Wood Buffalo Economic Development

About this Event

Join us at Keyano College on Sunday October 20th for a hands-on Introduction to Blockchain Workshop where you will:

1. Learn the architecture of Blockchain and how it actually works!
2. Explore examples of use cases of the blockchain and smart contracts
3. Interact with the blockchain by sending a transaction and publishing a message on the Ethereum blockchain
4. Learn how to create a new token and a smart contract using Solidity

Learn from experts and CryptoChicks alumni:

• Tania De Gasperis
• Vesta Korniakova

Event is completely FREE to attend and light lunch/refreshments will be served.

We will be in the Syncrude Technology Wing of Keyano College, desktops will be provided but feel free to bring your own laptop.

Workshop Instructor Bio:

Tania De Gasperis is a multi-disciplinary designer and a graduate student at OCAD U where she is completing her MDes thesis exploring an Agile AI Governance Framework for Socially Responsible, Complex Adaptive Systems using Foresight design. She is also a researcher and facilitator for the Montreal AI Ethics Institute. Tania is the Co-Founder of OUIO, a Futures-driven design company, and a graduate of Y Combinator Startup School 2018. She is also an Imagination Catalyst Incubator alumni and a 2017 Hult at OCAD U winner. Recently, Tania competed in the Reality Virtually Hackathon 2019 at MIT Media Lab where her team created Bodmo: a real-time motion capture app using computer vision in VR. Tania also works as a UX and Data Insights Consultant and Professional Speaker.

Workshop Instructor Bio:

Vesta Korniakova is a Synthetic Biologist completing her Masters of Science degree at the INRS Armand-Frappier Research Centre in Montreal’s Biotech City. Vesta has presented her findings on riboswitches, RNA gene regulatory machinery, at close to a dozen conferences both locally and internationally over the course of her graduate studies. Vesta is also highly active in her community and is a member of Bricobio, an open-to-all biohacking lab space in Montreal. Besides biology, her growing knowledge extends to decentralized technologies, which she has been avidly learning about and experimenting with since 2011. Vesta’s unmatched passion for pre-publication data sharing practice drives her desire to see the future of peer to peer research work fundamentally evolve.

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Due to the generous support of the Canadian Red Cross, Wood Buffalo Economic Development Corporation in partnership with the Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce will be providing local business owners and community leaders the opportunity to spend the morning listening to one of the canadian entrepreneur, television personality and venture capitalist, Manjit Minhas.  Enjoy breakfast and an inspirational conversation as Manjit dives into topic of performing under pressure and share tips on taking right risks towards success.

The event is free, and has very limited seating, to provide a greater opportunity for a larger number of companies to participate we are limiting seating to 2 tickets per business. To participate you must be representing a business or not for profit.

The morning itinerary:

8:00am             Doors Open for registration and breakfast

9:00am             Formal Program begins

Keynote “Performing Under Pressure”- Manjit Minhas

Q&A with Manjit

Meet and Greet

10:30am           Event Close

About Manjit Minhas:

Manjit Minhas is a Canadian entrepreneur, television personality and venture capitalist. As a judge on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, Manjit Minhas shares business lessons with equal parts force and finesse. An entrepreneur herself, Minhas runs the 10th largest brewery in the world—worth a whopping 187 million dollars. Her unprecedented success in a male-dominated field demolished stereotypes, surprised competitors, and cleared a path for entrepreneurs of every age and gender. In talks, she distills the hands-on lessons of her success, showing audiences how they can embrace change, defy expectations, and incentivize disruption.

With sharp strategy and keen understanding of the market, Minhas has been able to break down traditional barriers and turn her small business into an empire. Originally trained as an engineer, Minhas is now a specialist in brand development, marketing, sales, and retail negotiations. With her background in engineering, Minhas strives to minimize the environmental impact of her company, producing beer using the least amount of cleaning and water treatment chemicals, gas, electricity, and water.

Minhas is the author of the book Brewing Up a Damn Good Story and has received many awards, including Canada’s Women Executive Network’s Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs, Profit’s Top Growth Entrepreneur, and Chatelaine’s Top Entrepreneur Woman of The Year. She’s been profiled in Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail, and The National, and was recently named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, a distinction honoring outstanding Canadian leaders.

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The Business Support Network partners will be visiting businesses in the region to complete a short survey, the purpose of this survey is to:

• Develop a holistic view of the current business environment in Fort McMurray
• Identify opportunities to improve programming
• Share information on resources available in the region
• Once compiled, share findings with community leaders and government bodies

Partners: Wood Buffalo Economic Development Corporation, Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures, Northeastern Alberta Aboriginal Business Association, Government of Alberta