October 22, 2025 2:30 pm EDT - October 22, 2025 5:00 pm EDT
AI Infrastructure & Governance Policy in Canada
From Principles to Practice: Shaping Canada’s Trusted, Sovereign AI
Canada is moving fast on AI policy. This keynote and roundtable will bring senior voices from government, industry, and academia together to confront the real questions: how to address procurement challenges, secure sovereign technology, and navigate international pressures like the CLOUD Act.
The discussion will also explore what business and government need from one another, the role of encryption in safeguarding trust, and how to strengthen Canada’s broader AI ecosystem. Insights will further inform TCIS’s submission to the federal AI Policy Consultation.
This event will be held exclusively in-person at the Rideau Club.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
- Alexandra Dostal – Sr. ADM, Strategic Policy Sector, ISED Canada
SPEAKERS:
- Vince Silvestri – VP, Software Systems, Evertz
- Dr. Emily Laidlaw – Canada Research Chair, Cybersecurity Law; Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
- Elnaz Kanani Kuchesfehani – Partner, Deloitte, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
- Dr. Wendy Cukier – Founder and Academic Director, Diversity Institute; Academic Research Lead, Future Skills Centre
- Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia – Strategic, Global Technology, Business, and Public Policy Executive
- Marc Etienne Ouimette – Founder, Cardinal Policy
- Craig McLellan – Founder and CEO, ThinkOn
- Sarkis Abrahamian – Director of Business Development, Government & Defense, Evertz
- Erin Kelly – President and CEO, Advanced Symbolics Inc. (ASI)
- Paul Park – Reporter, The Wire Report
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