Get Ready for Web Summit Vancouver: Town Hall 2024

​Web Summit Vancouver is coming to the Vancouver Convention Centre May 27-30, 2025!

​We are hosting this Town Hall to share information on our planning for the event and how YOU can get involved.

​This is our first Town Hall co-hosted with Destination Vancouver and in partnership with Innovate BC, PacifiCan, and the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation, sponsored by Invest Vancouver.

​Agenda: 

​To get everyone in the ecosystem up-to-speed on the opportunities happening not only at Web Summit Vancouver, but at the flagship event in Lisbon in November.

​Who should attend:

• ​Startups

• ​Accelerators

• ​Community Leaders

• ​Corporates

• ​Businesses 

• ​Vendors

• ​Suppliers

• ​Government agencies

• ​Trade Offices

• ​Academia

​This event will be live streamed for all of British Columbia to view. Register for this event to get the live stream link.

​Format:

• ​12:30: Registration
  

• ​1:00-2:30: 
  

  • ​Introductions

  • ​Intro to Web Summit Vancouver

  • ​Startup Opportunities

  • ​Corporate Opportunities

  • ​Community Opportunities

  • ​Vancouver Opportunities

  • ​BC Pavilion Opportunities

  • ​BC Trade Opportunities

  • ​BC Runway Opportunities

  • ​Web Summit Lisbon Delegation
    

• ​2:30-3:00: Q&A

• ​3:00-4:00: Networking

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​Scheduled Speakers:

• ​The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan)

• ​The Honourable Brenda Bailey, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation

• ​Royce Chwin, CEO, Destination Vancouver

• ​Lejla Uzicanin, Vice President, Data Research and Policy, Invest Vancouver

• ​Peter Cowan, CEO, Innovate BC

• ​Michael Drake, VP of Meetings, Conventions, and Events, Destination Vancouver

• ​Casey Lau, Co-Host of Web Summit Vancouver

• ​Jennifer McNaughton, Partnerships, Web Summit Vancouver

​Register now for best seats.

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​For more information and tickets for Web Summit Vancouver:
https://vancouver.websummit.com/

​To apply for our startup program:
https://vancouver.websummit.com/startups/

​To join us as an investor
https://vancouver.websummit.com/investors/

​Apply to speak:
https://vancouver.websummit.com/speaker-application/

​To partner with us:
https://vancouver.websummit.com/partners/

​To join us as media:
https://vancouver.websummit.com/media/

​To volunteer:
https://vancouver.websummit.com/volunteers/

​More information on Web Summit Lisbon:
https://websummit.com/