Calgary’s innovation community will take centre stage next week as Creative Destruction Lab Rockies (CDL-Rockies) celebrates its ninth cohort year with a week-long series of events connecting global entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and business leaders.
Running from November 3 to 7, CDL Week will feature five high-impact sessions designed to foster collaboration across industries and accelerate the commercialization of science and technology breakthroughs. The event will highlight Calgary’s growing reputation as a hub for deep tech innovation, attracting international attention to the city’s vibrant startup ecosystem.
Founded at the University of Calgary, CDL-Rockies is part of the global CDL network—a program built around mentorship and structured guidance that helps founders commercialize cutting-edge research over a nine-month period.
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The model has proven remarkably effective: CDL-Rockies alumni have raised $3 billion in capital since the program’s inception, including $1.3 billion by Alberta-based alumni, and have created more than 2,600 jobs, over 1,100 of which are in Alberta.
Beyond connecting international participants, CDL Week also aims to showcase the strength of Calgary’s innovation ecosystem—from energy and agriculture to AI and health tech—demonstrating how local talent and global collaboration can drive transformative impact.
As CDL-Rockies approaches a decade of operation, its growing community continues to make waves across the Canadian and international startup landscape, cementing Calgary’s role as a launchpad for technologies that solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
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