Toronto Tech Week with Mell Truong and Satish Kanwar

Toronto Tech Week with Mell Truong and Satish Kanwar

Author: Evan McCann June 4, 2025 Duration: 28:55

Toronto Tech Week with Mell Truong and Satish Kanwar.


Toronto Tech Week is a weeklong citywide collection of events with a shared purpose to connect and celebrate builders, startups, and companies in the tech community.

This is not a traditional conference – it’s an open platform for anyone to join or host events to globally showcase Toronto as a city where anything is possible.


Toronto Tech Week is June 23 to 27, and I will see you there!


Takeaways

- The Purpose of Toronto Tech Week

- Decentralization and Community Engagement

- Homecoming: The Main Stage Event

- The Origins of TTW

- By Toronto For Toronto

- Expected Outcomes and Impact

- The Current State of Toronto's Tech Scene

- Building Community and Energy

- Accessibility and Flexibility of Events

- Exciting Events to Look Forward To


Chapters

00:00 The Purpose of Toronto Tech Week

03:05 Decentralization and Community Engagement

05:57 Homecoming: The Main Stage Event

09:07 The Origins of Toronto Tech Week

11:49 Expected Outcomes and Impact

14:49 The Current State of Toronto's Tech Scene

18:01 Building Community and Energy

21:11 Accessibility and Flexibility of Events

23:51 Exciting Events to Look Forward To

26:52 Final Thoughts and Call to Action


Keywords

Toronto Tech Week, community engagement, decentralized events, innovation, tech ecosystem, Homecoming, networking, accessibility, local tech scene, event planning


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