Here’s your monthly dose of how to engage in the YQG and CKONT tech scene. Have others? Make sure to share them with us at info@wetech-alliance.com.
How Women are Using Tech to Change the World
March 5th
WiCyS: Cybersecurity InfoSec with Dr. Saeed Samet
March 6th
Women in STEM: Challenges and Opportunities in the Modern Workforce (Panel)
March 7 at 12-1:30pm
Join us on March 7th as we bring together job seekers and professionals experienced in networking, human resources, women in STEM, marketing, social media and disciplined focused technology professionals to help you prepare to enter the job market post-graduation.
Meta Makers Cooperative Public Open House
Every Tuesday from 7-9PM
Public open house to learn about becoming a member at Meta Makers Cooperative M2C, Windsor’s new non-profit community makerspace.
Getting Windsor-Essex Ready for the Future of Work and Learning
March 12th at 8am
WEtech Alliance and a group of community partners have joined forces to help ensure Windsor-Essex workers, organizations and communities continue to succeed as technology transforms the workplace.
In this session you will be introduced to:
- The big trends impacting the Future of Work & Learning;
- How careers and workplaces are being redefined;
- The potential implications for communities and regions; and
- Case Study: Waterloo Region Future of Work & Learning pilot.
Data Visualization to Make Informed Business Decisions
March 24th
Every business needs data to make decisions and with data visualization data is presented in a graphical or illustrative format that will make it easier for the business owners and decision-makers to understand the big picture and make the right decision. Interactive data visualization allows for the further filtering and deep drilling into data by changing what data you see and how you see it. Microsoft PowerBI is a tool that can bring life to your data through the visual representation allowing for a more effective and faster business decision making
Making Search Engines Work for Your Business (Tilbury)
March 26 from 11:30-1:30pm
The Chatham-Kent Economic Development Digital Service Squad (DSS) presents an introduction to search engine optimization and marketing.
Search engines: love them, hate them, can’t live without them. In an age of always being connected, search engines are the roadmaps to discovering nearly everything we can ever imagine. The same is for your customers – they are looking for your products and services … but being able to find what you offer is a different story.
Along comes SEO and SEM, two acronyms that drive business success on search engines. This session will look at the key information you need to know about both Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how to take advantage of Search Engine Marketing (SEM).
Windsor-Essex Great Lakes District Event
March 27-28
This weekend grab the kids and check out one of Canada’s largest robotics competition – and it’s all free!
All systems are go for you to join us at FIRST Robotics this Friday and Saturday .
High school students from across the province will be competing and showing off their hand made robots. Every robot has been programmed to complete a specific task – and you can check out all of the sessions for free at the University of Windsor St. Denis Centre.
You can also explore the grounds, get up close & personal with the robots, and do some cool challenges of your own in the exhibitor area.
WinHacks
March 27-29
Windsor’s first major hackathon hosted at the University of Windsor this March 27-29, 2020!
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Yvonne Pilon is the President and CEO of WEtech Alliance, one of the eighteen Regional Innovation Centres in the province of Ontario focused on driving the growth and success of Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent’s technology centric companies and entrepreneurs.
