We are Canada's Tech Week

Uniting the world's innovators

Fri, Sept 20 – Thurs, Sept 26 in Toronto

Elevate presents Michelle Obama

A Conversation with the Former First Lady

Let's light up King West

The can't-miss social experience of the year

Wed, Sept 25 & Thurs, Sept 26

Chris Hadfield on Main Stage

Elevate Cochair and Astronaut

Tues, Sept 24

Join us for Open House

200+ companies in downtown Toronto

Thurs, Sept 26

"Elevate is a great place to be inspired"

Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bumble Founder & CEO

2018 Featured Speaker

TD Tech Jam

Join 1000 designers, devs and data scientists

Fri, Sept 20 – Sun, Sept 22

Our mission is to unite the world's innovators to solve society's biggest challenges

Creators Social with Akon

ElevateR Pitch

Wyclef at HP House

TD Tech Jam Finalists

Main Stage with Al Gore & Eric Schmidt

Elevate King West event at Weslodge

Our 2019 Speakers

Michelle Obama

Former First Lady of the United States

Chris Hadfield

Elevate Cochair & Astronaut

Sophia Amoruso

Founder & CEO

Guy Kawasaki

Author

Jen Rubio

Cofounder & CBO

Todd McKinnon

Cofounder & CEO

Anjali Sud

CEO

Akon

Artist, Founder

Shahrzad Rafati

Founder & CEO

Neil Blumenthal

Cofounder & Co-CEO

Martine Rothblatt

CEO & Founder

Cameron Bailey

Artisitic Director & Co-Head

Samantha Barry

Editor in Chief

David Ossip

Chairman & CEO

Tiffani Bova

Chief Innovation Evangelist

Josh Constine

Editor-at-Large

Sarah Friar

CEO

Ryan Holmes

Founder & CEO

Amanda Lang

Anchor

Razor Suleman

Cofounder and CEO

Our Past Speakers

Al Gore

Former Vice-President & Chairman

Whitney Wolfe Herd

Founder & CEO

Wyclef Jean

Acclaimed Artist

Eric Schmidt

Former CEO

Sarah Friar

CEO

Minister Navdeep Bains

Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development

Julie Rice

Cofounder & Partner

Vinod Khosla

Founder

Michelle Zatlyn

Cofounder & COO

Tobi Lütke

Founder & CEO

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festival overview

Fri, Sept 20 - Thurs, Sept 26, 2019

Fri, Sept 20 - Sun, Sept 22

TD Tech Jam

Design Exchange

Tues, Sept 24

Main Stage

Sony Centre

ElevateR Pitch

Sony Centre

Festival Stages

various locations

Wed, Sept 25

Main Stage

Sony Centre

ElevateR Pitch

Sony Centre

Festival Stages

various locations

Thurs, Sept 26

Festival Stages

various locations

Open House by Elevate

various locations

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