Indigenous Tech Conference 2027

Indigenous Tech Circle — Strengthening Pathways, Shaping Futures

We're the nation's largest Indigenous-led tech community. Professionals, founders, Nations, investors, and partners — connected and building.

Our flagship conference returns January 26–28, 2027 in Vancouver. Three days, three themes: Digital Futures. Indigenous Innovation. Critical Infrastructure.

Book your room nowWe have a small block at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel — $205 CAD/night. The block covers Jan 25–28, so book Jan 25 if you want to be there for Day One. The rate holds until January 11, 2027, or until the block is gone. Small block means gone early. 👉 Reserve your room

What to expect

Plenaries, panels, workshops and circles centering youth, community voices, policymakers, and Indigenous innovators

The Indigenous Tech Expo — a curated floor of Indigenous-led startups showing products, skills, and community-built solutions

Ceremony and investor moments that surface ventures and put capital in the room with the people building

The three days

Day 1 · Tue Jan 26 — Expo & Circles. The Expo floor opens alongside seated circles on data sovereignty, storytelling and game design, and Nations in major projects. Closes with an evening reception.

Day 2 · Wed Jan 27 — Plenaries, Labs & Investment. Opening blessing from Musqueam Elder Mary Point. Main-stage panels, hands-on AI and cyber labs, investor spotlight, and the Indigenous Venture Challenge funding announcement — capital awarded on-site.

Day 3 · Thu Jan 28 — Culture, Infrastructure & Build. Protecting culture in what we build. Lightning talks on tech for language revitalization. Creator labs. Infrastructure for sovereignty: energy, housing, data centres. Closing remarks and blessing.

Who should be there

Indigenous technologists and professionals across the sector — big tech, startups, service organizations, founders

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders and community partners

Investors, ecosystem builders, technology providers, employers, mentors, training organizations

Friends of Tech Circle, allies, and non-Indigenous partners committed to reconciliation

Why it mattersTraining. Mentorship. Procurement. Investment. Leadership. Build the pathways, and Indigenous Peoples and Nations lead, benefit from, and govern the technologies shaping their futures.