I find it very interesting and there’s all sort of people: coders, entrepreneurs, designers, people with an idea (or not!) and more!

Read more about it here and RSVP here.

Dans le cadre de Capital Innovation 2009, nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter mercredi le 25 mars 2009 au dîner-conférence de Guy Kawasaki, fondateur et PDG de Garage Technology Ventures. M. Kawasaki présentera son expérience en tant que “Apple Fellow” chez Apple Computer, Inc. comme modèle de stratégie d’innovation pour les entreprises du Québec.

Il s’agit d’une opportunité unique de rencontrer cet entrepreneur chevronné en compagnie de membres investisseurs d’Anges Québec.

So there you go. Guy doesn’t need any introduction and I urge you to attend if you want a once in a lifetime chance to talk to him.

More details on TechnoMontreal’s site.

Announcing a new Meetup for Montreal NewTech Meetup Group!

• What: Cofounders Monday
• When: February 16, 2009 6:30 PM
• Where: Click the link below to find out!

Meetup Description: This event is limited to people who:

1. have an idea about a project and would like to find others with similar interests and complementary skills set 
2. are already working on something but want to find some help 
3. are a business person, a marketing person, or a web developer who would like to get involved in a startup

The idea is to match up people who share the same passions or complementary skills set, so we can transform our ideas into reality!

Come join us!

Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/mltnewtech/calendar/9705348/

On February 12, 2009, Montreal will join 175+ cities on the largest Twitter charity event.Twestval is a worldwide event bringing together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water. 100% of the money raised from these events will go directly to support charity: water projects.

Our event will be at Suco Lounge, at the Opus Montreal and we’re planning a lot of activities (volunteers still needed). We would like to thank our local sponsors: Air Canada, Opus Hotel, Clinique Revolution and AquaOvo, who donated some prizes for our raffle: among other things, a round-trip flight + Opus Hotel stay in Vancouver and an OvoPur water filter.

We would like to invite the entire Montreal Tech Community to support this cause and for a night of fun next Thursday, Feb 12. Tickets are on sale for $10 @ amiando. Don’t wait until last minute!

The Twestival’s global sponsors are: Mashable, LiveEarth, Amiando and TipJoy.

For more information visit the Montreal Twestival website.

Here’s the map:

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Lots of speakers will be there and it seems very well done for an "anti-conference".

The word anti-conference actually makes me smile. "Unconference" I could understand as it’s a trendy word but anti-conference is a bit strong for my own taste. Let’s face it, it’s got speakers and sponsors: it IS a conference and that’s fine :)

As of today, more that 200 people and 15 speakers registrered. I think this will be the biggest event for september. Do not miss it!

StartupDrinks will be tomorrow (Wed. 30th, 6pm) at Café des Éclusiers. Here’s the map as it’s tricky to find if you don’t know where it is.

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For those of you who might be interested but don’t feel like joining then why not visit us as an expert? If you believe you can help others in any field you master then you are most welcomed. You won’t be part of a team per se but you’ll be able to roam from team to team, giving out tips on whatever you’re good at. This includes technology, business, accounting, law, web design, user accessibility, or any other field you think might be valuable to future entrepreneurs.

We only ask that you tell us in advance when you will be showing up as we might need to adjust some schedules. For example, we don’t want to have all the python gurus coming in 15 minutes before the end of the event…

So if you’re interested in helping this “camp style” event, just email hello@blitzweekend.com

Heri from MontrealTechWatch was taking pictures and here are some interesting ones.