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01 · The summit
Five days online, from Alberta.
What is In+ter?
A five-day online summit, 6 to 10 October 2026, about the five pillars that bring us together: Sovereignty, Belonging, Vitality, Regeneration and Prosperity. No one perspective is enough. The week brings different people into the same conversation through panels, debates, interviews, keynotes and time to meet each other.
Is it online or in person?
Entirely online, on RingCentral Events. There is no venue and no travel. You can join from anywhere.
When do sessions run?
10:00 to 20:00 Alberta time, every day. · Sessions run in more than one room at a time, so there is always a choice of what to walk into.
Will it be recorded?
Yes. Every summit session is recorded. Ticket holders can replay the full week in the private library, because nobody can be in every room at once. The fifteen spotlight conversations are also streamed live for everyone and kept public on YouTube.
Who is speaking?
Fifteen public spotlight conversations are chosen by public vote from sixty topics, three from each pillar. The full summit programme goes deeper. Speakers are named on the site as they confirm, and not before. We would rather have an empty space than a name we cannot stand behind. Most sessions are a moderated panel: four people and a moderator, who see things differently and turn up anyway. Speakers speak for themselves, not for In+ter.
02 · About the event
Not a party. Not a church.
Is this political?
No. In+ter is not a political campaign. It does not tell anyone how to vote on anything, including the Alberta referendum, which falls days after the summit.
Is sovereignty a political position?
No. Sovereignty here means choosing how you live, and respecting each person's right to choose. It is about capability at the scale of a household, a street, or a town. It is not a position on the referendum, and the two are not allowed to merge. The referendum will come up, because we are in Alberta, and In+ter takes no position on it, in a session or anywhere else.
Who is behind In+ter?
A small group in Alberta, working with a wider circle of contributors. Who we are.
Do I have to agree, and are there boundaries?
You do not have to agree. Several sessions are built as conversations between people who see things differently. Speakers speak for themselves, not for In+ter. Welcoming disagreement does not mean anything goes: harassment, deception, coercion, hate, violence and dehumanisation are outside the room.
Is it religious?
No.
03 · Tickets
$55 for the week. The private library is yours after.
How much is a ticket?
Tickets are on sale now: $55 CAD until 26 September, $77 from 27 September. Buy your ticket.
What does a ticket include?
Full summit access: all five live days, every session room, networking, the expo, live Q&A and the private replay library. The fifteen spotlight conversations stream free for everyone. A ticket opens everything around them.
Can I watch without a ticket?
Yes. The fifteen spotlight conversations stream live for everyone and stay public on YouTube. A ticket is required to enter the full summit, join the deeper sessions, take part in Q&A and other audience activities, use networking and the expo, or access the private replay library.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, for any reason within 14 days of purchase, and never after the summit opens on 6 October 2026. If In+ter cancels the summit, paid tickets are refunded in full.
When do I get access?
Access details are sent in September, once the event platform is set up. Registration and payment are handled by RingCentral Events. In+ter never sees your card.
I cannot afford it.
Take a paid-forward ticket. Buyers add tickets to a pool for whoever wants one. The board opens 12 September. There is no test and no proof of need. Here is how it works.
04 · Voting
Anyone votes. The vote chooses the public spotlights.
How does voting work?
The top three conversations in each pillar become public main-stage spotlights. Pick three per pillar, fifteen in all, then open the private link we email you. Voting opens 12 September.
Do I need a ticket to vote?
No. Voting is free and independent of any ticket purchase. You can also watch the fifteen spotlight conversations live, free. Entering the full summit and accessing its private replay library require a ticket. One vote per verified email address, with no account and no password. A receipt email follows your vote.
Can I change my vote?
Yes. Change your picks until 26 September.
Why three per pillar?
Because a pillar people care less about would be drowned out by a louder one, and the week would tilt. Every pillar gets its own three. It also means you never have to choose between, say, water and mental health, which sit in different pillars, so you can back both.
05 · Topics and speakers
People read topics. People book speakers.
I put a topic forward. Now what?
A person reads it. If it fits, it goes on the public ballot like any other topic. If not, you get a short reply saying why.
When do speaker names go up?
On 12 September. We are inviting speakers and taking submissions now, while holding live information back until that date. The vote, voices wall, art contest updates, pay-it-forward board and first speaker cards begin appearing together. After that, a card goes up for each person as they confirm.
Who picks the speakers?
In+ter builds the full programme and approaches the speakers. The public vote chooses which fifteen conversations are spotlighted on the main stage. We do not sell slots, and partners have no influence over the vote.
Could a group take over the ballot?
Two things in the design limit it: three picks per pillar, so no single interest can take every spotlight, and the vote chooses the public spotlights rather than the whole programme. We also rate-limit and screen submissions.
06 · Voices
Two hundred characters, in your own words.
What is it?
What does interdependence mean to you, in 200 characters? Send it now with your first name and region. The first public responses appear on 12 September.
Does it go up automatically?
Yes. An entry goes up the moment it passes a plain-language filter that screens for swearing, vulgarity and violence. If the filter stops yours, you are told the rule so you can edit it and send it again.
What comes down?
Attacks on a person, group, faith or community. Slurs, harassment or threats. Advertising. Medical, legal or financial claims stated as fact. Anything telling people how to vote on anything. If yours comes down you get one plain sentence saying which of those applied.
Will you edit my words?
Obvious typos only, never the meaning.
Can I take it down?
Yes, any time. Write to [email protected] and it comes down. You do not have to give a reason. Your own email address is never published and never sold.
Do you verify who people are?
No. People describe themselves in their own words, and In+ter does not verify them. The wall says so where you read it.
07 · Pay it forward
A ticket left for a stranger.
What is pay it forward?
A pay-it-forward ticket is $55 CAD. It goes into the community ticket pool for a recipient to claim and register separately. You do not choose who gets it.
Is it a donation?
No. It is a purchase. You are buying a real ticket for a real person. In+ter is not a charity, and there is no tax receipt.
Who gets the tickets?
Whoever asks, first come, first seated, one per person. There is no test and no judged application. Allocation is automatic, and nobody reads what you wrote to decide. Tickets can be claimed until 10 October, the last day of the summit. A claimed ticket is a full ticket, the same as any other.
What if nobody takes my ticket?
Anything unclaimed when the summit ends moves into the 2027 pool rather than disappearing. After the summit we publish the real numbers, including the unclaimed. Partners can also pin tickets to the board; those carry the partner's name and are counted separately from tickets the audience bought. Recipients are never told who paid.
08 · Art contest
Any medium. Every entry is used.
What is the art contest?
An open call: show us what interdependence looks like to you. Free, no ticket, any skill level. Here is the whole thing.
What happens to my art?
Every entry that passes review is used during the summit week, in intro videos and in the moments between sessions, credited with your name and region. Your work stays yours, and it comes down whenever you ask.
When do entries open and close?
Entries are open now and close 4 October. We begin posting live information on 12 September. The close is later than everything else on purpose, so there is time to make something after voting closes. The summit starts two days later. There is no cash prize.
Stuck for an idea?
Maybe a garden shared over a fence. A long table. Neighbours on a roof. Hands on one rope. A repaired thing that stays repaired. A song more voices make bigger. Show us yours.
Changed your mind?
Write to [email protected] and your entry is withdrawn, or your shown work comes down. No reason needed, and no questions.
09 · Access
Ask early. Access requests jump the queue.
Is it accessible?
Online only, from any device. Every session is recorded, so ticket holders can watch afterwards. Need something to take part? Ask early; access requests go to the top of the queue. Get in touch.
Captions and translation
Live closed captions can translate every session into 40 languages. Every recording is edited afterwards, so you can watch at your own pace. We would rather be asked early than get it wrong in October.
What if I need help?
Use the contact page and pick what it is about, so it reaches the right person. If your question is about a charge, RingCentral handles registration and payment, but we can still help. Say so and we will chase it.
10 · Your information
As little as we can, and never sold.
What do you collect?
As little as we can: your email if you join the list; your words, first name, region and email if you add your voice; your votes if you vote.
Where does it go?
Registration details come to us from RingCentral, who handle the payment. In+ter never sees your card. If you arrive through a link with a referral code, the code is kept in your browser so it can be recorded against a ticket you buy; it is not linked to you and we do not use it for anything else.
Voices entries are checked by an automated filter that screens for swearing, vulgarity and violence, and go up the moment they pass. A person can take down anything that breaks the published rules after the fact. Submitted ballot topics are different: a person reads every one before it joins the ballot. Your email address is not sent to the filter.
Will you email me?
Only about the thing you did, unless you ticked the box asking for updates. Those are two separate choices and we keep them separate. Every form on this site keeps the marketing box unticked, and it is never a condition of anything.
Do you sell my information?
No.