The IDC Canada CIO Summit is the premier event for senior Canadian technology and business executives shaping enterprise strategy and digital leadership. Designed for CIOs, CTOs, and senior IT and transformation leaders across Canada, this one-day summit delivers high-impact insights and actionable strategies in modernization, resilience, risk, AI-driven innovation, and measurable business value in a time of rapid change.

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Canadian CIOs face a complex mandate: modernizing legacy systems, reducing technical debt, embedding cybersecurity and compliance, and readying the workforce for AI-enabled and autonomous operations. 

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Meanwhile, Canadian organizations are moving beyond experimentation (in 2025, 79% of Canadian organizations have either introduced GenAI in production or plan to in the next 12 months). Agentic AI is on the horizon. These autonomous systems, capable of decision-making, task execution, and self-learning, are reshaping the innovation landscape. As Canadian organizations intensify AI deployment, CIOs must lead the governance, policy, and architectural shifts that ensure safe, scalable AI adoption.

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IDC’s analysts and industry experts will support you in building adaptive technology foundations, reducing technical debt, and operationalizing AI (including Agentic AI) responsibly and at scale, all while aligning digital strategy with business outcomes. Through keynotes, panels, and collaborative discussions, this summit equips Canadian CIOs with the frameworks, benchmarks, and leadership tools to navigate disruption, govern AI adoption, and lead sustainable enterprise transformation.

Address: 75 Lower Simcoe St, Toronto, ON M5J 3A6

Located near the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, CN Tower, and Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada.