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Contest

Pitch contest

Present your project, your journey or your idea to a jury and to the room. The contest opens the evening, and the winners are announced before the cocktail.

Poster for the JFN 2026 pitch contest: $1,500 to be won, October 1, 2026, TerroX, Laval. Applications: info@digiwomen.ca

Deadline

Time left to submit your application

vendredi 18 septembre 2026, 23 h 59

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The path

How it works

  1. 1

    Submit your application

    Online, before the deadline.

    vendredi 18 septembre 2026, 23 h 59

  2. 2

    Pitch to the jury and the room

    On the evening of October 1, as the evening opens.

    5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

  3. 3

    The winners are announced

    Just before the closing cocktail.

    7 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

  4. 4

    Walk away with the prize

    And the visibility that comes with it.

    $1,500 offered by Desjardins

What there is to win

The prize

1er prix

$1,500

offered by Desjardins

2e prix

$500

Coup de cœur award

Contest

How to take part

When it happens

  1. 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

    Welcome remarks, then the pitch contest

  2. 7 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

    Announcement of the contest winners

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Application deadline

vendredi 18 septembre 2026, 23 h 59

Who the contest is for

Le concours s’adresse aux personnes ayant une idée, un projet ou une initiative en lien avec la technologie ou le numérique, qu’elles souhaitent présenter sous forme de pitch. Aucune expérience préalable en pitch n’est requise.

She did it

The 2025 winner tells you about it

Yasmine Ben Arous pitched her project Calmos at the first edition and received the prize of the day. Her invitation, in her own words.

Yasmine Ben Arous, creator of the Calmos project, 2025 winner and DigiWomen ambassador

Submit your application

DigiWomen’s official form opens right here, on the site. You submit your project directly to the organization.

One ticket per part, or the combined Day + Evening ticket.

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