add $800 CAD for single occupancy room. Important information:​ $400 non-refundable deposit is required to hold your spot. Final payments due on October 15, 2022. Travel to and from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) is NOT included. Gratuities and personal shopping are not included. Valid passport is required - passport must be valid for 6-months past travel dates. Visa is required - Citslinc will secure visas for all travellers, add ~$100 for visa fees. Price includes fees for all activities on the itinerary. Ready to book your trip?

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Without Free Google Analytics, Whats Next?

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Did you know that: On 1st June 2023, Google WILL end Google Universal Analytics Free version. On 1st June 2024, Google WILL end Google Universal Analytics 360. In this webinar we will help businesses find out How does this affect your band, website, and app? What is the urgency to solve this problem? How can we help solve the problem? What are the additional benefits of migrating to Google’s latest version of analytics? We have helped startups to publicly-traded tech companies to Fortune 500s over the last 15 years, and we will bring our digital analytics experience to solve the problem. What are 3-Key Takeaways: How does this affect your band, website, and app? What is the urgency to solve this problem? How can we help solve the problem? What are the additional benefits of migrating to Google’s latest version of analytics?

Big Data Analysis with Apache Spark

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Apache Spark is a user-friendly open-source platform for large-scale data processing, analytics and for parallel-computing. Using Apache Spark and Python (PySpark), this workshop is aimed at analyzing data sets that are too large to be handled and processed by a single computer. With hands-on guided examples, the workshop covers the basics of Spark and Resilient Distributed Datasets (RDD) high-level architecture. The examples are mainly written in Python, hence the APIs covered are the ones available in PySpark, including Spark Core API (RDD API), Spark SQL, and Pandas on Spark. Participants will learn how to import data, use functions to transform, reduce and compile the data, and produce parallel algorithms that can run on Alliance clusters. Prerequisites: ACENET Basics or equivalent How to write functions in Python

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Removing Endpoint Admin Rights from Technical Users: Stopping the Attack While Enabling the User

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It's common knowledge that removing local admin rights is one of the most straightforward ways to protect an organization from cyberthreats. Without elevated privileges, threat actors can’t easily (if at all) identify admin accounts that can be used to move laterally and further an attack. In essence, without local admin rights, the endpoint is the end of the line for an attacker. It’s easy to remove local admin rights for end users that are in Marketing or Sales. But once you start trying to remove rights from technical users like development or QA that require more rights than just a local user, it becomes extremely difficult. It’s one of the reasons threat actors target these kinds of users in spear phishing attacks and job-themed social engineering attacks – the assumption is that the victim already has admin rights on the endpoint. So, how can you remove local admin from even the most technical user and still keep them working? In this Real Training for Free session, 4-time Microsoft MVP, Nick Cavalancia takes my seat and first will cover: Why local admin rights are a critical point in a cyberattack What MITRE ATT&CK TTPs rely on having local admin rights Up […]