🏙️ Midweek Memo: Cleantech mixer next week

Plus, new jobs in finance, product management, and development, and nine featured events for you to check out.

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Emily Edwards
August 09, 2023

Welcome to the Midweek Memo: your weekly digest of the city’s top tech events, personnel moves, job openings, and industry opportunities.

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🎟️ Vancouver Tech Events

  • EIW brings together storytellers and movement builders from across the entrepreneurship@UBC ecosystem to share their insights on the strategies and tactics that helped them transform their ideas to impact.

  • This year’s focus is on climate and the public health crisis, and the system changes and actions needed.

  • ​Join the VTJ team and our partners at Foresight Canada and Fort Capital to network with local executives and talk all things cleantech and climate innovation.

  • Join us if:

    • ​You have a strong interest in cleantech and climate innovation

    • ​You want to meet like-minded people in Vancouver's innovation ecosystem

    • ​You know other professionals who should join us, and you promise to invite them!

  • Join us for a deep discussion on how AI is providing value right here, right now, beyond the hype. Speakers include:

  • Are you a paid member? Get the code for 50% off via [email protected], or keep an eye on your member emails.

  • ​As usual, you’re invited to join us every Tuesday between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. to connect with the Vancouver tech community in an informal atmosphere.

  • This week, we’ll meet at the Coffee Bar (10 Water Street, Gastown).

​Join us to hear from an all-star panel that includes:

More must-attend events from our partners

🎁 Featured VTJ Membership Perk

This week: Maven

Maven is the leading platform for cohort-based courses created by the founders of Udemy, altMBA, and Socratic. Maven’s Cryptocurrency Foundations Course teaches crypto beginners, pragmatic investors, and jobseekers the crypto basics to invest effectively and safely.

  • Vancouver Tech Journal members receive 30% off the Cryptocurrency Foundations course.

Contact [email protected] to redeem your perks or learn more about VTJ membership.

What is the Blue Economy?

The World Bank defines it as the “sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and ocean ecosystem health,” and it’s a sector experiencing rapid growth in B.C. – growth that COAST is helping propel. Learn more about the innovation hub’s work and goals at canadacoast.ca.

👩🏻‍💼 Vancouver Tech Moves

Major personnel changes, including promotions, hires, and departures:

💼 Vancouver Tech Jobs

Be like Montra and reach qualified local talent with our Vancouver Tech Jobs board.

Whether you're looking for a dream role or a dream employee, Vancouver Tech Jobs has you covered, with open jobs including:

Check out who else is hiring on our Vancouver Tech Job Board »

Growing your team? Post a job with us »

Distributed Software Engineering Teams in Latin America 

DevEngine merges North American innovation with Latin American tech talent to create top-notch software and data engineering teams. The network of engineers is spread across Latin America, with their main base situated in Vancouver, known for its vibrant tech community and entrepreneurial spirit.

🙋 Your online community

Did you know you can connect with your tech community using our dedicated VTJ Slack? We know not all of you can get to our events in person, so this is your chance to network and chat with your friendly neighbourhood tech professionals from the comfort of your home. Join your VTJ Community Slack.

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