May Tech Thursday Calendar is here! 👩🏭
And 3Common takes Williamsburg, Launching at True North, and CBC partners with POPP3R
We have a great Lineup of May Tech Thursdays 🚀
🧠 May 2nd, ‘Mental Health in Tech,’ co-hosted by Tech Manitoba, featuring:
Jordan Friesen the Founder & President of Mindset Mental Health Strategy
Demetre Balaktsis, Lab2Market Program Manager, Partnerships, Knowledge Mobilization & Innovation
Cordella Friesen, President & Chief Executive Officer at YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg.
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💸 May 9th, ‘Entrepreneurship and VC in 2024’ featuring:
Dallas Price, Venture Builder at Forum Ventures
Terry Wang, Co-Founder & CEO at Cios
Mohammad Pasha Khoshkebari, Co-Founder & Director of Technology at OutreachGenius.
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🤖 May 16th, ‘REST APIs vs. GraphQL’ featuring:
Speakers TBA
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🍗 May 23rd, ‘Food Sciences’ featuring:
Speakers TBA
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🤝 May 30th, To Be Determined
We want to thank our incredible sponsors for making these events possible: Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Manitoba Tech Accelerator, Norima Consulting, Go Oil, Snowflake, Amiron Ventures, FeedFlo, Pitblado, Lotlinx, Conquest Planning, and Hilltop Partners Network.
→ You can RSVP all events here. ←
🤝 Partnerships
BSDXR, frequently referred to as Bit Space Development Ltd., has partnered with CEDF and K&M Consulting to bring 360-degree VR experiences to museums. The Heritage North Museum and Snow Lake Mining Museum will now be able to share their stories through BSDXR’s technology.
Winnipeg-based consulting firm POPP3R CYBERSECURITY has been selected by the CBC to provide comprehensive cybersecurity awareness training to its employees.
3Common has signed ticketing partnership contracts with with the Williamsburg Comedy Club in Brooklyn New York, the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain in Winnipeg, and more.
🏢 Expansions
Launch Coworking Space will open its newest location in True North Square, with over 14,600 square feet across two floors.
📰 In the News
North Forge has announced that Iain Crozier is the new Director of Programs and Whitney Moir is now the Director of Partnerships and Communications
Startup Canada Tour Pitch Contest had 2 winners:
Grand Prize winner was Carbon Lock Technologies
Peoples Choice winner was Origatou Creative Solutions
North Forge is a finalist for the CODE award in the Spirit of Winnipeg Awards hosted by the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce
EMILI has launched the first in a series of guidebooks to help non-lawyers working in the agri-food sector understand some of the key legal issues connected with the use of agricultural data.
👯 Other Events
May 4th, 2024: Introduction to Unreal Engine 5.3, hosted by StudioLab xR
👩🏫 Who’s Hiring
Neo Financial, Senior Fullstack Developer & Product Manager
SkipTheDishes, Technical Program Manager (18-Month Contract)