HackerNest Toronto July Tech Social

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    HackerNest Tech Socials are a fun, relaxed way to connect with your local tech community. Atmosphere: chill, friendly, unpretentious, agenda-free (no sales pitch), and brimming with Ultra Smart People.  SPECIAL GUEST We are honoured to have long time HackerNest supporter, Councillor Norm Kelly joining us for this Tech Social. Helping lead the 6th largest government in Canada and the 4th largest city in North America, he serves as the Councillor for Ward 40 (Scarborough-Agincourt), and serves some serious fire on his Twitter account @Norm  ***** Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook, hi-5 us in person!  The typical Tech Social agenda:   - folks arrive, grab drinks, socialize   - quick announcements, thank sponsors   - back to chatting   - head home, exhilarated from great conversations!   ***  HackerNest Tech Socials are Entry by Donation - any amount appreciated, but $10 is suggested. No amount is too little! If a cash donation is too restrictive, please join us anyway – just let us know at the door. *** NORTH AMERICAN SPONSOR: RBC RBC is an active contributor to the Canadian innovation ecosystem, including working with organizations like TechToronto, the C100 and as a founding partner of NextAI, a global innovation program for artificial intelligence related ventures. RBC recently launched RBC Research, a team which supports RBC’s innovation strategy through fundamental scientific study and exploration in machine learning theory and applications with the goal of developing state-of-the-art financial technologies.  HackerNest is proud to have RBC as a North American sponsor! GOLD SPONSORS: Hover Hover sticks to what they know (and do!) best: domains. They'll help you take care of your domains and be out of the way when you're on to whatever's next. HackerNest happily hosts domains with Hover! Flipp Flipp Corporation is a Toronto-born technology company that is reinventing the weekly shopping experience - our mobile app, Flipp, was named the #1 retail flyer app in Canada. Flipp’s culture is an integral part of what has driven the company’s success and we abide by key principles that promote a high-trust environment.  Learn more about our team culture here: https://corp.flipp.com/culture.  OVH Specializing in cloud and internet infrastructure, OVH offers innovative Web, Dedicated and Cloud products and services. Since 1999, OVH has partnered with hundreds of thousands of professionals worldwide, offering server manufacturing and in-house maintenance of their infrastructure. OVH ensures stable and reliable product and service offerings across all brands, while providing the best price quality ratio. Learn more at ovh.com and on Twitter.  StartUp HERE Toronto  StartUp HERE Toronto celebrates Toronto’s innovation community.  SILVER SPONSOR: Lighthouse Labs Lighthouse Labs will take you from coding hobbyist to professional developer, and be the launchpad for your career.  With the support of a brilliant team of instructors and mentors who view coding as the ultimate craft, you’ll join the ranks of over 500 developers in the Lighthouse Labs community. Winter cohorts are filling up, apply now!   BEER SUPPLIER: Beau's "At Beau’s we have names, not titles. We brew using equal parts art and science. And we always have time for our friends."  Beau’s All Natural brews interesting, tasty beers using the best ingredients & local spring water. They take pride in creating unique, wonderful and certified organic craft beer, conceived with honest consideration for the environment and our local communities, and delivered with a true sense of friendly relationship. They are an award-winning, Canadian, family-run, organic, and independent brewery.  VENUE: Toronto City Hall - Members Lounge   Community Events:  Techweek Toronto Techweek is coming back to Toronto!  From July 24th to the 28th, Techweek will be celebrating the best of the Toronto tech scene with events throughout the city. Check out the schedule for more information on the week's events, and if you'd like to join in the festivities, click on this link for a special 40% off ticket code for HackerNest community members.  All Day DevOps   On October 24th, HackerNest will be supporting the Live Online All Day DevOps Conference. This is a 24 hour event with 5 simultaneous tracks, 96 sessions and 4 keynotes in 38 time zones! There are featured guest speakers galore and frankly, far too much information to list, so check out this link instead! Oh, and did we mention that the entire thing is free?     About Us: HackerNest is an international nonprofit uniting local tech communities through unpretentious Tech Socials and hackathons. We cram lots of smart, accomplished people into a room and get them talking to one another. Our relaxed, down-to-earth events attract a diverse and highly technical membership. Strict 'no-scuzzbag' policy. Want to volunteer at our HackerNest Tech Socials? Visit http://hackernest.com/volunteer/ for more information and to apply! 

    Location

    City Hall - Member's Lounge
    Toronto, Canada

    Date

    From 31st July 2017 - 06:00 PM
    to 31st July 2017 - 09:30 PM