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Canadian Open Data Ecosystem Collective / Collectif Ouvert Données Écosystème Canada

An open data project for Canadian startups / Un projet de données ouvertes pour les startups canadiennes.

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Raymond Luk

Join our webinar with the former CTO of Estonia

This is a reminder to join us next Wednesday for an insightful talk featuring Kristo Vaher the former CTO of Estonia.

Kristo is a thinker and a builder who has been behind some of the world's most innovative digital infrastructure projects for government and startups.

Why attend? If you care about digital government, startup data or hearing from someone who's implemented many of the digital tools we aspire to have in Canada, this talk is for you.

If you are building digital tools for Canadians, sign up as a Practitioner so you can ask Kristo questions at the end of the talk.

This is the first in a series from CODEC, stay tuned for more talks from global innovators coming this fall.

Register here: https://lu.ma/nw5zkaza

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Raymond Luk

CODEC Webinar: Estonia's Digital Playbook

For Canada to level up its digital startup infrastructure we need to learn from countries who are doing it right.

One of those countries is Estonia. It's one of the most advanced digital societies in the world. Estonia isn’t just efficient, it’s entrepreneurial. 

CODEC is proud to bring Kristo Vaher, former Chief Technology Officer of the Republic of Estonia, to speak directly to Canada’s startup, investor, and policy ecosystem. During his time in government, Kristo helped design the architecture behind Estonia's digital infrastructure.

Kristo will go into how Estonia built its X-Road system: interoperable, secure, API-first digital infrastructure that works for both government and startups. He’ll also discuss the hard lessons: what didn’t work, what to watch for, and how open data and smart architecture can unlock the kind of innovation Canada needs.

This free webinar is for people building startup databases and tools,

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