Annual Summer BBQ Photo Gallery
Thanks to everyone who came out to the TechAlliance and Stiller Centre Annual Summer BBQ. It was great to see so many familiar faces, and meet new additions to our tech community. [fbphotos id=10151136448451474]
Greg Picken is the Communications Manager for TechAlliance.
Celebrating National Biotechnology Week in September
Think about this: from the moment you wake up in the morning until the moment you fall asleep each night, can you imagine how many ways biotechnology is having a positive impact on your life? Whether through breakthroughs in life sciences and healthcare, improvements in food production and safety, new technology in manufacturing, or even…
Nominations are open for the Social Finance Awards
Each year, the Social Finance Awards, hosted by SocialFinance.ca, highlight leaders from a different sector. For 2012, they are looking for Canada’s “Most Promising New Financial Player” in impact investing. To learn more, view the Official Launch Announcement! The award recipient will be a person or organization that has joined or launched a new initiative in the impact…
Advisory Services clients showcased in July’s Business London
A pair of Advisory Services clients are profiled in this month’s Business London magazine. Read the articles to learn more about DrawSplash and VS Controls, or check out the entire issue online.
Harrison Pensa Blog: Reports share concerns over Bill C-30
David Canton is a business lawyer and trade-mark agent with a practice focusing on technology issues and technology companies. His latest post on the Harrison Pensa blog looks at the recent federal and provincial privacy commissioners’ findings on the proposed federal “lawful access” legislation: The Federal and Ontario privacy commissioners both recently released their annual…
Survey on Innovation Performance and Business Competitiveness
The Conference Board of Canada’s Centre for Business Innovation invites you to complete the CBI survey on Innovation Performance and Business Competitiveness. We would like to know about the ways you are using innovation to enhance your company’s competitiveness. We will use the results from the survey to analyze in-depth the state of innovation in…
CDMN moves growing 5th annual Canada 3.0 digital media forum to Toronto for 2013
Kitchener, ON and Toronto, ON – July 4, 2012 – The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) today announced that its annual digital media forum, CDMN Canada 3.0, will be held next year in Toronto for the first time in the conference’s five-year history. Having outgrown the Stratford, Ontario venue that’s traditionally housed the conference, Canada’s…
Government of Canada invests in innovation, jobs and growth in Southern Ontario
Brantford, Ontario — The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) announced today a $20–million investment in innovation funds that will support small– and medium–sized businesses in southern Ontario. Minister Goodyear was accompanied by Phil McColeman, Member of Parliament for Brant.
TechAlliance is the first stop on the MaRS innovation hub tour
The MaRS Blog has started a monthly series profiling innovation centres in Ontario and the startups that have succeeded with their support. TechAlliance is proud to be the first organization spotlighted, along with Voices.com. Vijender Trivedi, Manager of Online Content writes: “If you see the words startup, innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, talent, business, education, biotech, digital…
Congratulations to the 60-Second Pitch Competition winners
TechAlliance congratulates the three winners of this year’s 60-Second Pitch Competition: in first place, Kirsten Rosenkrantz of rtraction (centre), in second place Tonya Constant of The Ant Firm (right), and in third place, Cyrus Nambakhsh, iGNiTeck. Thank you to all of the competitors who participated in this year’s 60-Second Pitch. Check out our photo gallery…