Montreal Tech Watch

I usually don’t post about upcoming events, unless I think you should consider going there if you read this blog. And this is the case this week. There are a lot of *hot* events planned in Montreal:

• Montreal Tech Entrepreneurs Breakfast is Tuesday morning, at Etc Bistro, 1291 Av. Mont-Royal, at 9.00 am (Previous report)
• TechnoMontreal is launching their first monthy 5 à 7 on Wednesday, at Restaurant Le Quartier, 1001 Square Victoria. They call it the meetup for the tech industry builders.
• Pecha Kucha second edition is planned Wednesday evening, at the Société des Arts Technologiques, 1195 bvd St-Laurent. It’s a “series of show and tell for designers”, with the first edition having presenters in architecture (experiment with New York smog and buildings), a gel-based soft light switch, tools and ustensils for disabled people, video game design (experiments with music based on the character’s movement), designing a web service (dopplr developer), offline social networking by hacking “good night lights“, a environmentalist who wanted to make weather data avalaible to all… I missed the first half last time, but what I saw were profesionnal designers, in its broader sense, who were presenting projects they have worked on during their free time. Photos of the first edition
• Alistair Boyle will be presenting the OpenStreeMap project Tursday evening at 7pm, at the Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal (CRIM, 550 Sherbrooke W, office 100, near metro Mc Gill). The project aims to create a free editable map of the whole Earth, and allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way. For instance, someone can walk around Montreal and record paths with GPS, to contribute to Montreal’s map. The presentation is a FACIL event.
• DemocampMontreal4 is Friday, at the SAT, starting from 6.30pm. (Report of the previous edition) List of demoers and registration.

Update: Pecha Kucha is moved to 2nd week of September. Boris just changed the date. doh.