Edmonton, Alberta
SilverTech Summit — Build with Us, Not for Us
Build with Us, Not for Us
A senior-centred summit where older adults, entrepreneurs, researchers, service providers, nonprofits, and government and system leaders come together to shape practical solutions for aging well from healthcare and home support to connection, recreation, and everyday life.
One day. One community. Real conversations between the people building for aging well and the people living it because the best ideas start with listening.
Build with us, not for us.
About the Summit
Strengthening Edmonton's aging innovation ecosystem.
SilverTech Summit is a community-based aging innovation event that creates a shared space where older adults, entrepreneurs, service providers, researchers, nonprofits and community partners can connect, learn, and build practical solutions for aging well together.
October 2, 2026
One-day summit · Fall 2026
Edmonton, AB
Westend Seniors Activity Centre
240+ attendees
Seniors, innovators, professionals
Hosted by
The Silver Longevity Business Association.
Silver Longevity Business Association brings together businesses, professionals, innovators, and community partners who support aging adults and their families across Alberta.
SLBA is built on relationships. It is a place where trusted connections grow, referrals flow naturally, ideas are shared openly, and conversations turn into collaborations.
SilverTech Summit is SLBA's signature annual event — a public gathering where that relationship-based community comes together with older adults, researchers, entrepreneurs, service providers, and innovators to shape practical solutions for aging well.
- A relationship-first community across Alberta
- Trusted connections, referrals and collaborations
- Businesses, professionals and community partners
- Focused on aging adults and their families
- Venue host for the SilverTech Summit
- Welcoming, accessible environment for all
- Community connection and senior-centred leadership
- Supporting practical solutions for aging well
Community Partner
WE Seniors — Westend Seniors Activity Centre.
A key community partnership supporting the Summit through venue, hosting support, event infrastructure, community connection, and senior-centred leadership.
WE Seniors is helping create the welcoming, accessible environment where older adults, innovators, service providers, researchers, and community partners can come together to shape practical solutions for aging well.
Why It Matters
The best solutions come from listening first.
Too often, ideas for aging are designed without enough input from the people who will actually use them. SilverTech Summit changes that by putting older adults in the conversation early as advisors, testers, storytellers, and decision-makers.
From healthcare and home support to recreation, connection, safety, and everyday life, the best solutions come from listening first.
1M+
Alberta seniors projected by 2035
$8T
Projected global longevity economy revenues by 2030
96%
of older Canadians want to live independently as long as possible
3 in 5
adults 50+ say technology is not designed with their age in mind
From last year
Moments from the 2025 Summit
A look back at SilverTech 2025 in Edmonton — the speakers, conversations, and community that made the day.
Opening & Speakers
Panels
Breakouts and closing
Exhibitors and Networking
Who Should Attend
If aging touches your work or your life you belong here.
Older adults & family caregivers
Bring your lived experience, questions, hopes, concerns, and voice.
Entrepreneurs & innovators
Listen, test assumptions, gather feedback, and build with the people your ideas are meant to serve.
Healthcare, housing & home support
Connect with practical ideas and partners supporting aging in place, care, safety, and independence.
Researchers & post-secondary partners
Bring research closer to community needs, lived experience, and real-world implementation.
Nonprofits & community organizations
Share what is working, find collaborators, and strengthen support for older adults and families.
Government & system leaders
Hear directly from older adults and community partners to better align programs, policy, and funding with real needs.
For Seniors & Community
Your voice belongs in the future of aging.
SilverTech Summit is designed to include older adults as active participants in the conversation about aging well. We want to hear what feels useful, what feels realistic, what feels respectful and what is missing.
Whether you are an older adult, family caregiver, community member, or someone supporting aging parents or grandparents, your lived experience matters.
At the Summit, seniors and community members will have opportunities to:
- Attend community-focused sessions
- Ask questions directly to innovators and service providers
- Share feedback on ideas, programs, and technologies
- Take part in senior-led conversations
- Help shape what aging well looks like in real life
We are working to make the event welcoming, accessible, and meaningful for older adults and caregivers.
A note for older adults & caregivers
You don't have to be "techy" to belong here.
SilverTech Summit is not just for people who love technology. It is for older adults, family caregivers, and community members who want to have a say in what gets built, offered, funded, and improved for aging well.
You may come with curiosity, concerns, lived experience, questions, or ideas. All of that belongs here.
Whether the topic is health, housing, transportation, home support, recreation, safety, connection, caregiving, or everyday life, your perspective helps others understand what actually matters.
What seniors and caregivers can expect:
- A welcoming community setting
- Plain-language conversations
- Opportunities to ask questions
- Practical demonstrations and ideas
- A chance to share what feels useful, realistic, or missing
- Time to connect with people who care about aging well
- No technology expertise required
For Innovators & Exhibitors
Get closer to the people you're building for.
The Summit will include feedback opportunities, small-group conversations, and senior input sessions that connect innovators, service providers, and exhibitors directly with older adults and community members.
Marketplace Table
Exhibitor space to share your product, service, or program with seniors, community partners, and ecosystem leaders attending the Summit.
Senior Feedback Conversation
An opportunity to hear directly from older adults and community members about your idea, service, product, or program.
Pitch Room & Prototype Room
Apply to the Pitch Room or Prototype Room for direct, honest feedback on your idea or in-development product from seniors and industry professionals.
Participation options are being shaped alongside seniors, community partners, and ecosystem leaders. Reach out early to help shape what works for your team.
Contact · Get Involved
Let's build it together.
Tell us how you'd like to be part of SilverTech Summit 2.0. We respond to every message — typically within two business days.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Build with us, not for us.