{"id":57063,"date":"2026-05-23T01:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/57063\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:22:08","slug":"how-toronto-tech-week-became-canadas-largest-grassroots-tech-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/57063\/","title":{"rendered":"How Toronto Tech Week became Canada\u2019s largest grassroots tech event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Co-directors Julia Konefal and Mell Truong explain how TTW went from experiment to 600 events in just two years.<\/p>\n

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Last year, with Collision moving to Vancouve<\/a>r under a new name, a bunch of Toronto tech leaders got together and said, \u2018Why not us?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could start your day paddleboarding on Lake Ontario, then you could go to a workout class, then you could go to a session on what VCs want to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n

Julia Konefal
Toronto Tech Week<\/p>\n

And thus Toronto Tech Week was born, a city-wide get-together in the middle of June that somehow welcomed 15,000 attendees to over 300 events\u2014making it Canada\u2019s largest grassroots tech event.<\/p>\n

Toronto Tech Week is back, and with nearly 600 events (150 more than when we recorded this episode!) welcoming people from around the world set to begin Monday, this year\u2019s Toronto Tech Week promises to be much bigger and bolder.<\/p>\n

But which Toronto Tech Week events should you attend? How do you find your tribe amongst the thronging masses? Most importantly, should you wear comfy shoes?<\/p>\n

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To answer those questions, we have Toronto Tech Week 2026 co-directors Julia Konefal and Mell Truong, who also speak to the vision for the decentralized event platform and how it has grown and changed in its second year.<\/p>\n

So, are you going to Toronto Tech Week?<\/p>\n

PRESENTED BY<\/p>\n

\"Clio<\/a><\/p>\n

Clio is proud to present The BetaKit Guide to Toronto Tech Week.<\/p>\n

This guide is your ultimate shortcut to navigating all 500 events, from panels, mixers, and competitions, taking place across the city from May 25th to 29th.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out, visit The BetaKit Guide: Toronto Tech Week<\/a> now.<\/p>\n

Recorded and edited by\u00a0Toronto Podcasts<\/a>. BetaKit is a Toronto Tech Week media partner. Feature image courtesy Toronto Tech Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Co-directors Julia Konefal and Mell Truong explain how TTW went from experiment to 600 events in just two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[414,94,48,11780],"class_list":["post-57063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-events","tag-ontario","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-tech-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}