InnovateHer: Building the Future of Tech at University of Alberta
Your Research Has the Power to Shape the Future.
Behind every great tech startup is a foundation of rigorous research. This International Women’s Month, we are bringing together the University of Alberta’s female-identifying brightest minds for an exclusive catered lunch meant to build connection, inspiration, and growth.
Join us for InnovateHer: Building the Future of Tech at UofA, an event dedicated to female-identifying UofA graduate students, post-docs, and researchers. We’re stripping away the jargon to talk about what it’s really like to move from the laboratory to the marketplace as a female founder in the tech space.
Spotlight Speaker:
Callie Lissinna From building Alberta’s first satellite in a UofA lab to co-founding a venture-backed space-tech powerhouse, Callie is the definition of taking research to new heights. As a Co-Founder of Wyvern, she’s revolutionized how we see the Earth through hyperspectral imaging. Callie will be sharing how she navigated the "giant leap" from student founder to scaling a high-growth startup in the competitive aerospace industry.
Martha White is the Co-Founder and CEO of RL Core. Martha is an Associate Professor of Computing Science at the University of Alberta. She is a principal investigator at Amii-the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute which is one of the top machine learning centres in the world, and a director of RLAI--the Reinforcement Learning and Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Alberta. RL Core leverages world class machine learning expertise to optimize industrial control systems.
What’s on the Agenda?
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Doors Open, Registration & Grab your Lunch
12:00 - 12:25 PM: InnovateHer Panel: Real Stories from the Research Frontlines
12:25 - 12:30 PM: Roadmap to Success: Navigating Lab2Market, ICG, and UofA support for entrepreneurs from the Innovation and Partnerships team
12:30 - 1 PM: Networking: Connect with like-minded researchers, mentors and entrepreneurs
Why You Should Join Us
Hear the Real Stories: Listen to UofA founders share how they turned specialized research into impactful ventures using community resources.
Find Your Path: Learn how the UofA Innovation and Partnership team connects you to programs like Lab2Market and ICG, providing the mentorship and funding you need.
Grow Your Network: You are the average of the people you surround yourself with. Meet your future co-founder, mentor, or friend over a great meal.
Note: This is an exclusive event for UofA-affiliated researchers (Graduate Students, Post-Docs, and Faculty). Space is strictly limited to 40 participants.