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AccelerateAB 2018: Sold Out SuccessOver 450 Alberta technologists and innovators learned about the leading edge of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) at the sold out AccelerateAB 2018. AccelerateAB is Alberta's flagship technology conference, which took place in Edmonton April 23-24, 2018. Kicking off the day was Scott Penberthy, Director, Applied A.I. at Google (News - Alert). Dr. Richard Sutton, a global pioneer in the field of A.I., provided the closing keynote. As well, industry expert from Borealis AI, Yevgeniy Vahlis, gave an overview of where the sector is heading. The Startup Advising Sessions were a success with nine companies - CMO4Hire, Fitset, IronSight, MicroMech, Mikata Health, PayTickr.com, ShareSmart, Skillpics, and Symend - participating in a full day of mentorship with The A100 on April 23. It included a talk from RBC Olympian Brianne Jenner who spoke about the similarities of building a strong sporting team and a strong startup team. The annual Startup Advising Sessions Pitch Competition once again gave the Startup Advising Sessions delegates a chance to tell the Alberta tech sector about their company. The winner of the Pitch Competition was CEO and Co-Founder Rena Tabata from ShareSmart, who was awarded the inaugural 'Alex Raczenko Pitch Award'. Alex was a passionate advocate and mentor who was always helping to grow the Alberta tech community. As such, the entrepreneurial community wanted to honour his memory with the 'Alex Raczenko Pitch Award'. This award will be given to the AccelerateAB Pitch Competition winner annually. As the winner of AccelerateAB's Pitch Competition, ShareSmart received:
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