Events

The J Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management & Entrepreneurship is pleased to welcome Keegan Francis and Mrugakshee Palwe, co-founders of Atlantic Blockchain Company to our Lunch & Learn Speaker Series, presented by RBC. After the 2017 crypto bubble, ponzi schemes, mishandling of keys, and misapplication of blockchain gave this technology a bad name. Keegan and Mrugakshee, both Computer Science graduates, recognized the supreme innovation in blockchain technology and the positive and impactful implication it would bring to the world of finance, among others. They founded the Atlantic Blockchain Company in November, 2018, as a blockchain training and consultation company. Their goal is to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology. Join us on Tuesday, October 8th, in the TME Seminar Room (H224) from 12:30PM to 1:20PM for perspectives on blockchain technologies! Event location:University of New Brunswick Button Text

DemoCamp is an annual event for the regional technology and startup community to come together and share what they’ve built

Technology-driven agricultural experimentation. Iterative product testing. Validated machine learning. Pivot. Pivot. Pivot. Welcome to the ag-tech startup world of Teric Greenan and Nexus Robotics . With Nexus Robotics, Teric is applying Artificial Intelligence to building a reliable and cost-effective way to produce crops. Their autonomous robot R2-Weed2 is capable of cutting and spraying weeds, fertilizing crops, and collect data about growing conditions. Teric will talk about his team’s start up journey, and the amazing technological innovations they are applying to revolutionize agriculture as we know it. Jeremy Lutes, Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce, and Dr Daniel Silver, Acadia Institute for Data Analytics will be our tour guides for this fireside chat. Organized in cooperation with Acadia Entrepreneurship Centre & Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce & Acadia Institute for Data Analytics Register

New artificial intelligence (AI) models are published daily and the hardware required to use AI is increasingly becoming more accessible and usable, yet most companies and start-ups have not had the opportunity to leverage more advanced analytics to optimize their operations or product and service offering. Join DeepSense to learn about how ocean-related companies can build and leverage their proprietary data to best position for competition. You will learn about some of the barriers to AI exploration and adoption and how DeepSense may be able to help you identify and create use cases for your own business. DeepSense was created to bring together companies in the ocean space and data and ocean scientists to develop commercially-useful predictive models, analytical prototypes, and applications for use in the blue economy. Executive Director of DeepSense, Jennifer LaPlante, has a strong background in innovation and analytics, including creating the first corporate innovation outpost at Volta labs. With a goal of encouraging more diversity in data science, she co-organizes the Halifax chapter of Women in Machine Learning. Register

"Amanda Somers and Warren Jones are Product Designers at MindSea Development with 10+ years of designing for mobile startups, specializing in native app design and health tech. They have chosen to give a talk on R.A.T. (Riskiest Assumption Test) entitled, “Why your RAT is the real MVP.” You will learn: What is a R.A.T? How to identify and squash your riskiest assumptions How other companies have conducted R.A.Ts How to work a R.A.T into your product roadmap There will be time allocated for open table discussion (workshop) to expose your startup’s R.A.T. Itinerary: 6:00-6:30 Networking 6:30-6:35 Opening comments and Intro by Juliana Kroscen 6:35-6:55 "UX Deep-Dive: Why your R.A.T (the Riskiest Assumption Test) is the real MVP " by Amanda Somers and Warren Jones 6:55-7:20 Q&A and R.A.T. workshop: An open table discussion (workshop) to expose your startup’s R.A.T. - so bring your start-up ideas! (this may extend a bit longer depending on how many questions/ideas from the audience). 7:20- 7:25 Prizes 7:25-8:00 Networking and cleanup (no obligation to help with clean up, but if you have a few min and can lend a helping hand, it is always appreciated :-). register  

Join us for the first ever Atlantic Canada NASA Space Apps hackathon challenge! Participants from across Atlantic Canada are welcome to register for this FREE 48 hour challenge designed by NASA and the CSA and hosted at Dalhousie University'S ShiftKey Labs. The event Award Categories special guest speakers and mentors, exciting tech prizes for the best submissions, as well as the chance to win national and international recognition and prizes. Digital Nova Scotia is proud to sponsor this event! Learn more

SocialEast is an exciting, one-day conference designed for those working in communications, marketing and social media. SocialEast is created by the same people who created SocialWest, which is Western Canada’s largest social media and digital marketing conference, Attendees experience sessions and panels lead by the industry’s foremost experts from across the country. Over the course of SocialEast, our speakers will share the elements of truly successful social media and advanced digital strategies for businesses big and small. This year’s speakers will address brand strategy, influencer marketing, story-telling, creative strategy and more. Social East are offering DNS members $50 off tickets to SocialEast 2019! Go to our Eventbrite page Click “Tickets” Click “Enter Promotional Code” Enter code: DNS50 Once discount is applied, continue registration Learn more at www.socialeast.ca Digital Nova Scotia is pleased to support this event. find out more

Why learn about Gamemaking? From Checkers, to Super Mario Bros, to Angry Birds… we think games are awesome! Kids Learning Code is excited to combine the power of play with basic design and programming skills in this hands-on workshop. This experience offers learners the opportunity to create their very own digital games in a super fun environment. Using Scratch, a beginner level programming environment, imagination will come to life in a new and digitally engaging form. Learners will also be introduced to Scratch's amazing online community, sloganed: "Imagine, Program, Share," where they will have the opportunity to upload their game for anyone on the web to download and play! At the end of the workshop, each learner will also have a chance to beta test their game with their peers. Each Gamemaking with Scratch workshop has the same flow, but different activities. Come and create a new game every time! What will I have learned by the end of this workshop? Create algorithms in Scratch Design sprites in Scratch Use conditionals to control what happens in my project Use loops to make things happen more than once Use variables to track things in my project Use the Scratch account I […]

Elisa Chiu (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisachiu/) operates at the intersection of tech innovation, investment and cross-border business development. She sailed from Wall Street as a hedge fund trader overseeing US$1 billion+ assets, and found her calling in Silicon Valley working around early stage entrepreneurs. In 2017, Elisa founded Anchor Taiwan (http://www.anchortaiwan.com/) to "bring the world to Taiwan through entrepreneurship." She works with top founders and executives from Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Microsoft, Uber, Intel and many more for their strategic partnership and market exploration in Asia. As a part of Anchor Taiwan's expansion, Elisa set up Anchor Venture Partners, an early stage investment platform to combine her passion for startups and her expertise in capital markets. Elisa was awarded 40 Under 40 Girls in Tech in 2018, and recognized as one of the 30 Women Power by New Taipei City Government in 2019. Event Outline: Join the Pitch Training session to learn more about why some of the world’s most prominent companies like Ring, Peloton, and even Tesla have leveraged Taiwan for their success. How did they do it? What are the opportunities should you take advantage of? During this informative and interactive webinar, you will learn about: Your readiness for Asian market […]