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<h2>Planning a Sustainable Tech Conference</h2>
Organizing a tech conference that is both innovative and environmentally conscious can seem daunting. However, with careful planning and a commitment to sustainability, you can host an event that not only inspires but also minimizes its ecological footprint. Here's your ultimate checklist for hosting a sustainable tech conference.

Begin by evaluating the core aspects of your event—location, transportation, materials, and food. Each of these areas offers an opportunity to reduce environmental impact. For example, choosing a venue that is easily accessible by public transportation can significantly lower carbon emissions.

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<h3>Choosing the Right Venue</h3>
When selecting a venue, opt for buildings that adhere to green building standards such as LEED certification. These venues typically have energy-efficient lighting, waste reduction programs, and sustainable water practices. Additionally, ensure the venue has a strong commitment to recycling and reducing waste.

Another important factor is the venue's accessibility to public transportation, which can greatly reduce the carbon footprint of your attendees. Encourage carpooling or provide shuttle services from key locations to further decrease transportation emissions.

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<h3>Reducing Waste with Digital Solutions</h3>
Embrace digital technology to cut down on paper waste. Utilize apps or online platforms for event schedules, tickets, and announcements. This not only reduces paper usage but also provides real-time updates and interactive features for attendees.

Encourage speakers and exhibitors to use digital displays rather than printed materials. Offer charging stations powered by renewable energy sources to support this transition and enhance the attendee experience.

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<h3>Sustainable Catering Options</h3>
Food and drink are integral components of any conference. Choose catering partners who prioritize locally sourced, organic ingredients. Offering vegetarian or vegan options can further reduce the environmental impact of your event.

To minimize food waste, consider implementing a system where attendees can select meals in advance. This helps caterers prepare the right amount of food and reduces surplus. Partner with local charities to donate any excess food.

<h3>Engaging Attendees in Sustainability</h3>
Promote sustainability among your attendees by incorporating eco-friendly practices into the event itself. Provide reusable water bottles or compostable utensils as part of the conference package. Ensure there are ample recycling and composting stations throughout the venue.

Additionally, incorporate sessions or workshops focused on sustainability in technology. This not only educates attendees but also encourages them to adopt sustainable practices in their own professional environments.

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<h3>Post-Event Evaluation</h3>
After the conference, conduct a thorough evaluation of your sustainability efforts. Gather feedback from attendees and stakeholders on what worked well and areas for improvement. Use this data to refine your approach for future events.

By continuously improving your sustainability practices, you can set a new standard in the tech conference industry, inspiring others to follow suit and contribute to a greener future.

The Ultimate Checklist for Hosting a Sustainable Tech Conference

2025 is starting with a bang! VCs in town from SF and how and when to implement rules engines.💻 January 16th, ‘What is a rules engine and why use one?’ featuring:Oliver Hankinson, Chief Product Officer at Tacit EdgeLuca Chamecki Granato, Staff Software Developer at Neo FinancialDescription: A rules engine is a specialized software component that manages and executes a set of business rules or decision logic outside the main application code. Instead of scattering complex “if/then” logic throughout your codebase, a rules engine centralizes these rules in one place, making them easier to define, modify, and maintain.RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1144422220669?aff=oddtdtcreator" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1144422220669?aff=oddtdtcreator">here</a> ←🙅 January 23rd, No event this week📈 January 30th, ‘Trends &amp; Perspectives from Silicon Valley VCs’ co-hosted by Consulate of Canada in Palo Alto, featuring:Ramneet Sran, Consul &amp; Head of Office, Consulate of Canada in Palo AltoDaniel Seo, Investment Manager at 3M VenturesRay Kruck, Founder, Builder, and Investor at Pointgrey Partners LLCRSVP <a data-mce-href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1119259277629?aff=oddtdtcreator" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1119259277629?aff=oddtdtcreator">here</a> ←Description: The Consulate of Canada in Palo Alto is bringing up VCs from San Francisco to discuss their view on tech trends in 2025. Join us for what is sure to be an excellent conversation about what to look out for this year.We want to thank our incredible sponsors for making these events possible: Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Float, Google Cloud, Manitoba Technology Accelerator, Confluent, and Motiv.→ You can RSVP all events <a data-mce-href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/calgary-tech-thursday-2240739?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=creatorshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=escb" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/calgary-tech-thursday-2240739?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=creatorshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=escb" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">here</a>. ←

Tech Thursday is back in Calgary

✍️ November 7th, ‘Build, Test, Scale: The MVP Playbook,’ co-hosted by Google Cloud featuring:Marco Donade, General Partner at Weave VC David Udy, Founder and CEO at The WealthCo. Adriano Liete, Product Manager at Motiv Steve Hogg, Director, Western Canada at Google Cloud &nbsp; 🌾 November 14th, ‘Resources, Gaps, and Opportunities in AgTech’ co-hosted by Calgary Economic Development and Creative Destruction Labs, featuring:Cole Powers, Co-Founder &amp; CEO at IntelliCulture Erik Westblom, Co-Founder &amp; CEO at Provision Analytics Marlise Hunter, Director of Platform at Tall Grass Ventures Kari Gordon, Director, Program &amp; People at Creative Destruction Labs Glen Price, Co-Founder at Sunterra Farms &nbsp; 👯 November 20th, ‘Be the first to meet Cashew: Product launch and panel on the future of research’ hosted by Cashew featuring:Chanelle Mayer, Chief Growth Officer of Stoked Oats&nbsp; Aislinn Grant, Creative Director &amp; Founder of Grant Agency&nbsp; Azrah Manji, CEO &amp; CO-Founder of Syzl&nbsp; Addy Graves, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Cashew Research Rose Wong, COO &amp; Co-Founder of Cashew Scott King, President of H2 Accelerator RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/cashew-product-release-panel" href="https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/cashew-product-release-panel">here</a>&nbsp; 📈 November 21st, ‘Report Card: How Alberta's Tech Sector has performed in 2024’, featuring:Michael Mahon, CEO at Alberta Innovates Rick Christiaanse, CEO at InvestAlberta Brad Parry, CEO at Calgary Economic Development Jen Lussier, COO at Platform Calgary &nbsp; We want to thank our incredible sponsors for making these events possible: Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Calgary Economic Development, Float, Google Cloud, Manitoba Technology Accelerator, and Confluent.→ You can RSVP to Thursday events <a data-mce-href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/calgary-tech-thursday-2240739?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=creatorshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=escb" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/calgary-tech-thursday-2240739?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=creatorshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=escb">here</a>→ And to the Cashew event <a data-mce-href="https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/cashew-product-release-panel" href="https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/cashew-product-release-panel" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">here</a>.

Calgary November Events

📈 November 7th, ‘Innovating Beyond Trends’ featuring:Jay Diamond, Founder of Jnormous Enterprises Tracey Maconachie, President of 321 Tipping Point Consulting Sarah McCullough, Director of Venture Development at Amiron Ventures &nbsp; 🔥 November 14th, ‘Fireside Chat with Matt Golden at Golden Ventures’, featuring:Matt Golden, Founder and Managing Partner at Golden Ventures Paul Card, CEO at Manitoba Technology Accelerator Adam Herstein, Partner at Pitblado &nbsp; 🚙 November 21st, ‘Bridging the Gap: Gaining Stakeholder Buy-In for IT Projects’, co-hosted by Hilltop Partner Network featuring:Doug Pelland, Principal Director at DJP Consulting Inc. Ernst Bergen, President at BergenDynamics Inc. Katharina Kettner, Founder, Managing Director &amp; Principal Consultant at Wave Concepts John Kuforiji, Principal Consultant at Shawata Inc.&nbsp; 🤝 November 28th, ‘Growing an E-Learning Company from Manitoba’ featuring:Ben Buckwold, Founder/CEO at Ellii Carly Shuler, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Hoot Reading Priyanka Tuteja, Director of Operations and Marketing at Cogmation Robotics Alan Tay, CEO and Co-Founder at Illumia Labs &nbsp; We want to thank our incredible sponsors for making these events possible: Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Manitoba Tech Accelerator, Norima Consulting, Go Oil, Snowflake, Amiron Ventures, FeedFlo, Pitblado, Lotlinx, Conquest Planning, and Hilltop Partners Network.→ You can RSVP all events <a data-mce-href="https://3common.com/u/techthursday" href="https://3common.com/u/techthursday">here.</a> ←

November Panels in Winnipeg

🎮 October 3rd, ‘Game Developers in Winnipeg,’ co-hosted by New Media Manitoba featuring:Corinne Gusnoski, Senior Manager of Business Development at New Media Manitoba Kyle Schmitz, Founder at Teenage Astronauts Inc. Jameel de Beer, Founder at JD Video Game Productions Miguel Aquino, Founder at Manaflow Studio Inc. RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://3common.com/event/game-developers-in-winnipeg/66e9d8ee4dcab501f5dafc0a" href="https://3common.com/event/game-developers-in-winnipeg/66e9d8ee4dcab501f5dafc0a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> ←&nbsp; 📈 October 10th, ‘Fireside Chat with Adrian Sala on the Future of the Tech Ecosystem in Manitoba’, featuring:Hon. Adrian Sala, Minister of Finance at the Government of Manitoba Paul Card, CEO of the Manitoba Technology Accelerator RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://3common.com/event/fireside-chat-with-adrian-sala-on-the-future-of-the-manitoba-tech-ecosystem/66f6f11bd5b3f5727983d4de" href="https://3common.com/event/fireside-chat-with-adrian-sala-on-the-future-of-the-manitoba-tech-ecosystem/66f6f11bd5b3f5727983d4de" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> ←&nbsp; 🚙 October 17th, ‘Tech and Transportation’ featuring:Aleaha More, Marketing Manager at FlexNetworks Adejobi Adeloye, Founder at Amba Patient Transfer Mathieu Desrochers, Managing Director at Navi Pickups Jared Kozak, Founder at MoveRight Daniel Santos, CEO at EvoTrux RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://3common.com/event/tech-and-transportation/66f6f199d5b3f5727983d511" href="https://3common.com/event/tech-and-transportation/66f6f199d5b3f5727983d511" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> ←&nbsp; 🤝 October 24th, ‘Finding Product-Market Fit’ featuring:Avi Stoller, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Taiv Other speakers are TBD RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://3common.com/event/finding-productmarketfit/66f6f465d5b3f5727983d578" href="https://3common.com/event/finding-productmarketfit/66f6f465d5b3f5727983d578" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> ←&nbsp; 🎃 October 31st, ‘Scary Startup Stories: Open Mic Night’, co-hosted by North Forge and Manitoba Technology Accelerator featuring:You! RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://3common.com/event/scary-startup-stories-open-mic-night/66f6f4f9d5b3f5727983d58a" href="https://3common.com/event/scary-startup-stories-open-mic-night/66f6f4f9d5b3f5727983d58a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> ←&nbsp; We want to thank our incredible sponsors for making these events possible: Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Manitoba Tech Accelerator, Norima Consulting, Go Oil, Snowflake, Amiron Ventures, FeedFlo, Pitblado, Lotlinx, Conquest Planning, and Hilltop Partners Network.→ You can RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://3common.com/u/techthursday" href="https://3common.com/u/techthursday" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">all events here</a>. ←

Winnipeg October Tech Thursday Events

💸 October 3rd, ‘Tech M&amp;A in Canada,’ co-hosted by TORYS LLP featuring:Konata Lake, Partner at Torys LLP Geoff Kelsall, Senior Associate at Torys LLP Michael Rossi, Vice President, Corporate Development at Neo Financial Fraser Hall, Partner at Rhino Ventures Chelsea Gillett, Principal, Fund I and II, The51 RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tech-ma-in-canada-tickets-1021782247207?aff=oddtdtcreator" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tech-ma-in-canada-tickets-1021782247207?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> ←&nbsp; 🤖 October 10th, ‘Real-Time Generative AI Applications at Scale’ co-hosted by Confluent, featuring:Andrew Sellers, Head of Technology Strategy at Confluent Drew Gilson, Co-Founder at Gravity Foundation Danielle Gifford, Director of AI at PwC Clark Lai, CEO at Motiv RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/real-time-generative-ai-applications-at-scale-tickets-1027111085907?aff=oddtdtcreator" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/real-time-generative-ai-applications-at-scale-tickets-1027111085907?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> ←&nbsp; 🤑 October 17th, ‘CTO to CTO: Building FinTech Giants in Canada’ co-hosted by Wealthsimple featuring:Kris Read, CTO at Neo Financial Diederik Van Liere, CTO at Wealthsimple Tsering Asha Leba, Senior Editor at RedPoint Media Group (Avenue Calgary) RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cto-to-cto-building-fintech-giants-in-canada-tickets-1031375430677?aff=oddtdtcreator" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cto-to-cto-building-fintech-giants-in-canada-tickets-1031375430677?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> ←&nbsp; 📈 October 24th, ‘Building your Personal Brand’ co-hosted by Careers in Technology and Innovation, featuring:Martina Sarro, Senior Recruitment Consultant at Verve Emilie Mazurek, Senior Product Designer at Max Retail Zac Novak, Founder &amp; CEO at Careers in Technology and Innovation RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/building-your-personal-brand-tickets-1029165430507?aff=oddtdtcreator" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/building-your-personal-brand-tickets-1029165430507?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> ←&nbsp; 🎃 October 31st, ‘TV and Film Industry in Calgary’, co-hosted by Calgary Economic Development featuring:Matt Gillespie, President &amp; CEO at Joe Media Group Inc. Other speakers TBA RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tv-and-film-industry-in-calgary-tickets-1027100734947?aff=oddtdtcreator" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tv-and-film-industry-in-calgary-tickets-1027100734947?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> ←&nbsp; We want to thank our incredible sponsors for making these events possible: Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Calgary Economic Development, Float, Google Cloud, Manitoba Technology Accelerator, and Confluent.→ You can RSVP <a data-mce-href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/calgary-tech-thursday-2240739?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=creatorshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=escb" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/calgary-tech-thursday-2240739?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=creatorshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=escb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">all events here</a>. ←

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