The 2013 Canadian Financing Forum is Western Canada’s premiere access to capital event for high growth technology companies.
It takes place on February 21 & 22 at the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver and is a superb opportunity to network with the who’s who of the west coast VC, startup, and corporate strategic communities. Read more
Interested in developing green products and deploying cleantech solutions? Carbon financing may help.
On Wednesday, January 30th the GreenTech Exchange returns to Vancouver with Carbon Finance in the Green Economy: Opportunities for BC Organizations. Read more
Our friends at Accelerate Okanagan invite you to the Okanagan Technology Community New Year Kick Off Party at the Laurel Packinghouse in downtown Kelowna! A great excuse for a road trip.
Last year over 300 community members enjoyed an evening of great local food, drink and entertainment. Please be sure to register so you don’t miss out on what is sure to be one of the technology community events of the year.
To keep you entertained:
Ticket price: $30 per person (AO Premium Members: $20) including a free taxi ride home. This is a ticket-only event. Tickets MUST be bought by 5pm, January 9th. Last year was a complete sell out so sign up quickly to avoid disappointment.
Tweet it up at #AOKickOff
View the photos from last year here and check out the video.
Canada’s Energy Innovation at a Crossroads: A Global Perspective
Tuesday December 18th, 2012
Registration 5:30 PM, event begins 6:00 PM
Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University, Room 1400-1410, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Register for this event online HERE.
Recently, Canada’s energy sector has gained substantial global attention in areas such as potential pipeline development and proposed foreign M&A activities in the oil and gas space. Meanwhile, media reports how the U.S. – Canada’s only current oil and gas customer – is using its recently developed unconventional fossil fuel resources (combined with reduced energy consumption) to accelerate along the path toward energy independence. The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that the U.S. will emerge as the world’s leading oil producer by 2020. Meanwhile, Alberta’s oil sands projects report continued high operation costs while producing bitumen that is selling below the average oil market price.
Other reports indicate that Canada’s innovation status during the past decade gradually has been slipping down the list of G20 nations. Affordable energy sustainability, the overall economy and the long-term well being of energy users are interconnected, and thus a data-based critical look at Canada’s potential energy future is warranted. By assessing the varying impact of energy innovation in a global perspective, this presentation attempts to demonstrate that Canada could be well positioned to benefit from the IEA’s recently released and much discussed Global Energy Outlook 2012. Clean energy development, energy efficiency, and materials innovation combined with Canada’s energy resource legacy will be discussed as critical enablers toward this goal.
Theme: Enterprise Value Creation Considerations For Greentech & Clean Energy Ventures
Speaker: Dr. Alan Cornford
Date: Thursday November 29th, 2012
Time: Registration 5:30 PM, event begins 6:00 PM
Location: Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University, Room 1400-1410 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Complimentary Registration: http://www.greentechexchange.ca/upcoming-events?eventId=580877&EventViewMode=EventDetails
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Theme: Realizing the Opportunities of Solar Energy, Communities and Products
Speakers:
David Egles, Home Energy Solutions Ltd.
Andrew Moore, T’Sou-ke Nation Solar Consultant
Judith Cullington, City of Colwood
Kent Rathwell, Sun Country Highway
John Wabel, Sunreps LLC
Date: Thursday November 29th, 2012
Time: Registration 5:30 PM, event begins 6:00 PM
Location: Royal Roads University, 2005 Sooke Road, Victoria,
Building: Learning and Innovation Centre, 4th Floor Centre for Dialogue
Parking: Lot P4 – Metered $1/hr
Complimentary Registration: http://www.greentechexchange.ca/upcoming-events?eventId=580843&EventViewMode=EventDetails
GreenTech Exchange Forum in Vancouver
Distributed Small Grid Systems – Development, Trends and Applications
Thursday October 25th, 2012
Registration 5:30 PM, event begins 6:00 PM
Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University, Room 1400-1410
515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Complimentary registration at www.greentechexchange.ca
Over the recent years, smart grid has emerged as an important framework to realize the desirable goals of efficiency and cost effectiveness for an electricity transmission system. A smart grid integrates two-way digital communication technology that analyzes, monitors and streamlines the system to maximize throughput, while promoting and enabling a reduction of overall energy consumption. Dr. Hassan Farhangi will present on the development of the Microgrid Project at BCIT as well as insights on the trends and applications of this technology.
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GreenTech Exchange Forum in Victoria
GeoPower and GeoExchange – How Canada’s Crust can help meet our Power and Demand Side Management Needs
Thursday October 25th, 2012
Registration 5:30 PM, event begins 6:00 PM
Camosun College. 4461 Interurban Rd., Victoria BC V9E 2C1
Campus Centre Building 14, rooms 123 and 124 http://camosun.ca/about/campus-maps.html#iu
Recommended parking in lots P2, P5 and P7
Complimentary registration at www.greentechexchange.ca
As the need for renewable sources of energy continues to grow, geothermal power will be an important part of the picture. Our panel of experts will discuss the potential for geothermal energy in BC and the exciting opportunities that lie ahead. Guest speakers includes Dr. Alan Jessop, leader in geothermal energy research with 30 years of experience with the Geological Survey of Canada, Craig Dunn, Chief Geologist and founding partner of Borealis GeoPower and Daniel Booy of Altum Engineering Ltd.
The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) is hosting an upcoming Defining Leadership program in Vancouver in partnership with the Institute for Career Advancement Needs (ICAN).
Led by Mary Prefontaine, regular contributor to the Huffington Post and President + CEO of the Institute for Career Advancement Needs, Defining Leadership is a multi-day program for emerging and high potential leaders. Read more
The Agri Innovation Forum is an annual conference focused on building connective tissue and facilitating meaningful connections between agri-entrepreneurs, corporate strategics, and investors from across North America.
The Agri Innovation Forum is one of the only Canadian conferences that provides visibility to the emerging and growth stage agri-entrepreneurs. Read more
Sprout Up is a networking event for forward-thinking entrepreneurs to gather and mind-meld and it’s coming to Vancouver on October 2nd.
Sprout Up events have been held in cities around the world including Toronto, Montreal, NYC and London, and regularly have over 300 attendees.
For the Vancouver event the guest speaker will be Kunal Gupta, Founder and CEO of Polar Mobile.
As Chief Executive Officer for Polar Mobile, Gupta leads a talented team focused on transforming the media landscape with technology. A frequent speaker on the topics of digital media, innovation and entrepreneurship, he is active with the Interactive Advertising Bureau, the Mobile Entertainment Forum and sits on several industry boards.
Sprout Up takes place on Tuesday, October 2nd from 6pm-10pm at The Waldorf Hotel. Tickets are $12 and you can RSVP online.
The Ten Finalists in Accelerate Okanagan’s Jump:Start:Challenge have been announced following the first round of the competition which took place in Penticton yesterday.
The Challenge started with 24 entrants being invited to present their pitches at an open forum in the Jim Pattison Centre for Excellence, Okanagan College.
10 companies were then selected by an expert panel of judges to move on to the next round of the Challenge, where they will receive eight weeks of intense training, coaching and mentorship to improve their investor presentations. The Ten Finalists are: Read more