Call all Vancouver and West Coast Black Professionals! Join us for an inspiring day celebrating Black entrepreneurship, innovation, community, and the incredible talent emerging across the West Coast.

Mark your calendar:

🗓 Date: July 4, 2026
🕘 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. PST
📍 Location: Simon Fraser University, Segal Graduate School of Business
500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1W5
🎟 Tickets: FREE! RSVP: TICKETS — MELAMOON

📋 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE

• 🎤 Pitch Competition | 9:00 AM – 12:20 PM
  

  Experience 20 finalists pitching live for a chance to represent Western Canada. Ten founders will advance to the next stage of the competition. Discover bold ideas, ambitious ventures, and the next generation of standout Black entrepreneurs — driven by passion, vision, and transformative potential.

• 🤖 AI Hackathon | 10:45 AM – 12:45 PM
  

  A hands-on session designed to help you work smarter, not harder. Build your own AI assistant and a simple business app (no technical experience needed), and walk away with practical tools, development credits, and powerful new connections to accelerate your business.

• 🎙 State of Our Union – Black Entrepreneurship Program 2.0 | 1:35 PM – 2:35 PM
  

  A conversation featuring leaders from Canada’s Black Entrepreneurship Program ecosystem.

• 💬 The Realness: Growing a Business from the Ground Up | 2:50 PM – 3:50 PM
  

  Authentic conversations with entrepreneurs sharing their journeys, challenges, and lessons learned.

• 🏆 Top 10  Vancouver Founders Announcement | 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM
  

  Witness the announcement of the foundations advancing to the next stage.

• 🎵 Live Musical Performance | 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
  

  Celebrating Black creativity, culture, and entrepreneurship.

• 🥂 Cocktail Reception | 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  

  Network with entrepreneurs, ecosystem partners, community leaders, and supporters.

Come support your friends, family members, fellow entrepreneurs, and the local Black business community as founders pitch their ideas, share their stories, and compete for transformative opportunities — including $200,000 in prizes and growth support.

The day will conclude with a networking cocktail reception where you’ll be able to continue conversations, connect with entrepreneurs and partners, and celebrate the community together.

We hope to see you there!