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Edmonton Startup Week 2022 | Presented in Partnership with Techstars

Welcome to Edmonton Startup Week 2022! We’re excited to celebrate our city’s startup and innovation community with you. Thank you for building a schedule, inviting your friends, and helping us bring even more people together over shared passions.

To make parking downtown easy, we’ve partnered with our friends (and Launch Party alumni) Zipstall!

Check back often in case events are updated.

11:00am MDT

Understanding Your Value Proposition (Alberta Catalyzer)FULL 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Hasnain Baloach • Christina Garies Incorporating, Investing & IP: Ask a Lawyer Anything!FILLING Bennet JonesAhmed Elmallah • Amy Verhoeff • Sarah Huot • Annie Tran

12:00pm MDT

Shift by Alberta Innovates Podcast Guest Catherine WarrenLIMITED ONLINECatherine Warren Startup Week Kick Off Open HouseLIMITED 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9

1:00pm MDT

5 Ways To Position Yourself As A Thought LeaderFULL 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Jeanel Alvarado

3:30pm MDT

The Legal Steps to Startups – Networking with a Twist!FILLING 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9

6:00pm MDT

Sustainability Panel Hosted by Catherine WarrenLIMITED 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Pamela Goertzen • Catherine Warren • Heather MacKenzie • Sean Collins Business Model 101FILLING ONLINENICOLE RODRIGUEZ • Allan Waine

7:00pm MDT

Startup Week Welcome MixerFILLING CRAFT Beer Market Edmonton, 10013 101A Ave, Edmonton, AB T5J 0C3

8:00am MDT

Women in Tech BreakfastFILLING 14th floor of TELUS House (south tower in ATB Place).

10:00am MDT

Positioning your Brand for Differentiation and GrowthFULL Lift HeadquartersMicah Slavens

11:00am MDT

Building a future-focused startup: Making space on your lean canvas for innovationLIMITED ONLINEShannon Phillips Recruiting 101 - Win the War on TalentLIMITED ONLINEJason Byrne

11:45am MDT

Edmonton on a Global Stage panel (CBC)LIMITED CBC Studio, City Center MallCatherine Warren • Sean Collins • Morenike Olaosebikan,

12:00pm MDT

Capital City Pilots Lunch & LearnLIMITED ONLINEAbbie Stein-MacLean • Alexandra Carson • Nik George Weekly Dev ChatLIMITED ONLINEChris Cumming

12:30pm MDT

The Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentives ProgramLIMITED ONLINEBrett McLeod Testing Business IdeasFILLING 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Tristan Ham • Allan Waine

1:00pm MDT

Perspectives On Women Entrepreneurship - a panel discussionLIMITED ONLINENasim Hajari • Glenda Stirling • Valerie Awua Session 1: Optimizing Accessibility for NeurodiversityLIMITED ONLINEBrytani McLeod Founders and Funders: hear from both sidesFILLING 10130 103 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 3N9Zac Storms • Kristina Milke

2:00pm MDT

Ask Me Anything: My Journey as an Immigrant Startup FounderLIMITED ONLINEAbby Aiyeleye • Wunmi Adekanmbi • Shelvie Fernan Shift talks with James KiersteadLIMITED ONLINEJon Hagan • James Kierstead Startup StandupLIMITED Enterprise Square (main floor, south west corner)

2:30pm MDT

Strategy & Execution Powered by Collaboration Tools !FILLING 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Carlos Silva

3:00pm MDT

Conflict Resolution for Entrepreneurs: Turning Cortisol into Light, Bright, and EaseLIMITED ONLINEAbid Valji Kick Start your Privacy Program. Where do you begin?LIMITED ONLINEPatrick Lo

4:00pm MDT

Machine Learning in the WildLIMITED Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)Adam Danyleyko • James Bell • Mitchell McCaig Good Hour: Funding Your StartupLIMITED 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Brett Colvin • Josh Weinberger Managing a Fast-growing OrganizationLIMITED United Building - top floorPatrick Binns • Ryan Dreher

5:30pm MDT

Startup CrawlFULL 3-4 Innovative Spaces TBA

6:00pm MDT

Founders Fundamentals (18-30 Year Old's)FILLING ONLINE

9:00am MDT

Tour 1: Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation @NAITFILLING NAIT CAMS

10:00am MDT

Startup 2 Scaleup: Recruitment RoadmapLIMITED ONLINE

10:15am MDT

Mitacs Funding Opportunities for Start-UpsFILLING 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Sherifat Buhari

11:00am MDT

Tour 2: Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation @ NAITLIMITED NAIT CAMS Raising Venture Capital (GrowthX)FULL 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Andrew Goldner

12:00pm MDT

Founders Panel: "I Just Launched!! Now What?"LIMITED ONLINEElizabeth Godfrey • Jordan Kruhlak • Ade Adegbonmire • Kara Kempin Validate and Test your Business IdeaFILLING ONLINE

1:00pm MDT

Tour 3: Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation @NAITLIMITED NAIT CAMS The Art of Conversation: Empowering Diversity, Equity & InclusionFILLING 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Lillah Penddah

2:00pm MDT

Shift talks with Andrew Goldner from GrowthXLIMITED ONLINEJon Hagan • Andrew Goldner Pitch Prep for Startups with AMAFULL ONLINECecille Almeda • Shaheel Hooda • Tash Jefferies

3:00pm MDT

Tour 4: Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation @NAITLIMITED NAIT CAMS

3:30pm MDT

Tour: TBD Inc- Co-Work and MakerspaceLIMITED TBD Inc., 12151 67St NW, Edmonton, T5B1M6Derek Paulson • Joel Provencal • Tim Gaida Entrepreneurs in Action: The Journey from Startup to Scaleup and BeyondLIMITED TELUS World of Science - Zeidler DomeIzabella Roth • Myrna Bittner • Dornoosh Zonoobi

4:00pm MDT

Marketing & Promoting your ProductFILLING United Building - top floorPatrick Binns • Ryan Dreher Edmonton Area Scholastic Esports Stakeholders MeetupLIMITED Dr. Anne Anderson School, 11810 35 Avenue SW, Edmonton, T6W 4N2Corbett Artym

5:00pm MDT

Cultivating Diverse and Inclusive Representation in Tech & GamesLIMITED Inflexion Games - Head Office, Suite 300 10190-104 St NW, Edmonton, T5J 1A7

6:00pm MDT

Alberta Catalyzer ShowcaseFILLING 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9

8:00am MDT

Founders' and Funders Breakfast and Networking - Hosted by BBVA.LIMITED 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9

10:00am MDT

Positioning your Brand for Differentiation and GrowthFILLING Lift HeadquartersMicah Slavens Entrepreneur Education Session (Startup TNT)LIMITED ONLINEChelsea Gillet • Jean-Luc Bugeaud

10:30am MDT

LIVE Growth Snacks: Building thoughtful digital marketing campaigns (321 Growth Academy)LIMITED 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Chantel Elliott

11:00am MDT

Kickstart your Privacy Program! Where do you begin?LIMITED ONLINEPatrick Lo

12:00pm MDT

Collaboration: The Fuel for Your Startup's Content Marketing StrategyFILLING 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Tosin Thomas

1:00pm MDT

The Art of Conversation: Empowering Diversity, Equity & InclusionLIMITED 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Lillah Penddah Reverse EXPO (SOLD OUT)FULL Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)

2:00pm MDT

The New Normal of Data ScienceFILLING Enterprise Square Room 2-670N, 103 St NW, Edmonton, T5J 0B2Jim Boyes • Byron Chu • Trevor Lamson • Marcin Mizianty

2:30pm MDT

How to Find Product-Market Fit (GrowthX)FILLING 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Jeanette Renshaw

3:00pm MDT

Alberta Business BashLIMITED Home & AwayPaige Maenhou • Rob Clarke • Esta Baker

4:00pm MDT

Health Innovators' Meetup: FUNDING your Venture: Options, Strategies, and CaveatsLIMITED U of A Enterprise SqKeenan, Pascal • Nir, Katchinskiy (Afro) Groove With La ConnexionalLIMITED 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Ivan, Touko Startup TNT's Happy Hour!LIMITED Northern Chicken, 10184 104 St NW, Edmonton

4:30pm MDT

Conflict Resolution for Entrepreneurs: Turning Cortisol into Light, Bright, and EaseLIMITED ONLINEAbid Valji

5:30pm MDT

Launch Party 13 🚀🚀 Presented by Parlee McLaws (Ticket purchase required)LIMITED Edmonton Convention Centre - Hall D

8:00am MDT

Leveraging Pre-existing Skills to Start a Consulting ServiceFILLING 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9

11:00am MDT

B Corp and other social enterprise modelsLIMITED MacEwan Round HousePete Wardell • Catherine Warren • Claire Thaker • Sitra Fernandes Incorporating, Investing & IP: Ask a Lawyer Anything!LIMITED Bennet JonesAhmed Elmallah • Gavin Millan • Laura Inglis • Natasha Laffin

12:00pm MDT

Networking sucks. Tell your story WAY BETTER.LIMITED MacEwan Round House

1:00pm MDT

Community Partnership with MacEwan UniversityFILLING 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Lee Iverson • Bill Mathews Scaleup Math: The Hidden Economics Behind Successful Tech CompaniesFULL ONLINECharles Plant

2:00pm MDT

Business Model 101 WorkshopFULL 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Tristan Ham • Allan Waine

5:00pm MDT

Farewell Party!FILLING 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9

1:00pm MDT

5 Ways To Position Yourself As A Thought LeaderFULL ONLINEJeanel Alvarado Session 2: Optimizing Accessibility for NeurodiversityLIMITED ONLINEBrytani McLeod

2:00pm MDT

(Afro) Groove With La ConnexionalLIMITED 3rd Floor- Mercer Warehouse, 10363 104 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9Ivan, Touko