Competitions, workshops, networking and career programs — matched to your interests, goals and location, with what past attendees actually thought.
Local opportunities near you. Global opportunities you can join from anywhere.
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The problem
Great opportunities are everywhere. Finding the right ones shouldn't require searching ten websites.
Upnext pulls them into one place, sorted by what you're trying to become.
This feed gets sharper when we know what you're after
Three quick questions, then every card explains why it fits you.
A cross-section of what's on Upnext right now
Emergent (with Kevin O'Leary)
Why this fits you: Build and launch a real app with AI, then compete for a share of US$100,000+ across 100 winners. Free, global, submissions close September 20.
CFA Society Toronto
Why this fits you: Free evening of finance networking for CFA candidates: a charterholder career panel, structured networking and early access to the candidate mentorship programme.
Eligibility: Membership requiredICUBE UTM, University of Toronto Mississauga
Why this fits you: A year-long incubator program for early-stage ideas: bootcamp, workshops and mentorship, free for U of T students and recent grads.
Eligibility: U of T students/alumniRanked by what people on Upnext are actually saving
GDG Toronto (local host) · NASA Space Apps Challenge
Judged work, prizes and deadlines worth diarising
Major League Hacking (MLH)
Nothing to pay, nothing to lose
McKinsey.org
Deadlines inside the next three weeks
Emergent (with Kevin O'Leary)
Outside the fields you picked — this is the one people say they'd never have found
DECA Ontario
An event listing tells you when and where. People who went can tell you whether it was beginner-friendly, whether the networking was real, and whether a paid program was worth it. Reviews on Upnext are structured around exactly those questions.
Review scores are only ever shown when real reviews exist. We don't invent ratings, attendee counts or testimonials.
Example of a review summary
Most attendees said they'd attend again
Best for networking · Beginner-friendly
Worth the price
Illustration of the format. Live percentages appear on a listing only once real attendees have reviewed it.
Coming later: review credits
The plan is for attendees who write genuinely useful reviews to earn credits toward paid opportunities. Nothing is awarded yet — no wallet, no payments, just the idea we're designing toward.
Not a ticketing site, not a job board, not a feed of every webinar on the internet.
You tell us whether you want to learn, build, compete, meet people or strengthen a résumé — the feed is organised around that, not around a calendar.
Reviews answer the questions that actually decide it: was it beginner-friendly, was the networking real, was it worth the price.
Free versus paid, in person versus online, beginner versus experienced, deadline pressure — all readable at a glance on every card.
Every listing shows its source and when it was last checked. We don't call an organizer verified unless verification actually happened.
Submit it and reach students and early-career people who are actually relevant to your opportunity. We review every submission by hand.