Past Events from September 4, 2019 – September 15, 2025 – Page 6 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Data Talks US 2021 by Cumul.io

Join Cumul.io on June 10th for Data Talks 2021, our annual conference for ambitious SaaS teams. Listen to speakers from leading SaaS companies, and get hands-on advice to grow your SaaS business. You'll learn: - How to grow your revenue and life-time value by monetizing your platform's data - How client-facing dashboards can set your product apart from your competitors - How to build out a data stack that is future-proof - How to drastically speed up product development with low-code tools - How to build scalable integrations for your SaaS product This year, we are hosting 2 parallel tracks: - Data track: How to drive growth in your business using data and analytics - Building Blocks track: Learn about the hottest ‘building block’ tools and strategies to speed up product development Register now, and join your fellow data & SaaS enthusiasts on June 10th! REGISTER

ISNS Industry Session: GUERRILLA MARKETING 101

When should I start marketing my game? What can I do to get more wish lists? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? This is the kind of question we PR and marketing people get all the time (well, maybe not the one about swallows). Nothing can guarantee success -- but there are a lot of ways to guarantee failure. One of them is not taking marketing seriously enough -- doing too little, too late. Another is thinking you cannot put a marketing strategy in place without lots of money. Let's chat about what marketing is really about: understanding your audience, finding the best ways to reach out to them, and having fun making them part of your story. Antonio Santo is the Founder and Director of Jaleo, a PR, marketing and consulting agency for indie games. After years of working as a journalist specialized in culture, technology, and video games, he decided to switch to the Dark Side of PR to sustain his bad habit of eating three times a day and paying the bills. Since then, he's worked with indie hits such as Gremlins, Inc., Battle Brothers, Dyson Sphere Program, and bigger games such as Mount […]

Canada Health Infoway Series: Improving Patient/Caregiver Digital Health Literacy

From May to December 2021 We invite you to join us in this new era of virtual learning in a digital world and save the date for the Canada Health Infoway 2021 Virtual Partnership Series and Partnership Conference. If there’s one skill we have all honed over the last year, it is resilience. It’s not just about embracing our present reality, it is about leveraging it to create new methods of learning, and to bring the impossible into reach. That is what we have done with Canada Health Infoway’s Virtual Partnership Series and Conference. We launch on May 18 with a range of hour and half long sessions over the next six months. The series culminates in an entirely reimagined full-day virtual conference. With this unique format, we can go truly national. Your city is the host city. We’re broadcasting sessions to — and from — living rooms, basement and home offices spanning from coast, to coast, to coast. Virtual Infoway Partnership Series Our Infoway Partnership Series includes monthly sessions from May to October 2021. Each month, you can join hour and half long sessions to learn about Canada Health Infoway’s latest initiatives and health sector updates — and hear […]

Accessing International Talent & Immigration Resources in 2021

Business Support Series The Business Support Webinar Series will explore timely topics with  industry experts to provide key insights and answers on the best ways to succeed as a business.  Hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, this series will feature a wide range of topics on how to survive and thrive. We invite you to join us for this special Business Support Series, where you will hear from Mary-Jo McKay from the Nova Scotia Office of Immigration and Population Growth and Al Tek from Halifax Partnership’s Labour Market Team. There will be an overview of the various provincial immigration streams for accessing international talent for your company, with a focus on the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) and the Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP). At the end of the presentation, there will be a Q&A period to answer any of your questions. Register today and submit your questions in advance! REGISTER

Online Building Intercultural Competence Workshop

As Nova Scotia becomes more culturally diverse, we all need to learn how to welcome and work with immigrants and build a better community together. Join us for this free, interactive workshop open to organizations, service providers, educators, and community volunteers. We also deliver workshops tailored to individual organizations – please inquire if interested! In this full-day workshop, you will: - Increase your understanding of settlement and integration issues - Explore practical ways to welcome and support new immigrants - Develop intercultural relationship-building skills for working with new immigrants Registering for and attending workshops: - Workshops will take place twice monthly, either online or in person. When you register, please indicate which date you would like to attend. You can find workshop dates on our events calendar. - In-person workshops will take place at ISANS, 6960 Mumford Rd, Suite 2120 (Mumford Professional Centre, 2nd floor); however, if adverse weather or provincial and/or ISANS’ COVID protocols do not permit any of the upcoming in-person sessions, registrants will receive a Zoom invitation instead. - Please be sure to register early! REGISTER

Transforming the Atlantic Canada Public Sector – Powered by Tech-Savvy Women

TECHNATION launched a Transforming the Public Sector virtual event in BC on April 21st as the first in a four-part national series. The next event will be hosted in Atlantic Canada on June 16, 2021. In this special series, forward-thinking government leaders will share their vision, digital acceleration priorities and success measures for digital service delivery. They will also be encouraged to discuss how they can work with the tech community to provide business value, identify specific opportunities for co-creation and address ways to cultivate a more effective partnership-based approach. This dynamic series will also get personal as top female industry and government tech leaders are invited to share their own career journeys and offer insights and advice to emerging leaders. These leaders will also discuss how we can work together to cultivate a new generation of tech-savvy women and attract, retain, and advance more female tech leaders in Canada. Speakers include CDO, CTO, CIO from Atlantic Canada! Register

Navigating Support for LGBTQ2+ Led Businesses

As part of Innovation Canada's Webinar Series, join Canadian experts to learn how to find the right government support for your LGBTQ2+ business and to hear about the value of diversity and inclusion in a robust economy. Our panel of experts will provide tips on navigating the government support landscape and discuss some of the work underways to support LGBTQ2+ entrepreneurs. A Q&A session with all panellists will wrap up this dynamic and informative discussion. We’ll welcome: - Dale McDermott, Chief Operating Officer of Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce -Dr. Wendy Cukier, founder of the Diversity Institute, Academic Director of the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub and Research Lead of the Future Skills Centre - Connie Stacey, President and Founder of Edmonton-based Growing Greener Innovations, and SheEO venture - Kusala Jayasuriya, Innovation Advisor with Innovation Canada - Christina McDonald, Marketing and Outreach Manager with Innovation Canada Please note: This session will be conducted largely in English but material and resources will be made available in both official languages and participants are encouraged to ask questions in the official language of their choice. Explorez le soutien aux entreprises dirigées par des membres de la communauté LGBTQ2+ Dans le cadre de la Série […]

Business Support Series: Navigate Provincial Funding Programs to Help You Hire & Train Staff

Join us for a Business Support Series with the Department of Labour & Advanced Education for an introduction to all Provincial business programs and hiring incentives that are available to employers like you Nova Scotia who are growing their workforce. You will learn how to access and apply for funding resources such as Graduate to Opportunity, Innovate to Opportunity or START. You will also determine your eligibility for employee training programs like SkillsOnlineNS, Workplace Education and Workplace Innovation & Productivity Incentive (WIPSI). Access to financial support has become crucial for many small businesses during the pandemic. We will ensure you become familiar with the provincially funded supports available to help you find the talent your organization is looking for. All of our programs are designed to help your business grow while retaining Nova Scotian talent at the same time. All of the supports to be covered can be found at: https://novascotia.ca/grow-your-business/ Three takeaways from this webinar: How to access funding for training employees How to access funding for hiring employees How to access support to help find the talent your organization needs How does this topic help support the business community? Access to financial support has become crucial for many […]

Market Intelligence: Making Informed Decisions

With the high volume of data available at our fingertips today, how do you get credible information to help your startup answer questions for growth? By beginning with asking the right questions, getting credible data, and then understanding it in context, you will be set up for success. This is exactly what the Atlantic Canadian Market Intelligence Program does for you: you will get data and insights relevant to your startup, all at no cost to you. Join us for a FREE Information Session! Our speakers will walk you through - how market intelligence can help you make informed growth plans - the program, the process and what data is available to you Who should attend? Atlantic Canadian (NB/NL/NS/PEI) Startups who hold or are developing intellectual property. We offer the service to clients who have under $5M in private investment, and under $1M in revenue last fiscal year. REGISTER

BSides Halifax 2021

Hello from Halifax, the (EDIT: former) great oasis against coronavirus! We are again hosting our BSides Halifax infosec conference entirely online, and we'd really like you to attend. Hopefully, this will be your last ever pandemic conference, so it provides a great opportunity to share your lessons learned over the past 12 months. Did you learn how to manage your VPN more efficiently at high load, or discover a new MDM solution you think everyone should be using? We want to hear about it. The conference will be held on June 18th at https://BSidesHalifax.ca and is accessible via laptop, tablet, phone, and whatever other sanitized devices have been made available to your quarantine facility. REGISTER

Business Support Series: Update on the Centre Plan

Join Halifax’s planning and development department to hear more about the Centre Plan and how it will strengthen our downtown core and support our continued growth as a city. The Centre Plan is a planning process for the Regional Centre, including Peninsula Halifax and Dartmouth inside the Circumferential Highway. This webinar will provide an overview of the Centre Plan planning process and both the existing (Package A) and proposed (Package B) policies and regulations that will guide the growth and development of the Regional Centre. REGISTER

What’s Next? Should you double down, stay the course, or sell?

The past 18 months have been a uniquely challenging time for many Canadian business owners, and now is the right time to explore your options to find the way forward. This complimentary webinar will review key considerations when deciding what's next for your business: Invest and expand, Restore profitability or Plan your exit. Following an overview of the options in the plenary session, you will be directed to the breakout room of your choice for a 60-minute deep dive on one of 3 topics. REGISTER