| Startup Edmonton Classes Looking to hone your skills and knowledge as you get your startup rolling? We're excited that our new lineup of startup courses and workshops are starting on April 25th. Whether it’s connecting with other startups, building a product, or reaching out to customers, our courses and experienced industry mentors help get your startup rolling. From evening courses to day long workshops, here's a sample of what we’ve got in store:
Designing For Mobile Instructor: Blaine Bertsch Millions of smartphones and tablets are fuelling the mobile revolution. This course provides you with an understanding of the essential building blocks and constraints involved in designing great user experiences on mobile devices. You’ll discover the difference between mobile websites, HTML5 web apps, and native apps, and how to approach user interface design and content structure for your mobile product. Program dates: Wednesday, April 25 (5:30pm-7pm) Length: 1.5 hours Program fees: $29 + taxes/fees, Register HEREIntroduction to iOS Development
Instructors: Cam Linke & Sean Healy Are you a developer looking to get into iOS development? This course will help you take the first step in creating native apps for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The course covers Objective-C language basics and is designed to get experienced object-oriented developers comfortable creating iOS apps. You’ll get an overview of the hardware and software capabilities of iOS devices, as well as a tour of iOS development tools and the SDK. Date: Saturday, April 28 (9:00AM - 5:00PM) Length: 7.5 hours Program cost: $149 + taxes/fees, register HEREEverybody Can Code: Programming for Non-Programmers
Instructor: Mark Bennett Ever wanted to learn how to code? Have an idea that you want to build? Need to be able to communicate better with your development team? Want to learn the “literacy of the 21st century”? Everybody Can Code teaches the basics of computer programming to people who have never written a line of code. By the end of the course you will have a solid understanding of what computer programming is, understand the basic concepts, be able to read and write basic basic programs, and even build your first website. This will give you a solid base to build on and learn further topics in programming. Program dates: Monday, April 30 (Part I) & Monday, May 7 (Part II) (5:30pm-9pm) Length: 7.5 hours Program cost: $149 + taxes/fees, register HERE
Additional upcoming courses are listed HERE. Analytics Recruiters Reception The Analytics Conference features a Recruiters Reception April 24th for Conference delegates PLUS Students - ABCampus and Entrepreneurs - Startup Edmonton and Calgary Finalist of the Analytics Hackathon will be presenting at this event. Come and see what they have developed. Date: Tuesday, April 24th Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm Cost: $25.00 Purchase tickets HERE. Analytics Conference Athabasca University, Alberta School of Business and Albert Council of Technologies present Analytics, Big Data, and the Cloud Conference.
Join the top Analytics practitioners in Alberta, business leaders, professionals, researchers, and policy analysts who will gather to: - learn about Analytics tools and advanced techniques – for increasing productivity
- get engaged in probing current and anticipated Analytics applications
- network with pan-Alberta suppliers and customers, students/entrepreneurs and emerging leaders
- identify barriers to success and resolutions for advancing Alberta’s Analytics industry.
Date: April 23-25, 2012 Location: Fantasyland Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta Cost: $495 - Register HERE |