Youth Moonshot Summit

The Youth Moonshot Summit is an innovation conference x modern-day career fair designed to help students understand the innovations transforming industries, and how to position themselves to thrive within them.

This one-day experience brings together leaders from frontier technology, business, and economic development to explore how breakthroughs in AI, advanced manufacturing, fintech, climate technology, and emerging industries are reshaping the future of work.

Students will hear directly from operators and innovators including Alexandra Ramadan (Google X), Wish Bakshi (Founder & AI Systems Engineer), and more!

This event is hosted by TKS, and is proudly supported by Interac and Calgary Economic Development, reinforcing our shared commitment to developing Calgary’s next generation of future-ready leaders.

🗓 Event Schedule

• 10am - Registration & Networking
• 10:30am - Intro to the Summit - Azar Chatur, TKS
• 10:45am - What is a Moonshot? - Alexandra Ramadan, GoogleX
• 11:15am - Break
• 11:30am - Live Moonshot Presentations, Judging & Awards
• 12:45pm - Break/Networking
• 1:15pm - Fireside Panel - Diana Newman, Google; Crystal Phillips, OCIF
• 1:45pm - Building with AI - Wish Bakshi, Founder & AI Systems Engineer
• 2:05pm - TKS Alumni Panel
• 2:20pm - Google Overview (TBD)
• 2:40pm - Closing Remarks/Networking

Live Moonshot Pitch Competition

The highlight of the Summit is a live pitch competition featuring 10 of Calgary’s most ambitious student teams. Each team will deliver a 4-5 minute “moonshot” presentation, outlining bold solutions to global challenges.