{"id":4384,"date":"2023-07-10T13:33:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=4384"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:16:49","slug":"startupfest-canadas-original-startup-conference","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/event\/startupfest-canadas-original-startup-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"StartupFest &#8211; Canada&#8217;s original startup conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n<h2 id=\"genuine-connections-in-a-digital-world\" class=\"wp-block-heading ng-star-inserted\">Genuine connections in a digital world<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-body\">\n<p>For their 13th edition, Startupfest returns to Montr\u00e9al but with a new and exciting direction. This year&#8217;s topics focus on two major shifts in society; the augmentation of humans by machines, and the newfound importance of genuine human connection. 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