Plug and Play Alberta Alberta will provide an overview of Canadian and Global Operations as an active investor, accelerator and corporate innovation platform. Highlighting the work being done in hydrogen, clean tech and energy.

A Plug and Play partner (Local and Global) will deliver a keynote on innovation as it pertains to the given topic: Internal and External Innovation.

A play on the famously known "Dragon's Den", startups will pitch for 5 minutes followed by 5 minutes of rapid fire questions from a corporate leader and investor duo.

The creation of new industries typically demands the development of new technologies. However, solutions can often be found in other industries with similar challenges. These cross-industry technologies are more mature, robust, and available than unproven innovations and simply need adaption to new purposes. TerraVent will present the story of one such technology transfer that is currently unfolding within the hydrogen economy.

A mature hydrogen startup will sit beside their most recent partner to discuss the journey of scaling a hydrogen startup.

Plug and Play Director of Sustainability will execute a workshop on the best practices for investing and working with startups.

The Global Hydrogen Pitch Competition is a pitch event run in collaboration with Edmonton Global. The pitch competition will feature 4 winners from our global hydrogen search to pitch in front of the Director of Sustainability at Plug and Play, Matt Claxton. Matt will then choose a winner of the competition live.

Winners will be decided in final weeks leading up to conference and showcased during a pitch competition for a chance to win a spot in Plug and Play Alberta's Fall Cohort.