Main deck for Silicon Halton Meetup 31, May 8, 2012 in Milton, Ontario

2. Meetup 31 Agenda
• Welcome & Announcements
• Milton EcDev Welcome
• Keynote:
10 UX methods to build great applications
• VEX Robotics Demo – 8:30pm ish
• G2KYM
– Vishal Badiani, Events on Hand
• Open floor
• Uber Networking @ Ned Devines

3. Show of Hands

4. April 2012 - News

5. April 2012 - News
• HalTech Business Development Fund:
$5,000 x 3
• Winners:
yapAgame Legacy Tracker
Michael Lant Brenda Potter Phelan

6. April 2012 - News

7. April 2012 - News
• Taping of @onTVCogeco “Pay Yourself First” episode
• Featuring Silicon Halton and member Ben Zimmer from @EnableEducation

8. Shared space
Startups and Solopreneurs looking for
office space
Find a workspace
• bit.ly/Ig8ieB
Offer a Workspace
• bit.ly/Jze4p1
#LI discussion: http://linkd.in/IEWjWp

9. New P2P: Business Analytics & Big Data!

10. New P2P: Business Analytics & Big Data!
Who will benefit?
Business Solution Tech people
people Providers Analysts
Developers
CFOs Hardware/Software IT staff
CMOs Consultants/
Dir./VP R&D Integrators
Others
Make accurate & timely Promote solutions Implement solutions
decisions Listen to users’ needs Provide business-oriented
Improve business
information based on data
performance

11. New P2P: Business Analytics & Big Data!
Goals
• Create awareness on big data, business
analytics and SAP HANA
• Discuss state-of-the-art products /
applications
• Solve business needs & technical problems
• Create spin-offs and collaborations
• Objective and un-biased
• SAP HANA is an core area of interest for
Chris

12. New P2P: Business Analytics & Big Data!
P2P meetings and…
• Once a month, 2 weeks after SH meetup
• Structure proposed
– First hour
• Presentation by a Subject matter expert (local/external
provider)
• Open format
– Second hour
• Case discussions + Open floor
• Permanent members only?
• Hack-a-thons, design and proof of concept
sessions and working groups
• Starts in June

13. New P2P: Business Analytics & Big Data!
Key Leads
leydenmf@ieee.org
@leydenmf
cherbert@mi6agency.com
@B2Bspecialist

14. Silicon Halton Job Board

15. Join us at…
• Mayor’s
– Rob Burton – Oakville, @OakvilleMayor
– Rick Goodring – Burlington, @RickGoldring
• Friday June 22, 7:30am.
• $30ea if we get 8 people (need 6 more)
• Keynote: Drew Dudley, Leadership and
Motivation Expert
• See Rick

16. Join us at…
• Sheridan's First Annual Applied Research
and Innovation Spring Showcase
• When: May 9 (tomorrow) 10:30a-2:30p

17. <insert applause here>
Transition to Milton EcDev

18. Main Event
Presenters:
Rami Tabbah - Managing Director, Ergonaute Consulting
@ergonaute
Jason Little - Agile Coach. AgileCoach.ca
@jasonlittle
Jordan Van Schyndel - Managing Partner, DevBBQ Inc.
@devbbq

19. G2KYM
Vishal Badiani, Events on Hand
• http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/vishal-badiani/1/a46/21b
• @Badiani

20. Next Meetup: Meetup #32
IT Portfolio Management
When: June 12 – 7pm
Where: Dueling Pianos – Oakville

21. Mark your Calendar

22. Member Announcements