Newsletter Edition #32
August 2021

"Problems only exist in the human mind"
Anthony de Melo

Spark360 & Resident Company Updates

We are please to announce the new partnership with MNP to provide Enterprise Services to the Innovate Canmore Group and our Spark360 & Resident Companies.

MNP is one of the pre-eminent national accounting, tax and organization consultng firms serving Canada's mid-market sectors.

Check out their Enterprise Services here.

Welcome to the team at BioBox who have joined our Spark360 program.

BioBox is a Haskayne School of Business 2021 RBC Startup Pitch Competition Award Winner designing and developing new, eco-responsible packaging systems for use in the hospitality sector.

Congratulations to the team at AlgiFoods on the development of their IMPACT Bars, Canada's first plant-based energy bar food product made with spirulina algae; unprocessed with no added sugars.

New flavours to be announced shortly.
Available for purchase at AlgiFoods.com.

An exciting Career Opportunity at Synauta who is seeking to recruit a Sofware Developer to add to their current fully remote team.

Join them to build and work on an enterprise solution, with a live application of Machine Learning.

Further details at www.synauta.com/careers

Upcoming Programs and Events

Mark your calendars…

The Banff Venture Forum

returns to Banff on December 6-9 2021 in an exciting Hybrid Format.

Register here.

Inventures 2021

September 22-24, 2021 in Calgary, Alberta

Program details and REGISTRATION here.

Founders Fundamentals

A new, Free, online program to engage and inspire Youth, ages 18-30 years, to develop the entrepreneurial skills to bring their innovation ideas to life to begin growing a start up business venture.

Composed of 9 weekly, one-hour, online workshops the Fall Session starts on Tuesday, September 14th - 8:00 to 9:00am.

For more information and REGISTRATION details click here

Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) is preparing for a fantastic Fall 2021 class for their Machine Learning Technician Certification.

Live online from September 21st to November 19th 2021

They just announced 20 scholarships to support Albertans as they upskill in this in-demand field. Find out more here.

Tech Space;
News Bites

• Scientists Warn That the Earth Is Literally Dying | The_Byte - read here

• Humans have pushed the climate into ‘unprecedented’ territory, landmark U.N. report finds | The Washington Post - read here

• Scientists warn glacier in Canadian Rockies is slipping away before their eyes at unprecedented rate | Global News - read here

Technovation Consulting Team

Welcome to Kevin Oke!
Kevin has over 15 years' experience in a variety of technology business and product roles across SaaS/enterprise software, natural resources, games, social media, AR/VR, and edtech. Utilizing his background in product development, he enjoys applying design-thinking to problems, and is particularly interested in product innovation, design and development aligned with go-to-market strategy development and implementation..

Most recently Kevin co-founded and was VP Business Development at LlamaZOO Interactive - an internationally recognized software company, winner of 20+ awards and creator of a 3D digital twinning and data fusion platform for enterprise and industry 4.0. Clients and partners include Boeing, Barrick Gold, Interfor, Chevron, the Government of British Columbia, Teck Resources, and Microsoft..

Having previously lived in Asia and Australia, Kevin currently resides in Calgary and enjoys skiing, mountain biking, camping, and playing guitar.

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