Why Attend Vancouver

Why Attend?

Success requires more than technology investments. It demands resilience, trust, leadership, and the ability to align IT strategy with enterprise priorities. As emerging technologies like AI and intelligent agents reshape business models and decision-making, the CIO role is evolving into one of the most critical leadership positions for driving sustainable, innovation-driven growth.

Why Attend?

Event Highlights & Key Topics

Data Value Reinvention in the Age of AI

Organizations are shifting from thinking about “using AI” to “leveraging data for AI value,” integrating data maturity practices like cataloging, lineage, and observability to fuel model performance and business impact.

Scaling AI: From Pilot to Enterprise Deployment

Moving beyond experimentation, leaders create robust MLOps pipelines, governance frameworks, and change strategies to embed AI into core operations at scale with sustainability and reliability.

Trust, Transparency and Responsible AI

Embedding fairness, bias mitigation, auditability, and explainability across the AI lifecycle helps build user confidence, regulatory alignment, and long-term trust in intelligent systems.

Data Sovereignty, Governance and Interoperabilit

Balancing data residency, regulatory constraints, and cross-border flow requires hybrid cloud strategies, shared governance models, and interoperable architectures that meet business needs.

Generative and Agentic AI: The Next Frontier

As generative and agentic models go beyond assistance, leaders focus on guardrails, cost/risk trade-offs, hybrid model design, and alignment with existing AI systems.

Infrastructure Evolution: Edge, Cloud and AI Platforms

Deploying AI at scale depends on modern, flexible infrastructure spanning edge and cloud, optimized for latency, throughput, cost, sovereignty, and workload distribution.

Business Value and ROI from AI & Data

Translating AI and data experiments into measurable business outcomes demands clear KPI frameworks, strong business cases, and scalable use cases tied to financial value.

People, Culture and AI Readiness

Success requires preparing teams with AI literacy, reskilling, cross-functional collaboration, and leadership that navigates resistance and embeds data-driven habits into daily workflows.

Ecosystems, Partnerships and Innovation Models

Advancing AI and data at scale entails co-innovation via startup alliances, consortia, vendor collaborations, open data spaces, and shared platforms that accelerate adoption.

AI & Data Summit Vancouver / Partners

Meet Our Partners

They will be at the event to answer your questions, share valuable information and provide solutions to your most pressing challenges.

Partners

Diamond Partner

Platinum Partner

Gold Partner

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AWARDS

Nominate IT Teams for the 2026 CIO Awards Canada

IDC CIO Awards Canada recognizes outstanding IT innovation, celebrating Canadian organizations and their teams that leverage technology to drive business success. These prestigious technology awards honor those who create a competitive advantage, streamline operations, foster growth, and enhance customer relationships. Winning is a mark of enterprise excellence—an achievement the entire team can take pride in.

 

We are thrilled to be celebrating the 2026 CIO Awards winners at our in-person ceremony on November 19, 2026, at Delta Hotels Toronto, recognizing their contributions to Canada’s technology and innovation landscape.

To be recognized among Canada’s top technology awards, organizations must showcase excellence in two key areas:

  • IT Innovation – Demonstrating how your team leveraged CIO tech to drive new ways of doing business, whether internally or externally.

  • Business Value Delivery – Providing measurable impact, supported by data, that highlights how your project has improved business results.

Earning an IDC CIO Award means standing out in the Canadian tech landscape for groundbreaking achievements in IT.

Eligibility Criteria

Earning an IDC CIO Award means standing out in the Canadian technology landscape for groundbreaking achievements in IT. To be eligible for consideration, submissions must meet the following criteria:

  • Projects must have commenced no earlier than June 1, 2024, be at least in a pilot stage, and have already delivered early results
  • Only one winning submission per organization will be selected

Award Highlights 2025

FAQs

  • When is the nomination deadline?

    All nominations must be submitted by May 29, 2026 at 11.59 PM ET.

  • Who can apply?

    Technology leaders, directors and executives, other qualified team members, as well as internal or external PR and marketing representatives, with a primary business presence in Canada may submit applications:

    Technology vendors can submit:

    • An internal IT project or initiative
    • A customer’s project or initiative that utilizes their product. This requires permission from the customer and contact information for the customer’s technology executive. Please note: If this entry wins, the customer will be named the award winner, not your technology vendor company.

    Technology vendors cannot submit:

    • Any product or service they sell to external IT customers or clients. These entries will be disqualified.
  • Is there a fee to apply?

    Yes, there is a $75 CAD fee to apply online via credit card.

  • How are judges selected?

    The judges are a selection of senior executives and editors from IDC Canada executives and analysts.

  • How are the entries judged?

    Judging is based solely on the information submitted in this online application. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to review any additional materials. To be selected for an IDC CIO Canada Award, you must demonstrate excellence in two main areas:

    • Technology innovation: The extent to which your organization used IT in a new way or enabled new ways of doing business, whether internally or externally.
    • Business value delivery: The measurable impact, backed up by supporting data, that your project has had on your organization’s business results.
  • What are the requirements to accept the award?

    If your company is selected as an award winner, a member of the nominated company will need to formally acknowledge and accept the award within one week of receiving the notification. This acceptance must be made via the online award acceptance page. If you do not complete this step, you will forfeit your award and another winner from the pool of finalists will be selected.

  • Are application submissions confidential?

    Yes, all application submissions are confidential during the judging phase. Event operations staff and the judging panel will view them in confidence to determine the winners.

  • Will I receive feedback about my submission?

    No feedback will be given on submissions.

  • What format should attachments be?

    Supporting documents can be uploaded in PDF, JPG or PNG formats only.

  • Want to preview the nomination submission form?

    View the full questionnaire here Nomination Questionaire Preview

AI & Data Summit Toronto

AI & Data Summit Toronto

Unlocking the Power of Data and AI

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Unlocking the Power of Data and AI

The IDC Canada AI and Data Summit is the premier event for senior technology and business executives driving artificial intelligence and data strategies across the country. Designed for CDOs, Heads of Data, and AI and innovation leaders, this full-day program delivers high-impact insights and actionable strategies focused on Canada’s top priorities: scaling AI adoption, ensuring data quality and governance, and managing regulatory compliance in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

 

As Canadian organizations accelerate investment in AI and data-driven transformation, they must navigate complex challenges such as data privacy, ethical AI, and the forthcoming Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA). IDC research shows that data quality, integration, and accessibility remain top barriers to realizing AI’s business value, and that organizations are increasingly focused on operationalizing AI responsibly to build stakeholder trust. This event equips leaders to turn data into a trusted strategic asset while embedding transparency, ethics, and accountability into AI initiatives.

IDC analysts and industry experts will guide you through building future-ready data architectures, operationalizing AI responsibly, and delivering measurable business impact. Through keynote sessions, panels, and collaborative discussions, this event provides Canada’s leaders with the tools and frameworks to transform AI and data into a foundation for innovation, resilience, and sustainable growth.

Expert Perspectives

Hear from global thought leaders, visionary CIOs, and celebrity speakers redefining technology, leadership, and innovation across the region.

Keynote
9:40 am

IDC Keynote: Agentic AI at Scale: Accelerating Innovation While Managing Risk

How organizations are deploying agentic AI to drive rapid innovation, while navigating complex regulator requirements around data privacy, security, and ethical AI

Bob Parker | IDC

Read Bio
Bob Parker

Testimonials That Tell the Story

Discover what past delegates have to say about their experience. From insightful sessions to meaningful connections that made the event truly worthwhile.

Delegate Feedback

“I love attending your events! You always cover a diverse range of ideas on the topic but also keep it framed around the topic. I love the balance of presentations, panels and relevant hot topics. I always come away with renewed excitement of how I can positively impact my organization.”

Anonymous

Delegate Feedback

“IDC+CIO Summit Canada perfectly balanced high-level visionary thinking with the practical, actionable strategies needed to navigate the future of IT. I walked away feeling not just inspired but fully equipped for what’s next.”

Anonymous

IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Data & Analytics

Event Highlights 2025

Insights

Discover thought-provoking articles from IDC analysts, strategic partners, and end-user speakers. Explore expert viewpoints on the latest tech trends, real-world transformation stories, and forward-looking insights shaping the digital future.

Getting Your Data AI Ready.

It has become a common refrain – getting data governance right is key to a successful AI strategy!  This conventional wisdom is very true, but it is not a new problem.  For as long as I have been involved in IT, both as an analyst and as a CIO, companies have struggled with wrangling the various data sets across the applications running at the organization.

Bob Parker
| IDC
SVP, Software and Services Research
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Redefining Sovereignty in the Age of Enterprise AI

IBM’s introduction of IBM Sovereign Core marks a critical turning point in how organizations think about digital sovereignty in the age of AI. The conversation is shifting from simple data residency to a far more strategic question: who has real operational authority over the systems that manage sensitive data and AI workloads.

Marcela Vairo Pasqualetti
| Vice President, Data Platform
IBM Americas
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AI Readiness Starts with People and Culture

AI readiness is built through deliberate leadership. It starts with building AI literacy across the organization, so employees understand not only how to use AI, but how to apply it meaningfully in their day-to-day work.

Jeff Garratt
| HP Canada
Vice President, Enterprise Sales
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Building SaaS resilience in the age of AI

AI and agents change the math. Automations don’t touch one item at a time. They can update, overwrite, or delete thousands of items in a matter of seconds.

Dan Laframboise
| Rewind
Manager of Solution Engineering
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Venue

Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre

Address: 525 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5G 2L2

The Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre is a premium hotel and event venue located in the vibrant downtown core, steps away from Toronto’s iconic attractions and shopping destinations.

Nestled between Bay Street and Yonge Street, this modern venue is directly connected to the CF Toronto Eaton Centre. Enter through the main lobby at 525 Bay Street, and enjoy convenient access to elegant event spaces, exceptional dining, and world-class accommodations,  making it the ideal location for  IDC’s tech conference.

The Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre is conveniently located near top attractions like the Eaton Centre, Nathan Phillips Square, and Toronto City Hall. The Royal Ontario Museum, Kensington Market, St. Lawrence Market, Ripley’s Aquarium, AGO, and the Distillery District are all nearby. For a lakeside view, the Harbourfront Centre is just a 15-minute walk away.

Join Us!

Don’t miss the AI & Data Summit 2026 Toronto—Building Intelligence that Creates Real Value​.

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Agenda

Agenda

Date: October 14, 2026

All times are listed in Pacific Standard Time.

AI & Data Summit Vancouver

One Day Event

8:30 am

Registration and Networking Breakfast

Informal networking and welcome, setting the tone for a strategic day.

9:00 am

IDC Greetings and Welcome

Summit Chair introduces the event’s strategic themes and objectives.

Keynote
9:15 am

IDC Keynote: Agentic AI at Scale: Accelerating Innovation While Managing Risk

How organizations are deploying agentic AI to drive rapid innovation, while navigating complex regulatory requirements around data privacy, security, and ethical AI

Bob Parker | IDC

Senior Vice President, Enterprise Applications, Data Intelligence, Services, and Industry Research

Read Bio
Bob Parker
10:00 am

Sponsor Keynote #1: Driving Business Value with AI & Data

Time off to think, network and share insights.

11:15 am

Panel Discussion: Data as a Strategic Asset

Discuss balancing governance, compliance, innovation and business value.

12:00 pm

End-User Case Study #1

Scaling AI in Financial Services – From Pilot to Production.

12:30 pm

Networking Lunch

1:30 pm

Sponsor Keynote #2: Future-Proofing Data Architectures for AI

Sponsor explores hybrid cloud, data pipelines, and sovereignty.

2:15 pm

End-User Case Study #2

AI for Healthcare Innovation: Delivering Patient Outcomes with Trust and Compliance.

2:45 pm

Afternoon Coffee Break

Time off to think, network and share insights.

3:15 pm

Fireside Chat: The Human Side of AI and Data

Discuss on skills, culture, and change.

4:00 pm

Interactive Roundtables

Small group discussions on governance, scaling, and architectures.

4:45 pm

IDC’s Wrap-Up

Summarize insights and set expectations for the next day.

5:15 pm

Network Reception

Join Us!

Don’t miss the AI & Data Summit 2026 Vancouver—Building Intelligence that Creates Real Value​.

Register Now

AI & Data Summit Vancouver

AI & Data Summit Vancouver

Unlocking the Power of Data and AI

14 Oct 2026 Paradox Hotel Vancouver
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The IDC Canada AI and Data Summit is the premier event for senior technology and business executives driving artificial intelligence and data strategies across the country. Designed for CDOs, Heads of Data, and AI and innovation leaders, this full-day program delivers high-impact insights and actionable strategies focused on Canada’s top priorities: scaling AI adoption, ensuring data quality and governance, and managing regulatory compliance in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

 

As Canadian organizations accelerate investment in AI and data-driven transformation, they must navigate complex challenges such as data privacy, ethical AI, and the forthcoming Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA). IDC research shows that data quality, integration, and accessibility remain top barriers to realizing AI’s business value, and that organizations are increasingly focused on operationalizing AI responsibly to build stakeholder trust. This event equips leaders to turn data into a trusted strategic asset while embedding transparency, ethics, and accountability into AI initiatives.

 

IDC analysts and industry experts will guide you through building future-ready data architectures, operationalizing AI responsibly, and delivering measurable business impact. Through keynote sessions, panels, and collaborative discussions, this event provides Canada’s leaders with the tools and frameworks to transform AI and data into a foundation for innovation, resilience, and sustainable growth.

Expert Perspectives

Hear from global thought leaders, visionary CIOs, and celebrity speakers redefining technology, leadership, and innovation across the region.

Keynote
9:15 am

IDC Keynote: Agentic AI at Scale: Accelerating Innovation While Managing Risk

How organizations are deploying agentic AI to drive rapid innovation, while navigating complex regulatory requirements around data privacy, security, and ethical AI

Bob Parker | IDC

Read Bio
Bob Parker

Speakers

Bob Parker

Bob Parker

Senior Vice President, Enterprise Applications, Data Intelligence, Services, and Industry Research

IDC

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Marcela Vairo Pasqualetti

Marcela Vairo Pasqualetti

Vice President, Data Platform

IBM Americas

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Alessandro Perilli

Alessandro Perilli

Vice President, Enterprise AI Strategies

IDC

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Megha Kumar

Megha Kumar

Research Vice President, Analytics & AI

IDC

Read Bio

Event Highlights 2025

Insights

Discover thought-provoking articles from IDC analysts, strategic partners, and end-user speakers. Explore expert viewpoints on the latest tech trends, real-world transformation stories, and forward-looking insights shaping the digital future.

Getting Your Data AI Ready.

It has become a common refrain – getting data governance right is key to a successful AI strategy!  This conventional wisdom is very true, but it is not a new problem.  For as long as I have been involved in IT, both as an analyst and as a CIO, companies have struggled with wrangling the various data sets across the applications running at the organization.

Bob Parker
| IDC
SVP, Software and Services Research

IBM Sovereign Core

IBM’s introduction of IBM Sovereign Core marks a critical turning point in how organizations think about digital sovereignty in the age of AI. The conversation is shifting from simple data residency to a far more strategic question: who has real operational authority over the systems that manage sensitive data and AI workloads.

Marcela Vairo Pasqualetti
| Vice President, Data Platform
IBM Americas

Partners

Venue

Paradox Hotel Vancouver

1161 W Georgia St,
Vancouver, BC V6E 0C6

Join Us!

Don’t miss the AI & Data Summit Vancouver—Building Intelligence that Creates Real Value​.

Register Now

Why Attend?

Why Attend?

Success requires more than technology investments. It demands resilience, trust, leadership, and the ability to align IT strategy with enterprise priorities. As emerging technologies like AI and intelligent agents reshape business models and decision-making, the CIO role is evolving into one of the most critical leadership positions for driving sustainable, innovation-driven growth.

Why Attend?

Event Highlights & Key Topics

Data Value Reinvention in the Age of AI

Organizations are shifting from thinking about “using AI” to “leveraging data for AI value,” integrating data maturity practices like cataloging, lineage, and observability to fuel model performance and business impact.

Scaling AI: From Pilot to Enterprise Deployment

Moving beyond experimentation, leaders create robust MLOps pipelines, governance frameworks, and change strategies to embed AI into core operations at scale with sustainability and reliability.

Trust, Transparency and Responsible AI

Embedding fairness, bias mitigation, auditability, and explainability across the AI lifecycle helps build user confidence, regulatory alignment, and long-term trust in intelligent systems.

Data Sovereignty, Governance and Interoperability

Balancing data residency, regulatory constraints, and cross-border flow requires hybrid cloud strategies, shared governance models, and interoperable architectures that meet business needs.

Generative and Agentic AI: The Next Frontier

As generative and agentic models go beyond assistance, leaders focus on guardrails, cost/risk trade-offs, hybrid model design, and alignment with existing AI systems.

Infrastructure Evolution: Edge, Cloud and AI Platforms

Deploying AI at scale depends on modern, flexible infrastructure spanning edge and cloud, optimized for latency, throughput, cost, sovereignty, and workload distribution.

Business Value and ROI from AI & Data

Translating AI and data experiments into measurable business outcomes demands clear KPI frameworks, strong business cases, and scalable use cases tied to financial value.

People, Culture and AI Readiness

Success requires preparing teams with AI literacy, reskilling, cross-functional collaboration, and leadership that navigates resistance and embeds data-driven habits into daily workflows.

Ecosystems, Partnerships and Innovation Models

Advancing AI and data at scale entails co-innovation via startup alliances, consortia, vendor collaborations, open data spaces, and shared platforms that accelerate adoption.

Agenda

Agenda

Thursday, June 25, 2026

All times are listed in Mountain Standard Time.

AI & Data Summit Calgary

One Day Event

9:30 am

Registration and Networking

Pre-registration required to attend, please pick your badge up at the Registration Desk. The first 50 attendees to check in will receive an exclusive IDC gift.

10:30 am

IDC Welcome Remarks

Our host welcome you to the AI & Data Summit Calgary. Setting the stage for the program, they’ll provide an overview of the strategic insights and tech trends you can expect to hear about during the day.

Erin Lawrence

Erin Lawrence

Executive Editor, TechGadgetsInternational

Allice Shandler

Allice Shandler

Sr. Director, Events – Americas, IDC

Keynote
10:40 am

IDC Keynote: Agentic AI at Scale: Accelerating Innovation While Managing Risk

How organizations are deploying agentic AI to drive rapid innovation, while navigating complex regulatory requirements around data privacy, security, and ethical AI

Shari Lava | IDC

Group Vice-President, AI, Data, and Automation

Read Bio
Shari Lava
11:10 am

Operationalizing AI: The New Rules of Tokenomics and Compute

Join Ivan and Darren as they discuss the latest trends emerging in the AI landscape, including the new rules of Tokenomics, the strategic role of Cuda in all of this, and how organizations like yours are Operationalizing AI. 

Ivan Nekrasov

Ivan Nekrasov

NVIDIA AI Field Product Manager, Dell Technologies

Darren Head

Darren Head

PreSales Solutions Consultant, Dell Technologies

11:35 am

Supply Chain: Know Your Blind Spots

Growing digital reliance makes supply chains a prime cyber target. Third-party breaches can halt operations, trigger downstream chaos, and blur the line between cyber, business and financial risk. As the risk surface expands, businesses need to understand their supply chain dependencies, map digital and non-digital dependencies, and deploy new resilience strategies to safeguard their operations.

Tony Anscombe

Tony Anscombe

Chief Security Evangelist, ESET

11:50 am

Data as a Strategic Asset

As data becomes the defining competitive differentiator, organizations are navigating the tension between governance, compliance, and the need to innovate at speed. This panel will examine how enterprise leaders are transforming data into measurable business value — building frameworks that are both rigorous and agile.

Tony Olvet

Tony Olvet

Group Vice President, Worldwide C-Suite and Digital Business Research, IDC

Dawit Haile

Dawit Haile

Dean, College of Engineering and Technology, Virginia State University

12:15 pm

Networking Lunch, Solutions Showcase & Dell’s Tech Rally Bus

1:15 pm

Responsible AI, Digital Sovereignty, and Compliance

Exploring how organizations can harness responsible AI while meeting Canadian regulatory requirements, ensuring digital sovereignty, and maintaining compliance in an evolving legal landscape.

Megha Kumar

Megha Kumar

Research Vice President, Analytics & AI, IDC

1:40 pm

AI at the Edge: Bringing Intelligence Closer to Where Work Happens

As organizations move beyond AI experimentation, the conversation is shifting from models to outcomes. AI at the edge is emerging as a powerful way to deliver more responsive user experiences, improve privacy and security, and help organizations manage the cost of AI at scale.

Jon Crutchely

Jon Crutchely

Sales Leader, HP Canada

Erin Lawrence

Erin Lawrence

Executive Editor, TechGadgetsInternational

1:50 pm

The Workloads You Can’t Afford to Get Wrong

Not every workload belongs in the same place. For many organizations the cloud is the right call, but for those handling sensitive data, some workloads simply can’t take the risk. As infrastructure and capacity get prioritized for AI companies, these organizations need options. This session makes the case for colocation: a secure, sovereign, locally-operated option that more Canadian enterprises are choosing for the workloads they can’t afford to get wrong.

James Beer

James Beer

Chief Executive Office, Qu Data Centres

1:55 pm

Networking Break

Time off to think, network and share insights.

2:15 pm

Hosted Discussion Groups

GenAI in Practice, hosted by Dell Technologies

Agentic AI Readiness, hosted by Dell Technologies

Scaling AI in the Enterprise, hosted by HP

Ransomware at Scale: The AI Effect, hosted by ESET

Building the Infrastructure for Enterprise AI, hosted by Qu Data Centres

3:00 pm

The Human Side of AI and Data

Technology transformation ultimately succeeds or fails on the human side. This intimate fireside conversation will explore how organizations are tackling the skills gap, reshaping culture, and leading meaningful change as AI and data become embedded in everyday operations.

Tony Olvet

Tony Olvet

Group Vice President, Worldwide C-Suite and Digital Business Research, IDC

Tushar Patel

Tushar Patel

VP of IT, Graham

Drew Martin

Drew Martin

Director of Information Technology, Western Canada

3:25 pm

Ask Analyst Anything: Live Q&A with IDC Analysts

An interactive, audience-driven Q&A with three IDC analysts — Shari Lava, Tony Olvet, and Megha Kumar — hosted by Erin. Powered by Mentimeter, this session puts Calgary’s CIO community in the driver’s seat. Submit and upvote questions live, respond to real-time polls, and get unfiltered analyst perspectives on the topics that matter most to Alberta leaders: AI governance, how organizations are using AI to liberate their people rather than replace them, what responsible AI looks like for energy and resource companies, and where the data says Canadian — and Alberta — enterprises are headed by 2030. No slides. No talking points. Just honest answers.

Shari Lava

Shari Lava

Group Vice-President, AI, Data, and Automation, IDC

Tony Olvet

Tony Olvet

Group Vice President, Worldwide C-Suite and Digital Business Research, IDC

Megha Kumar

Megha Kumar

Research Vice President, Analytics & AI, IDC

Erin Lawrence

Erin Lawrence

Executive Editor, TechGadgetsInternational

3:50 pm

Closing Remarks

Hear a full summary of the days’ takeaways and what’s to come during these final remarks from our Event Host.

Erin Lawrence

Erin Lawrence

Executive Editor, TechGadgetsInternational

Allice Shandler

Allice Shandler

Sr. Director, Events – Americas, IDC

4:00 pm

Networking Reception

Enjoy more food and drinks with our partners and new contacts

AI & Data Summit Calgary

AI & Data Summit Calgary

Unlocking the Power of Data and AI

25 Jun 2026 Calgary TELUS Convention Centre
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Unlocking the Power of Data and AI

The IDC Canada AI and Data Summit is the premier event for senior technology and business executives driving artificial intelligence and data strategies across the country. Designed for CDOs, Heads of Data, and AI and innovation leaders, this full-day program delivers high-impact insights and actionable strategies focused on Canada’s top priorities: scaling AI adoption, ensuring data quality and governance, and managing regulatory compliance in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

 

As Canadian organizations accelerate investment in AI and data-driven transformation, they must navigate complex challenges such as data privacy, ethical AI, and the forthcoming Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA). IDC research shows that data quality, integration, and accessibility remain top barriers to realizing AI’s business value, and that organizations are increasingly focused on operationalizing AI responsibly to build stakeholder trust. This event equips leaders to turn data into a trusted strategic asset while embedding transparency, ethics, and accountability into AI initiatives.

 

IDC analysts and industry experts will guide you through building future-ready data architectures, operationalizing AI responsibly, and delivering measurable business impact. Through keynote sessions, panels, and collaborative discussions, this event provides Canada’s leaders with the tools and frameworks to transform AI and data into a foundation for innovation, resilience, and sustainable growth.

Expert Perspectives

Hear from global thought leaders, visionary CIOs, and celebrity speakers redefining technology, leadership, and innovation across the region.

Keynote
10:40 am

IDC Keynote: Agentic AI at Scale: Accelerating Innovation While Managing Risk

How organizations are deploying agentic AI to drive rapid innovation, while navigating complex regulatory requirements around data privacy, security, and ethical AI

Shari Lava | IDC

Read Bio
Shari Lava

Testimonials That Tell the Story

“I love attending your events! You always cover a diverse range of ideas on the topic but also keep it framed around the topic. I love the balance of presentations, panels and relevant hot topics. I always come away with renewed excitement of how I can positively impact my organization.”

– Anonymous (IT Leader, Banking Sector)

Venue

Calgary TELUS Convention Centre

Address: 136 8 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2G 0K6

Getting There & Accessibility

  • C-Train (Light Rail Transit): The CTCC is steps away from the Centre Street C-Train Station, which is on the 7th Avenue free-fare zone.

  • Driving & Parking: Underground parking is available at the Calgary Parking Authority Lot 60 (727 1 St SE). The parkade offers 433 stalls and EV charging on Level P2.
  • +15 Skywalk: The center is connected to the +15 pedestrian network, linking it to the Marriott Hotel, Hyatt Regency, and Fairmont Palliser.
  • Accessibility: The venue is wheelchair accessible with automatic doors, braille-equipped elevators, and 7 accessible stalls in the parkade.

Partner

AI & Data Summit Toronto

Join the solutions showcase to see what the latest trends are from our trusted technology partners. 1:1 meetings are available as well as ample networking time to ensure quality conversations and discovery time

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AI & Data Summit Toronto

Meet Our Partners

They will be at the event to answer your questions, share valuable information and provide solutions to your most pressing challenges.

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