Calgary's tech scene is only getting busier so without any further ado...
Demo Camp Calgary will be holding it's bi-monthly demo party April 28 at Seven Restolounge.
The lineup for the event.
- Mark Rosenberger with tagle.it
- Reg Cheramy with edistorm.com
- Tys von Gaza with touchmetric.com
- Bruno Stepphun with thefabler.com
- Duncan Kinney on yycblogs.com (that's me)
Should be a doozy. Can't wait to see everyone there. Find the URL here.
Digital Alberta is holding their AGM on the same night (April 28) at Calgary Technologies Inc. If you're headed to that be sure to hit up Demo Camp afterward.
The Calgary Agile Project Leadership Network is having Jonathan Rasmusson give an Introduction to Agile presentation on April 29.
If you’ve been doing Waterfall delivery most of your career - agile can be down right scary.
- Changing requirements
- Adaptive planning
- Iterative development
- Time boxed delivery
All intimidating things for managers and organizations used to doing things sequentially in discrete phases one stage at a time. Most people get intellectually what agile is (much of it they already do). What isn’t so obvious is how to explain it in simple terms to others and how waterfall shops can consider transitioning.
Details are here.
The NOREX Calgary Regional Forum is taking place on April 30.
A one-day meeting of IT professionals featuring a unique roundtable format. NOREX members and invited guests bring hot-button issues to the table and receive candid feedback from fellow IT decision makers A NOREX moderator ensures the roundtable discussion maintains focus, and the absence of vendor sales or marketing allows members to be objective when discussing specific products and solutions
Particulars are here.
Mobile Monday on May 4 features the inestimable Michelle Sklar of bnetTV.com back from Singapore and the WIMAX Forum/Mobile Marketing Association's APAC Forum. She'll be there to debrief all of us who were unable to make it. Check it out.
The Web Strategy Summit is taking place in, you guessed it, Calgary on May 4-5. What they're about;
A two-day event with the world’s leading experts from places like Google, Forrester Research, and LinkedIn.
We’ve found the people who know how to tackle Facebook, take advantage of Twitter, and measure success (even in the public sector). The Web Strategy Summit is full of case studies and new tools, ideas, and vision that will help you navigate the complexities of successful online strategy.
Their website can be found here.
The appropriately named Vicious Circle will be home to a panel discussion on the Future of Journalism on May 5.
Get a chance to listen to today's leaders of old and/or new media as they present and discuss on a panel the Future of Journalism.
Afterwards a brief Q&A and a chance to mingle with professionals from news organisations, media relations and marketers.
Details here.
Mount Royal College will be home to a panel discussion on CONVERGENCE IN THE MEDIA (I felt it deserved all caps) on May 12 at the Bissett School of Business. Details to be found here.
The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association will be holding their annual conference in Calgary this year starting on on May 27. Here's some of their copy.
The CVCA annual conference is the premiere networking and professional development event for Canada’s venture capital and private equity industry and repeatedly attracts over 500 industry professionals and influencers from across the country, the U.S. and around the world.
The who, what, where, when and why are here.
The enterprising Michael Sikorsky will be running his first annual iPhone Development School on May 30-31.
In this 2-day course you will learn to
- Create an iPhone App using Objective-C, XCode and InterfaceBuilder
- Run your App on the: iPhone Simulator, iPhone and iPod Touch
- Distribute your App to AppStore (code signing, getting a US EIN, electing for GST,etc)
- Add Analytics to your App so you know what your customers are actually using and not using
- Find and Fix memory leaks in your App (very important on the iPhone)
Find all the details on Michael's blog.
