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 a few key upcoming events we think you should put on your radar. Check them out below. See you soon.

🚨August 25: Monthly Tech Industry Social by VTJ x CBRE and The HTFG

• This month’s Tech Industry Social is tomorrow, Thursday, August 25.

• Join the Vancouver Tech Journal team and a growing collection of Vancouver tech industry founders and leaders for casual networking.

• Your first drink is compliments of CBRE and its High Technology Facilities Group, the experts in tech office space for Vancouver’s start-up community. Get to know them through their website and on LinkedIn.

• No registration is necessary. Just show up at Yaletown Brewing Co. on Thursday, August 25 at 4:30 p.m.

From the Home Key — How To: Create a Successful NFT Project with Wilson Lee and more | Sept 14

• Which blockchain should you build on? What skill sets are needed on your team? How do you set prices? How do you market your project? Why are you even doing this? Before you put the energy and effort into trying to create an NFT project, there are a lot of key questions that you should be asking – and answering — first.

• But there’s a lot of noise out there. It’s not clear who knows what or if so-called experts are being transparent. Fortunately, Vancouver is literally the birthplace of NFTs, and because of that, it’s home to multiple people who actually know what they’re talking about.

• For this latest Vancouver Web3 event at the Home Key, come learn the what, why, and how of launching a successful NFT project, from people who've actually done it.

Get early bird tickets

Uber will be a zero-emission platform by 2040

Millions of rides a day. Zero emissions. That’s Uber’s commitment to every single person on the planet. 

Partnerships across the ecosystem will get them there.     

Learn about Uber’s road to zero emissions.

*Sponsored

entrepreneurship@UBC Immersion Week | Sept 27-29

• entrepreneurship@UBC Immersion Week (EIW) will bring together storytellers and movement-builders from across our ecosystem in person and online, to share their insights on the strategies and tactics that helped them transform their ideas into impact.

• Hear from innovators about bringing radical ideas to scale; learn from founders, funders, industry, and academic leaders on reframing the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and innovation; and meet the next generation of trailblazers at UBC through thought-provoking panels and an Impact Showcase.

• Speakers include:

  • Leah Nguyen, chief investment officer, InBC

  • Brad Liski, co-founder and CEO, Tru Earth

  • Kim Carpenter, founder and principal, People At The Center

  • Lise Birikundavyi, managing partner, BKR Capital

  • William Johnson, founder and general manager, Vancouver Tech Journal

Register now

What else is coming up:

• Aug 25: Weekly Ethereum Vancouver Meetup

• Aug 30: Vancouver Tech Morning Coffee

• Sept 15: Vancouver Hardware Meetup

• Check out all the other upcoming events in Vancouver: events.vantechjournal.com