Elevate Festival

Inaugural Feminist Creator Prize Winners Announced

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Friday, March 8, 2024
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TORONTO, March 8, 2024 /CNW/ - The Canadian Women's Foundation has announced the winners of their first ever Feminist Creator Prize .

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  • TORONTO, March 8, 2024 /CNW/ - The Canadian Women's Foundation has announced the winners of their first ever Feminist Creator Prize .
  • The Feminist Creator Prize , the only award of its kind in Canada, acknowledges, encourages, and supports diverse feminist creators who bolster feminist voices and challenge pervasive gendered digital hate and abuse.
  • Learn more about the Feminist Creator Prize and gendered digital hate, harassment, and violence in Canada .
  • The Canadian Women's Foundation's Feminist Creator Prize is sponsored by The Philanthropist Journal, Citizen Relations, and Brown & Cohen Communications & Public Affairs Inc. and supported by Elevate Festival.

TD Lab launches accessibility tool for public use at no cost to help drive inclusive online experiences

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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Piloted in early 2023 for TD colleagues, the TD Accessibility Adapter tool allows users to implement their online accessibility preferences.

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  • Piloted in early 2023 for TD colleagues, the TD Accessibility Adapter tool allows users to implement their online accessibility preferences.
  • TORONTO, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - At the opening night of the 2023 Elevate Festival , TD Bank Group (TD) (TSX: TD) announced the Canadian and American launch of its accessibility browser plug-in, TD Accessibility Adapter, to the public at no cost.
  • We hope that by offering this tool in the public domain, we can support communities and organizations outside of the Bank to drive further inclusion in their online experiences."
  • The internal launch of the TD Accessibility Adapter provided all TD colleagues – regardless of their disability self-identification – a tool to help customize their online accessibility preferences.

Deep Genomics to Present at the 2023 Elevate Festival

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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Deep Genomics, a leading AI drug development company focused on decoding biology to program life-changing medicines, announced today that its founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Brendan Frey, Ph.D., F.R.S.C., will present at the 2023 Elevate Festival in Toronto on Tuesday, September 26, 2022, at 6:35 PM EST.

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  • Deep Genomics, a leading AI drug development company focused on decoding biology to program life-changing medicines, announced today that its founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Brendan Frey, Ph.D., F.R.S.C., will present at the 2023 Elevate Festival in Toronto on Tuesday, September 26, 2022, at 6:35 PM EST.
  • Brendan’s remarks, titled Beacons of Hope: AI in Medicine will highlight recent advances in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deep learning for drug discovery.
  • The past three years have seen major breakthroughs in AI technology, showing promise for advances in the life sciences.
  • Accurate predictions can now be made on how the genetics of patients can negatively alter gene expression and how molecules can provide therapeutic benefits.

MaRS teams up with Elevate to showcase innovators in sustainability and AI at the 2023 Festival

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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In 2023, Elevate Festival continues to bring top tech leaders and luminaries to its stages, inspiring an audience of 10,000+ entrepreneurs, investors, startups, media, policy makers and innovators.

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  • In 2023, Elevate Festival continues to bring top tech leaders and luminaries to its stages, inspiring an audience of 10,000+ entrepreneurs, investors, startups, media, policy makers and innovators.
  • "We're thrilled to be working with MaRS to shine a spotlight on Canadian innovators who are tackling some of today's biggest challenges," says Lisa Zarzeczny, Co-Founder and CEO of Elevate.
  • "MaRS is doing incredible work to create opportunities for Canadian startups and scaleups, and we're proud to be working alongside them."
  • Elevate Festival will tackle 11 content tracks this year including AI, future societies, cybersecurity, as well as the latest trends in gaming, fintech, and the future of work.

Revenant Systems Inc. Unveils Essential New App "ADAM" For All-Life Digital Asset Management

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Monday, September 18, 2023
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WINNIPEG, MB, Sept. 18, 2023 /CNW/ - Revenant Systems Inc., a Canadian based tech company that pioneers innovative solutions for consumer and enterprise needs, proudly announces the launch of the groundbreaking new app, ADAM (All-life Digital Asset Manager).

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  • WINNIPEG, MB, Sept. 18, 2023 /CNW/ - Revenant Systems Inc., a Canadian based tech company that pioneers innovative solutions for consumer and enterprise needs, proudly announces the launch of the groundbreaking new app, ADAM (All-life Digital Asset Manager).
  • "Our team is excited to introduce the Executor Key and Release Timer method, which will secure digital assets and preserve them for posterity.
  • Once the app is downloaded, users can begin adding assets to folders that can be updated at any time.
  • As society advances further into the digital age, a gap has emerged in the legacy and estate planning sector.

Interac, Elevate announce three-year sponsorship to advance innovation for all Canadians

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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"Through our three-year sponsorship with Elevate, we are helping bring together creators and innovators to share their knowledge and insights to promote more inclusive digital solutions for all Canadians."

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  • "Through our three-year sponsorship with Elevate, we are helping bring together creators and innovators to share their knowledge and insights to promote more inclusive digital solutions for all Canadians."
  • The partnership will kick-off at Elevate Festival with the NFT Art Gallery .
  • This shift inspired Elevate to launch net-new programming that provides underrepresented creators with the tools they need to harness these opportunities.
  • We're eager to continue advancing inclusive innovation across Canada through partnerships like this, increasing access to programming, mentorship, and more."

Shape Immersive CEO James Basnett and Co-Founder Dan Burgar to Represent Alpha Metaverse as Featured Speakers at the Global Metaverse Forum, the Elevate Festival, Helsinki Opera Beyond, TechBBQ 2022, and The Economist Metaverse Summit 2022

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022
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Alpha will use these thought leadership opportunities to continue to promote the metaverse industry and provide thought leadership on a global basis.

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  • Alpha will use these thought leadership opportunities to continue to promote the metaverse industry and provide thought leadership on a global basis.
  • Shape Immersive CEO, James Basnett will represent Shape as a featured speaker at the Global Metaverse Forum, held on September 1st and 2nd, 2022.
  • Dan Burgar, Co-founder of Shape, will represent Shape as a featured speaker at Elevate Festival in Toronto, Ontario from September 20, 2022 to September 23, 2022.
  • Dan Burgar, Co-founder of Shape, will be speaking at Opera Beyond Conference, a conference in Helsinki, Finland, from September 13to 14, 2022.

Andre De Grasse, Michele Romanow, George Sully, and others join the 2022 Elevate Festival

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022
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- Elevate Festival returns to Toronto September 20 - 22, 2022, uniting leading voices in technology and arts across three stages and a number of content themes -

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  • - Elevate Festival returns to Toronto September 20 - 22, 2022, uniting leading voices in technology and arts across three stages and a number of content themes -
    - Media accreditation is now open.
  • As people from around the world and across industries reunite, Elevate Festival will bring a surge of electricity to the heart of Toronto," says Co-Founder and CEO of Elevate, Lisa Zarzeczny.
  • "Beyond a singular tech focus, Elevate Festival reimagines the well-known conference format by fusing the high-energy of an arts festival, presenting the best of both worlds.
  • This year's festival will also see collaboration with BetaKit, Corporate Knights, and TechTO as Programming partners across a number of festival stages.

Venus Williams to headline 2022 Elevate Festival with more speakers to come

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Friday, April 22, 2022
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- Elevate Festival returns to Toronto September 20 - 22, 2022 for a three-day technology and arts festival.

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  • - Elevate Festival returns to Toronto September 20 - 22, 2022 for a three-day technology and arts festival.
  • At this year's Elevate Festival, we'll finally honour the progress we've achieved while celebrating where the industry is headed.
  • "We are proud to be hosting Elevate Festival here in Toronto once again," said Mayor John Tory.
  • This year's Festival will also see collaboration with Betakit, Corporate Knights, and TechTO as Programming partners across a number of festival stages.

Elevate Proudly Announces Promotion of Cofounder Lisa Zarzeczny to CEO

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
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"It's critical that innovative solutions are designed to reflect the values, needs, and beliefs of our diverse communities," says Zarzeczny.

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  • "It's critical that innovative solutions are designed to reflect the values, needs, and beliefs of our diverse communities," says Zarzeczny.
  • Zarzeczny will continue to oversee the direction of the organization as well as the execution of Elevate's core programs:
    "Lisa intimately understands the vision and mission of Elevate," says Razor Suleman, Cofounder and Chair of Elevate.
  • Prior to helping launch Elevate, Zarzeczny worked at MaRS Discovery District, one of the world's largest urban innovation hubs.
  • In partnership with the United Nations, Elevate offers year-round tech, innovation and sustainability programs via the Elevate Exchange.