Startup Events in Canada

Ready to become your own boss—but don’t want to build a business entirely on your own? Join fellow entrepreneurs, business builders, and opportunity seekers at the Franchise Canada Show Toronto — Fall 2026, Canada’s premier franchise exhibition. This free event brings leading franchise brands, experienced operators, and industry experts together under one roof at the Toronto Congress Centre. Whether you’re actively exploring business ownership or simply curious about franchising, this is an opportunity to discover proven business models, compare investment options, and get practical guidance directly from the people who know the industry best. ## What you’ll discover Explore franchise opportunities across 60+ sectors Meet representatives from established brands and emerging concepts in food, technology, beauty, construction, professional services, retail, and more. Explore opportunities at a wide range of investment levels and find options that match your experience, ambitions, and budget. Speak directly with industry experts Connect face-to-face with franchisors, successful franchisees, and experienced professionals. Ask candid questions, understand the realities of ownership, and gain insights that can help you make a confident, informed decision. Attend free educational seminars Learn about financing, legal considerations, marketing, operations, franchise selection, and other essential aspects of building a successful franchise business. Hear practical strategies and real-world lessons from people who have already made the journey. ## Why attend? Since 1996, the Canadian Franchise Association has helped thousands of Canadians explore business ownership through credible franchise systems. The Franchise Canada Show is the CFA’s official exhibition and one of the best places to begin—or accelerate—your search. Come prepared to learn, make valuable connections, and discover what your next chapter could look like. Get into business for yourself—but not by yourself

Set up your AI once for output that serves the goal About This Talk Most designers experimenting with AI are still using it as a glorified autocomplete — good for one-off outputs, useless for real workflow. Yuliia Galytska will share how she set up her own AI model to support the way she actually works.The session will cover the foundations — global instructions, connectors, and skills — and how to manage token usage so it stays efficient rather than expensive. The centrepiece: how she built a personal voice file — an AI-led interview that extracts how she thinks and communicates, so any output the model produces afterward sounds like her, not generic AI. The same file adapts. Different output depending on the audience, the purpose, the goal — manager update vs. mentee feedback, public writing on Medium, internal Slack and email. This is a presentation and a hands-on workshop. You'll get a shortened version of the interview to try live during the session, see Yuliia's own results and business use cases from her day-to-day design work, and leave with the tools to build your own file at home. You'll Learn How global instructions work — and how you can set them up for your projects and chats How to build a personal "voice file" so AI output actually sounds like you Real business use cases from Yuliia's work Practical tips on managing token usage Who It's For Designers ready to move past basic prompting into a real, working AI setup — whether you're brand new to this or already using AI daily. What to Bring A laptop — required, this session is hands-on A Claude Pro subscription is recommended, if you have one A water bottle — it's a full evening session 🎤 Speaker: Yuliia Galytska Yuliia had a career as a corporate lawyer before switching into product design. The legal background stayed. It shows up in how she approaches complex systems: systems thinking and edge-case awareness. She's a Senior Product Designer at Lendesk — a B2B fintech — leading AI-powered work and c

IMPORTANT: - Bring your laptop! - Doors close at 6:15PM sharp Join us for our monthly Grok Bot meetup in Toronto at 800 Bay! We'll still be giving away Cursor credits that you can use with Grok Bot as well. Join us for an exciting night of learning all the different ways you can automate your life with Grok Bot. We'll be bringing in two amazing speakers and have some time for Q&A at the end. The agenda for the night will be super chill. There will be dinner and drinks provided - come have fun! 🗓️ Event Agenda 5:30 - Mix and Mingle 6:15 - Speaker 1 6:30 - Speaker 2 6:45 - Q&A 7:00 - Networking and Building 8:30 - Event Ends Previous events: See here Want to help as a volunteer? Sign up here Hosted by Neerav, Jia and Sukh. Volunteer Team: Joe, Dhanush, Kurt, Daniel, Gio, Ruhao, Monica, Mariia, Sahil, Shreya

Thinking about starting something, or just curious what all the startup buzz is about? Come hang out with us at the Student Union Building for Intro to Startups 2.0, hosted by GDSC. We're bringing the energy, the big ideas, and the good vibes for an hour that's equal parts fun and useful. We'll cover how ideas turn into real companies, what the first few steps actually look like, and the mistakes worth dodging early on. You'll leave with a clearer picture of how startups work and maybe a few new friends to bounce ideas off. No experience needed, no pitch required. Just show up curious, bring a friend, and come ready to chat. See you there!

Open Coffee Club is a casual gathering of people involved/interested in founding, operating or funding startups. The vibe is more hangout than event and provides people with a regular time and location to talk shop, discuss news, ask questions and and meet others in the startup community they may only see occasionally at more formal events. Location: Nelson the Seagull, 315 Carrall St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2J4 Once You Arrive: You can locate us by looking for the table with the small LED display: "Vancouver Founders Open Coffee Club." Google Maps link to Nelson the Seagull Contact Steve at sdancho@hotmail.com to get a link to join our WhatsApp discussion board. Thanks to our sponsors! Voyer Startup Lawyers - voyerlaw.com See you there!

Want to become the go-to expert in your industry? Join us each week for LinkedIn Authority Builders, a collaborative community designed for professionals, entrepreneurs, and business leaders who want to leverage the power of LinkedIn and AI to build influence, strengthen relationships, and generate new opportunities. Hosted by Eileen Snover, this interactive weekly gathering will help you turn your expertise into visibility and visibility into business growth. You'll Discover How To: ✅ Optimize your LinkedIn profile to attract opportunities ✅ Use AI to create smarter, faster content ✅ Build meaningful relationships that lead to referrals ✅ Increase engagement and expand your network strategically ✅ Position yourself as a trusted authority in your field ✅ Create a consistent LinkedIn presence without overwhelm Whether you're just getting started or looking to amplify an established brand, you'll gain practical strategies, fresh ideas, and valuable connections you can apply immediately. Build your authority. Expand your influence. Grow your business. Register now and join us every Tuesday at 11 am mountain time.

Design it in Figma, decorate it IRL, for free! Join UW/UX for a fun, hands-on cookie decorating event where you’ll turn your designs into sweet treats. 📅 Tuesday, October 27 📍 Black and Gold Room ⏰ 4 - 6 PM No design or decorating experience needed. Just bring your creativity and a sweet tooth!!

GitHub Copilot Dev Days Montréal – De l’app Copilot à VS Code ✨ MSDEVMTL participe aux GitHub Copilot Dev Days, une initiative mondiale portée par les communautés tech locales, qui se déroule du 1er septembre au 31 octobre 2026. Au programme : une soirée concrète et pratique pour découvrir comment travailler avec des agents IA, de la nouvelle app GitHub Copilot jusqu’à GitHub Copilot dans VS Code. Ouvert aux développeurs de tous les niveaux, toutes plateformes confondues. [ 🗣️ Presentations will be done in French with visual content in English, but you can ask questions in English ] Agenda 17h30 – Ouverture des portes – Réseautage et nourriture (pizza) 18h – L’app GitHub Copilot : le développement piloté par agents, Etienne Tremblay 18h45 – Atelier pratique : GitHub Copilot dans VS Code – Mona Mayhem, Jean-Olivier Pitre et Stéphane Lapointe 20h – 20h30 – Réseautage / Fin de la soirée L’atelier Mona Mayhem Dans cet atelier, vous bâtirez avec GitHub Copilot dans VS Code un jeu d’arcade rétro où les contributions GitHub s’affrontent. En chemin, vous explorerez le context engineering, le Plan Mode et l’Agent Mode, les workflows multi-agents et une approche design-first. À prévoir avant de venir 💻 Votre portable (obligatoire pour participer durant l’atelier) Un compte GitHub avec au minimum Copilot Free : https://aka.ms/get-github-copilot-devdays VS Code installé, avec l’extension GitHub Copilot, et votre compte GitHub connecté Optionnel, pour suivre la présentation : l’app GitHub Copilot (https://gh.io/dev-days/app) ⚠️ Crédits IA : l’atelier consomme des crédits IA. Il peut être complété avec Copilot Free, mais il en utilisera une bonne partie. Pensez à les ménager dans les jours précédant l’événement. Code de conduite Nous tenons à offrir un environnement accueillant et inclusif pour tous. Merci de prendre connaissance du code de conduite avant l’événement : 👉 https://github.com/github/dev-days/blob/main/EVENT_CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md 📍 Édifice Bronfman, Université McGill –

Are you a University of Alberta researcher, grad student, post-doc, or faculty member wondering if your scientific breakthrough can become a venture-backed company? Join us for From Lab to Startup: Scientific Entrepreneurship Day, a practical half-day event designed to help you bridge the gap between academic innovation and real-world commercial impact. Why Attend? Led by Celesta Capital—a global deep-tech venture capital firm—alongside top technology legal experts from Osler, you will learn directly from experienced operators, investors, and legal advisors on how to protect your IP, evaluate spinout readiness, and build a science-driven company for scale. The Value for You Great deep-tech ventures aren't just discovered—they are engineered from the lab up. This event is designed for you to learn the commercialization end-game years before you actually need institutional funding. Join us to build your venture correctly from day one: Start with the end in mind: Learn what top-tier venture capital firms look for in deep-tech startups, allowing you to align your early-stage lab research with future market and funding demands. Map your critical milestones: Understand the steps required to bridge the gap from a fundamental lab discovery to a scalable, investable business. Build your network early: Gain firsthand insights from major venture partners and legal experts long before the high-stakes pressure of a formal fundraise begins. Key Takeaways Should you spin out? Evaluate your technology’s market potential, performance differentiation, and scalability through an investor's lens. When to launch? Recognize key signs of technical maturity, founder commitment, and market demand. How to build for success? Master the essentials: IP strategy, licensing, cap tables, non-dilutive funding, customer discovery, and university relationships. Avoid critical mistakes: Identify common legal and operational red flags that derail early-stage deep-tech startups. Featured Speakers Charle

Important Note: This event is intended for UBC students and recent graduates exploring careers at the intersection of climate and business. While we welcome others who are interested in these topics, we will prioritize participation from UBC students and recent graduates. This session explores how infrastructure is evolving to meet the challenges of climate change—from decarbonizing buildings and transportation to strengthening energy systems, water infrastructure, and climate resilience. Hear from professionals working across consulting, engineering, real estate, finance, government, and technology as they share how they're helping design, build, and operate the infrastructure of the future. Whether you're passionate about cities, buildings, energy, or resilience, this session highlights the many career pathways shaping a net-zero economy. Speakers: 🎤 Jeanette Hill, Sustainability Manager, BC Pavilion Corporation (the Vancouver Convention Centre, and BC Place Stadium) 🎤 Jessica Fell, Senior Strategic Advisor, Sustainability and Resilience at BC Housing 🎤 Cheryl Ng, Environmental Project Management Specialist, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority About the Working in Climate Series The "Working in Climate" Event Series is an ongoing initiative by the Centre for Climate and Business Solutions at UBC Sauder School of Business. This series explores how climate action intersects with various careers, industries, and professions through thematic events. From fields like business, engineering and technology to sectors such as energy, agriculture, manufacturing, and infrastructure, the series highlights how sustainability is reshaping every aspect of the global economy. Each event provides insights from experts across diverse industries, helping students and professionals understand the growing need for climate solutions and how they can drive meaningful change within their chosen careers. Whether you’re starting out or making a career shift, "Working in Climate" offers guidanc

Welcome back to our annual happy hour at The Parlour! Hyde Park Venture Partners and CIBC Innovation Banking invite you to an evening with founders, investors and leaders from across Toronto’s technology ecosystem. Join us at The Parlour for thoughtful conversation, new connections and an opportunity to reconnect with colleagues from across the venture community. Hyde Park Venture Partners invests in early-stage software companies across the Midwest and Toronto. CIBC Innovation Banking provides growth capital and tailored banking solutions to technology companies and their investors across North America and Europe. Drinks and light bites will be served. Space is limited, so please RSVP.

C'est le party entrepreneurial à ne pas manquer de l'année!

Hi Vancouver Designers, this one is all about your questions. Design work looks wildly different depending on where you do it. Working at a startup, at an agency, or at a large org are VERY different beasts, each with its own expectations, and a few challenges that follow us no matter where we work. Our Panel This Time Startup: Amy, a product designer with a background in Cognitive Sciences and Visual Arts. She’s worked at startups in cybersecurity and fintech, and is a familiar face in the Vancouver Design Community, bringing design thinkers together to share, create, and inspire. Agency: Rika and Michelle Beaudry, partners at Heywood&Beaudry. Michelle is a graphic designer and artist who leads the firm’s digital and web design while managing the business side of being a creative. Rika is a designer, artist, and educator who teaches at the University of the Fraser Valley and in Emily Carr’s Continuing Studies program, alongside a multi-media art practice. Large org: Abhishek D., Senior Experience Designer at Electronic Arts. Abhishek he leads advanced initiatives for FC Ultimate Team. He’s been a founding designer twice, with over a decade across print, startups, mobile games, and game UX. How it Works We’ll start with a short panel on what each world expects from designers. Then we open the room: breakout groups give you real time with each guest, so you can dig into the path you’re most curious about. Come with a question. There are no bad ones, and the awkward ones are usually the most useful. About UX Den We are a low-pressure, supportive space for designers of all levels to experiment, share, and grow through honest feedback, shared experiences, and practical learning. We help each other improve our craft, build confidence, and level up for the next step in our careers: whether that's a new project, a presentation, or an interview. About Our Host The Information Design & Data Visualization (IDDV) program at Northeastern Vancouver is a community of creators and

Come enjoy Calgary’s monthly Grok Bot Meetup. Bring a laptop and a positive, collaborative energy. 📍 Location: ZayZoon HQ, 19th floor of TELUS Sky (685 Centre St S, Calgary) Agenda (America/Edmonton): 5:30 to 6:00 — arrivals and networking (light dinner provided) 6:00 to 6:45 — Grok Bot intro + bot templates and use cases 6:45 to 8:00 — build: bots that run a real workflow end to end with no human in the loop 8:00 to 8:30 — demos + community vote. Prizes: Grok Bot stickers and/or credits Founders, operators, builders, and knowledge workers welcome. No tech background required.

Welcome to the 8th session of the 4th edition of the Toronto LLM Meetup Group. We really appreciate the growing interest in our events and will continue to ensure equitable access for all participants. We are sorry to have disappeared for some months due to busy schedules, but we are back! And this time, we’ll be exploring decision models and non-LLM primitives. To make this extra fair (or unfair), we will be using a decision model to approve/reject your request to attend. Bonus points if you've built your own Jev-like system and are willing to live benchmark it with us. 🖤 Special thanks to Gordon Gibson and Ada for providing the lovely event space in Silicon Alley and Hudson Labs for their support and resources. 📖 Papers & Resources It is not necessary to read them all before the session, but browsing through them might help you more actively participate in the discussion session. TypeSafe AI Jev Contrastive Language Models ⏱️ Timetable 17:30 - 18:00 Icebreaker & Networking 18:00 - 18:30 Speaker Session #1 18:30 - 18:50 Discussion 18:50 - 19:20 Speaker Session #2 19:20 - 19:40 Discussion 19:40 - 20:00 Networking 👋 About Us The Toronto LLM Meetup group is founded by Suhas Pai, CTO and Co-founder of Hudson Labs, and Lily Ren, Senior AI PM at Telus Health. The aim of this group is to facilitate deep dives into LLM research topics, harnessing the skills of Toronto's vibrant AI ecosystem and promoting intellectual rigor. To this end, for each session we assemble a team of top Toronto AI scientists and practitioners to conduct an in-depth study of an emerging topic that is expected to go mainstream 6 months from now. The team presents their findings along with jumping-off points for future research at a meetup session, held at Toronto's top AI companies. Eventually we aim to spawn off community open-source research projects this way. 📧 Mailing List Thank you so much for your interest. We’re thrilled to see so many of you sign up for this event! We’ll be collecting em

AI agents are already transforming how teams plan, create, and launch marketing campaigns. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to build an AI agent that can plan and run a mini marketing campaign using n8n and Slack, with no technical skills required. Register Here This session will be led by Tanguy Richard, a Le Wagon instructor, data scientist, and AI engineer. Who is this event for? This session is for you if you’re a marketing specialist, product manager, entrepreneur, or simply curious about AI, automation, and no-code tools. All levels are welcome! What you’ll learn ✅ AI agents basics and how to orchestrate them in a no-code way with n8n ✅ How to trigger a marketing campaign from a simple Slack message ✅ Starter best practices: prompts, workflows, and the essential tool checklist ✅ Current limitations and what to explore next Register Here

⏰ EARLY BIRD: $15 until Sunday, Oct 18 at 11:59 PM. Then $20. 🎟️ Get your ticket here: Heads up: your Meetup RSVP doesn't include a ticket. Please grab yours at the link above. 📅 Wednesday, October 28 · 6:30–9:30 PM 📍 IDK Social Bar, 172 Ossington Ave 👥 Groups of 3 or more get 25% off at checkout On October 28, TechinTO takes over IDK Social Bar for our Halloween Special, and this time we want you dressed for it. No stage, no slides, no pitch decks. Come as your favourite villain, hero or inside joke, grab a drink, and talk to people about what you're actually building. WHAT YOUR TICKET GETS YOU ✅ An evening with Toronto founders, devs, designers, marketers and PMs ✅ A colour wristband for your field, so you know who's who before you say hi ✅ A chance to win a free 1:1 social media or personal brand strategy session with Sonia Ovcharenko of Lovemarked 🎃 A prize for the best costume FIRST TIME AT TECHINTO? You don't need to know anyone. The wristbands and nametags make it easy to start a conversation, and the whole night is built around meeting new people. THE VENUE IDK Social Bar: a two-level spot downtown with good drinks and a room built for actual conversation. 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techinto.event/ 🌐 Website: https://www.techinto.ca zero corporate stiffness. absolute social energy. actual human conversations.

This isn't just a club; it’s a high-level community for business strategists. We believe that the best plans are built together. Designed for seasoned professionals, this is where you’ll find a peer group to help you refine your processes and master the blueprint for long-term growth. Join us to share ideas, gain fresh perspectives, and build your business with the collective intelligence of a supportive network. The KPI Playbook: Learn to develop and integrate key metrics that will align your team and drive your entire business forward. Financial Mastery for Entrepreneurs: Demystify your finances with the support of our community, so you can make smarter decisions and secure your financial future. Building Your Business with Soul: Go beyond vision and values. We'll show you how to integrate your mission into everything you do and build a company with lasting impact. The Diversity Advantage: Move beyond a simple checklist. Learn how diversity and inclusion can strengthen your team and enhance your business strategy with new ideas and perspectives. Have you seen our other events? Check out the website

Learn about new ways to help people access financial services and gain economic power at our Microfinance Innovations event!

You've probably asked the same questions we hear all the time: Why is good networking so hard to find? Why does it feel so transactional? The truth is, most networking isn't designed for you. Join this call to learn how CIBN is built from tip to toe to be member-serving. We believe that our success lives and dies in the success of our members—and we've designed everything around that philosophy. Your Networking Story: Share what's worked for you (and what hasn't) so we can understand your goals and help you get there. Finding Your Perfect Club: We'll help you pinpoint the clubs and resources that align perfectly with your business and personality. Your Tech Toolkit for Networking: Discover the technology and tools available to enhance your networking process and make every connection count. Beyond the Pitch: Learn how to move past transactional networking and master the art of relationship building. Checkout our website for more events!

Join us at House 831 on October 29th for a round of office hours with the team at Metiquity Ventures. Bryan Slauko and Mattye Robson are setting up on the floor for 1:1 sessions with founders. Bring the deck, the messy metrics, the question you've been sitting on, or just come find out what a pre-seed fund actually looks for before you start raising. Metiquity is an Alberta pre-seed fund built around a gap most founders here know well: you need revenue to raise capital, and capital to make revenue. They lead rounds into pre-revenue and early-revenue tech companies across Alberta and the Prairies, and Fund I is building toward a portfolio of 20 to 30 companies. Bryan is a Co-Founder and Founding Director at Metiquity, where he runs the day-to-day of Fund I. He's spent more than two decades across investment analysis, entrepreneurship, and board-level work, holds a CFA charter, and chairs the boards of two local nonprofits. Mattye is an Investment Analyst at Metiquity Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in ambitious Canadian technology companies. As part of Metiquity’s growing team, she supports founder and market diligence, investment analysis, portfolio initiatives, and the firm’s continued institutional growth. Mattye is passionate about working alongside entrepreneurs and contributing to Canada’s technology ecosystem. Prior to Metiquity, Mattye worked in the Private Equity and HR industries. Sessions are 20 minutes and booked in advance. Doors open at 1:00PM. Limited spots. Approval required. Time slots will be sent out beforehand. Thank you Alberta Enterprise Corporation for sponsoring our Office Hours Series.

Stop guessing! At the SMART Networking Club, we believe that networking is a learnable skill, and our community is committed to setting you up for success. We don't just say "be a relationship builder"—we provide the proven, step-by-step process that makes this whole thing netWORK. This is the only club dedicated to the principles of our book, SMART Networking: The $150,000 Method. Key Highlights: Interactive Networking: Attendees participated in structured networking sessions, engaging in meaningful conversations and expanding their professional circles in a dynamic online setting. Educational Segment: Each session includes a discussion on a key networking strategy from the book SMART Networking: The $150,000 Strategy. We rotate topics, providing practical takeaways for building and leveraging professional relationships. Guest Speakers: who share value driven content, offering expert advice and real-world applications of SMART networking principles. Success Stories: Participants shared success stories and experiences, highlighting how strategic networking has positively impacted their careers and businesses. Feedback and Outcomes: Attendees praise the event for its structured yet welcoming format, valuable networking opportunities, and insightful discussions. Many leave with actionable steps to enhance their networking approach and grow their professional influence. Looking Ahead: The SMART Networking Club continues every week with engaging sessions. Join us every Thursday afternoon for more networking opportunities and expert advice on mastering professional connections. Have you seen our other events? Check out the website

As we dove into GTM Engineering, we grew envious of the communities in New York and San Francisco that were sharing ideas and learnings. This is our attempt to solve that with each speaker opening the hood on a system that runs in production today. You hear the problem, see the solution and results. Speakers from Flinks, Ada and AXL Labs and more to be announced. What happens Five live demos, ten minutes each Questions after each demo Networking with other Toronto builders Who should come People who build or own GTM systems People who want to see how other teams build pipeline We approve each guest, so that the room stays full of builders.

Join us at Shopify's Toronto office on Thursday, Oct 29th for an evening of learning, networking, and fun. 🎯 Theme: The Real Work of Data Engineering: AI, Scale, and the Mistakes That Teach Us Some of the best engineering lessons come from the things that didn't go according to plan. We are bringing Toronto's engineering community together to explore the real work behind building data and AI systems: the technical decisions, trade-offs, challenges, and lessons learned along the way. Because increasingly, the hardest problems don't sit neatly inside data engineering, software engineering, or machine learning. They sit at the intersection. 🎤 Meet Our Speakers Derek Pyne Staff Data Engineer | Shopify The Use of River to Build Data Loops to Improve Models Jill Cates Staff Data Engineer | Shopify Can an AI Agent Fix Your Data Warehouse? Using health metrics to find tech debt and verify the fix Mitchell Posluns & Pranavan Pirahalathan Manager, Analytics Engineering & Data Scientist II | Wealthsimple From Craft to Context: How AI Turned Engineering Discipline into Critical Infrastructure Adeniyi (Ade) Bello Data Architect | Assent (PE backed by Blackstone + Vista Partners) Rethinking the Data Stack: Building a Zero-ETL, Go-Engineered Warehouse Who Should Attend? Whether you're a data engineer, software engineer, ML/AI engineer, analytics engineer, platform engineer, architect, or engineering leader working on these problems, we'd love to have you in the room. 📍 Location: Shopify Toronto Office 📅 Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026 ⏰ Time: 5 - 8 PM ET Sponsors Lead Sponsor: Shopify Supporting Sponsors: Astronomer Cheers! DET Canada Team (Vipul Choudhary, Rushika Verma) Interested in speaking at a future event? How to Submit Talks We are always looking for speakers! Submit your talk ideas HERE. ℹ️ About Data Engineer Things Data Engineer Things (DET) is a global community built by data engineers for data engineers. Subscribe to the newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn to gain

Celebrate Latin American Heritage Month with SOMOS LIT Calgary & ATB Financial 🌎 Join Somos Latinx in Tech Calgary and ‘HoLa’, ATB's Hispanic and Latin American Network for an evening celebrating Latin American Heritage Month and the vibrant contributions of the Latin American community in Calgary and across Canada. This special community gathering will bring together Latinx professionals, tech and business leaders, allies, and community members for an evening of connection, learning, and celebration. Expect an engaging conversation around career growth and navigating your professional journey in a changing world, along with opportunities to meet new people, exchange experiences, and build meaningful connections within the Calgary community. Whether you're looking to expand your network, learn from others, connect with the Latinx community, or simply celebrate our shared heritage, we'd love to have you join us. More details about the speakers and agenda will be announced soon. Stay tuned! Come celebrate where we come from, connect with where we are, and look ahead to where we're going. 💛 All welcome! We invite allies to join us at Somos Latinx in Tech events to celebrate, support, and uplift the Latinx tech community alongside us. About Somos Latinx in Tech Somos Latinx in Tech is a nonprofit organization committed to supporting Latinx professionals to thrive in tech. We host events and programs throughout Canada, encouraging learning, networking, mentorship, and sponsorship, helping them grow their careers and shape the future of tech. www.somoslatinxintech.com

No matter where or what we teach, many of us encounter similar challenges: engaging learners, managing difficult situations, responding to different needs, maintaining our own energy, and wondering whether others are struggling with the same things as us. What we are doing This is the first community meetup from T3: Think Teach Transform. We are bringing together a small group of educators for a warm, facilitated conversation about the realities of helping others learn. Participants are invited to bring one current teaching challenge, question, or experience to discuss. Sharing is always optional. You are equally welcome to listen, reflect, and learn from the conversation. Together, we will exchange ideas, make new connections, and identify topics that future T3 meetups, speakers, and workshops can explore. We hope you will leave with practical insights, a stronger sense of support, and the knowledge that you do not have to solve every teaching challenge alone. This gathering welcomes new and experienced teachers, instructors, trainers, tutors, facilitators, coaches, instructional designers, program leaders, and other education professionals: anyone involved in helping others learn. Who is this for? This meetup welcomes new and experienced: Professors and instructors ECE and K-12 Teachers Tutors and teaching assistants Workplace trainers Coaches and facilitators Curriculum and learning designers Education program leaders Community educators Anyone curious about improving how they help others learn You do not need to work in a traditional classroom or hold a particular job title. If helping people learn is part of what you do, this gathering is for you. Your Hosts: Hannaji Puri is an education leader and learning-development professional with more than 10 years of experience designing curricula, training teachers, and leading education programs internationally. Heiko Polinski is a UX and service designer, community lead, and experienced event organizer with a backgr

Most people barely track their finances ... The ones who do are usually stuck in spreadsheets, Mint, QuickBooks, or some combination of the three. It works, sort of. But it rarely feels good. What if there’s a better way? ChatGPT just released a tool for analyzing finances, and a growing number of people are quietly building agents and workflows that actually understand their accounts, expenses, and goals without turning money management into another full-time job. AI Builders is back, and this time we're going deep on AI x Money. We want the work, not slide decks. Show us the system that reconciles without the usual pain. The agent that surfaces what actually matters. The workflow that replaces the spreadsheet you’ve been maintaining for years. This one’s for you if you’ve built something that makes personal or operational finance feel lighter, or if you’re still living in spreadsheets and curious whether these new tools are finally useful. 📅 Event Schedule 🚪 6:00 PM Doors Open 🎤 6:30 PM Talks kick off (first half) 🚪 7:00 PM Doors close (last call for latecomers!) 🍕 7:30 PM Break: pizza, drinks & networking 🎤 After the break - Talks resume (second half) 🎉 9:00 PM Talks wrap, networking before we close out Want to present? We're saving spots for short demos and lightning talks - automations, agents in the loop, internal tools, decision engines, all of it. Drop us a note when you RSVP - lineup fills up quick. Spots are limited. Sponsored by Builders Club

This is a meetup for AI game devs who are actively using AI tools and agentic workflows to build video games. It will be a cross between a meetup and a demo event (food and drink will be provided). The event can provide a stage to present your game, share your experiences building agents for game dev/design, or share the role(s) agents play in what you're building. If you're looking to advance the game development and design abilities of agents beyond what's currently on the market, this will be a place to learn a new tool, connect with others who have similar skills, and possibly create new opportunities. You should come if you're... Terminally online on Reddit, GitHub, and Discord, learning what the newest discovered AI game-dev workflow is this week. Making games (or at least prototypes) with agents doing real work in the loop. Terms like MCP, agent harness, skills, subagents, worktrees, context windows, compaction, tool calls, evals, and Opus 5.5 sound like normal conversation. This event is not for those... Not building or coding game projects with creative AI tools. Interested in business networking. Give us a quick description of your game or project and a list of what tools you're using when you register! Who's hosting this? We’re Robert, Maeesha, and Peter, the co-founders of Chatforce. We’ve been working with AI agent technology since early 2024, and we’ve hosted events like this before. You can find those on the Futurework calendar. We’re hosting this meetup because we’d love to meet other people building games with AI, compare what’s working, and have the kinds of conversations that are better in person. We're excited to meet you!

Agenda 6:45 p.m. – Arrival 7:00 p.m. – Welcome and panel discussion 8:00 p.m. – Audience Q&A 8:30 p.m. – Networking reception Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly, creating extraordinary opportunities while raising urgent questions about safety, security and responsible use. Join experts from the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo, the Balsillie School of International Affairs and the Waterloo Region AI Coalition for an accessible public conversation about what today’s AI systems can and cannot do, the risks associated with increasingly autonomous AI agents and the safeguards available to manage them. Through expert presentations, a moderated panel and audience Q&A, the event will examine where the benefits of AI are compelling, where stronger protections may be needed and where society may need to draw clear boundaries. Topics will include AI security and alignment, technical safeguards, public policy, geopolitics and the responsible use of AI in high-stakes settings. Designed for a general audience, this event will provide participants with a clearer understanding of AI’s current capabilities and limitations, emerging security concerns and the choices facing businesses, governments and the public. Speakers: Dr. Richard Florizone, Special Advisor, Global Futures to the President of the University of Waterloo Dr. Ann Fitz-Gerald, Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs Maura R. Grossman, J.D., Ph.D., Research Professor in the School of Computer Science, cross-appointed to the School of Public Health Sciences, at the University of Waterloo Dr. Jochen Koenemann, Dean of the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Mathematics and a Professor in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization. Jimmy Lin, David R. Cheriton Chair in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. Bessma Momani, Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs an

Happy Halloween! Come hang out with us at Platform Calgary to hone your coding and problem solving skills! Let's get retro and write some code by hand. We're going to team up and practice our ensembling and TDD skills to solve a spooky problem. This is taking place at The Software Developer's Collective monthly hackathon, so if you want to join them after, bring your laptop. Costumes are welcome :) \-\-\- This event is meant to be a safe and inclusive environment for everyone to hang and chat about tech. We require all participants to treat others with respect and refrain from any form of harassment. People who fail to treat others accordingly will be asked to leave our events. Please contact an organizer if you have any concerns.

[Summary] This meetup is for those who are interested in code, web development, design, cloud, or AI. All levels are welcome, so feel free to bring your laptop and discuss what you are working on or what you are learning. You can share your projects and ideas with other participants freely. There are outlets and WiFi, drinks are about $5 for tea, they take card only. [Price] Attendance is FREE. But you need to buy something from the venue. [Policies] \- We do not tolerate harassment of our members \- We remind users that that this meetup is intended for networking and hobby development\, and any attempts at using this meetup event as a dating platform will not be not be tolerated Further information: https://torontostack.exchange/

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How to register for this event: Before you can register, Luma asks you to join the Calgary Innovation Week calendar once. It's free, and after that every every register button works. Open the Calgary Innovation Week calendar on Luma. Find "Calgary Innovation Week Attendee · Free" and click Join. Enter your email, then type in the code Luma sends you. Go back to any event and click Register. Done. _________________________ Everything you should know before raising your next round, straight from an investor's perspective. How much should you raise? What should your valuation be? How do you find the right investors, get meetings, and actually close your round? Join Spring and Alberta Ecotrust during Calgary Innovation Week for a candid conversation about fundraising, led by Keith Ippel and Shantanu Mehta from Spring's investment team. We'll cover: Structuring your round: How much to raise, how to think about valuation, and what investors expect at different stages Finding investors: Building your target list, getting warm introductions, and approaching investors who are actually a fit Pitching investors: What makes a compelling pitch, what investors look for, and how to prepare for the questions that follow Behind the scenes: How VCs evaluate opportunities, what happens after your first meeting, and the common mistakes that can derail a raise About Spring Spring is an early-stage VC fund (see here) and accelerator backing ambitious founders in climate, health, and technology. We invest $250K–$400K in early-stage companies and help founders navigate the journey from investment readiness to closing their rounds. Our track record speaks for itself: companies supported through our Scale Ready platform have raised over $225M, including $25M+ in the last 12 months. Through our angel investor network, we've facilitated nearly 30 investments, including the first external pre-seed investment in Moment Energy, which went on to raise a US $40M Series B. Who should attend? Early

Canada is building companies worth buying from, backing, and joining. On November 2, they open the floor. Most people see Canadian innovation as a headline. A raise. An exit. A list. Co-hosted with the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus Ecosystem team, more than 35 startups on one floor, with accelerators, founder programs and investors that back them. Startups from U of T, AI ventures from the Vector Institute, and from the TechTO community, all in one room. Come to buy. Come to back. Come to join. 🤝 B2B buyers: find the tools built here before your competitors do 💰 Investors: meet founders who are raising now, booth by booth At 7 pm, Together Toronto takes the stage with the people who built some of Canada's biggest company stories. Startup Showcase & Ecosystem Tours Ecosystem tours start every 45 minutes from 4:15PM. See where Toronto's next startups start: UTE: U of T's entrepreneurship network across all three campuses ONRamp: UTE's co-working space for founders Centre for Entrepreneurship: funding and mentorship for students, faculty and alumni UTEST: U of T's incubator for deep tech and research startups Black Founders Network: access, funding and community for Black founders at every stage Vector Institute: one of Canada's top AI research institutes Innovations & Partnerships Office: formalizing partnerships with U of T researchers and technologies See who else is exhibiting here! Speakers Sam Pillar, Co-founder & CEO, Jobber Started Jobber in Edmonton in 2011 and grew it past 100,000 home and commercial service businesses. If you sell software to small businesses, this is the playbook. Andrew Lockhead, Co-founder & CEO, Stay22 Built Stay22 in Montreal into a platform that moved over $1B in travel bookings in 2025, then raised $122M from Summit Partners. A Canadian company winning the creator economy. Noah Buchman, Co-founder, President & CRO, Propel Holdings Took Propel from a 2011 startup to the TSX, with lending brands across Canada, the US and the UK.

Bring one real workflow from your job or business. In three hours, design an AI-enabled system around it: people, process, data, decisions, human oversight, and a 30-day plan you can start the next day. This lab is built for the AI implementation gap: systems that run your work. Hosted by OnStack AI Labs, Startup Court, and Futurpreneur during Calgary Innovation Week 2026. What you will do A guided build process: BREAK IT: Find a broken, slow, expensive, or inconsistent workflow MAP IT: Map the people, process, data, systems, and decisions BUILD IT: Redesign the workflow with AI, automation, and human judgment CHALLENGE IT: Pressure-test usefulness, feasibility, risk, and value IMPLEMENT IT: Turn the design into a 30-day roadmap What you leave with One defined workflow challenge A current-state workflow map An AI Systems Canvas and opportunity map A responsible AI and human-oversight checklist A 30-day implementation plan Who this is for Founders, entrepreneurs, professionals, small-business owners, nonprofit and community leaders, educators, and tech-curious Calgarians. The work is systems, workflows, and implementation. Coding experience is optional. Session details Tuesday, November 3, 2026 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Classroom 2, Platform Innovation Centre Capacity: 50 In person only Arrive with a real workflow: something repetitive, slow, frustrating, expensive, or hard to manage. That is the problem you will design against. Presented by OnStack AI Labs · Startup Court · Futurpreneur Built Here. Backed Here. Calgary Innovation Week is the city-wide moment that brings Calgary’s innovation ecosystem into full view. Across the week, founders, industry, investors, talent and community organizations come together to share what they’re building, make connections, and show the strength of what’s being built here – and backed – here. By registering for this event, you acknowledge that Platform Calgary (the organization), as well as third-party organizations hosting activities i

No filters. No pitch decks. Just real talk about fundraising. Join us for a candid, live Q&A where you can ask a top startup investor anything about raising capital. What do investors look for, especially in AI startups? What kills a deal? How do you get a meeting? Get the answers you've always wanted in a friendly, open environment, and walk away with the knowledge and connections to take your fundraising to the next level. ❯ Guest Speakers include: Brian Bell (Founder and Managing Partner, Team Ignite Ventures) Jonathan Greechan (Co-Founder & CIO, Founder Institute, GP Founder Capital) ❯❯ RSVP now at https://fi.co/e/405860/meetup to get your link and join us live! ❯ What You’ll Learn: What investors look for when evaluating early-stage startups How investors are evaluating AI startups right now The signals that make founders stand out to investors Different sources of startup funding and when to pursue them How to prepare your startup before approaching investors Common mistakes that cause founders to lose investor interest ❯ Who Should Attend: Idea-stage founders exploring future fundraising Startup teams preparing for their first funding round Founders building AI-powered startups who want to know what investors expect Professionals considering starting a venture-backed startup Entrepreneurs curious about how investors make decisions . ❯❯ Don’t miss this live, interactive online event packed with valuable insights! RSVP now at https://fi.co/e/405860/meetup to get your link and join us live!

Demo Day (formerly Startup Showcase) is McGill Ventures' flagship event of the fall semester. It brings together student founders, early users, and investors from Montreal's startup and VC community. Selected startups will each give a five-minute live demo, built to be engaging and interactive, followed by a Q&A with the audience. Later in the evening, founders will join VCs on a panel about building and funding early-stage companies. Whether you're a founder, an investor, or a student curious about startups, come see what's being built at McGill and meet the people building it. Note: A raffle ticket is included with the purchase of each event ticket, giving you a chance to win a prize at the event! Founders: applications are open! Want to put your startup in front of students, users and VCs? Apply here: https://forms.gle/bbiuTp28ZFaURGweA Speakers and partners will be announced soon!

Closing the gap between academia and the VC ecosystem. This year, with trivia. GradConnect is back! This year, Front Row Ventures and BoxOne Ventures are trading panels and roundtables for a trivia night. Grad students, founders and investors will team up over questions on startups, science and Montreal, then stay to keep the conversation going. 🎲 How it works Teams are randomized when you arrive, so you’ll be playing alongside grad students, founders and investors you haven’t met. Over 4 to 5 rounds we’ll cover startups, research and Nobel history, Montreal, and pop culture. There’s a live scoreboard all night, and the winning team takes home an FRV × BoxOne swag bag. 🕕 Schedule 6:00 PM · Arrivals and networking 6:30 PM · Trivia 7:30 PM · Winners announced 🏆 7:45 to 9:00 PM · Networking 🎤 Speakers Founders Catherine Nadeau · CEO & Co-founder, mTatt (Best of the Fest, Startupfest 2025) Sam Babity · CSO & Co-founder, mTatt (Best of the Fest, Startupfest 2025) Madison Santos · Co-founder & CSO, TissueTinker (2SLGBTQIA+ Investment Award, Startupfest 2026) Investors & ecosystem Humza Salam · Investor, Amplify Capital Antoine Jutras-Carignan · IP & Venture Strategy, Axelys Kyla MacLean · Lab-to-Startup Program, Cycle Momentum Hamza Nabiel · Analyst, Telegraph Ventures 🧠 The rounds Startup origin stories, Nobel-winning science, Montreal metro stations and the great bagel debate, plus a pop culture round to keep things fair. 👋 Who it’s for Grad students from any discipline who are curious about where their research could go beyond academia Founders, VCs, incubators, accelerators and ecosystem partners: this is your chance to engage directly with emerging talent from Quebec’s top universities and startups 🍽️ Light bites and drinks provided. 🎟️ Registration is limited, so grab your spot. About the hosts Front Row Ventures (FRV) is Canada’s leading university-focused and student-operated VC firm, with a presence on 20+ campuses across the country. FRV invests early and acros

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👇⚜️ En français plus bas ⚜️👇 Welcome to the premier event for developers in Quebec: DevFest Montreal 2026! 🎉🚀 🌐 This event is organized by the Google Developer Groups (GDGs), global communities committed to sharing and celebrating Google's cutting-edge technologies 💻✨. DevFest Montreal offers a unique platform to interact with the dynamic tech community in Montreal 🍁 and learn from leading industry experts 🧠💡. 🤝 GDG Montreal, GDG Cloud Montreal ☁️, GDG Cloud Sherbrooke, the GDG on Campus chapters at McGill, Concordia, and Polytechnique 🎓, along with Flutter Montreal 💙 and Women Techmakers (WTM) Montreal 💜, are proud to co-host this full-day conference 🎟️. Connect with Google Developer Experts (GDEs) 🌟, Googlers, and distinguished speakers from both local and international arenas 🌍! 🍁 👾 Connect with QC’s top dev community & Google pros! Deep dives in Cloud, Gemini Enterprise Platform & Android, 80s retro hype, food & swag. 👉 Commit & git push your spot @ https://devfest.gdgmontreal.com/en/ -- Bienvenue au rendez-vous incontournable des développeurs et des développeuses au Québec : le DevFest Montréal 2026 ! 🎉🚀 🌐 Cet événement est organisé par les Google Developer Groups (GDG), des communautés mondiales vouées au partage et à la mise en valeur des technologies de pointe de Google 💻✨. Le DevFest Montréal offre une tribune unique pour échanger avec le dynamique écosystème tech montréalais 🍁 et apprendre auprès d'experts et d'expertes de pointe de l'industrie 🧠💡. 🤝 GDG Montréal, GDG Cloud Montréal ☁️, GDG Cloud Sherbrooke, les GDG on Campus de McGill, Concordia et Polytechnique 🎓, ainsi que Flutter Montréal 💙 et Women Techmakers (WTM) Montréal 💜, sont fiers de coorganiser cette journée complète de conférences 🎟️. Venez réseauter et échanger avec des Google Developer Experts (GDE) 🌟, des Googlers et des conférenciers et conférencières de renom, tant de la scène locale que de la scène internationale 🌍 ! ⚜️ 👾 Rejoins la communauté dev #1 au QC et des experts Googl

The software landscape is undergoing its most radical transformation in decades. The role of the engineer is moving from syntax to system review, reasoning architectures, and orchestrating autonomous agent networks. Simultaneously, intelligent tools are turning product managers, designers, finance leads, and operators into high-velocity solution builders. Gartner projects that 80% of technology products and services will soon be built by people outside traditional software engineering roles. In a world where anyone can build, adopting a secure-by-default mindset, mastering core theory, and fiercely debating how domestic infrastructure is governed matters more than ever. Who Gets to Build, Own, and Define the Future? unites engineers, researchers, founders, and cross-functional builders for an immersive full-day summit organized across two dedicated tracks and four physical environments. 🌟 Featured Keynotes & Plenary Headliners Jim Balsillie (Retired Chairman & Co-CEO of BlackBerry / RIM; Chair, Council of Canadian Innovators)Scaling BlackBerry from an idea into a $20 billion global tech giant, Jim is Canada’s foremost authority on IP strategy, data sovereignty, and technology governance. He joins us to break down the geopolitical stakes of the agentic era: sovereign compute, who owns foundational knowledge assets, and how builders protect domestic prosperity in an intangibles economy. The Hon. Vijay Thanigasalam (Associate Minister of Artificial Intelligence Adoption, Ontario)Serving as Ontario’s first-ever Associate Minister of Artificial Intelligence Adoption, Minister Thanigasalam is driving provincial policy to accelerate practical AI deployment, support local tech builders, and modernise economic infrastructure across Ontario. He will speak directly to the builders shaping the future of Canadian enterprise innovation. ⚡ Event at a Glance Format: 2 Parallel Tracks across 4 Specialized Environments (The Lab, The Academy, The Studio, The Commons) High-Impact Plena

[Summary] This meetup is for those who are interested in code, web development, design, cloud, or AI. All levels are welcome, so feel free to bring your laptop and discuss what you are working on or what you are learning. You can share your projects and ideas with other participants freely. There are outlets and WiFi, drinks are about $5 for tea, they take card only. [Price] Attendance is FREE. But you need to buy something from the venue. [Policies] \- We do not tolerate harassment of our members \- We remind users that that this meetup is intended for networking and hobby development\, and any attempts at using this meetup event as a dating platform will not be not be tolerated Further information: https://torontostack.exchange/

Every tech team can use AI to speed up single tasks. Few can build an agentic system that actually runs complex, multi-step work without constant hand-holding, repeated mistakes, and lost context. Scaling AI beyond basic prompting isn't about using larger models—it's about structure, control and turning human expertise into reusable ways of working. The most effective systems preserve human judgment while giving agents the autonomy to drive long-horizon tasks to completion. In this hands-on one-hour session, we’ll dive into five core practices that tech teams need to master to build dependable AI workflows: Identify where simple planning breaks: Uncover the exact failure modes where heavy preprocessing and elaborate prompting reach their limits. Codify expertise into reusable skills: Capture operational procedures, domain judgment and validation rules that agents can execute across unfamiliar tasks. Keep long-horizon tasks coherent: Apply proven patterns for managing shared context, explicit decisions and inspectable state during complex handoffs. Balance agent autonomy with control: Layer automated checks, independent reviews and human-in-the-loop checkpoints to guarantee acceptable outcomes. Make every task improve the next: Turn real-world failures and feedback into vetted updates that continually sharpen your team's agentic workflows. This session is tailor-made for technical leaders who are ready to stop babysitting AI outputs and start scaling reliable systems. You’ll leave with practical tactics you can immediately apply to your own tech stack. Agenda: 9-9:10 a.m. - Registration & networking 9:10-10 a.m. - AI Session with Atif Khan 10-11 a.m. - Optional Q&A Speaker: As CTO at DataBraid, Atif Khan leads the development and application of agentic AI frameworks across software development, product lifecycle management and operations. Having delivered technical sessions for enterprise engineering teams and led the winning entry in a world-renowned data science an

Data Engineers in Toronto November 2026 Semimonthly Meeting Topic: Deep Dive into Scalable, AI-Ready Spark in Microsoft Fabric Abstract: In this session, we’ll take a practical deep dive into Spark-based data engineering in Microsoft Fabric. We’ll walk through proven techniques and repeatable patterns for solving common and advanced data engineering challenges, covering advanced Spark SQL functions, effective approaches to semi-structured data, and strategies for building reliable, maintainable pipelines. We will be focusing on Fabric-specific aspects of Spark Notebooks, including table optimization. AI-related capabilities in Fabric Spark will also be covered, including built-in and integrated functions that support text processing, enrichment, classification, and feature engineering directly within Spark workloads, along with guidance on where these functions fit. Speaker: Iurii Iurchenko, Sr Data Engineer at Life Line Screening Speaker Profile: Iuril is an Azure advocate, Fabcon speaker, Senior Data Engineer & Tech Lead with 13 years of deep, hands-on expertise in Data Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, and the Azure data ecosystem. 2x certified in Microsoft Fabric, with 6+ successfully delivered complex projects leveraging Microsoft Fabric. Two-time SQL Saturday speaker in San Diego, Top-1% ADPList mentor, former entrepreneur, and active OHDSI CDM contributor with 7 years in consulting and 6 years in product engineering. He brings a highly practical, frontier-level skillset at the intersection of Fabric, AI, and healthcare analytics. He is currently innovating at Life Line Screening, bringing the best of Microsoft Fabric to its modern data analytics platform. The meeting is over Microsoft Teams, and the joining link is https://vip.dataengineersintoronto.org/webinar See you at the meeting!

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Join us in Montreal on November 10th for the Montreal Physical AI Workshop and Meetup, co-presented by Nebius and Voxel51. Venue details coming soon. The evening opens with networking, food, and drinks, followed by a hands-on workshop on building physical AI applications with FiftyOne, from curating robotics and sensor datasets to evaluating vision models on real-world data. Networking continues after the workshop. A laptop is required to participate in the hands-on workshop - please bring one. Space is limited, so register early. A company, university, or government email address is required to take part in the hands-on workshop. Personal and disposable email accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and similar) cannot be used for the workshop environment. This is a blanket policy of the workshop platform to prevent fraud and abuse and to meet compliance requirements. If you need an exception, contact the hosts before the event. By submitting, you agree to Voxel51's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and agree to receive occasional emails.