{"id":8473,"date":"2025-02-18T11:45:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=8473"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:16:38","slug":"strikeup-digital-conference-for-women-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/event\/strikeup-digital-conference-for-women-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"StrikeUP 2025 Digital Conference for Women Entrepreneurs"},"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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c942f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c942f9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27a5d26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27a5d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<p class=\"elementor-widget-container\">Why StrikeUP?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Proudly celebrating its fifth year, <a href=\"https:\/\/strikeup.ca\/\">StrikeUP 2025<\/a> is Canada\u2019s leading digital conference designed to inspire, connect, and support women entrepreneurs.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">StrikeUP is a&nbsp;<b>free&nbsp;<\/b>event for registrants and is accessible from anywhere online.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The event features expert keynotes, engaging panels and resource-rich exhibitor booths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Attendees can participate in challenges to collect points &amp;&nbsp;<b>win prizes<\/b>&nbsp;from Canadian women-owned businesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Network with&nbsp;<b>thousands<\/b>&nbsp;of women in virtual group networking rooms, in discussion boards, 1-on-1 &amp; using our AI matchmaking technology.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Registered attendees will receive&nbsp;<b>exclusive on-demand access<\/b>&nbsp;to all conference presentations, even if they are unable to join the live event.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4421009 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4421009\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0000a60 elementor-testimonial--skin-default elementor-testimonial--layout-image_inline elementor-testimonial--align-center elementor-arrows-yes elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial-carousel\" data-id=\"0000a60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;space_between&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;show_arrows&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;space_between_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial-carousel.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n<div class=\"elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\">\n<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n<p class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\u201c<em>Women entrepreneurs are transforming resilience into action, creating new opportunities, and leading Canada\u2019s recovery. StrikeUP serves as our platform to unite these changemakers and the broader women entrepreneurship ecosystem, fostering collaboration and shared learning. Together, we\u2019re moving forward with a united vision for equitable, inclusive, and sustainable growth that reflects our strength and adaptability for the future<\/em>.\u201d <strong><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Wendy Curtis<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">CEO of Nventure &amp; StrikeUP Founder<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/strikeup.ca\/2025-registration\/\">Register Now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[75],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-8473","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-community-events"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2025-02-27T10:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2025-02-27T15:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":false,"cu_event_meeting_room":"","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"StrikeUP","cu_event_email":"info@strikeup.ca","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/8473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/8473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8481,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/8473\/revisions\/8481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=8473"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=8473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}