THE51 PRESENTS

A full-day gathering for women who are building, investing, and leading, designed to sharpen your strategy, expand your network, and move you closer to your next capital decision.

• JUNE 1, 2026

• CONTEMPORARY CALGARY

• 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM

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SEE THE FULL DAY
SEE THE FULL DAY

UNLOCK THE ECONOMIC POWER OF WOMEN.

UNLOCK THE ECONOMIC POWER OF WOMEN.

WHY THIS SUMMIT

Where Canada’s Next Capital Decisions are Made

Capital is shifting. Industries are being redefined. New opportunities are emerging, and the people who move early shape what comes next. More women are stepping into these roles, raising capital, making investment decisions, and scaling businesses.

This summit brings together investors, founders, and operators who are actively in it, navigating real decisions in real time.

After sold-out events across Vancouver, Montréal, and Toronto, this is where those conversations come together, one day in Calgary, designed to give you the clarity, perspective, and connections to act on the opportunity.

WHO THIS IS FOR

See Yourself in This Room

XX Summit is curated for women across the capital ecosystem. If the following sounds like you, you belong here.

Investors

You're actively deploying capital, or ready to start. You want access to credible deal flow, sharper evaluation frameworks, and a network that amplifies your influence.

Founders

You're a seasoned founder or building something that matters & preparing to raise. You want to understand how investors think, what due diligence really looks like, and how to position your venture for capital.

Leaders

You’re making decisions that shape teams and outcomes. Whether inside a company or across the ecosystem, you’re looking to expand your influence & sharpen your perspective.

Builders

You’re interested in how capital shapes the economy, and where you fit within it. You’re here to learn, to engage in the conversation, and to better understand how women are building, investing, and influencing what comes next.

WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH

You Leave Equipped to Lead

Every session at XX Summit is built around a single question: what will you do differently tomorrow? Here is what you leave with.

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  • Canada is at an inflection point. Together, we’ll unpack the economic shifts reshaping industries and what they mean in practice, so you can situate your capital, your leadership, or your venture with clarity and intent.

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  • This is about application. From due diligence to portfolio construction to evaluating opportunities in real time, you’ll leave with tools you can use immediately, whether you’re deploying your first cheque or evolving your strategy.

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  • Life transitions, layered responsibilities, scaling under pressure, the day tackles the financial realities women actually navigate. You'll leave with clearer thinking on how to protect, restructure, and grow wealth when the conditions aren't simple.

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  • This is an intentional room. You’ll connect with investors, founders, and operators who are actively deploying capital, building companies, and leading change, relationships grounded in shared ambition and real opportunity.

THE DAY

Built for Depth

and Direction

Registration, Breakfast & Networking
Settle in over breakfast and take the time to connect. Reconnect with familiar faces and meet new people across the room.

Opening Keynote & Fireside
Grounding the room in reality: where Canada sits at an economic inflection point, how capital, innovation, and leadership intersect, and what is required of those in a position to act. You'll leave this session with a sharper sense of the cycle, and your agency within it.

CHOOSE YOUR TRACK

The Everyday Economy: Health, Wealth & Work
How longevity, energy, and the evolving nature of work influence financial outcomes, and where new opportunities are emerging across these shifts.

The Catalyst of Calculated Risk
How experienced leaders make decisions without full certainty, how conviction is built and sustained, and how responsibility to teams, families, and capital shapes risk tolerance.

CHOOSE YOUR TRACK

Navigating the Invisible Load: The Sandwich Generation
A clear-eyed look at layered responsibility, children, parents, careers, and how to reframe it as an economic condition that shapes decision-making, not just a personal challenge.

Navigating Wealth Creation Through Life Transitions
How financial strategy evolves through divorce, inheritance, career shifts, and entrepreneurship. Where women commonly lose leverage, and how to maintain it.

Lunch & Marketplace
Over lunch, attention turns to the marketplace. Move through the room, connect with founders, investors, and operators, and engage directly with the businesses being built across Canada.

FIRESIDE

Women Funded by Private Equity
A rare, lived-experience conversation about what happens after capital enters the room, and how it fundamentally changes the business, the pace, and you as a leader.

WORKSHOP

Foundations of Due Diligence & Capital Allocation
A hands-on workshop that removes the ambiguity preventing action. How to assess an opportunity, what "good" looks like at different stages, and the questions experienced investors ask, with real frameworks you can use immediately.

Human Capital & Brand Activations
A short reset to reconnect with speakers, revisit conversations, and process insights. A space to activate your financial, human and intellectual capital.

LIVE PITCHES

Founder Lab Demo Day
Two parallel pitch tracks featuring curated founders building across sectors and stages. This is where those frameworks get applied in real time. You're no longer just listening, you're observing as an investor.

CHOOSE YOUR TRACK

Intergenerational Planning: Designing What Endures
How wealth moves, evolves, and is shaped across generations. Governance models, shared decision-making, and aligning wealth with values, not just returns.

After the Exit: What Comes Next
Beyond the mechanics, how identity shifts when a company is sold, how capital is redeployed with intention, and what leaders wish they had known earlier.

From Insights to Action
A closing reflection that brings the day into focus. A clear sense of what’s next, where to engage, and how to move forward.

Cocktail Reception
The conversation continues over drinks and light bites. Reconnect, reflect on the day, and celebrate alongside the people you’ve met.

WHO YOU’LL LEARN FROM

The Room is the Credential

Our speakers are more than keynote professionals, they are investors, founders, and operators with lived experience in building, scaling, and deploying capital.

  • Jen McCain

    JEN MCCAIN

    Board Director, Advisor, Family Office Principal, JSM Capital Corporations

    Jen McCain
  • JACQUELINE JENNINGS

    JACQUELINE JENNINGS

    Co-Founder & Executive Director, The Fireweed Institute

    JACQUELINE JENNINGS
  • KAREN STEWART

    KAREN STEWART

    Venture Capitalist, Corporate Director & Author, Founder, Fairway Divorce

    KAREN STEWART
  • LINDA FRANCO

    LINDA FRANCO

    Director of Patient Care, Coral

    LINDA FRANCO
  • SALIMA SHIVJI

    SALIMA SHIVJI

    Lawyer, Venture Capitalist & Board Member

    SALIMA SHIVJI
  • CASSANDRA CROSS

    CASSANDRA CROSS

    Wealth Advisor, Client Relationship Manager, Nicola Wealth

    CASSANDRA CROSS
  • LANA BENTLY

    LANA BENTLY

    Executive Director, Women's Centre of Calgary

    LANA BENTLY
  • BHARGAVI VARMA

    BHARGAVI VARMA

    Founder, Brown Girls Angels

    BHARGAVI VARMA
  • LINDA BIGGS

    LINDA BIGGS

    Co-Founder & CEO, Joni

    LINDA BIGGS
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THE ROAD TO XX SUMMIT

Part of Something Bigger Than One Day

XX Summit is the culmination of the Road to the Summit series, four cities, each playing a distinct role in preparing women to lead in the capital ecosystem. Calgary is the final chapter.

Vancouver

“All in all, it was one of the best events I’ve attended, and I’m deeply appreciative of the invitation to be part of it."

Toronto

“A day of peer learning, connecting, inspiring, incredible speakers & brave founders. Grateful to be in the company of these fabulous women.”

Montreal

Through bold conversations and influential voices, Montreal becomes the next stage in a national movement to scale women’s capital.

Calgary

350+ women shaping the ecosystem, through institutions, capital, or networks.

JOIN US

A Room Built for Capital, Insights & Opportunity

June 1, 2026 | Contemporary Calgary | 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM

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PARTNERS

Aligned in Purpose, United in Action

Our partners share our conviction that capital, when directed with intention, reshapes industries.

  • Air Canada
  • Le Germain Hotel
  • BDC
  • BMO

COMMON QUESTIONS

What you Need to Know

  • XX Summit is designed for women across the capital ecosystem, founders preparing to raise, active and emerging investors, operators making decisions that carry weight, and institutional partners shaping the landscape. If you're building, investing, or leading, this room is for you.

  • No. The summit is built for women at different stages of their capital journey. Sessions like the Foundations of Due Diligence workshop are specifically designed to make the mechanics of investing clear and actionable, whether it's your first time or you're refining an existing approach.

  • Full-day access to all keynotes, panels, and workshops. Breakfast, lunch, and the evening cocktail reception. Access to the marketplace and Founder Lab Demo Day. And a room full of investors, founders, and operators you won't find at a typical conference.

  • XX Summit is a curated experience with limited capacity. We are intentional about the room we build, it's what makes the conversations, connections, and outcomes possible. Early registration is recommended.

  • Contemporary Calgary, a venue that reflects the ambition and energy of the day. Located in the heart of Calgary's cultural district, the space is elevated, professional, and designed for the kind of experience we deliver.

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