45 top speakers converging on Calgary for tech symposium

Digital technologies are the answer to some of our world's greatest challenges. And the technology ecosystems developing homegrown innovation will not only earn themselves a place amongst the world's leading tech hubs, but will also secure their community’s economic and social future.

To that end, next month, the Alberta Technology Symposium is meant to spotlight and showcase the province’s technology sector. Taking palace in Calgary at the Grand Theatre, the two-day event will showcase leading people and organizations in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain – innovations that will be at the heart of a diversified economy.

As part of the Symposium, there will be more than 45 executive speakers attending from a range of organizations including Fuse, Luxor, Thin Air Labs, SVG Ventures, Binance, Lawcubator, AltaML, and Startup TNT.

The speaker list is still growing according to co-organizer Jade Alberts, but in the meantime, to get you excited, we’re spotlighting 10 of them you need to know now.

• Zachary Storms, founder and chief organizer, Startup TNT

• Koleya Karringten, executive director, Canadian Blockchain Consortium

• Alexis Pappas, chief innovation officer, GuildOne Inc.

• Terry Rock, president and CEO, Platform Calgary

• Crystal Phillips, vice president, Thin Air Labs Fund I

• Megan Lee, managing director, Quantum City

• Paul Twigg, CTO, Digital Commerce Bank

• Tiffany Linke-Boyko, principal, Flying Fish Partners

• Lawrence Truong, CEO, Binance Canada

• Daniel Kamau, founder, Sketchdeck.ai

The full line-up is on the Symposium website.

An inspiration gala for good

In addition to a slate of expert speakers, the Symposium will host its third annual gala, this year in support of the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation.

Organizers are hoping to raise $20,000 to fund BCI home kits and other equipment that allows children to practice using the technology in activities that matter to them.

This year's gala will also include its first-ever awards ceremony, celebrating the technology ecosystem's most talented and innovative companies.

Inspiring, impactful, innovative, or inclusive companies and individuals are invited to apply for this special recognition. Learn more online.