Q4 2026 - QT Connect Meetup

Who Gets to Thrive? Opportunity and Power in an AI-Driven World

Date: Thursday, December 3, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM (MST)
Location: Clio, 150 - 9th Avenue SW, Suite 2500, Calgary, AB

AI is changing more than how we work. It is reshaping what opportunities exist, what skills and ideas are valued, who has access to resources, and who has the power to shape what comes next.
In Calgary, where energy, clean tech, finance, and a growing startup ecosystem are shaping the future of work and economic opportunity, these changes raise important questions. What becomes more possible as AI evolves? What becomes harder? And who has the resources, influence, and support to adapt and thrive?

This QT Connect meetup creates space for community members to explore these questions together. Through guided small-group conversations, interactive questions, and shared reflection, participants will discuss how AI is changing what feels possible in their careers, organizations, and communities—and what people need to have meaningful opportunities as work continues to change.
Together, we’ll explore:

* Where AI is creating new opportunities accompanied with where opportunities may be limited
* How changing technologies are affecting work, careers, entrepreneurship, and communities
* Who currently has the resources, knowledge, networks, and influence to benefit from these changes
* What people need to navigate an AI-shaped future with greater agency and choice
* What organizations and communities can do to help more people participate and thrive

This QT Connect gathering is designed as a guided community conversation grounded in lived experience, reflection, and participation.
You do not need to work in AI or tech, or identify as queer to join this conversation.
This space is for technologists, creatives, founders, community advocates, students, digital workers, and anyone thinking about how AI is changing work, opportunity, and our collective future. Insights gathered across QT Connect meetups will contribute to a cross-country snapshot of how queer communities are experiencing these shifts.
What to Expect

* A welcoming and community-centered environment
* Guided dialogue and reflection
* Accessible conversation grounded in lived experience
* Opportunities to connect with others navigating similar changes
* Space to think collectively about opportunity, power, and the future of work

Event Agenda
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

| Time | Agenda | Description |
| ---- | ------ | ----------- |
| 4:00 PM | Arrival, Networking & Community Welcome | Arrive, connect, and meet others from Calgary’s queer tech, creative, startup, and community ecosystems. |
| 4:40 PM | Opening Remarks & Grounding Activity | A short welcome and grounding exercise to create space for reflection, connection, and participation. |
| 4:50 PM | **QueerTech 2026 Theme Introduction: *Who Gets to Trust AI?*** | An introduction to QueerTech’s 2026 national theme and the focus of Chapter 4: Mobility, Power & the Future. |
| 5:00 PM | **Guided Community Conversation: *Governance & Accountability — Who Is Responsible When AI Goes Wrong*** | A facilitated community dialogue exploring the accountability gap, focusing on emerging experiences, best practices and difficulties. |
| 5:45 PM | Community Reflection & Shared Takeaways | A collective reflection on key themes, insights, and questions that emerged during the conversation. |
| 5:55 PM | QT Ask & Offer | Share something you’re seeking support around and something you can offer back to the community. |
| 6:15 PM | Informal Networking & Continued Conversation | Continue conversations and build new connections in a relaxed and welcoming environment. |

Volunteering & Scholarship Tickets

We don't want cost to be a barrier to participating in this conversation. We have scholarship and volunteer tickets available. To sign up, [fill out this form](https://wkf.ms/3V4Zh3X).

About QueerTech’s 2026 National Theme
Who Gets to Trust AI?: Power, Participation, and Accountability

QueerTech is convening a national conversation on how trust in AI is earned, broken, and rebuilt—and what it takes to create systems where people have the agency, protections, and power to shape their futures.
Across 2026, we have explored access and agency, fairness and safeguards, and governance and accountability. In this final chapter, we look forward: as AI reshapes work, leadership, entrepreneurship, and opportunity, what will it take for more people and communities to thrive?
Because the future of AI is not only about what technology can do.
It is also about who has the power, resources, and opportunities to benefit from what comes next.

THANK YOU TO OUR HOST!

[Clio](https://www.clio.com/) is the global leader in legal AI, empowering legal professionals and law firms of every size to work smarter, faster, and more securely. Our Intelligent Legal Work Platform—the industry’s first system of action—moves beyond systems of record to bring the business and practice of law together in a single, secure environment, with AI creating continuity across every stage of legal work. [LinkedIn: Clio](https://www.linkedin.com/company/clio---cloud-based-legal-technology/)
Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada,

[Clio](https://www.clio.com/) has more than 2,000 employees across offices in Toronto, Calgary, London, Manchester, Dublin, Sydney, Barcelona, and Bogotá, and is trusted by hundreds of thousands of legal professionals in more than 130 countries.

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