Where: Melrose Cafe and Bar – 7th St and 17th Ave SW

When: January 12, 6:30pm

What: We’re going casual this time. Come and meet your DemoCamp friends for beers and chats. We’ll do a couple announcements, then those interested in Demo’ing or presenting will be set up at tables around Melrose.

Why the change in format: It seems this month, we have a couple of groups that need help to make their dreams come true. This format seems more conducive to interacting and mingling. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone, drinking some beers and catching up!

What you need to do: If you’re interested in Demo’ing, bring your laptop, some info and of course, your business cards! Remember to tell people what you are trying to accomplish and what you need help with. Please avoid gross sales pitches (if you think we’re not above making you buy a round if we catch you doing this, you are wrong). If you’re interested in drinking, bring a friend and introduce them to some new people.

Can’t wait to see everyone,

The DemoCamp Crew

November 23rd: Startup Calgary’s Launch Party at Hotel Arts.

Who should attend? Anyone who cares about the tech startup community in Calgary! Entrepreneurs, investors, government, service providers – all are welcome!

If you’d just like to attend, meet like-minded people, and see what Calgary’s startup community is all about, you’re at the right place! Purchase a ticket with Eventbrite and secure your spot today.

• Date:  Tuesday November 23rd, 2010
• Time: 6:30PM start
• Place: Hotel Arts
• Cost: $12.00

November 30th: CMA Calgary has acquired the exclusive rights to screen the winning entries from the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival – the “Cannes Reel” – one night only on November 30 at Flames Central. This holiday event is a fundraiser for the National Advertising Benevolent Society of Canada (NABS).

The 2010 reel includes approximately two hours of the world’s best commercials. Combine top notch creative with Calgary’s best Christmas party at Flames Central and you have a premier event. Attire inspired by the Mad Men television series is encouraged.

Marketers, advertising professionals, communicators and media types will all benefit from this exclusive networking event.

• Date:  Tuesday November 30th, 2010
• Time: 5:00 PM Doors open, 7:00 PM Screening
• Place: Flames Central 219 8th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta
• Cost: Students: $29.00Members/Partners: $49.00Non-members: $149.00

To register, please go to the Canadian Marketing Association Calgary website.
NABS provides assistance to communications and related industry professionals, who may need help due to illness, injury, unemployment or financial difficulties. Learn more at http://www.nabs.org. ]]> http://democampcalgary.com/2010/11/16/upcoming-events-startup-calgary-and-christmascannes/feed/ 0 http://democampcalgary.com/2010/11/03/democampcalgary-19-save-the-date-upcoming-events/ http://democampcalgary.com/2010/11/03/democampcalgary-19-save-the-date-upcoming-events/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:28:33 +0000 Sarah Blue http://barcampcalgary.com/?p=450 We’d like everyone to save the date for the next DemoCamp, January 12th!

In between now and then, we’re looking for demos and sponsors, so step right up if you’re interested in either.

Also, we’d like to catch you up on some news and events around town. Don’t forget to check out Digital Alberta‘s mixer on Tues, Nov 9th. Also that evening is Pixels and Pints, a casual get together for design enthusiasts at the Hop in Brew. The next day, Weds Nov 10th is Third Tuesday (seemingly a bit of a misnomer) with @RichardatDell. Finally, here are a few words about Startup Calgary:

Startup Calgary

Startup Calgary is looking for fresh, up-and-coming startups to be showcased at Startup Calgary’s Launch Party to be held on November 23, 2010 at the prestigious Hotel Arts.

The deadline to apply is Friday, November 5, 2010, register now!

Benefits for being one of our showcased Start-ups:
- Media coverage with our media sponsor TechVibes
- 30 minute advisory session with the showcase selection panel
- Strategic introductions to A100 members at the event
-  Exposure to the entire Calgary area startup community

To qualify your company must be:
- An Information, Communications, or Media technology startup based in Calgary (no bio tech or clean tech)
- Ready to, or have recently launched your company; and/or viable product/service
- Incorporated for no longer than two years

Tell us why you’re the hot new thing -  Apply at startupcalgary.ca

Please forward this email any potential Calgary Startups that would be interested in applying, we don’t want anyone to miss out on this exciting opportunity!

Just want to come to the party? Tickets are on sale now!

Startup Calgary is all about community building – our primary goal is to help pull the IT based, startup related communities in Calgary and surrounding area closer together.  We know that’s a pretty tall order – there’s a lot of get togethers, basement startups, and technologies being dreamed up here in our city that no one is aware of.  We want to make sure everyone has the support and exposure they need

We’ve got some great demos lined up (including Poynt from Multiplied Media), but if you’ve got something you want to show off, as always, drop us an email right away! We’ve also got a couple of announcements about things going on about town. Hooray for the startup/tech/Internet community in Calgary!

Also, we can’t wait to catch up with everyone.

The details:

When – October 12, 6:30pm

Where – SeVen Restolounge – corner of 8th Ave and 5th St SW

What – Demos, beers, good times

If you’ve got some extra cash laying around and would like to connect with the DemoCamp community, get in touch. We love when beer becomes free beer!

See you in a week,

The DemoCamp Crew

Fall is upon us (insert bad weather, crummy summer joke here) and that means DemoCamp! We’re planning on holding it Tuesday October 12th, but we need demos. Send us your projects, demo it and feel the love. Calgary.

We’re curious to find out what everyone has been up to over the summer and as always, it’ll be a great chance to catch up. We’ll be updating soon with location, time and who’s going to demo.

The DemoCamp Crew

This 2nd Annual All Associations Year-End Bar-B-Q is an opportunity to thank members for their support over the past year, provide an excellent networking opportunity with 25 different associations participating and have a beer

When: Tuesday, June 22nd – 5:00pm

Location: Alastair Ross Technology Centre – 3553 31 Street NW

Cost: $20/person includes: $5 donation to Crohn’s and Colitis foundation, burger/hotdog 2 beer/wine or pop/water, Caesar salad, Hawaiian beans, corn on the cob

Register online

Entertainment: What makes Calgary as cutting edge and sophisticated as Stanford and Princeton? We have our own Laptop Orchestra!!

Liberating computers from the tedium of emails, word and accounting, ALE (ACAD Laptop Ensemble) explores the boundaries of laptops as a collaborative music-making instrument. Part improvisational jazz, part ambient soundscape and part club-culture rave party, ALE generates an inspired journey through music and sound in each performance.

AND

Jennie Vallis is a fourth-year Media Arts and Digital Technologies student at the Alberta College of Art + Design. Currently she has been working on building innovative new tools for both sound and dance performances. After three years of spinning records in the Calgary nightlife, she is now producing her own electronic music in addition to playing live solo performances under the name Jennie O(hama). Her interactive instruments/environments and live performances have been exhibited at a number of music festivals including Motion Notion Festival, One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo, The Happening New Media Festival and Sled Island Music Festival. Jennie performs both solo live laptop and turntable performances in addition to being a member of the ACAD Laptop Ensemble (ALE).

Participating Associations
Calgary Arts Development
STC Alberta
WiTEC
THECIS
AMPIA – Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association
Marketing Research and Intelligence Association
Book Publishers Association of Alberta
Alberta Magazine Publishers Association
Democamp
Society of Graphic Designers of Canada
American Chamber of Commerce in Western Canada
AACTI – Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Institutes
Banff New Media Institute
CIFF – Calgary International Film Festival
SLED Island Festival
Calgary Council for Advanced Technologies
Creative Calgary
Game Jam
Canadian Investor Relations Institute
Association for Corporate Growth – ACG
CUFF – Calgary Underground Film Festival
iPhone Dev Camp
Calgary Marketing Club
Digital Alberta

On April 27th, come on down to SeVen RestoLounge before 6:30pm to grab a beer before the demos start.

We’ve now got happy hour prices for drinks all evening courtesy of Pieter and Sebastian of Fenture Solutions. Give ‘em a high five when you see them.

We’re changing up the format a bit, and here’s what it looks like:

6:00pm – Drinking Beer

6:30pm – Demos

- BNID (iPhone Games)

- Tapforms

- zowee TV

- Reg Cheramy (iPhone app built on the drive down from Edmonton!)

7:30pm – Ignite Presentations

John Bristowe

7:35ish – 30 Second Pitches

If you would like to come out and tell us about your company in 30 seconds or less, please let us know. This is a great opportunity to get in front of everyone, without having to do a full demo!

As always, we’ll be doing announcements in between demos, so let us know if you’ve got an upcoming event, are looking for a job or looking for employees.

Looking forward to seeing everyone,

The DemoCamp Crew

We’re posting far in advance of our next DemoCamp. FYI, it’s April 27th, at 6:30pm at Seven RestoLounge. We’re mixing it up a little this time and going with a different format. Here’s the plan:

- 2 or 3 full Demos

- 30 second pitches on your website, needing help, needing employees, etc

-an ignite presentation or two

What does this mean for you? It means you can let us know if you are interested in participating! We’ve yet to see any Ignite-style demos in Calgary and think this is a great opportunity to practice your skills!

Drop us an email if you’re interested, or if you have any suggestions.

Thanks and have a great day,

The DemoCamp Crew

Here are the details:

When: January 26th, 6:30pm
Where: The District – 607 – 11th Ave SW

ALSO - My company – Chaordix – is exchanging beers for resumes. If you bring in a resume, we’ll buy you a beer!

See you on Tuesday,

Sarah + The DemoCamp Crew