Collision, the fastest-growing technology event in North America, will return to Toronto in June 2022. It will be the largest international gathering in the city of Toronto since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic over two years back. The event is expected to be a huge hit as more than 33,000 attendees are expected to convene at the Enercare Centre on June 20-23, 2022.
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Numbers Speak
As the demand for in-person events is increasing
rapidly, the partnership floor space sold out in April, about eight weeks
before the event. Collision will have over 250 global partners in 2022, which
is considerably more than 100 in 2019. A few famous names expected to be there
are Snap, Google Cloud, TikTok, AWS, RBC, Siemens, KPMG, CAE, Interac, and
Crypto.com.
Interestingly, Collision's women in tech
program is also sold out, and startup space is expected to reach capacity soon.
Over 900 speakers, 1,250 startups, 1,200 journalists, 850 investors, and 100 unicorn
companies will arrive in Toronto from 140-plus countries to make meaningful
connections face to face. Over 120 national, regional, and local trade
delegations will be participating in Collision to explore business
opportunities with an international audience.
CEOs and founders of the world's most
successful tech companies like Substack, Ethereum, Blockchain.com, Flexport,
Cardano, Tezos, Binance, BlockFi, Chief, Calendly, ClearCo, Cloudflare, and
many more will speak this June across Collision's 20-plus tracks. One of the
most anticipated tracks is the brand new Crypto track. The event is likely to
be the biggest gathering of tech unicorns at one event ever. Deel, Canva,
Trulioo, and FalconX are among the over 100 decacorns and unicorns that will be
in attendance and on stage at Collision in what Recode calls "one of the
best shows for up-and-coming startups."
In addition to that, thousands of startups
will connect with some of the world's leading investors, including Sequoia's
Andrew Reed, Renegade's Renata Quintini, Bedrock's Geoff Lewis, Lux's Deena
Shakir, and Kindred's Kanyi Maqubela.
Paddy Cosgrave, Founder and CEO at
Collision, stated, "It's a privilege to play an important part in Toronto's
reopening, as thousands travel from across the world to do business and meet
each other again in person. While we've successfully hosted Collision online
for the past two years, with 140,000 virtual attendees, nothing compares to in-person
events."
Innovative Plans
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Collision will soon be launching new
invite-only events in Toronto for 2022 further show off the city's vibrant tech
ecosystem. A selection of exclusive, intimate gatherings will be hosted in
venues across the city to bring together a curated network of industry leaders.
Collision After Hours will direct thousands of attendees to some of the bars
and restaurants around the city each evening after the day's sessions wind down.
At the same time, Venture will host the world's leading venture capitalists,
LPs, and angel investors. More key events are yet to be announced.
The Positivity
Vic Fedeli, Ontario's minister of economic
development, job creation, and trade, stated, "Our province is home to the
best and brightest minds in the fintech, autotech, biotech, AI, life sciences,
and advanced manufacturing sectors. As we move past the pandemic and continue
working towards Ontario's economic recovery, Collision is exactly the kind of
electric, forward-looking event that will help generate even more ideas and
innovative solutions."
Toronto's Mayor John Tory said, "This
is an exciting moment for our city as we continue to reopen. The decision from Collision
to host an in-person event this year reinforces the confidence I have in our city
and all that we have to offer. During this event, we will have the opportunity
to showcase the growing technology and innovation sector in Toronto and our
deep pool of diverse tech professionals – all of which will help create more
employment opportunities and investments and ensure that we come back stronger
than ever. I look forward to welcoming startups, governments, organizations,
and visitors from around the world to Toronto in June."
Jan De Silva, CEO, and president of the Toronto
Region Board of Trade, stated, "As North America's fastest-growing tech
hub, Toronto is thrilled to host the Collision conference in person this June.
This international event will attract more than 33,000 visitors to Toronto's
downtown core, stimulate our economy, and put our city on the global tech map."
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Key Events Around Toronto
Ø Opening Night: It will be organized to
celebrate and open the first physical conference in Toronto in two years. Web
Summit co-founder and CEO Paddy Cosgrave will be hosting Opening Night on
Monday, June 20, in the Enercare Centre.
Ø Collision After Dark: Collision will be
directing thousands of attendees to the best spots around Toronto. After 5 pm,
attendees will get the chance to experience the city of Toronto and network in
some of its coolest bars and restaurants.
Ø Venture: Collision will host Venture – an
invite-only event bringing together the world's leading VCs, LPs, and angel
investors – in Toronto on June 20. Bedrock's Geoff Lewis, Mosaic Ventures'
Benedict Evans, and Scribble Venture's Elizabeth Weil will attend, among many
others.
Top Canadian speakers:
1password CEO Jeff Shiner; City of Toronto
mayor John Tory; Canada's minister of innovation, science, and industry,
François-Philippe Champagne; author Margaret Atwood; Clearco co-founder Michele
Romanow; and former MKO Grand Chief (and member of Bunibonibee Cree Nation)
Sheila North
Most promising Canadian startups to
watch at Collision
1.
Xandar Kardian
2.
Flybits
3.
Qohash
4.
Distributed Compute Labs
5.
Tengiva
6.
ShopThing
7.
Maple
8.
Connect&GO
9.
MixMob
10.
Alpha Insights
11.
Kambeo
12.
Private AI
13.
GoTo Loans
14.
SkyX
About Collision
Collision – North America's fastest-growing
technology event – moved online for two years. Making the pivot to host
thousands of attendees online was referred to by the Sunday Times as a "pretty
big experiment."
Now, Collision is returning in person to
host the largest international event in Toronto in more than two years, with 33,000-plus
attendees anticipated at Collision in the Enercare Centre from June 20-23,
2022.
About Web Summit
Forbes says Web Summit is "the best
tech conference on the planet." Bloomberg calls it "Davos for geeks";
Politico "the Olympics of tech"; the Guardian "Glastonbury for geeks."
In the words of Sky News, Web Summit is "the
world's most influential tech event," and the Telegraph calls it the "planet's
best tech conference."
To know more about the event, visit the Collision
YouTube channel here.
To see the Collision speaker lineup, click
here