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🤠 Calgary’s innovation community doesn’t slow down for Stampede, it shows up louder.

Tech Stampede Social isn’t your typical networking event.
It’s where deals start, introductions happen, teams celebrate, and the ecosystem reconnects in true Calgary fashion.

Whether you’re:
✔ Bringing your team for a summer celebration
✔ Hosting clients or visiting guests
✔ Reconnecting with the ecosystem
✔ Or looking to meet the people shaping Calgary’s tech sector
— this is the room you want to be in.

🎟 Regular pricing is now live.
Last year sold out, and tickets are already moving.
https://hubs.ly/Q04j38Mp0

We’re grateful to have the support of our partners:
Official Community Partner: University of Calgary Faculty of Science
Ecosystem Partner: Alberta Innovates

Introducing the Start Something Summit, presented by the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking.

On June 5, join Calgary’s innovation community at the Platform Innovation Centre as ideas move beyond the classroom and into the spotlight. Watch top teams compete for a share of $40,000 in prizes while showcasing innovative solutions, research, and entrepreneurial thinking.

Part live competition, part innovation showcase, and part community gathering, the Start Something Summit celebrates the next generation of founders, innovators, and changemakers emerging from the University of Calgary ecosystem.

As the **venue sponsor**, Platform Calgary is proud to support opportunities that connect emerging innovators with Calgary’s broader entrepreneurial and technology community.

The event is open to the UCalgary community, the innovation ecosystem, and anyone interested in entrepreneurship, research, and new ideas.

📅 June 5, 2026
📍 Platform Innovation Centre
🎟 Register today: https://hubs.ly/Q04hHxF20

Last week at Tech Talent Tuesdays, the conversation focused on a challenge many organizations are now navigating:
It’s not necessarily becoming harder to find talent. It’s becoming harder to evaluate it.

Together with Caileigh Sanderson from Helcim and Rachel Taylor from Amrop Rosin, we explored how AI is reshaping hiring, readiness, and what actually makes someone stand out in today’s workplace.
A few themes that stood out:
🔹 AI has weakened many traditional hiring signals, making resumes and polished applications harder to assess
🔹 Employers are increasingly looking for judgment, ownership, and learning agility
🔹 Proof of work and real-world thinking matter more than rehearsed answers
🔹 Communication, curiosity, and commercial awareness are becoming stronger differentiators
🔹 Knowing how to use AI is becoming expected — knowing when not to rely on it is what stands out

One idea came up repeatedly throughout the conversation:

The strongest candidates aren’t using AI to avoid thinking. They’re using it to deepen thinking.
Thank you to Caileigh and Rachel for grounding the discussion in the real hiring dynamics organizations are navigating right now, and to everyone who joined us for another thoughtful Tech Talent Tuesdays conversation.

🔜 Next up: May 26 — AI Reshaping the Workplace

AI is no longer a side tool or future concept. It’s becoming embedded directly into workflows, decision-making, and how value is created across organizations.

This upcoming session will explore what that shift actually looks like inside teams today — from changing expectations and evolving workflows to the growing move from task ex*****on to outcome ownership.

🎟 Register here: https://hubs.ly/Q04h8llS0