Join this compelling event to demonstrate how to measure, map, and build resilience, by translating everyday actions and scattered wellness activities into a quantifiable WIS® Resilience Index™ leaders can actually use to support team growth and development.

This session is your front-row seat to the future of workforce resilience.

You’ll experience a live demo of Manitoba’s own WIS® Resilience Intelligence Mapping Platform™, a breakthrough HRTech solution that turns human strain signals into a clear, practical resilience roadmap for teams. See how resilience can be visualized, tracked, and strengthened over time, replacing scattered programs with a unified, system-level approach leaders can sustain.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

  • Map resilience patterns across teams and departments (before issues escalate)
  • Spot early risk signals tied to burnout, conflict, turnover, and low engagement
  • Turn insight into action with a focused plan leaders can use immediately
  • Strengthen capacity using measurable markers, instead of guesswork

If you’ve been looking for a way to make resilience real, measurable, visible, and actionable, this is it.

Join us and unlock the power of Resilience Intelligence Mapping, built right here in Manitoba.

As more companies are adopting AI, they’re often unknowingly providing new ways for hackers to sneak in. If you’ve ever been curious about the real security impacts of AI technologies in your internal processes, then this session is for you.

In this session, we’ll share a series of lightning talks from a hackers perspective covering the latest AI trends including: secure vibe coding, MCP servers, and prompt injections. Throughout the session, you’ll have an opportunity to chat with our technical team to ask any burning questions you may have.

 

Do you have a business that collects personal information? Join us for an overview of PIPEDA and to ask your questions!

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) provides information to help businesses comply with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and better protect the privacy of Canadians, their clients, and customers. This information session will provide an overview of PIPEDA and its 10 Privacy Principles, illustrating how these principles apply to businesses and answering questions regarding Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law.

What you will learn:
· What is the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)?
· What are the privacy responsibilities of small businesses?
· How can the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada assist small businesses comply with privacy legislation?
· What are the 10 Privacy Principles of PIPEDA?
· How might these 10 Privacy Principles apply to my small business?

Join us for an overview of PIPEDA to better understand how privacy laws might impact your business.

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is an Agent of Parliament whose mission is to protect and promote privacy rights of individuals. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) oversees compliance with the Privacy Act, which covers the personal information-handling practices of federal government departments and agencies, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law.

Advisory services for businesses https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the-opc/what-we-do/advisory-services-businesses/

Manitoba is behind the curve when it comes to understanding how blockchain and crypto technology can improve business and create new opportunities for artists or entrepreneurs.

This virtual event will include an introduction to blockchain technology, with a focus on how Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) can help businesses or creators improve their revenue and brand loyalty.

We will hear from:

  • NFTipi (Clarina), an internationally-known artist in the NFT community
  • David Koroma (host, Web3 Warriors Podcast and Fintech Specialist)
  • Grayson Smart (De-Fi expert)

Each speaker has 5 years or more experience working in the blockchain space and they belong to the board of directors for On-Chain Manitoba, a registered non-profit organization.

This presentation aims to help connect more communities and industries with blockchain technology going over the creation of blockchain-based crypto-currencies Bitcoin and Ethereum then discussing how they are impacting business globally and locally.

On-Chain Manitoba is a registered non-profit with the goal of connecting communities with blockchain technology, and this event aims to promote the benefits of blockchain for companies, artists and entrepreneurs across the province.

We all have folders of PDFs and policies that employees ignore until a crisis hits. But what if that static data could not only answer questions but actually teach your team?

In this live, high-energy session, Neovation will demonstrate how to solve this problem by taking a folder of raw, unorganized documents and transforming them into a “Corporate Brain” live.

You won’t just see an AI search engine; you’ll watch us use that same data to instantly generate interactive training scenarios, role-play exercises, and knowledge checks. We will bridge the gap between “Performance Support” (getting the answer) and “Active Coaching” (mastering the skill)—proving that your existing content is just one prompt away from becoming a 24/7 virtual mentor.

 

Expanding into the U.S. market can feel overwhelming for software startups, but it doesn’t have to be. Join us for an interactive fireside chat designed to help founders and growth leaders move faster with confidence. We’ll break down what trade readiness really means for software companies and share a simple framework to assess your readiness in minutes, not months.

You’ll learn how to identify and close the most common U.S. expansion gaps quickly, balance speed with complexity, and leverage lightweight market research to reduce risk while accelerating decision-making We’ll also highlight practical support options—like IRAP’s Virtual Trade Accelerator from Tech Manitoba and WTC Winnipeg’s advisory services, trade training, and market intelligence —designed to help you scale faster and smarter.

What You’ll Discover:
• How to assess U.S. trade readiness fast using a clear, practical framework
• The four critical readiness areas: market, product, compliance, and go-to-market execution
• Proven strategies to close gaps and build a lean export plan that actually gets used
• When to move fast and when to slow down strategically
• How structured supports can help you expand with fewer mistakes

Key Takeaways:
• Trade readiness is about clarity, not complexity
• Lean, targeted market intelligence accelerates decisions
• A simple export plan beats a long one that gathers dust
• Support programs can help you scale faster and smarter

Presented by Juliano Goulart, Program Manager, Virtual Trade Accelerator by Tech MB | IRAP and Tamir Maharaj, Trade Advisor, World Trade Centre Winnipeg

 

The Stu Clark Centre is proud to host Iain Crozier on February 27th for a special webinar.

Not all money is created equal—and for founders, timing and strategy matter more than ever. This session will help you better understand when to raise, how much, from whom, and why not raising might actually be the smartest move.

Whether you’re navigating friends-and-family, grants, bootstrapping, or gearing up for venture capital, Iain Crozier from Trillick Strategies will walk you through the real-world tradeoffs and tactics that shape successful funding strategies.

Learn how to align funding decisions with your long-term vision without getting lost in the noise.

Key Takeaways
1) Funding Fit: Understand the pros and cons of different capital types—bootstrapping, grants, debt, equity.
2)Timing Matters: Learn when it’s too early (or too late) to raise—and what to do instead.
3) Strategic Alignment: Align your funding strategy with your business stage, goals, and founder profile.
4) Avoiding Pitfalls: Common funding traps that early-stage founders fall into—and how to sidestep them.

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In this event, we will dive into the future of Manitoba’s tech landscape by exploring how our organization, While She is True (WST), is empowering the next generation of girls in technology.

Our event, tagged “Shaping Manitoba’s Tech Future: An Interactive Look” is a dynamic session designed to engage our audience directly in the world of coding, design, and innovation. We will quickly cover the vital mission of WST and then immediately transition into a hands-on workshop where attendees will build a simple AI model using Google’s Teachable Machine. This accessible project demonstrates that powerful technology, like Artificial Intelligence, is within everyone’s reach.

The event culminates in an Interactive Project Showcase, allowing you to try out actual student-created games and applications and share your own workshop creation with others.

Goal: To provide parents, educators, industry professionals, and potential volunteers with an authentic, tangible understanding of the skills and confidence WST programs build, and how they can get involved in supporting the next generation of Manitoba’s innovators.

Program Overview:
1. Welcome and WST Vision: 15 minutes
2. Student Project Showcase: 10 minutes
3. Transition and Setup: 10 minutes
4. Hands-on AI Project: 30 minutes
5. Group Showcase and Connection: 15 minutes

 

This webinar will explore learnings from spray drone trials taking place on EMILI’s Innovation Farms, as well as the legal ramifications of using spray drones in agriculture and recent changes to drone regulations with Erika A Carrasco, emerging technology lawyer with MLT Aikins, Kevin Falk, field modernization scientist with Corteva Agriscience, and Leanne Koroscil, manager of EMILI’s Innovation Farms.

Agriculture is a leading industry in Manitoba and there are huge opportunities to cement the province as an agricultural leader by developing AgTech companies right here. Advancements to farm technologies have the potential to increase profitability, sustainability, and productivity within the sector, with exciting developments in artificial intelligence, robotics, and other emerging technologies.

 

About the Host 

EMILI is an industry-led non-profit that works collaboratively with producers, industry, investors, and innovators to grow a sustainable and economically resilient digital agriculture industry. EMILI launched Innovation Farms powered by AgExpert in on a 5,500-acre seed farm in Grosse Isle, Manitoba in 2022 to provide innovators across industry and academia with access to leading-edge equipment, technology, and production practices to increase productivity, sustainability, and profitability across the agriculture and agri-food sector. In July 2024, EMILI launched a second Innovation Farms site on a 8,500-acre farm (with approximately 3,000 acres dedicated to potatoes) in MacGregor, Manitoba

 

In today’s fast-paced business world, making informed decisions based on data is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. Join us for an engaging 1-hour webinar where we explore how technology is revolutionizing decision-making processes across industries like professional services, healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain.

This session will dive into the world of data-driven decision-making, discussing the tools and technologies that are shaping the future of business operations. You’ll gain insights into how companies are leveraging AI, machine learning, real-time analytics, and cloud solutions like Microsoft Azure to optimize operations, improve efficiency, and make smarter choices.

What to Expect:
• Interactive Figma Activity: Participate in a collaborative session where you’ll help map out the journey from your current data-driven practices to your ideal, dream-state technology solutions.
• Engage with Your Peers: Share your thoughts, challenges, and aspirations with other attendees through live polling and real-time collaboration.
• Microsoft Power Platform & Azure Insights: Learn how the Microsoft Power Platform and Azure are helping businesses build scalable, cloud-based solutions that drive better decisions, streamline workflows, and integrate data seamlessly.

Who Should Attend:
Business leaders, managers, and decision-makers in the professional services, healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain industries.
• Anyone interested in understanding how technology can transform business operations through data-driven insights.
• Organizations looking to leverage Microsoft Power Platform and Azure for business innovation and digital transformation.

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with experts, learn about the latest trends, and contribute your ideas to shaping the future of data-driven business strategies. We look forward to seeing you there!

A special thank you to our sponsors:

  • Supply Chain Manitoba
  • Food and Beverage Manitoba
  • MEIA (Manitoba Environmental Industries Association)
  • CentreCan
  • YesWinnipeg!

Their commitment helps make this event possible and furthers our shared goal of fostering innovation and collaboration within the tech and business communities.