Conferences & Events

To date, Orpyx® has enthusiastically attended, or confirmed attendance at the following conferences for 2012/2013. We would love to connect! If you're attending and/or participating at one of these events, and would like to schedule a face-to-face chat, please contact us through our Twitter handle @orpyxinc, or via e-mail.

CONVERGE Summit
CONVERGE gathers decision makers from every sector to debate the challenges and opportunities facing the industry.
July 9-10
Hyatt at the Bellevue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Analytics, Big Data, and the Cloud II
Analytics, Big Data, and the Cloud II is a conference that addresses emerging innovations, business issues and Analytics applications for users and suppliers.
May 15, 2013
Delta Bow Valley
Calgary, AB 

Home Care & Hospice LINK
Home Care & Hospice LINK is a venue to learn about innovative thinking, new products and best practices.  
June 4-6, 2013
Swissôtel
Chicago, Illinois 

Calgary Neuropathy Association: Education/Support Group
The Calgary Neuropathy Association meets once a month to provide education, interactive discussion and peer support for people living with Neuropathy and Neuropathic pain.
September 18, 2013
Northmount Baptist Church Hall
Calgary, Alberta 

APMA: The National
The APMA Annual Scientific Meeting (The National) is a foot and ankle conference for podiatric medical professionals.  
July 21-25, 2013
The Venetian/ The Palazzo Congress Center & Sands Expo
Las Vegas, Nevada 

Student Entrepreneurship: Opportunities & Challenges
Join us at Innovate Calgary's Speaker Session #1 for a panel discussion with a group of current and former student entrepreneurs as they discuss the resources, opportunities and challenges in the path to entrepreneurship.
March 14, 2013
MacEwan Hall Ballroom, University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta

Chic Geek: The IT Factor
Come out and celebrate Calgary's women in technology!  The Chic Geek is dedicated to increasing diversity in Calgary's hi-tech and start-up community by educating, engaging and empowering women.
February 25, 2013
Melrose on 17th
Calgary, Alberta

Medical Innovations Summit 2013
The medical innovations programme at the Royal Society of Medicine was established in 2008. Since then the Society has hosted over 85 briefings given by speakers from all over the world. This Summit maintains the momentum established at previous briefings and summits. 
February 16, 2013
The Royal Society of Medicine
London, England 

eHealth Innovation Summit
The Canadian Consulate General in New York is inviting Canadian Health IT (HIT) companies to submit their proposal to attend the 4th eHealth Innovation Summit in Philadelphia on November 28th 2012. The program’s goal is to foster partnerships between Canadian Health IT companies, U.S. Hospitals and Health Insurers to accelerate the adoption of innovative solutions. 
November 26-29, 2012
Program TBD
New York, Philadelphia 

Diabetes Technology Meeting
The meeting’s goal is to assemble technology developers and users to facilitate creation of new and cost-effective tools—including an artificial pancreas—to help people with diabetes. 
November 8-10, 2012
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
Bethesda, Maryland

Health Tech Symposium
Digital health is viewed as one of the solutions to delivering health care effectively and efficiently in the future. This full-day event is designed to explore current and future applications of information and communications technology in the field of healthcare delivery, such as mobile health and electronic health records.
November 7, 2012
Delta Edmonton Centre
Edmonton, Alberta

Skin and Wound Care Innovations Symposium: Taking Ideas to Launch
Keynote presenter, David Knighton MD, is one of the world's leading authorities on wound healing, an accomplished surgeon, an award-winning entrepreneur and author of The Wisdom of the Healing Wound. Local companies successful in launching new wound care products will highlight their discovery process. Networking and educational opportunities will be available with vendors hosting trade booths. 
October 22, 2012
Mount Royal University
Calgary, Alberta

Banff Venture Forum 2012
Banff Venture Forum, Canada's premier company financing event, is designed to showcase the hottest hi-tech companies from across North America, offer insight into key issues within the industry, provide a premium networking opportunity and give companies a chance to learn from world-class professionals in the investment community. 
October 4-5, 2012
Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
Banff, Alberta

2012 ANT+ Alliance Symposium
ANT has become a world leader in ultra-low power wireless networking solutions. ANT represents the technology behind many world class products and innovative developments in the wireless sector. Both the SurroSense Rx and the SurroGait Rx use the ANT+ wireless protocol. The ANT+ Alliance Symposium is a chance to network with companies in the technology sector using the same protocol. 
September 25-28, 2012
Delta Lodge at Kananaskis
Kananaskis, Alberta

Microchip MASTERs Conference
Now in its 16th consecutive year, Microchip’s MASTERs Conference has become the premiere technical training conference for embedded control engineers. Engineers can choose from classes about Microchip’s products as well as general embedded control topics such as motor control, power supply design, lighting control, communication protocols like USB and TCP/IP, C programming, graphic display technologies, touch sense methods and analog system design.
August 8-11, 2012
JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort
Phoenix, Arizona

2012 BIO International Convention - The Global Event for Biotechnology
The BIO International Convention is the largest global event for the biotechnology industry and attracts the biggest names in biotech, offers key networking and partnering opportunities, and provides insights and inspiration on the major trends affecting the industry.
June 18-21, 2012
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Boston, Massachusetts
#BIO2012

TEDxYYC
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. This year, Orpyx co-founder Breanne Everett was invited as a keynote speaker. 
May 25, 2012
Telus Spark Science Centre
Calgary, Alberta
#TEDxYYC

TEC VenturePrize - Dinner & Awards Celebration
TEC Edmonton is a business accelerator, helping smart people transform smart inventions into smart businesses. TEC VenturePrize, the Alberta-wide business plan awards program from TEC Edmonton, has announced Oroyx as one of the three finalists for its 10th annual student competition. The winner will be determined at the 10th Annual TEC VenturePrize Dinner and Awards Celebration. 
April 26, 2012
Shaw Conference Centre
Edmonton, Alberta

The Diabetic Foot Global Conference
DFCon Brings Together the Entire Diabetic Foot Team for Three Days of Remarkable Education by a Stellar International Faculty.
March 15-17, 2012
Los Angeles, California
#DFCon

Life Sciences & Healthcare Venture Summit 2012
A select group of 50 Top Innovators from the life sciences, healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare IT sectors will be chosen to present their breakthrough investment opportunities to an exclusive audience of Corporate Investors, and Strategic Partners.
March 28, 2012
Digital Sandbox
New York City