Our May Tech Thursday is here 🗳️
Election Fallout, Art of Gathering, and everything you should know about Rewards and Loyalty
We couldn’t be more thrilled to let you know about our May calendar of events.
Can’t wait to see you out! 👇
👯♀️ May 1st, ‘The Art of Gathering,’ co-hosted by Alberta Innovates, featuring:
Tate Hackert, Owner at House 831 and Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer at ZayZoon
Philippe Burns, Co-Founder and CEO at Tech Thursday
Katherine Smith, Founder at Offline Wellness Club
Sandi Gilbert, CEO at Intergen
Moderated by: Ashley Gallant, Senior Consultant, Executive Recruitment at Artemis Canada
What does it take to build tech and wellness communities? We’ve brought together the folks behind House 831, Offline Wellness Club, and Tech Thursday to chat about how they build community.
RSVP here ←
🤑 May 8th, ‘Points, Miles & Data: A deep dive into the World of Loyalty Programs,’ co-hosted by RWRDS Canada, featuring:
Sol Zia, Executive Director at Calgary Hotel Association
Steve McClelland, Vice President of Loyalty at WestJet
Katlin Mathison, Director of Strategic Partnership at Neo Financial
Moderator: Patrick Sojka, Founder, RewardsCanada.ca
From loyalty strategy to the insights behind consumer behavior, this panel will unpack how data powers the points and miles economy.
RSVP here ←
🗳️ May 15th, ‘After the Ballot: What the Election means for Tech & Business’, co-hosted by Crestview Strategy, featuring:
Bridget Howe, VP at Crestview Strategy and Liberal Commentator
Evan Menzies, VP at Crestview Strategy and Conservative Commentator
With the dust barely settled from the federal election, we’re bringing together political insiders to unpack the results and explore what they mean for Canada’s tech sector and business landscape.
RSVP here ←
⚡️ Friday May 23rd ‘Alberta’s Advantage: The Intersection of AI and Energy’, Panel at Inventures, featuring:
Jamie Heard, VP of Capital Markets at Tourmaline Oil Corp
Taras Kulyk, Co-Founder and CEO at Synteq Digital
Mark Le Dain, Head of Corporate Development at Fuelled
Tech Thursday is thrilled to have partnered with Inventures to host a panel at 10:15am on the Friday of the conference. The panel will focus on the role Alberta will play in the upcoming AI revolution, and how we’re positioned to thrive.
Register to Inventures here ←
🗳️ May 29th, ‘Investing in Canada: Capital in a Time of Building’, co-hosted by Alberta Enterprise Corporation, featuring:
Eileen Li, Senior Associate at VERTU Capital
Moderator: Thomas Farran, Investor at Longbow Capital
Other speakers TBC
As an after party to Invest Canada 2025, we’re thrilled to host this panel with Venture Capitals in Calgary from elsewhere in Canada. The conversation will focus on the state of Canadian venture capital from the perspective of investors Calgarians don’t often have access to.
RSVP here ←
We want to thank our incredible sponsors for making these events possible: Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Boast, Manitoba Technology Accelerator, Confluent, The Pioneer, Alberta Innovates, Crestview Strategies, and Motiv.
→ You can RSVP all events here. ←
Other Events
May 10th, at 10:30am. Location: The Pioneer. TKS Moonshot Presentations & Innovation Panel:
Derek Armstrong, Director, Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund
Kartavi Shah, Alberta Lead, South Asian Venture Capital Association
Shahoon Khan, Director of Investments, Front Row Ventures
Kelly Brown, Manager of Innovation & Collaboration, City of Calgary
Moderated by: Philippe Burns, Co-Founder and CEO at Tech Thursday
🚀 In the News
In Tech Thursday news, we’re thrilled to announce that we’re officially launching 2 new markets this May! Starting May 1st, we’ll be hosting weekly events in Ottawa, and on May 8th, we’ll be hosting weekly events in Edmonton. Check out the hyperlinks to see the calendars. We’ll also be in Toronto for Toronto Tech Week on June 26th.