Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
- IxDA Toronto Presentation
So I Married a Designer… Relationship Advice for Designers and Non-Designers Alike. This IxDA presentation could end up being pretty hilarious. Ah I am totally familiar with the push and pull between designers and developers (in a tech startup). So I am curious to hear what Casey McKinnon has learned! I have war stories to share!
Event date: April 20, 2010 – 6:00pm – 8:00pm. Registration and additional details here. And IxDA has a its own Toronto website now. Get involved!
- HackTO
The first time I attended a hackathon it was in Silicon Valley and I totally fell in love with the idea of getting together with a group of people with limited resources (a laptop, skills and an internet connection), an API and the desire to create an application. Felt pretty similar to what any startup does in its startup days! So when Corey and I talked about a hackathon being held in Toronto, for local developers to work with local APIs, well you know what happened next: HackTO was born.I am very excited to announce HackTO. The idea behind HackTO is to have a series of APIs made available by local startups. And connect these APIs with local developers to build – in a day – amazing applications.
We are still working out all the details – much planning ahead – but here are the basics:
- DATE: Saturday May 15. This is an all day hackhaton. We will be providing breakfast and lunch.
- LOCATION: TBD. We are still working out the location details. It will be downtown.
- AVAILABLE APIs: Freshbooks, Idée, PostRank, CanPages + more. We will be announcing additions to these APIs in the coming days.
- SIGNUP: Sign up is currently open, there is a $10 fee for registration.
- JUDGING AND PRIZES: We are working on awesome prizes for the best applications developed during the hackhaton. Stay tuned for details.
If you’re with a technology company or startup you think ought to be involved, get in touch lboujnane (at) ideeinc.com or just say hi or ask questions.
- What’s wrong with this picture?
Speakers for Cyberposium.
Cyberposium is the premier MBA technology conference in the world. Held annually at Harvard Business School, Cyberposium facilitates an interactive network of current and future business leaders to engage in a provocative dialog about technology and its impact on business and society.
The conference is organized entirely by current MBA students at the Harvard Business School and is the primary campus event of the school’s TechMedia Club.
hmm… I guess current and future business leaders don’t include women? OK there are 4. That’s it? 4?
- SaveourNet.ca
Go and get your ticket today. Participate in the townhall.
SaveourNet.ca is Partnering with Rabble.ca for a very special event. Held during Net Change Week in Toronto, SaveourNet.ca and Rabble.ca will present Toronto’s Open Internet Town Hall, which will be filmed by TheREALNews.com.
Where:
Live from the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, 1214 Queen St. West
When:
Monday June 8, 2009 at 7pm
Featured speakers for the Town Hall include:
Mark Surman (Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation)
Rocky Gaudrault (CEO of Teksavvy Solutions Inc.)
Steve Anderson (Co-founder of SaveourNet.ca)
Derek Blackadder (National Representative with CUPE)
Until now, Canada’s Internet has been an open network and a level playing field for free speech, innovation, and consumer choice. All that is now under threat.
Being held during Net Change Week in Toronto, Toronto’s Open Internet Town Hall is designed to give local citizens the chance to shape Canada’s broadband future. As Canada falls behind other OECD countries on Internet speed, cost, and openness, SaveourNet.ca will host a lively discussion guided by panelists representing web innovators, social change leaders, and public policy gurus.
- Munk Debates
The next Munk Debate promises to be lively. Just got tickets for the event.
- Toronto events calendar
The Say Yeah team has done it: their Toronto calendar – which I hope is going to continue being updated was launched last week (well I am late to the game!) and it looks smashing. This calendar groups most of Toronto’s events and allows you to subscribe to the feed of interest (entrepreneurs, developers, designers and UIX). The calendar is also open to anyone for editing – which is cool since it will keep our community engaged and the data is accessible to all. Great job Team Yeah!
- DemoCamp Toronto 20
May is DemoCamp month in Toronto. This will be our 20th edition. This is truly exciting. I still remember the first DemoCamp! Our little community is growing and getting stronger.
DemoCamp is a show and tell for Toronto’s entrepreneurs so mark your calendar and participate!
Important Details
- Monday, May 25, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Apply to present
- Register to attend
- Join the email announcement group
Format
There will be 3 types of presentations.
- Demos – limited to 5 minutes and limited to 2 slides
- Pitches – 15-20 slides limited to 5 minutes must cover 15 slides in Pitch Coach
- Ignite – structured slide format, 20 slides by 15 seconds/slide = 5 minutes
Pitches is a new addition to DemoCamp. Pitches allow local startups to get feedback about their idea and company. Pitches follow a structured format: 5 minutes and 15 slides. Feedback will be provided by a set of Toronto luminaries, followed by questions from the audience.
Looking forward to seeing you all there. And as always: DemoCamp is made possible by the awesome sponsors who have continusouly supported our efforts. Become a sponsor and support DemoCamp Toronto Edition 20. This is an anniversary!
- SciBarCamp Toronto
I attended part of the first SciBarCamp Toronto last year. I had a great time and met some amazing people. What I really enjoyed was the ability to meet scientists, artists and technologists all in a single space. What’s awesome about that? Well a lot really: I spend my days in the software world, but I am passionate about science, design, architecture and art. These very different discipline all come together at SciBarCamp because every participant has interests that are as focused and varied as mine with an underlying passion for science. So I am glad to see the SciBar team (Eva Amzen, Christine Buske, Jen Dodd, Jamie McQuay and Sunny Tsang) back at it for the second round.
Register now. SciBarCamp Toronto is happening Friday May 8th and Saturday May 9th.
- The Future of Bikes
I am missing all the Mesh Conference fun but that’s just because I am insanely busy, it never really stops in the ideeplex. On the other hand I know that all work and no play will make for a dull Leila so this evening
I am going to the Future of Bikes event. I am dreaming of getting my bike out on the road again. It has been years that Maxx (my bike) has been languishing in the basement and with the Hell of the North race this weekend I am really thinking about it. I will pop by the race this weekend to take some photographs and do a long run in Northern conditions! Very much looking forward to it.
The Future of Bikes
Date: April 8, 2009 – May 5, 2009Time: Opening Wednesday April 8th, 6-11pm with the show continuing until May 5th.Place: Steam Whistle GalleryTicket: Open free to the public.Hell of the NorthHell of the North will be held Sunday, April 12.
Starting / ending at Cedar Beach Resort, on the shores of Musselmans Lake.
The epic 80km course will test your early season fitness. The route will include rail trails, dirt roads and some of the area’s nicest climbs. Entry fee is $50 before April 1st and $60 afterwards. Entry fee includes a fully catered lunch. 200 rider limit. Register here.
- Passion at work
From Mavericks at work
“.. in business, as in basket ball, the smart take from the strong – that the best way to outperform the competition is to outthink the competition.. ” and it’s the “..mavericks do the work that matters most – the work of originality, creativity, and experimentation..” totally driven by passion!
Which makes me really excited about the sold out Refesh event on Monday: where passion meets ignite presentations!
We will start the evening with a passion presentation by Peter Flaschner followed by 6 Ignite presentations and since I am the last one that evening (and it is Monday too!), I will make my TinEye Ignite presentation extra tasty!
StayFresh: 7 PM – 10 PM, Centre for Social Innovation @ 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120 (Map)
Ignite Speakers:
- Erin Bury, RedWire
- Rachel Azagury, CreatingABuzz
- Saul Colt, Freshbooks
- Kieran Huggins, MyTTC
- Noah Godfrey, GigPark
- Leila Boujnane, Idée Inc.
Photograph (c) marfis75
Work: CEO of 
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