CUTC 2026: Transform - Toronto
CUTC Toronto 2026: TRANSFORM
Canada's Largest Undergraduate Tech Conference — May 23, Toronto
🎟️ Toronto (May 23) → luma.com/cutc26tor
🎟️ Montreal (May 30) → luma.com/cutc26mtl
You've been to conferences. You haven't been to CUTC.
Founded in 1999, the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference is Canada's largest undergraduate tech conference. And it's nothing like the events you've sat through before.
This isn't sit-in-a-seat, stare-at-slides, leave-with-a-lanyard.
CUTC is where 500+ of the most ambitious students, builders, creators, and future founders in Canada collide for a single day of high-energy talks, real conversations, hands-on collaboration. And at least one surprise experience you won't see coming 👀
Ideas turn into projects here. Strangers turn into collaborators. Inspiration turns into action.
May 23. Toronto. Be there.
🎟️ GET YOUR TICKET → luma.com/cutc26tor
⚡ Theme: TRANSFORM
We're living through the most significant technological transformation of our generation.
CUTC 2026 is built around three questions:
→ How is AI reshaping every industry, right now, in real time? → Who is building what comes next and how did they get there? → How do you evolve from learner → builder → leader?
The word "transformer" isn't just an AI architecture. It's a mindset. Come ready to be changed.
🏛️ About CUTC
25 years. Canada's largest. Student-run. Non-profit.
CUTC was founded in 1999 by a group of students who believed that the best opportunities shouldn't be gatekept by geography, pedigree, or price. That belief hasn't changed.
Our alumni are now founders of venture-backed startups, PMs at major tech companies, engineers building the tools you use every day, and investors shaping Canada's tech ecosystem. Past speakers have included Chamath Palihapitiya, Mike Lazaridis (founder of BlackBerry), and Michael Katchen (founder of Wealthsimple).
When you attend CUTC, you join that legacy.
🎁 What's Included With Your Ticket
Full-day access at Chrysalis, Toronto Metropolitan University
Breakfast, lunch, and snacks
World-class speakers and panels across AI, entrepreneurship, product, and more
Sponsor booths and interactive activities with companies actively hiring
Structured and organic networking with 500+ driven students and industry leaders
Real job and internship opportunities with top tech companies
Exclusive virtual speaker series May 24–29 — accessible to all ticket holders
One surprise experience nobody sees coming 👀
Access to CUTC's 25+ year alumni community
🚀 What Makes CUTC Different
Most conferences are passive. You sit, you listen, you scroll, you leave.
CUTC is built to pull you in:
Talks that feel like real conversations, not rehearsed keynotes
Sessions where you actually build, create, and collaborate
Energy and movement woven throughout the entire day
Sponsor booths with companies who are here to hire you, not just collect resumes
Food included so you never have to leave the experience to grab a bite
A community that outlasts the event itself
The people you meet on May 23 might be your future co-founders, collaborators, or first hires. That's not marketing copy. That's what actually happens here.
🌐 CUTC Is Bigger Than One Day
CUTC 2026 is a nationwide + digital experience:
🇨🇦 Toronto — May 23 | Chrysalis, TMU | 500 attendees | luma.com/cutc26tor
🇨🇦 Montreal — May 30 | Jean-Brillant Pavilion, UdeM | 500 attendees | luma.com/cutc26mtl
🌎 Virtual Hackathon — May 23–30 | 1,000+ builders worldwide | Free to join
And it doesn't stop when the day ends.
Every ticket holder (Toronto AND Montreal) gets exclusive access to a curated virtual speaker series running May 24–29. A lineup you won't find anywhere else, bridging the gap between both cities. Think of it as CUTC week.
🎤 Speakers
Learn from people who are actively building at the forefront of tech, not talking about it from the sidelines.
🏙️ Toronto (May 23)
Andrew D'Souza — Founder & CEO, Boardy
Roger Kirkness — CEO, Convictional
Rob Imbeault — Co-founder & CEO, Backboard.io
Jack Price — Growth, Chatbase
Tobin Tang — Polymarket
Anson Lin — Growth, Stan
Shane Barakat — Co-founder, Polarity
Matt Espinoza — Co-founder, Clover Labs
Taylor Young — Chief Strategy Officer, CoLab Software
Iris Guo — ML Product Manager, Zynga
Nimrah Umar — Data & AI Strategy Lead, Interac
Sahas Chopra — Content Creator
IBM (speaker TBA)
Johnny Libenzon (Loblaw Digital)
Elisa Chu (Deloitte)
Wendy Foster (Disco)
Shalini Mohan (Loblaw Digital)
Katrin Barilo (Totango)
🏙️ Montreal (May 30)
Harley Finkelstein — President, Shopify
Jonathan Murray — Co-founder, Backboard.io
Sai Surisetti — Co-founder, Kaaro
Yassin Hafid — Founder, yAI
Yacine Mahdid — Founder, Axya
Stefania Pecore — AI Ethics Expert, UNESCO
Spur (speaker TBA)
IBM (speaker TBA)
... and more to come
🌐 Virtual Speaker Series (May 24–29) — All Ticket Holders
Sara Du — Founder, Ando
Daryna Kulya — Founder, Quo
+ more to be announced
More speakers announced weekly. Follow us to stay updated.
🤝 Sponsors
Backed by the companies shaping the future of tech:
Shopify · CoLab Software · Rocket Innovation Studio · Blinq · Base44 · Startup Ecosystem Canada · Leopard AI · Framer · Exa
+ more sponsors being announced
📅 Schedule
Find the full schedule here: https://www.cutc.ca/#section-schedule
📊 By the Numbers
25+ years running Canada's largest undergraduate tech conference
1,000+ attendees across Toronto, Montreal, and the virtual hackathon
2 cities — Toronto (May 23) and Montreal (May 30)
$30 — one of the most affordable full-day tech conference tickets in Canada
1 day that could genuinely change your trajectory
❓ FAQ
Check it out here
🙋 Still Have Questions?
Reach out to us at [email protected] and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn for weekly speaker and schedule announcements.
This isn't something you just attend. It's something you step into.
Spots are limited to 500 in each city. Don't wait.
🎟️ Toronto → luma.com/cutc26tor
🎟️ Montreal → luma.com/cutc26mtl