Events in Fredericton this Week

The Startup Canada Awards on Tuesday evening are just one of a series of events taking place in Fredericton this week.

Startup Canada, the national organization dedicated to developing startups, will hand out their Atlantic Canadian regional awards at a ceremony at the Fredericton Convention Centre starting at 5:30 pm on Sept. 13. Tickets are available here.

Before the awards ceremony, from 1 to 3 p.m., Fredericton will showcase its startup community with its “Ecosystem Tour and Twitter Scavenger Hunt.” It’s an opportunity to learn about the startup ecosystem in the city.

On Monday (today), Startup Canada will hold an interactive Go Global Bootcamp event at Planet Hatch that will inspire, educate, and connect Canadian entrepreneurs to global opportunities and resources. Registration opens at 1:30 pm and the event kicks off at 2.

Finally, on Wednesday, Progress Media will hold its Progress 101 conference, at which it unveils its list of the top 101 companies in Atlantic Canada. The day-long event will take place at the Fredericton Convention Centre. Tickets are available here.

Dal Unveils Collide 2016 Program

Launch Dal, the startup and entrepreneurship initiative at Dalhousie University, has announced a the beginning of its Collide 2016 Program.

Collide is a series of workshops and pitching events tailored to help entrepreneurs launch their ventures. It is open to students, researchers and community members. Anyone pitching at the events is eligible to win as much as $3,000 in prize money.

The first event, Collide Info Night, takes place Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the Collider (room 2600 of the Killiam Library) at 4:30 p.m.. It will be followed by a networking session.

Collide’s first fireside chat, to be held Sept. 20 at 8:30 p.m. at the Dal Grad House, will feature entrepreneur Tom Hickey in discussion with Dal grads Cam McDonald and Daniel Bartek of Iconic Brewing.