Newsletter Edition #31
July 2021

"Coming together is the beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success"
Henry Ford

Upcoming Programs and Events

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. Registration opens on August 2nd.

For more information and REGISTRATION details click here

"Building Entrepreneurial Thinking in Action"

A 5-day, Free, online summer camp for High School students Grades 9 - 12.

August 9th to 13th from 9:00am to 11:00am daily

This course is focused on Design Thinking and builds on our Introduction to Entrepreneurial Thinking in Action online camps held in 2020 and 2021.

For more information and to REGISTER for this camp click here.

Amii Artificial Intelligence (AI) Seminar Series is a weekly meeting where researchers (students, developers and professors) interested in AI can share their current research. Presenters include local speakers from the University of Alberta as well as local industries and other institutions.

This month check out:

Edible AI - Building Effective and Accessible Models with Data Wrangling and Visualization

Presented by: Daniel Haight, Darkhorse Analytics

Friday, Aug 6, 2021
12 PM – 1 PM MDT

Click here to find out more.

Zoom link HERE (password: $ummer202!)

Tech Space;
News Bites

• Canada imposes national security risk assessments for researchers seeking federal funds | Globe and Mail- read here

• What Climate Scientists are saying about this catastrophic summer | Slate - read here

• Water is disappearing in the West - and not just during the summer | CNN - read here

• "We're in trouble": Ag expert warns there's no adapting if this summer's "heat dome" becomes the norm | Financial Post - read here

Our Startup and Resident Companies