Toronto Life – December 2018

In late September, the second annual edi-

tion of the Elevate tech and innovation

festival welcomed more than 10,000 guests

and 300 speakers, including former U.S.

vice-president Al Gore, Bumble founder

and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd, former

Google CEO and Alphabet chair Eric

Schmidt, musician Wyclef Jean and BNN

Bloomberg’s Amanda Lang. Elevate hosted

13 unique tracks focused on the gamut of

au-courant topics—including artificial

intelligence, cannabis and digital trans-

formation. In addition to the mainstage

speakers and various satellite sessions,

festival-goers enjoyed a raucous night of

parties, meet-ups and musical perfor-

mances at Elevate King West, which took

over some of the strip’s best bars and

restaurants—including Baro, home to

Capital One House, and Patria, where

Toronto Life hosted the Elevate Creators

after-party. Festival organizers also

announced next year’s theme: Moonshots

will feature astronaut and award-winning

author Chris Hadfield. The third edition

of the festival will take place September

23 to 27, 2019.

Inside Canada’s

Tech Week

Icons, ideas and parties at the

second annual Elevate festival

AL GORE ON THE ELEVATE MAIN STAGE

ELEVATE FOUNDERS JOIN FEDERAL MINISTER NAVDEEP BAINS AND SHOPIFY CEO TOBI LÜTKE TO OPEN THE TSX

TORONTO LIFE CREATORS PARTY

ELEVATE CEO RAZOR SULEMAN AND WHITNEY WOLFE HERD

AMANDA LANG IN CONVERSATION WITH ERIC SCHMIDT MUSICIAN AND ACTIVIST WYCLEF JEAN

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