Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum 2026

Step into the conversations shaping rural connectivity—where Alberta’s future is built through collaboration and shared insight.
About this Event

Alberta’s future isn’t something that’s coming, it’s something being built, right now.

The Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum (ARCF) brings together municipal leaders, industry experts, and community builders who are shaping what connectivity actually looks like on the ground. This isn’t a high-level conversation removed from reality—it’s a working discussion rooted in the challenges, opportunities, and decisions facing rural Alberta every day.

Across the province, reliable broadband is no longer a luxury. It’s critical infrastructure supporting local businesses, attracting investment, enabling education, strengthening agriculture, and helping communities grow and retain their people. But the real question isn’t if connectivity matters, it’s how we build it in a way that works for Albertans.

At ARCF, you’ll hear directly from the people doing that work. From municipal leadership and economic development to utilities, construction, telecommunications, and technology, this forum is designed to connect perspectives that don’t often share the same room, but are deeply connected in practice.

Together, we’ll explore:

• How digital infrastructure is driving investment, workforce retention, and long-term regional growth
• The continued expansion of broadband across Alberta and what it means for your community
• Practical applications of technology, data, and digital tools across municipalities, industry, and public services
• The role of emerging infrastructure and innovation in shaping rural resilience

This is also a space for honest conversation—about AI, digital literacy, and the realities of building modern infrastructure in rural communities. As technology moves quickly, ARCF focuses on making sure people and communities aren’t left behind.

Just as importantly, this is about connection in the human sense. The relationships built here—between municipalities, partners, and industry—are what move projects forward long after the event ends.

We’re also taking time to recognize how we got here. Alberta’s story of connectivity is deeply tied to its communities, its history, and its future.

If you’re working in municipal leadership, economic development, utilities, telecommunications, agriculture, construction, technology, education, or community development; this forum was built with you in mind.

Because the future of connectivity in Alberta won’t be decided in isolation.

It will be built together.