Ray Acayan » Java http://www.RayAcayan.com A Geek of All Trades Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:40:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Networking in Toronto http://www.RayAcayan.com/events/networking-in-toronto/ http://www.RayAcayan.com/events/networking-in-toronto/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:14:58 +0000 Ray Acayan http://www.rayacayan.com/blog/?p=56

Our network is our most valuable asset. Unlike other assets such as stocks and real estate, which tend to grow at a constant rate over a very long period of time, the value of our network grows exponentially as its size increases. Not only does it provide value to ourselves, but we in turn create value for each individual in our network. This value can be unlocked in monetary terms through business development, customer acquisition, or career development, as well as non-monetary terms through friendships, referrals, mentoring, and free advice.

To encourage myself and fellow Torontonians to participate in increasing the value of our networks, I have compiled the following list of technology and business networking events in Toronto. It is by no means comprehensive, but let me know if you find other interesting events and I will add them to this list.

Technology Networking Events

Weekly/Monthly Events:

  • hacklab.to – lots of events in Toronto’s first hackerspace
  • Toronto Geek Lunch – every Monday in downtown Toronto
  • Toronto Coffee & Code – coffee shop get-togethers organized by Joey DeVilla
  • Toronto Software Developers Lunch – monthly lunch organized by Kristan Uccello
  • Mobile Monday Toronto – first Monday of every month
  • Ajax Pub Nite – 2nd Monday of every month
  • Wired Wednesdays – 2nd Wednesday of every month
  • Rails Pub Nite – organized by Unspace, 3rd Monday of every month
  • Rails Project Night – monthly event hosted by Corina Newby
  • Refresh Events – Toronto Interactive Media Usergroup, 3rd Monday of every month
  • Toronto Flex User Group – monthly event organized by New Toronto Group
  • Toronto Java Users Group – monthly event
  • TASK – Toronto Area Security Klatch – last Wednesday of every month
  • Toronto Perl Mongers – last Thursday of every month
  • Third Tuesday – Canada’s Social Media Meetup
  • VizThink – visual thinking meetups organized by Ryan Coleman
  • PMI-SOC – Project Management Institute – Southern Ontario Chapter


    • Ad-hoc Events:

  • DemoCamp – un-conference meetings to demo tech projects
  • CodeCamp – a .NET community sponsored event
  • FlexCamp – Adobe Flex event organized by New Toronto Group
  • FacebookCamp – Facebook platform development
  • CloudCamp – Cloud Computing technologies
  • PodCamp – podcasting, blogging, and new media
  • ChangeCamp – open government
  • LifeCamp – a lifehacking event organized by Sacha Chua
  • StartupCamp – present your startup to other entrepreneurs
  • Founders & Funders – invite-only event for tech entrepreneurs and funders


    • Annual Events:

  • mesh – Canada’s Web Conference
  • FutureRuby / RubyFringe – awesome Ruby conference organized by Unspace
  • EnergizeIT – Microsoft’s annual event for Toronto’s IT community


    • Other Event Calendars:

  • TorCamp Google Calendar
  • TOGeekEvents Calendar
  • MSDN Canada
  • MaRS
  • StartupNorth
  • Upcoming
  • Linux Caffe

    • Business Networking Events

  • Rotman School of Management – a fusion of academic and business speakers
  • Economic Club of Toronto – Canada’s platform for policy makers and business leaders
  • Empire Club of Canada – one of Canada’s oldest and largest speakers’ forums
  • Toronto CFA Society – lots of speaker events for members and non-members
  • PRMIA – Professional Risk Managers International Association
  • CAIA Association – ad-hoc members-only events
  • GARP – Global Association of Risk Professionals
  • Toronto Board of Trade – engage with your peers and thought leaders
  • Toronto Talks – speaker events organized by John Klotz
  • Junior Chamber International – federation of young leaders and entrepreneurs

    • Other Groups:

  • Meetup.com
  • Facebook Groups

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