"The Olympics of tech" - Politico
Thank you, Toronto. It’s been an incredible 6 years.
Join us at
@WebSummit
Vancouver in May 2025 🇨🇦
#linkinbio
for info
Postponing a 30,000 person tech conference with attendees from 125 countries because of
#COVID
ー19 & running it online instead is the socially responsible thing to do😷
So that's what we're doing: Meet Collision from Home
"The most amazing thing about it, song-wise, is that it’s given artists and different people a chance [who] wouldn’t usually have a chance within the music industry." 🎶
@LiamPayne
at
#CollisionConf
this afternoon discussing what he finds so unique and exciting about TikTok👇
A job less ordinary 😉
She co-founded
@deciem
at 24 💪Seven years on, she's taken the reins of one of the best-loved cult beauty brands 🤩See Nicola Kilner onstage at
#CollisionConf
in June 👉
Collision will sell out early – about a week ahead of opening night in Toronto.
It's going to be our biggest yet – with 40 percent more attendees than 2019 😱
Here's how we got here (and what it means for attendees)👇
"The idea of people being able to show their real self, how authentic they are, and just being relatable at all times."
At
#CollisionConf
,
@tiktok_us
CMO Nick Tran discusses what has made the app such a popular social media platform in the short time since its been released 📈
Two Grammy nominations 😱
2.5 billion streams on Spotify 🎵
346 million streams on YouTube 💪
We couldn’t be more excited to welcome producer, DJ and entrepreneur
@steveaoki
to speak at
#CollisionConf
this year ✨
More here 👉
Five-time tennis Grand Slam winner
@MariaSharapova
discussing her transition from the tennis court to the business world, and what makes her excited about investing in companies like Therabody 🎾👇
#CollisionConf
“The first piece of advice that I give entrepreneurs in the crypto space is … don’t incorporate in the United States.” 👀
@Ripple
CEO
@bgarlinghouse
joined us last week to discuss the future of crypto and what guidelines are needed to make this industry safer for investors 💰
"Here I'm treated like a foreigner & there I'm treated like a foreigner, so where do I really belong? And there is a really interesting complex, and that is 'the immigrant experience'." –
@NBA
star
@JLin7
on representation & social justice. Hear what he had to say👇
#CollisionConf
The stats are in and
#CollisionConf
2019 is our biggest yet ✨
We are so excited to welcome 25,711 attendees from 125 countries to Collision this year 🙌
"It’s the strength of being able to say 'we need to disrupt ourselves' to increase shareholder value and thrive" -
@danielsaks
of
@AppDirect
We couldn't have said it better ourselves 🔥Counting down to
#CollisionConf
2020 💫
Get your 2 for 1 code ➡️
This week on the
#CollisionConf
blog...💫
Looking to get the word out about your startup? 🔊
Take a look at what our past speakers have to say about getting your company noticed 🔥
'We know that diversity and resilience go together, we are putting in specific investments for women entrepreneurs and we know that that is the way ways to boost our output' 💪
Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
at
#CollisionConf
speaking about efforts to close the gender pay gap!
Times may be uncertain, but one thing remains true. There’s a simple power in people coming together. That’s why we’re launching Collision from Home 🌐
Join us – wherever you are in the world 🌍
'As long as I know that I love what I do, I can put 100% of my effort and work effort into it' 🙌
@steveaoki
speaking about work ethic and staying motivated on Centre Stage at
#CollisionConf
this morning ✨
📣📣📣
The lineup for
#CollisionConf
has just dropped
Join 600+ CEOs, founders, creators, journalists, decision makers, innovators, investors and more at “the Olympics of tech” next month 📱💻
25,711 attendees 👫
100 countries 🌍
700+ speakers 🎤
1,100 startups 💡
✨
#Collision2020
will be even bigger. We’ll welcome over 30,000 people for 3 days next June 🙌
✨
Check out the official trailer 🔥👇
Money makes the world go round 🌍We'll meet the man making money go around the world at
#CollisionConf
2020 💪
Hear from CTO of
@PayPal
Sri Shivananda onstage in June 🔥Prices increase on March 5 👉
Learn about the tech powering the world's top athletes from five-time Grand Slam winner
@MariaSharapova
and the founder and chief wellness officer of
@therabody
,
@DrJasonWersland
.
Join
#CollisionConf
for a session that examines the evolution of the tech and wellness industries
"...You're looking at two-times the Great Recession in perpetuity.”
Former US presidential candidate
@AndrewYang
predicting the economic recession that will follow Covid-19, with almost 39 million unemployment claims in the US over the past number of months.
Next week, we will welcome 1,000+ startups from all around the globe to
#CollisionfromHome
🌍
Here are the top 10 that investors want to meet during the event, representing countries from Belgium and Brazil to, of course, Canada 👇
📢Calling all "freaks and geeks" 📢
✨
Actor, writer, comedian, producer and director 💪
@Sethrogen
will speak on Centre Stage at
#CollisionConf
with
@karanw
, the Managing Partner of
@casaverdecap
about Seth’s new cannabis venture, Houseplant 🙌🔥
Founders, CEOs, investors, researchers, politicians, journalists, and industry leaders ✨
We are proud to announce that our first 50 speakers joining us online at
#CollisionfromHome
include some of the world’s most influential women 💪
#CollisionConf
2022 is officially sold out, with just over 5 days to go to the event 🙌
This year is set to be our biggest yet, with 40% more tickets sold than in 2019!
We’re so excited to welcome more than 35,000 attendees from 140+ countries to “the Olympics of tech” 🎉
Hear from
@ParisHilton
live at
#CollisionfromHome
on next week 😱
The investor, reality star and heiress will be talking about her life, career and plans for the future.
The excitement is REAL! 🙌
Add her talk to your schedule 👉
“To open a business in Africa, all you need is a plane ticket and a plan” 💪
Global artist & Akoin chairman & co-founder
@Akon
on Q&A today at
#CollisionConf
✨
“The power of their voices rests in their status as citizens of the world.”
#Collisionconf
speaker and Spotify chief content officer Dawn Ostroff addressing the news that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will produce and host podcasts for the platform.
Very excited to announce that 45.7% of attendees at Collision 2019 are female 💪This is up from 42.5% in 2018 😱
Very excited to kick off day one of
#CollisionConf
✨
From A Simple Life to business mogul, and so much more in between... We’re excited to welcome socialite, heiress and businesswoman
@ParisHilton
to
#CollisionfromHome
this June 🔥
First 50 speakers for
#CollisionFromHome
will be announced in a few hours
50 WOMEN
50 incredible entrepreneurs, doctors, politicians, regulators, journalists, CEOs, investors & more
Plus the mayor of the most cosmopolitan city in the world: TORONTO🇨🇦
The results are in 📬
✨
These are the top ten startups that investors want to meet at
#CollisionConf
this year 🇨🇦💼
✨
If you don't know their names, you will soon...👀📈➡️
“This is an amazing city. It’s huge and it’s growing and tech is booming and people are going to find out about that over the next four days.” ✨
Proud to have
#Toronto
as
#CollisionConf
's host city ✨ Read more via
@globalnews
👇
"I've heard so many people say over the last year, say, 'It's ok to not be ok'. And I keep hearing that over and over and over. And it's such a good thing for people to hear.." – David Beckham in conversation with
@UNICEF
's president
@unicefchief
at
#CollisionConf
👏
🇨🇦
@SeanFraserMP
, Canada's minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, had a very exciting announcement for tech entrepreneurs and enthusiasts this morning on Centre Stage...
Former Head of Security at
@facebook
, Alex Stamos will be joining us at
#CollisionConf
in May ✨🌐 He is currently working to improve the security and safety of the Internet through his teaching and research at
@Stanford
🙌
We’ve been dubbed ‘Coachella for geeks’ and ‘TIFF for Tech’ 💪
We want to know if you can do better! There are two
#CollisionConf
tickets up for grabs for the person who comes up with the best tagline for Collision ✨
Comment your suggestion below 👇
"Our brand is sassy people ripping apart technologists, then going to a party with them." 💁
Excited to welcome
@Recode
's Editor at Large,
@karaswisher
to
#CollisionConf
this May 👸✨🙌
'The kind of things people are looking for in a world of uncertainty, Canada is providing and continuing to build on' 🙌
Canada's Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
speaking about investing in Canada at Opening Night of
#CollisionConf
“In this divided climate...water’s a good way for us to find common ground.”💧
Actor
@MarkRuffalo
joined two US lawmakers this week to announce the introduction of legislation increasing regulations on chemicals. Mark will speak at Collision 2021 👏
'Everything in life is gonna go up. You're gonna have high time and low time. The fact that blockchain is dropping means there's a reason it's happening. It's part of the economy.' 📈
Words of wisdom from founder of Akoin
@Akon
on MoneyConf today at
#CollisionConf
✨
'In music it's not like you have the fear of asking, because in the music industry you have to almost earn that right to ask' 💪
Global artist & Akoin chairman
@Akon
on Centre Stage at
#CollisionConf
this afternoon 🙌
David Beckham and Henrietta Fore have joined the
#CollisionConf
lineup 😱🔥
They will be discussing the challenges of vaccinating the world, and how to overcome them 👏
Passport to Collision: An incredible story of a founder who travelled to Nigeria with 23 passports so that African-based startups could make it to Toronto for
#CollisionConf
this week 👏 Listen here👇
'We build technology so that non technical people can actually enter the global digital economy, and then enter the world economy and so on.' 📈
CEO of
@Shopify
Tobias Lutke speaking on Centre Stage at
#CollisionConf
today ✨
Fintech unicorn
@Plaid
has raised a $425m Series D led by Altimeter Capital, valuing the company at about $13.4bn. Plaid plans to use the funding to scale its team and product. CEO Zach Perret will speak at
#CollisionConf
2021 ()
And that's a wrap on
#CollisionfromHome
📱💻🖥️
A massive thank you to all of our attendees, speakers, startups, partners, investors, moderators, media, and more, from 140 countries all around the world 🌍See you all in 2021 ✨
‘Diversity is the engine of invention. It generates creativity that enriches the world’ 🌎
Very excited to welcome the Prime Minister of Canada
@JustinTrudeau
to speak at
#CollisionConf
this May 🇨🇦
"The original US constitution did not include votes for women. So if you’re an originalist, and you’re a female Republican voter, I’d think twice about that.”
@MargaretAtwood
at
#CollisionConf
on the Roe v Wade leaked supreme court memo. More here👇
Thanks for joining us at
#CollisionConf
! It was truly incredible 🎉 ✨
Check out all the amazing highlights that made Collision 2023 so unforgettable, and stay tuned to find out what's in store for 2024.
We're getting ready for another epic chapter... Are you?
“We move at the speed of culture”
@vancityreynolds
spoke to us at
#CollisionConf
last year about how Mint Mobile uses ‘fastvertising’ to stay relevant amid ever-changing marketing and culture trends 🙌