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Futurist Conference is a large-scale Web3, blockchain, and AI event held in Canada featuring 250+ speakers, expo booths, and networking events across topics like cryptocurrency, NFTs, DeFi, and DAOs. It serves companies, sponsors, and industry professionals seeking exposure and deal flow within the Web3 ecosystem.
Also known as Blockchain Futurist Conference · ETHWomen Toronto · Futurist Conference
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Ethwomen.com hosts the Blockchain Futurist Conference, a Web3, blockchain, AI and cryptocurrency event staged in Toronto, Canada and in Florida/Miami, United States. The 2026 edition is scheduled for July 21-22, 2026 at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, with an associated ETHWomen Toronto program listed for the same dates and venue. The organizers describe the property as North America's leading Web3 and AI experience and as Canada's largest Web3 conference, and note the completion of a ninth year.
Programming spans 250+ speakers and more than 100 sessions, panels, workshops and roundtables covering blockchain technology, AI, NFTs, DeFi, cryptocurrency and DAOs. The event includes an exhibition hall with expo booths, an ETH Toronto hackathon, beginner-oriented bootcamps on blockchain and cryptocurrency fundamentals, NFT galleries, an indoor and outdoor marketplace with vendors and food trucks, waterfront cabanas, networking parties and a closing party. Installations used on site have included augmented reality art galleries, robots, DeLoreans and helicopter rides. A conference web app carries schedule, event and speaker information, and the event experience is gamified using a token referred to as UNNY. Speakers associated with the event include Vitalik Buterin, Charles Hoskinson, Eric Trump, Iggy Azalea, Brock Pierce, Tristan Thompson and Ben Goertzel.
Founding story
The conference was created by Untraceable Events, a Canadian blockchain events company that has run large-scale blockchain and cryptocurrency events since 2013.
Business model
Revenue is generated from delegate ticket sales, sponsorship and exhibition packages, and marketplace/vendor placements at the conference. General passes are listed at $699 (rising to $750) and VIP passes at $2,500, with payment accepted in fiat currency or cryptocurrency; tickets are non-refundable but transferable. Sponsors and exhibitors purchase booths and branding for exposure to attendees.
Paid conference passes (general and VIP tiers), sponsorship and exhibitor packages, and marketplace vendor participation.
Traction
The organizers state the conference has completed its ninth year, with 250+ speakers, 100+ sessions, 150+ community partners and 120+ media partners.
Latest developments
The 2026 Blockchain Futurist Conference is scheduled for July 21-22, 2026 at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, with an ETHWomen Toronto program on the same dates at Rebel; a Miami, Florida edition is also referenced. Early-bird tickets are on sale and 2026 sponsors are being listed.
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Market position
Positioned as Canada's largest Web3 conference and one of the larger North American blockchain events; it appears in third-party roundups of leading 2026 crypto conferences alongside events such as ETHDenver, Consensus and Token2049.
The organizers emphasize a non-traditional venue format built around outdoor waterfront cabanas, immersive stages and experiential installations rather than a standard convention center, with programming structured around business development, deal flow and networking, plus beginner education tracks and a hackathon.
Go-to-market
The event is promoted through a network described as 150+ Web3 community partners and 120+ media partners, alongside sponsor and exhibitor sales, speaker and volunteer applications, an NFT artist program, early-bird ticket pricing tiers and a conference web app.
Web3, blockchain, AI and cryptocurrency companies seeking sponsorship and exhibition exposure and business development; industry professionals, developers and beginners attending sessions and bootcamps; institutional investors and venture capital firms, for whom free or discounted VIP investor passes and Futurist Tech Showcase judging roles are offered.
Geography
Toronto, Canada (Rebel Entertainment Complex) is the flagship location, with editions extended into the United States, including Florida in 2025 and Miami listed for 2026.
History
The Futurist Conference was founded by Untraceable Events, described as the first blockchain events company in Canada and an organizer of blockchain and cryptocurrency events since 2013. Emerald, described as America's largest producer of business-to-business trade shows and related conferences, content and commerce, has since acquired the Futurist Conference; the site carries a 2026 Emerald Expositions LLC copyright.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsTwo-day Web3 and AI conference scheduled for July 21-22, 2026 at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Canada, with an ETHWomen Toronto program listed for the same dates at Rebel.
The conference website states that Emerald, described as America's largest producer of business-to-business trade shows and related conferences, content and commerce, has acquired the Futurist Conference; the site displays an Emerald Expositions LLC copyright notice.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
- Ethwomenethwomen.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Ethwomen do?
- Organizer of the Blockchain Futurist Conference, a Web3 and AI event series in Toronto and Florida, now owned by Emerald.
- Who are Ethwomen's investors?
- Ethwomen's investors include Castrum Capital.