Six events this October

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THREE DAYS LEFT: Edmonton Startup Week | Oct. 10-14

• Five days of workshops, socials, and events building momentum and opportunity around the city's unique entrepreneurial identity, startup community, and culture of innovation.

On-Call and Incident Management / Post-Mortems | Oct. 12

• This Tech Thursday panel looks into how local leaders handle incident management and post-mortems.

• Join:

  • Daylan Law, Director of Software Engineering, Neo Financial

  • Craig Kinloch-Melia, Senior Director of Technical Operations, Bold

  • Derek Boutang, Head of Engineering, SkipTheDishes

  • Mark St. Godard, Director of Engineering, Axon

  • Deise Miranda Borges, Software Development Lead, SkipTheDishes

AWS Meetup: Should you use containers in your infrastructure? | Oct. 12

• At this Tech Thursday get-together, join a debate with AWS Meetup Group on whether or not you should be using containers in your infrastructure.

• You’ll hear from:

  • Ryan Masciovecchio, Solutions Architect, AWS

  • Daniel Lee, Principal Infrastructure Engineer, Neo Financial

  • Marcelo Sinhorini, Principal Infrastructure Engineer, SkipTheDishes

Startup TNT Top 20 Pitch Night | Oct. 12

• Celebrating and showcasing 20 of Calgary's best pre-seed and seed-stage startups, as chosen by local investors.

• StartupTNT investors have over $150K to invest in at least one local startup, with winners to be announced in November.

Launch Party 14 | Edmonton, Oct. 14

• At Launch Party you’ll meet the city's brightest entrepreneurs, try their products, and celebrate everything Edmonton’s innovation community has to offer. This isn't your typical networking event or trade show.

• Since 2010, over 120 innovative companies have launched products at the event, including rapidly growing teams like Jobber, Drivewyze, Beamdog, and DrugBank.

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Long Calgary | Oct. 16

• Bringing together the people who have chosen Calgary as a home base to create, invest, and innovate.

• Expect raw talks, facilitated discussion, and good drinks and eats.

Startup TNT Finale | Nov. 16

• The five remaining Startup TNT Summit finalists hit the stage one last time before the Startup TNT angels announce the winner of over $150K in capital.

Innovation Week Launch Party | Nov. 23

• Innovation Week 2023 will wrap by highlighting some of Calgary’s most promising startups at Launch Party — the largest startup-focused showcase of the year.

• 2,000+ people will come together to celebrate Calgary’s tech community and put a spotlight on 10 startups that made their mark this last year. Hundreds of companies have been showcased at Launch Party over the years, including big names like SkipTheDishes, StellarAlgo, Orpyx, Virtual Gurus, Red Iron Labs, and more.

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Calgary Tech Jobs

• SentinelOne is hiring a Director, Sales Engineering

• Wiley is hiring a Content Acquisition Specialist

• University of Calgary is hiring a Senior Specialist, Communications, Office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion

• Covetrus is hiring a Software Security Project Manager (Remote)

• SAIT is hiring a Client Development Manager