Elevate Festival

Elevate Festival, Canada's largest homegrown tech and innovation event, is returning to downtown Toronto from September 22-24, bringing together world-class innovators, investors and industry leaders to shape what's next. Attendees can expect hundreds of speakers across industry-leading Content Tracks, including a new track this year exploring Canada's digital sovereignty and its role in critical technologies like cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity, alongside curated networking, evening socials, masterclasses, exclusive investor programming and a startup lounge.

It's a milestone year for Elevate: since its inception, the festival has drawn 87,000+ attendees across seven events and forged thousands of connections between startups, investors and the tech community, including more than 1,600 one-on-one meetings and $75 million in funding secured.

Today, Elevate has announced additional headline speakers to its 2026 lineup, including: Kyle Lowry, Toronto Tempo Investor and Former Toronto Raptor; Adam Collins, Chief Communications Officer at Reddit; Debby Soo, CEO of OpenTable; Vivek Sagi, Chief Product and Technology Officer of Bumble Inc.; Michael Pelosi, Country Manager, Canada, of Cohere; Christian Weedbrook, Founder and CEO of Xanadu; Jack Newton, CEO and Founder of Clio; Eliot Pence, CEO of Dominion Dynamics; and more.

Event Details: 

• Date: September 22-24, 2026
• Time: Doors open at 9 a.m. 
• Venue: Meridian Hall and the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

For more information or to buy tickets visit Elevatefestival.ca