Events

Sometimes the best way to commit to something is to tell a friend for accountability. Join us on Tuesday, December 10, for idea mentoring. Participants will have three minutes to stand up and tell the crowd their start-up idea. Our mentors will rate the ideas throughout the evening and the highest-rated idea will earn a prize.

Join us on Thursday, December 5, as we celebrate Cape Breton’s Spark NS winners, Tracker Inventory Systems, (U)biquity and CheckIn Analytics. Each company will give short presentations about their idea and what exciting projects they have coming up.

Thursday, December 5, 2019
5:15 pm – 7:15 pm
Holiday Inn | Yazer Room
300 Esplanade, Sydney

Prototype East is Cape Breton's first hardware prototyping conference. Happening in Sydney on November 27 and 28, the event will focus on hardware development and will include a half-day hands-on workshop in the Nova Scotia Power Makerspace.

Do you have an idea you'd like to pursue or a problem you'd like to solve but don't know where to start or whom to start with?

Techstars Startup Weekend is the place to look for a team, create a prototype, validate your business idea, and receive feedback from experienced entrepreneurs, all in one weekend.

Join us on Thursday, November 7, for a panel discussion on managing a remote team. Staying true to the nature of remote teams, two panelists will be joining us digitally.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) are co-hosting workshops for SMEs currently involved in space activities and to SMEs of high technology sectors interested to do so.

BioNova's 18th annual BioPort conference,Trailblazers of Health and Life Sciences, will be held November 5-6, 2019, at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The event offers you the perfect opportunity to build or reinforce strategic relationships in the industry and showcase your support for Atlantic Canada’s growing bio-economy.

With so many creative and exciting ideas coming out of the tech start-up space, networking opportunities are the best way for you to get in on the ground floor. Join us on Tuesday, October 29, as we play matchmaker for local start-ups looking to hire great talent with folks keen on working in the entrepreneurial space.

Join us for our fall social on Thursday, October 24, at the Lanes at Membertou. Come lace up your bowling shoes for an evening of casual networking with the technology community.

Please note: bowling is optional.

Thursday, October 24, 2019
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Lanes at Membertou
185 Towerview Place, Membertou

Join us on Thursday, October 17, as we dive into big data and AI with DeepSense executive director, Jennifer LaPlante.

New artificial intelligence 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…