Good afternoon! Welcome to your Wednesday events briefing. As usual, there is no shortage of opportunities to keep busy or places to get deals done. However, there are four key upcoming events we think you should put on your radar. Check them out below. See you soon.

Next week: Ask the Experts: Web3 & NFTs | July 27

Still not sure how to get into NFTs? Still unclear on what Web3 is or what it's for? Heard about GameFi, but wondering what it is? Join The Home Key, Webcouv3r, Frontier Collective, and d3crypto, as well as early adopters and local innovators, to learn about how these technologies will affect how you live, work, and play. Meet the experts:

• Carmilla Sumantry, Artist and Co-Founder of Dizzie Studio

• Sandra Wong, Founder & CEO at Lucky Lady Games

• Diego Rios, Founder at vvery

• Matias Marquez, CEO, ethos NFT

• Stacie Ant, Co-Founder XELEVEN

• Aaron Cunningham, Co-Founder XELEVEN

• Masaki Jeffery, Founder, Frentity Studios

• Greg McMullen, Special Counsel, SEGEV LLP

• Simon Vieira, CEO & Game Producer, MixMob

• Tita CupcakeDuJour, Content Creator, CupcakeDuJour

Register now

Tomorrow: July Female Founder Meetup | July 21

• Join the entrepreneurship@UBC community in person for our Female Founder Meetup on Thursday July 21, designed for our ecosystem of female and non-binary founders, executives, leaders and mentors part of entrepreneurship@UBC and our wider ecosystem.

• These informal meetups are intended to connect our venture community with the wider ecosystem to develop new relationships and celebrate the work being done through entrepreneurship.

• Come down to UBC Robson Square in the heart of Vancouver to get together in person as we build back 1:1 relationships and help our community engage, connect and grow - while having fun!

Attend July 21

Think In Color, presented by Thinkific | July 27

• Learn how to start and scale your business from a lineup of women who are experts in course creation, community building, digital product strategy, and more.

• Connection: Join an active community of aspiring and established entrepreneurs who get you, hype you up, and support your passion.

• Learning: It doesn't matter if this is your first year or your fourth — you will leave with simple, actionable tips and tools you can implement today.

• Growth: From marketing to sales to the back-end tech, we’ll break everything down for you so you can get up and running on our platform.

Register for free

Switchboard Public Relations

As the country’s leading tech PR firm, Switchboard helps innovators create positive change by driving communication strategies that get results. Whether you need brand positioning, media relations, issues management or content creation, see how they’ll get you real results.

*Sponsored

Traction Conference | August 10-11

• Traction is a global community of more than 100,000 entrepreneurs and innovators. It brings leaders behind the fastest-growing companies to share business advice via webinars, podcasts, meetups, retreats, and conferences.

• For its 2022 conference, Traction has secured an amazing line-up of speakers from some of the world’s top companies, including Twitter, Eventbrite, MailChimp, Calendly, Atlassian, Twilio, Intercom, Zapier, Zendesk, Shopify, TalkDesk, and many more.

• Use code VANTECH50 for 50% off.

Register today

Coming up soon:

• Today: Bi-weekly YVR DAO Social

• July 26: Brand Battle for Good | Free Happy Hour and Info Night

• July 29: Tech Industry Drinks Social | Compliments of CBRE

Check out way more upcoming tech events at events.vantechjournal.com.