Get Ready for Elevate Festival 2023!

Elevate Festival, the largest festival in Canada at the intersection of arts and tech, is coming back September 26-28, 2023. Get your ticket to Elevate Festival 2023 at the best possible price!

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Sept 26–28, 2023 Toronto

30,000+ Attendees

350+ Speakers

3 Days

Where Arts + Tech Intersect

Elevate Festival 2022 is the largest festival in Canada at the intersection of arts + tech. Featuring world-class speakers, arts + culture events, opportunities to grow your business, and a space to find your people, Elevate Festival will empower you to explore ways creativity, innovation, and technology can help you thrive in a hyperconnected and hypercompetitive world.

World-Class Speakers

Get inspired by world-class speakers who will invite and empower you to envision the ways they use creativity, innovation, and tech to thrive.

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Programming

Attend Main Stage talks, firesides, and panels where trailblazers and brands will share cutting-edge topics and ideas shaping our future.

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Block Party

Don’t miss out on the most exciting social event, featuring musical performances, entertainment & more!

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Startup Hub

Showcase your startup, pitch to investors, generate leads, and grow your global community.

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NFT Art Gallery

Discover emerging and underrepresented visual artists at a physical NFT Art Gallery in the Design Exchange (DX).

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Networking

Reunite with peers and mentors at festival events and in networking lounges to co-create the future of work.

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Featured Speakers

Elevate Festival unites trailblazing tech leaders, fearless creatives, and innovative minds. This year, we welcome to the stage a powerhouse lineup of speakers, artists, and performers who will share the groundbreaking ideas and innovation that are leading us into the future.

Venus Williams

Tennis Champion, Entrepreneur & Founder

Chris Hadfield

Astronaut & Elevate Co-Chair

Krista Kim

Metaverse Artist and Founder of Techism

Andre De Grasse

10x Olympic & World Championship Sprint Medalist

Sabrina Dhowre Elba

UN Goodwill Ambassador for IFAD, Model

Vinod Khosla

Founder & Partner, Khosla Ventures

Michele Romanow

CEO & CoFounder, Clearco

Shira Lazar

Creative Entrepreneur & On-Air Personality

Lisa Zarzeczny

CEO & Co-Founder, Elevate

Mayor John Tory

Mayor of Toronto

Raquel Urtasun

Founder and CEO of Waabi

Anthony Lacavera

Serial Entrepreneur & VC, Globalive

Chantal Kreviazuk

Singer & activist

Raine Maida

Musician, Lead Singer of Our Lady Peace, & Co-Founder, Drrops

Vanessa Craft

Global Head of Lifestyle & Education, TikTok

Sinead Bovell

Futurist, Entrepreneur, Advocate, WAYE

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“Elevate is an incredible place to not only be inspired, but to really leave with this desire to impact the world around you.”

Whitney Wolfe Herd, Founder & CEO of Bumble

Take up space, this is where you belong

Join the tech and creative communities as they come together to celebrate today's changemakers. This is where the boldest tech solutions and the bravest innovations will dare and empower you to envision a brighter future that includes us all.

Special Thanks to Our Partners

We thank our partners for joining us to spark curiosity in the community, ignite action in organizations, and curate opportunities to drive change in Canada's innovative ecosystem, and in our world.

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TD is a lead Sponsor of Elevate and any references to TD as Partner or Founding Partner does not in any way mean that TD and Elevate have entered into a partnership with each other.