Showing all articles in the events category
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Serving up IP for breakfast
17 April 2024 | By Suhani Saigal in: Events, Featured, News
The community joined together at the Communitech for a breakfast session delving into the dynamic realm of intellectual property in the digital age. Led by experts Jim Hinton and Alexis Conrad, explore… Read more
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AI on the menu at Communitech CEO Dinner
07 March 2024 | By Suhani Saigal in: Events, Featured, Featured news
The historic walls of The Walper Hotel pulsated with the spirit of collaboration and innovation as the tech community gathered for an AI Workshop, followed by the annual Communitech CEO Dinner on Tuesday. Read more
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Innovation is an act of building trust
01 March 2024 | By Alex Kinsella in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, Featured news, News
Finding innovative ways to reduce burnout for health-care providers was the theme at the Communitech Fast Track Health Showcase on Feb. 27, 2024. Six of Canada’s leading technology companies were selected… Read more
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Chamath Palihapitiya wins crowd at Hack the North
15 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Events, Featured, News
Chamath Palihapitiya is one of the University of Waterloo's most successful graduates and this week he sat down to speak at Hack the North, Canada's largest hackathon which is hosted annually at the University… Read more
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The time is now for women, in tech and beyond: panel
09 March 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Events, Featured, News, True North
On International Women's Day, 5 influential panelists came and shared their journey and careers, as well as their thoughts about gender and technology. Tech still has some work to be done, but there have… Read more
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Ratio.City earns $100K at Fierce Founders pitch event
16 February 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Startups
The Fierce Founders Bootcamp is a six-day, Communitech-run program that helps women tech entrepreneurs improve their companies. This cumulates to a pitch event, and Ratio.City earned the $100,000 grand… Read more
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When it's time for the CEO to be 'brutally honest'
13 February 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Dave Kroetsch from Aeryon Labs came to speak at Communitech's Pizza with the Prez. They talked about their journey, and how they knew when it was time to step down as CEO. Read more
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Auvik CEO Marc Morin: Cease with the Valley envy
17 January 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Marc Morin, Auvik CEO and co-founder speaks on why they are not aiming to be the "Silicon Valley of the North", but are using their own strengths to develop and grow. Read more
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Kitchener embraces Internet of Things with new Digital Innovation Lab
28 November 2017 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
The City of Kitchener is launching a digital innovation lab to embrace the Internet of Things. Read more
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