I'll be attending the Community Connection Event in Toronto on February 26th in the evening. You can find more details HERE.
Basically, the event flow:
Intros - welcome and overview of the night.
State of the industry - perspective from CIPS (Canadian Information Processing Society) & ICTC (Information & Communications Technology Council).
Technology Demo - showing some high value pieces of new technology and how they could be implemented into your environment with minimal change.
Community story - perspective on the impact that participating actively in your LOCAL community and the rewards it brings.
Learning Circles - a "vote with your feet" concept of discussing 5 topics with a facilitator and bringing back the groups findings to the larger group.
Social Networking - meet other experts and LOCAL resources to strengthen your support infrastructure LOCAL to you - in your community.
This will be an opportunity to meet more people from across Canada that are passionate about IT!