Name: Atlantic CIO Briefing
Start: 2022-10-06T10:00:00-03:00
End: 2022-10-06T11:30:00-03:00
Location: VOLTA

September 2022
September 29, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am ADT

BOB: How to Raise Capital

COVE Colin MacLean Hall, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Join us on Thursday, September 29, for Start-Up Yard at COVE’s Business Over Breakfast. Listen to a select group of VCs share the best tactics to use when founders approach them for a raise. Breakfast: 8:00am - 8:30am Talk: 8:30am - 9:30am SPEAKERS: Sally Ng Sally is the founder and CEO of The Triple Effect, which focuses on developing best practices in corporate innovation, entrepreneurial community development, and technology coaching. Currently, Sally is an executive-in-residence at East Valley Ventures. Previously, she was CEO at a new social enterprise called Tribe Network and a senior director at Highline Beta. Sally has led multiple corporate innovation venture teams within Fortune 1000 companies, applying strategy and execution to help companies grow beyond their core. Over the years, she has worked with organizations such as Brightspark Ventures, National Angel Capital Organization and a number of others that enable the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Sally has actively been involved with the start-up community through her work with Techstars Startup Weekend and has travelled around the world facilitating events. She recently completed a six-year term serving on the national board of directors for the Community Foundations of Canada (CFC), a charity with an asset portfolio […]
Featured September 29, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am ADT

Search Engine Optimization Made Easy, A Beginner’s Guide to SEO

Online

This webinar is for anyone who wants to learn what SEO is, how it works, and tips for getting started. Learn at a comfortable pace and leave feeling confident in applying the key concepts presented in the webinar.
September 29, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ADT

Check Point:

Online

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! FEATURED SPEAKER: Frank Dickson Group Vice President IDC’s Security and Trust Practice
Featured September 29, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ADT

DNS Member Mixer @ Covers

Covers 102 Chain Lake Dr, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Join Digital Nova Scotia and Covers on September 29th for our second, FREE in-person Member Mixer! Come and meet DNS members new and old, we also invite those curious about what it's like to be a DNS member to attend and learn more! Please note, space is limited please register to confirm your attendance Agenda 5:00pm Reception: Opening remarks, Ice Breaker, & encouraging people to have some snacks and drinks 6:00pm Games/Networking Activities 7:00pm Wind Down: Closing remarks and encouraging people to mix and mingle
September 29, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm ADT

ISNS September Social – In Person

The Oxford Taproom 6418 Quinpool Rd, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Free game industry social night at The Oxford Taproom in Halifax! It's time to hang out and meet other game industry folk in-person at The Oxford Taproom! Come meet your fellow game devs and help grow the industry in Nova Scotia! Date and time Thu, 29 September 2022, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM ADT Location The Oxford Taproom 6418 Quinpool Rd Halifax, NS B3L 1A8
September 29, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ADT

Introduction to WordPress Multisite – RSVPs for in person spots

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS, Canada

Details Please note that this is a hybrid event. This registration is for in-person event at Volta in downtown Halifax only - please see the online event to RSVP if you're attending online only: https://www.meetup.com/wordpress-halifax/events/288477946/ . 7:00: Room opens 7:15: Introduction to WordPress Multisite - speaker is online and will be streamed to us live in the room. What Ken will cover: What is Multisite? (Software Architecture) Hosting and Business Considerations (Pros & Cons) Setting It Up Domain Mapping Must-Have Plugins Q&A Bio: Ken Stuczynski, owner of Kentropolis Internet Community (1998-present), provides hosting, design, registrar, and web consultation services to individuals, community organizations, and businesses. His core competency is Wordpress and primarily uses a Divi theme framework, as well as running multiple WPMU (WordPress MultiUser) sites for many years. 8:00: We will be splitting off from the online event for the "Happy Hour" in person while we split into groups and have discussions and get questions answered. 9:00: Meetup Ends
October 2022
October 1, 2022 - October 2, 2022

NASA Space Apps Challenge

Shiftkey Labs 426-6050 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Join NASA & problem-solvers around the world to create your own projects addressing challenges facing Earth & space. NASA is calling people from around the globe to join the NASA Space Apps Challenge this Oct 1-2! Join NASA and problem-solvers around the world to create your own projects addressing challenges facing Earth & space. This year Space Apps celebrates their theme of #MakeSpace by creating an inclusive and diverse #SpaceApps community. Participants from around the world are welcomed regardless of background and experience to create, explore, learn, and build together.
October 4, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm ADT

PEIBWA Symposium 2022

Online

Our signature event is back with the exciting roster of keynote speakers, presenters and networking opportunities you've come to expect and enjoy. We are pleased to announce the impressive program for the 2022 PEIBWA Symposium: 2022 Keynote Speaker | 9:00-10:15 am Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa Chika Stacy Oriuwa is a Canadian physician, spoken word artist, and advocate against systemic racism in health care. Concurrent Session One | 10:30-11:15 am Mentorship as a Strategy for Success, featuring Chantal Brine, CEO at EnPoint The Future of Our Changing Workplace - panel discussion including Sarah Mullins from UpTree HR , Chastity Smith from The Inn at Bay Fortune and Tracey D'Aviero from the Canadian Association of Virtual Assistants. Luncheon Keynote Presentation | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm "A Report Card on Rural Innovation" featuring Canadian Rural Futurist Ashleigh Weeden Concurrent Session Two | 12:45 - 1:45 pm Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - discussion with Kiersten Mohr from Terra Firma. Sandpipers Session - Women as Investors Concurrent Session Three | 2:00 - 3:00 pm Women excelling in STEM and skilled trades, featuring Lara Murphy, co-founder at Ryan Murphy Construction Inc., with an introduction from our partner Techsploration A panel showcasing Women Entrepreneurs (panel discussion […]

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Featured October 4, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am ADT

Designing digital products people love!

Online

Every design decision we make has the potential to include or exclude someone. In this webinar, you will learn the basics of an informed approach to problem-solving that starts with people and ends with a solution for helping you design better digital products. During this webinar you will: Learn about context building to help inform your digital product strategy and design Get tips for weaving in key takeaways from this webinar into your current workflow Learn from real-world use cases
October 4, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ADT

How to Practice Allyship in the Workplace

Online

Webinar Registration Topic How to Practice Allyship in the Workplace Description Allyship is not a destination, it’s also not a checklist. It’s big and small choices you make every day to understand how oppression benefits some and steals from others. In this webinar, racial equity consultant Camille Dundas outlines how we each can commit to dismantling systems of oppression and what is required of anyone striving to practice allyship in the workplace. Time Oct 4, 2022 12:30 PM in Halifax
October 5, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm ADT

Why Microsoft on AWS

The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse 5136 Prince Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Why Microsoft on AWS When: Wednesday Oct 5, 2022 Program: 2 - 4 PM ADT Happy Hour: 4 - 6 PM ADT Location: The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse, 5136 Prince Street, Halifax Join Amazon Web Services, CDW, and NorthBay Solutions to learn why AWS is the best cloud solution to run your Microsoft workloads! For 10 years, AWS and NorthBay have been working together to help customers untangle the complex world of software licensing in the Cloud. AWS and NorthBay will discuss and demonstrate that a partnership with us offers a cost-effective and low-risk way to transition traditional on-premise workloads into the Cloud. Ultimately, this will build your confidence in choosing AWS as a preferred Cloud platform for Microsoft workloads. Then you will interact with a group of panelists, discussing the “Art of the Possible” as you hear how customers transverse from legacy on-premise workloads or another Cloud offering onto AWS. Finally, we look forward to getting to know you better with a fun and social LIVE happy hour. Agenda 1:30 PM Registration 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Cloud Economics 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Why AWS for Microsoft Workloads 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM How NorthBay helps customers transition […]
October 6, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am ADT

Atlantic CIO Briefing

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS, Canada

TECHNATION works with CIO leaders from across Canada at all levels of the public sector.  After hosting a well-attended virtual CIO briefing session in June 2021, we are back hosting a hybrid event to profile more amazing forward-thinking leaders from the Atlantic Region to discuss critical issues and to identify digital acceleration opportunities for government services (including ongoing Covid recovery and response). This curated dialogue will create an open and transparent value exchange between industry and government; increased awareness of current challenges and opportunities; and identify opportunities for innovative, citizen-centric digital solutions and collaboration, partnership, and co-creation. TECHNATION will host this important briefing with a hybrid format to allow speakers to participate from throughout the region and attendees from across Canada.

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