CUTC 2026 — Transform Montréal

What is CUTC?

Founded at the University of Waterloo in 1999, the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference has grown into one of Canada’s longest-running student-led technology communities.

CUTC relaunched in 2025. Since November we’ve run events across Canada and reached more than 3,500 students.

Today we reach students through conferences, hackathons, workshops and community events hosted in Waterloo, Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver and St. John’s.

3,500+ STUDENTS REACHED
1999 FOUNDED AT WATERLOO
5 CITIES ACROSS CANADA
20+ SPEAKERS THIS SEASON

Meet the speakers

Over twenty founders, builders, and creatives for the 2026 season!

Andrew D'Souza Founder and CEO, Boardy
Elisa Chu Product Manager, Deloitte
Iris Guo ML Product Manager, Zynga
Johnny Libenzon Product Manager, Unyte Health
Matt Espinoza Co-founder, Clover Labs
Nimrah Umar Data & AI Strategy Lead, Interac
Jonathan Murray Co-founder, Backboard.io
Roger Kirkness CEO & Co-Founder, Convictional
Sahas Chopra Content Creator and Founder, Squid Media
Shane Barakat Co-founder, Polarity
Taylor Young Chief Strategy Officer, CoLab Software
Ashwin Balu Principal Canada Leader, IBM
Ben Gigone Co-founder, Chexy
Eleni Belete Manager, Startup Ecosystem Canada
Jack Price Growth, Chatbase
Jason B Ramsay Founder, Nodalli
Katrin Barilo Product Manager, Totango
Kazzy Khazaal Co-founder and CEO, Dreamwell AI
Shalini Mohan Product Manager, Digital Health, Loblaw Digital
Sultan Akif Startups Account Executive, Microsoft
Wendy Foster Principal Data Scientist, Disco

The 2026 season

Transform Montréal
MONTRÉAL, QC · OCTOBER 3, 2026

The season closes in Montréal with keynotes, workshops, startup showcases and a full afternoon of recruiting.
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Connect & Create: Intern Picnic
CORONATION PARK, TORONTO · AUGUST 29, 2026

An end-of-summer social at Coronation Park bringing together interns, students, builders and young professionals from across Toronto: snacks, board games, spikeball, a giant game of hide and seek, and plenty of time to actually meet people.
CUTC: Transform Hackathon
VIRTUAL · AUGUST 8 – 15, 2026

A week-long virtual hackathon open to everyone, at every skill level. Teams of up to four competed across five tracks: media, apps, workflows, hardware and design. Mentors were on hand around the clock and speaker sessions ran all week.
Transform Toronto
TORONTO, ON · SPRING 2026

A full day of keynotes, panels and recruiting that brought students together with founders and operators from across Canadian tech.
Codescape
WATERLOO · MARCH 21, 2026

A one-day AI-powered competition in Waterloo where teams solve digital puzzles using prompt engineering to unlock real-world campus challenges in a fast-paced scavenger hunt experience.
AI Unlocked
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY · FEBRUARY 25, 2026

A one-day AI workshop and networking event at Queen's University that brings together students and industry leaders to explore practical, real-world applications of AI tools across disciplines.
Hello, AI :)
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY · JANUARY 31, 2026

A one-day, hands-on AI workshop at Ontario Tech University where students actively explore real-world AI tools and applications through guided, beginner-friendly sessions designed to build practical skills and confidence.
Codemas
VIRTUAL · DECEMBER 24, 2025 – JANUARY 3, 2026

A virtual coding challenge where participants tracked their coding time through WakaTime to earn tokens, with ML/AI projects receiving bonus tokens. These tokens could be redeemed for prizes in an online shop.
CUTC x Caffeine.ai
SHOPIFY TORONTO · NOVEMBER 22, 2025

A one-day prompthathon hosted at Shopify Toronto where participants build and demo AI-generated apps using Caffeine.ai’s conversational vibecoding platform, learning prompt engineering and rapid prototyping through hands-on workshops and team challenges.