Start Something Summit
.svg)
June 5, 2026
12:00 pm—4:00 pm
KPMG Stage
Hosted by:
Start Something Summit brings together the top teams from the Hunter Hub's Business Playbook, Launchpad, Evolve to Innovate (e2i), and Map the System programs. It’s where ideas move beyond the UCalgary campus and into the spotlight. Part live competition, part innovation showcase, part community gathering — this is where Calgary’s next wave of changemakers step forward. Experience the energy of the Hunter Hub live and watch as the top two innovators from each program go head-to-head for a share of $40,000 in prizes.
Start Something Summit brings together the top teams from the Hunter Hub's Business Playbook, Launchpad, Evolve to Innovate (e2i), and Map the System programs. It’s where ideas move beyond the UCalgary campus and into the spotlight.
Part live competition, part innovation showcase, part community gathering — this is where Calgary’s next wave of changemakers step forward. Experience the energy of the Hunter Hub live and watch as the top two innovators from each program go head-to-head for a share of $40,000 in prizes.
407 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 2K7
Explore more events
The Last Drop: An Innovation Sprint Hosted by TalentED & XPRIZE Canada Hub
Join us for a free, one day innovation sprint for youth aged 18-24. Participants will team up and solve a real industry challenge.
Beakernight (18+) at Petri Dish by Beakerhead
Beakerhead’s after-hours party for curious adults, powered by ATB. Experiences light up in the dark with a digital immersion video rave, robot combat, medieval armoured combat, live music, a Fire vs. Ice science showdown and a pianist whose brain activity
Petri Dish by Beakerhead: Weekend at TELUS Spark
Two days where science, engineering, art and tech get mashed together at TELUS Spark. Watch robots battle on the Kilobots arena, design a microorganism, build a communal human statue, meet people with wonderfully curious careers, and catch live shows all w
Land Acknowledgement
We honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. We respect all Nations who live, work, play, innovate and build things on this land, and in so doing honour and celebrate the territory.