Wednesday, April 15, 2015
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Hyatt Regency Calgary
700 Centre Street SE

Entrepreneurial businesses are benefiting from an influx of Millennials eager to join the ranks of their growing companies. With the baby boomer generation continuing to retire in waves and current economic conditions, retaining and capitalizing on Millennials is more essential than ever to your company’s organizational growth.

Featuring contributions from:

• Eric Termuende, Co-Founder and Director of Gen Y Inc.
• Zain Velji, Senior Engagement Strategies Consultant, Hill + Knowlton
• Anna Leyva, Strategy and Operations analyst, Deloitte
• Yiorgos Boudouris, Founder, Acts of Greatness
• Michelle Berg, Leading Lady, Elevated HR

Join us for an insightful panel event of industry experts sharing best practices on retaining and engaging Millennials in the workforce.

Alberta Women Entrepreneurs: Leadership Series conference and Awards Gala

While for the most part Canada-US trade remains resilient, recent disputes belie an underlying trend: a cooling of Canada-US relations. For example, Keystone XL is symbolic of the fact that our country's relationship is increasingly at the mercy of US domestic politics.

As a result, Canada also needs to increasingly look outwards for its trade relationships, highlighting the importance of improving its access to markets in Europe and Asia.

Read more about the shifting nature of the Canada-US relationship.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Calgary Chamber
600, 237 8th Avenue SE

The Chamber has stood beside and supported Calgary business for 124 years. To celebrate this steadfast dedication to the growth and success of the Calgary business community, we'd like to invite you to our annual Open House. 

An evening of fantastic food, drinks, games and prizes, our Open House is free to all. Members will also have the option to register for our Annual General Meeting, happening before the Open House.

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at the Calgary Chamber and join us for our annual Open House.

Prior to the provincial budget release, your Calgary Chamber declared the Alberta Advantage of the past broken and called on the provincial government to work with business to rebuild a new fiscal model for Alberta.

When the budget was released on March 26th we were pleased to see the Alberta government listened to the concerns of business brought forward by the Chamber, and took the first steps toward rebuilding the Alberta Advantage.

Learn how the 2015 budget delivered on the Chamber's three member priorities.

The nature of customers communicating with a business is changing, and Facebook has taken aim at reinventing how that communication unfolds with its new Messenger for business. Instead of calling or emailing, customers wil be able to connect directly with a company through messaging and notifications on their mobile device. 

When the platform is launched, you'll be able to use it to streamline your B2C communication and introduce an innovative digital approach to customer service to your clients.

Read more about how Facebook is redefining the use of social media for business.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
7:30 am – 10:00 am
Calgary Chamber
600, 237 8th Avenue SE

Are you a mid-market company faced with the challenges of the economic downturn on the home front? Now may be the time to consider your global options. 

As part of our mid-market event series in partnership with EY, this workshop will outline the competitive advantages, and ways for your company to reduce risk and capitalize on new demands in emerging markets when expanding globally.

Join us and learn how to position your company for sustained international growth.

Monday, April 13, 2015
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
TELUS Convention Centre
120 9th Avenue SE

The Calgary Chamber is proud to sponsor The Art of Leadership for Women conference, which brings world-renowned female leaders and bestselling authors to Calgary for a full day of cutting-edge thinking.

Connect with over 1,500 of Calgary’s most notable professionals and gain insights from such leaders as:

• Martha Stewart, Founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and New York Times Bestselling Author
• Brene Brown, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection
• And many more inspiring women in leadership

Join us for this unparalleled gathering of leadership gurus.

With the expiry of many Temporary Foreign Worker visas beginning tomorrow, the Chamber is pleased to launch a new tool to assist in filling hard-to-find roles and support labour market impact assessments.

Talent Pool, our HR solutions partner, has developed a program called CORe to help you search for a specific skill set, target underrepresented talent pools, and assist in processes related to foreign worker. As a Chamber member, you can also take advantage of exclusive rates to join.

For more information, please contact Program Director Nicole Jelley at talentpool@calgarychamber.com or call 403-750-0439.

Thursday, April 30, 2015
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
The Keg Steakhouse + Bar
320 4th Avenue SW

Participate in a steak and wine-pairing seminar where The Keg’s own sommelier will teach you about different varietals and how to pair flavours, while its head chef will discuss the many different types of steaks this culinary heavy-hitter has to offer.

Bring your appetite, and join us for an evening where good company meets great taste.

• Finance Minister Campbell rejects 'penny wise, pound foolish' corporate tax hikes
• Why experts are the last people you want to include in creative brainstorming
• Commercial drone testing welcome in Canadian airspace
• Relearning the art of asking questions
• Training Millennials? Teach them the same way you reach them

Veterinary Simulator Industries Ltd. creates animal simulators that allow veterinary students to become proficient in their diagnostic and practical skills without the need to endanger or cause unnecessary discomfort to live animals.

Designed and manufactured in Canada, their simulators are developed with a unique partnership between professional designer/fabricators and veterinary professionals to create teaching tools that are realistic in appearance, highly functional, utilize durable materials and meet the needs of veterinary students and teachers.

Learn more at VetSimulators.net

To create easy access to Chamber document certification services, your Calgary Chamber has built an online tool that allows you to obtain Certificate or Origin paperwork and stamps online.

Interested in being one of the first to try out the technology and get a few complimentary certificates of origin for your trouble?

Contact Michael Andriescu at mandriescu@calgarychamber.com to join the beta test group.

The Haskayne School of Business in partnership with your Calgary Chamber are excited to celebrate this year’s Distinguished Business Leader.

This award honors individuals whose exceptional demonstration of vision, ethical leadership, sound business sense and commitment to the community has marked them as role models for future generations of business leaders.

Join us at 5:30 pm on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at the Westin Calgary. For more information on attending, contact events@calgarychamber.com.

The Calgary Chamber creates benefits and value for our members through partnerships with a wide variety of service providers.

As a member of the Chamber, you automatically qualify to receive coverage from the Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan, which offers traditional coverage such as life, health, dental and disability, critical illness and so much more.

Learn how you can take advantage of the comprehensive coverage today.

These Prestige members have shown a substantial and unwavering commitment to supporting the work of the Calgary Chamber. We thank our Prestige members: Suncor, TELUS and Nexen for helping to make Calgary a better place to live and work for all.