Wearable Wednesday
January 29, 2014
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location revealed to registered participants
Wearable technology is a rapidly growing industry and one we have been focusing on lately at Yonge Street. Now a new meetup group will meet regularly to discuss this new space and Toronto's role in it. This week's discussion will centre on wearable technology's position and revealed innovations at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, which took place earlier this month in Las Vegas.
The first meetup will also feature the team from Toronto-based company Kiwi Wearables who will provide a product demonstration and discuss their approach to wearables, as well as Shoplocket's Katherine Hague, Google Glass, Galaxy Gear and more. Drinks and food will be provided.
For more information or to join the meetup,
click here.
Shift Disturbers
January 29, 2014
Desautels Hall (2nd floor, South building)
Rotman School of Management, U of Toronto
105 St. George Street
5-6 –p.m.
$40 (or $20 for Rotman/UT Alumni)
More than a catchy name, this new series offered by the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto takes a stab at discussing some of the world's greatest solvable problems and recommends a shift in our thinking towards a solution. The debut discussion "solving the world's problems differently" features best-selling author and Martin Prosperity Institute fellow Don Tapscott as well as a Q&A with CBC's Senior Business Correspondent Amanda Lang.
The series will continue with another talk on February 25 titled "Youth and the Publc Good: Apathetic My Ass." It will feature speakers Alison Loat, the co-founder and executive director of Samara; Marc Kielburger, the co-founder and ambassador for Free the Children; Dave Meslin, the creative director at Pigeonhat Industries; and Sevaun Palvetzian, the CEO of CivicAction.
To learn more about the event and register, please
click here.
Winterlicious
January 31 to February 13, 2014
More than 200 participating restaurants
Have all of these events made you work up an appetite?
One of the easiest and most affordable ways to experience some of the city's hottest restaurants is to take advantage of Winterlicious. The "winter culinary celebration" features three-course prix fixe menus from more than 200 restaurants participating across the city. Lunches start at $15 per person while dinners start at $25. Reservations are currently being accepted at all locations.
Since 2003, Winterlicious and its summer sister program Summerlicious have
contributed $190 million in economic activity for the city's restaurant industry.
For a full list of participating restaurants as well as a look at their menus, please visit Winterlicious's
official page.