The Event
Liftoff marks our official entry into the YEG ecosystem. This inaugural gathering is designed to bring together the city’s most influential minds - from executives and policy practitioners to academia and tech workers - to establish a foundation for the work ahead.

Connect: Engage with the leaders and builders defining Edmonton’s technological trajectory.
Collaborate: Bridge the gap between frontier research and industry-leading application.
Commence: Help us inaugurate a new chapter of high-level discourse in the most innovative city in the North.

Connect: Meet the people building Edmonton’s tech future.
Collab: Find your next co-founder, mentor, or passion project.
Celebrate: Help us kick off a new chapter in the most innovative city in the North.

Why Edmonton?
Edmonton is home to the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) and is recognized as a top-tier North American research hub; our city is the forge where the next generation of intelligence is being designed. As Alberta's capital, Edmonton serves as the vital intersection where policy meets progress. This unique concentration of power and intellect makes it the ideal landscape to lay a foundation for enduring partnerships between academia, government, civil society, and business, ensuring that the future of AI is built through a truly collective lens.

Let’s build what’s next, together.

Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!

The AI Collective is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI age. We unite 150,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders across 100+ forums worldwide to democratize the frontier, build trust, and coordinate how society navigates the rapid acceleration of technological progress.

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