Hyatt Regency Calgary
Relive BTF Alberta 2025!
Discover Actionable Growth & Transition Strategies from Top Entrepreneurs
Since 2015, the Business Transitions Forum has been guiding entrepreneurs through comprehensive growth strategies and ownership transitions, including opportunities for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to enhance shareholder value.
Join top entrepreneurs and North America’s leading experts to:
- Increase market share and shareholder value
- Identify growth and scaling opportunities
- Understand the acquisition and sale process
- Assess if M&A is the right growth path for your business
- Implement actionable strategies to elevate your business’s value at any stage in your transition journey
APRIL 21, 2026 • Hyatt Regency Calgary
Introducing Our 2026 Advisory Board
Guided by an accomplished Advisory Board of founders and dealmakers, BTF Alberta delivers practical insights to help entrepreneurs grow, scale, and transition their businesses with confidence.
Featured speakers
Learn from the best in the field
Hear from business owners and experts and learn from their experiences.
Hear From BTF Alumni
You want to come to this conferences years in advance of wanting to sell, because you want to be thinking about how to build your business, you want to be meeting the strategic partners who may help you.
Katie Bennett
Master Certified Forum Chair, MacKay CEO Forums
These are real owners solving real problems. You can feel a difference here that these owners are serious about their business.
Rocky Ozaki
Founder & CEO, NoW of Work Inc. (Sold Starfiish)
I wished I had of participated in something like this before we transacted.
Natalie Benson
Partner & COO, Benson Cabinetry and Millwork
It’s a very welcoming conference, and a conference that anybody can just approach anybody and strike up a conversation.
Jalal Jetha
Managing Director , Cascadia Equity Partners
April 21, 2026 • Hyatt Regency Calgary
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