Curating Financial Events

For a target city (e.g., "Toronto") and its region (e.g., "Ontario"/"Canada"):

1. Pull all events scoped to the city/region — no filtering needed, include everything finance/fintech-related.
2. Pull country-wide events (national conferences, virtual summits, events in other major cities) — apply a worthiness filter and keep only the top-tier ones.
3. Merge into a single list, tagged by scope (local vs national), sorted by date.

Progress:

• Define the target city + region + country
• Identify sources (see below)
• Scrape/collect all local-scope events (no filter)
• Scrape/collect country-scope events (raw list)
• Apply worthiness filter to country-scope events
• Deduplicate (an event can appear in multiple sources)
• Tag each event with scope + worthiness score
• Output combined, sorted list

1. Identify Sources

Default source types to check, in priority order:

• Event aggregators: Eventbrite, Meetup, Luma — filter by location + finance/fintech category
• Exchange/regulator calendars: local stock exchange, central bank, financial regulator "events" or "press" pages
• Industry associations: fintech associations, CFA society chapters, banking associations (city chapter = local; national body = country-scope)
• Conference organizers: Finovate, Money20/20, Sibos, local fintech weeks — these are almost always country/international scope
• University/accelerator calendars: local business schools, fintech accelerators/incubators (local scope)
• News/PR: search "[city] fintech event" and "[country] financial conference 2025" on Google News, LinkedIn Events
• Coworking/VC hosted: local VC firms and coworking spaces often host finance-focused meetups (local scope)

2. Local Scope = No Filter

Any event physically located in, or specifically organized for, the target city/region goes in. Include small meetups, panels, workshops — comprehensiveness matters more than prestige here.

3. Country Scope = Apply Worthiness Filter

For events outside the city but within the country, only keep ones meeting at least 2 of these criteria:

• Attendance > 500 or explicitly marketed as "national"/"flagship"
• Speakers include C-level execs from major banks/fintechs, regulators, or well-known VCs
• Covered by major financial press (Bloomberg, Reuters, local equivalent) beforehand or historically
• Organized by a recognized industry body or top-tier conference brand
• Has had 3+ prior editions (established, not a one-off)

Score each country-scope event 0-5 against these criteria; keep score ≥ 2.

4. Deduplicate & Tag

{
  "name": "...",
  "date": "...",
  "city": "...",
  "scope": "local" | "national",
  "worthiness_score": null | 0-5,
  "source": "..."
}