The Indigenous Tech Circle is hosting its first Indigenous Tech Conference, January 20 & 21 at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel.
The inaugural event will bring together more than 250 Indigenous founders, tech professionals, investors, community partners, allies, and policymakers, making it Canada’s largest gathering dedicated to Indigenous people in tech.
ITC hopes to highlight the work already being done by Indigenous innovators in Canadian tech and spur greater collaboration and knowledge-sharing across the ecosystem. ITC intends to make the event into its annual, flagship gathering.
Next week’s conference will feature panels on data sovereignty and AI, workshops on effective public relations and investment readiness, founder showcases, and a reveal of the finalists for the Indigenous Venture Challenge, a separate, $50,000 initiative designed to connect Indigenous tech startups to investors.
The inaugural event will also focus on examining how Indigenous people are carving their own pathways in tech, how Indigenous-owned tech companies are being built, financed, and scaled, and how new technologies can increase economic sovereignty in First Nations Communities.
More information on the two day conference can be found here
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