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# Toronto Tech Week | LinkedIn

Toronto Tech Week reposted this Jacqueline Loch 19h Edited Report this post 🇨🇦 NO SOVEREIGNTY WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY: So this was a big day - yesterday we kicked off Toronto Tech Week BetaKit -style with over 500 of our closest friends, tech leaders and innovators at the second BetaKit MOST AMBITIOUS Town Hall (sold out). Held at Toronto International Film Festival ’s TIFF Lightbox, we celebrated the incredible roster of 2026 MOST AMBITIOUS Honourees and welcomed a most amazing lineup of speakers: including: Cameron Bailey Toronto International Film Festival Abdullah Snobar DMZ Ventures DMZ Christian Weedbrook Xanadu Eliot Pence Dominion Dynamics Kath Intson Sentinel R&D Evan Solomon Olivia Chow Vasiliki (Vass) B. The Canadian Shield Institute Brian Hartley Uber Raquel Urtasun Waabi Melanie Woodin University of Toronto Jim Balsillie Kudos and thanks to the oh-so talented and passionate team at BetaKit for making this happen: Douglas Soltys , Sarah Rieger , Dylan Shiffman, Madison McLauchlan , Josh Scott , Alex Riehl , Cody Lee , Jesse Cole, Trevor Nichols and of course Satish Kanwar You can check out what went down here👇 31 2 Comments Like Comment Share