2024 Elevate Festival Highlights
With over 300 speakers across 9 industry-leading Content Tracks, curated networking, evening socials, masterclasses, exclusive investor programming, a startup lounge, and opportunities weaved throughout, Elevate Festival is where the tech and innovation community comes together to create important dialogue, meaningful connections, and shine a global spotlight on Canada’s tech and innovation ecosystem
Main stage
Lean into Main Stage keynotes and conversations where world-renowned speakers, industry leaders, and the next generation of game changers share the ways they use technology and innovation to build a better world. With packed days of talks, and learning, Main Stage is a catalyst for dialogue and discussion around the solutions to our society’s greatest challenges.
Festival Stages
Learn from industry experts in a series of curated content tracks. Lean into the topics that matter to you, including AI, scaling your startup, fintech, cybersecurity, hard tech, lifestyle, the future of tech, and product development and design
MasterClasses
Ready to dive deeper on your favorite topics? Looking to fast track your learning in a new area? Masterclasses provide the opportunity to level up your skills with industry experts and a small group of attendees who are also interested in the tactical application of a particular skill.
Networking
With networking opportunities across Festival, there is no shortage of connections to be made. New this year, Elevate Festival has partnered with Brain Date to offer attendees curated 1:1 and small group meetups on topics selected by you. When you download the Festival App, you can get your networking started before you even set foot at Festival.
Elevate Goes Late
As the stages wrap up on Wednesday, join us for our signature event, Elevate Happy Hour, happening just steps away on the Esplanade. Stop by for a drink on us, live music, and tons of surprises. Keep an eye out for more social events to come as part of the Elevate Goes Late evening programming.
Exclusive Lounges
At our curated lounges, we invite you to enrich your Festival experience by connecting with like minded individuals. Whether you are a Startup looking to grow your network, an Investor looking to meet one-on-one with Canada’s next unicorn, a Women in Tech looking for mentorship or Trailblazer interested in a VIP experience – we have curated a space for you.
Elevate Eats
Elevate Festival attendees will have access to some of Toronto’s best cuisine. Enjoy our curated line-up of onsite Food Trucks. And yes there will be coffee, lots of coffee!