Let’s try to keep up everyone. This City of Toronto release has news for you.
North America’s fastest-growing technology conference opened in Toronto Monday and is running until May 23 at the Enercare Centre at Exhibition Place. This is the first time that the conference is being held outside of the US.
The City of Toronto partnered with Tourism Toronto and Exhibition Place to bring this sought-after conference to Toronto and will host Collision for three consecutive years starting this year.
Collision brings together the people and companies that are redefining the global technology industry. More than 25,000 attendees, including 3,750 CEOs and 750 journalists, from 120 countries are anticipated to attend. The conference is part of a series of technology conferences that include Web Summit in Europe and RISE in Hong Kong.
The event includes 14 standalone conferences that focus on industry tracks including marketing, design, coding, robotics, SaaS, big data and more, curated roundtables and workshops, and networking events. More information about Collision is available at https://collisionconf.com/.
By hosting this conference Toronto aims to:
• Attract foreign direct investment to Canada in the form of company expansions and relocations
• Promote international trade and partnerships with Canadian companies
• Entice venture capitalist investment in Canadian companies
• Promote the Toronto and Canadian innovation ecosystems.