November 2-3

AI SUMMIT
VANCOUVER, 2026

A two-day, content-driven AI summit for the people shaping how the next generation of AI is built, adopted, funded, and brought into the real world.

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Voices Shaping the Field

The Voices Shaping What’s Next

A First Look at Our November 2026 Lineup

Meet the Leaders Joining Us
This November

An exceptional lineup of leaders and voices shaping the future of AI is coming together in Vancouver this November. Here’s a first look at just some of the speakers joining us, with many more names to be revealed.

An exceptional group of leaders, researchers, and innovators is coming together in Vancouver, bringing perspectives from across frontier AI, enterprise transformation, technology, and public policy.

AI Summit Speaker -Global Summit AI Vancouver 2026

Andrej Zdravkovic

AMD

Senior Vice President & Chief Software Officer

Diana Fox Carney

Economist, Researcher, Cultural advocate (Special Opening Remarks)

Diana Fox Carney

Economist, Researcher, Cultural advocate (Special Opening Remarks)

Bas Brekelmans

Microsoft

Former CTO, Microsoft Copilot Studio丨Founder, M365 Copilot Cowork

Diane Gutiw

CGI

Vice President AI Research

Mani Malek

Google DeepMind

Research Scientist

Mani Malek

Google DeepMind

Research Scientist

Kevin Leyton-Brown

Canada CIFAR AI Chair丨UBC

Professor, Computer Science

Kevin Leyton-Brown

Canada CIFAR AI Chair丨UBC

Professor, Computer Science

Christopher Lennon

Empowered Startups

President & General Counsel

Hilary Kilgour

Audaxa Ventures

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Jacob Colker

AI House

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Ray Wu

Alumni Ventures

Managing Partner

Fay Arjomandi

mimik

CEO

Bülent Uyanıker

DataSpeckle

Founder

Bilal Kartal

Nvidia

Senior Deep Learning Scientist

Homam Malkawi

Cohere

Member Of Technical Staff

Sam Hashemi

Prenuvo

Vice President of AI & Research

Abhishek Kumar

Cisco

Senior Technical Leader, AI/ML

Artyom Mamzhiev

DIGITAL Global Innovation Cluster

Senior Innovation Strategist and AI Portfolio Lead

Zaheera Valani

Databricks

Vice President Engineering

Xiaonan Liu

Anthropic

Member of Technical Staff

Meet the Leaders Joining Us
This November

An exceptional group of leaders, researchers, and innovators is coming together in Vancouver, bringing perspectives from across frontier AI, enterprise transformation, technology, and public policy.

Diana Fox Carney

Economist, Researcher, Cultural advocate (Special Opening Remarks)

Andrej Zdravkovic

AMD

Senior Vice President & Chief Software Officer

Bas Brekelmans

Microsoft

Former CTO, Microsoft Copilot Studio丨Founder, M365 Copilot Cowork

Diane Gutiw

CGI

Vice President AI Research

Mani Malek

Google DeepMind

Research Scientist

Kevin Leyton-Brown

Canada CIFAR AI Chair丨UBC

Professor, Computer Science

Christopher Lennon

Empowered Startups

President & General Counsel

Zaheera Valani

Databricks

Vice President Engineering

Bilal Kartal

Nvidia

Senior Deep Learning Scientist

Jonah Dueck

Anthropic

Member of Technical Staff

Hilary Kilgour

Audaxa Ventures

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Ray Wu

Alumni Ventures

Managing Partner

Xiaonan Liu

DIGITAL Global Innovation Cluster

Senior Innovation Strategist and AI Portfolio Lead

Jacob Colker

AI House

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Fay Arjomandi

mimik

CEO

Bülent Uyanıker

DataSpeckle

Founder

Homam Malkawi

Cohere

Member Of Technical Staff

Abhishek Kumar

Cisco

Senior Technical Leader, AI/ML

Sam Hashemi

Prenuvo

Vice President of AI & Research

Startup Pitch Competition

Your next chapter.Starts with a pitch.

A speaker sharing ideas at a previous Summit event

UP TO CA

$800,000

Investment opportunity for competition winners

Pitch your vision. Meet the people who could help take it further.

Explore the Competition

Put your vision in front of the Summit community.

All Summit attendees have the opportunity to apply.
Receive the application link after purchasing your Summit pass.

At the Summit

Event Zones

A set of dedicated spaces designed to support learning, discovery, and meaningful connection throughout the Summit.

VIP Dinner

Tap a hotspot to explore each summit zone

Tech Stage

Expo Hall

Workshop Lab

Startup Pitch Competition

VIP Lounge

Networking Area

Main Stage

VIP Dinner

Tap a hotspot to explore each summit zone

Tech Stage

Expo Hall

Workshop Lab

Startup Pitch Competition

VIP Lounge

Networking Area

Main Stage

This event takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. We honour and give thanks to the Musqueam Nation for their stewardship of this land.

Summit Experience

Two days to see what is next for AI,
and discover what is next for you.

The Summit brings together curated content, practical learning, product discovery, startup opportunities, and meaningful connections for people shaping the next wave of AI.

Dual Stage Content

From Big Ideas to Real World Application

The Main Stage explores business applications, industry trends, leadership, and strategic perspectives.The Technology and Research Stage goes deeper into engineering practice, emerging research, and real world applications. Participants can move between both stages based on their interests, background, and current priorities, gaining a broader understanding of AI across business, product, technology, and research.

Dual Stage Content

From Big Ideas to Real World Application

Practical Workshops

Bring AI into Real Workflows

Led by experienced industry practitioners, the workshops focus on practical tools, working methods, and real business applications. Participants will explore how AI can support product development, marketing, team collaboration, company operations, and workflow improvement, with practical ideas they can apply in their own work.

Practical Workshops

Bring AI into Real Workflows

Interactive Exhibition

Explore AI Products and Solutions

The exhibition brings together companies, institutions, startups, and partners from across the AI ecosystem. Through product demonstrations, interactive experiences, and direct conversations, participants can discover emerging technologies, understand new use cases, and explore potential partnerships.

Interactive Exhibition

Explore AI Products and Solutions

Structured Networking

Make More Relevant Connections

A clear participant role system helps attendees understand each other’s backgrounds, interests, and reasons for connecting. With dedicated interactive activities throughout the summit, Research and Academia, Product and Engineering, Startup Founders, Decision Makers, Investors and Capital, and AI Explorers can meet relevant people more easily and begin more focused, valuable conversations.

Structured Networking

Make More Relevant Connections

Startup Pitch Competition

Put Great Ideas in Front of the Right People

The Startup Pitch Competition is open to participating founders, with investors and industry leaders serving as judges. Selected teams will present their companies to investors, corporate leaders, founders, and ecosystem partners, gaining direct feedback, visibility, valuable connections, and potential opportunities for future collaboration.

Startup Pitch Competition

Put Great Ideas in Front of the Right People

VIP Experience

More Space for Meaningful Conversations

The VIP experience includes a curated dinner and a dedicated lounge, creating a quieter and more focused environment for deeper conversations. Participants will have more opportunities to connect with speakers, investors, partners, and key members of the ecosystem in a relaxed setting.

VIP Experience

More Space for Meaningful Conversations

Lunch and Refreshments

Keep the Conversation Going

Light lunch and refreshments are included during selected times throughout the summit, giving participants time to recharge, continue conversations, and connect in a more relaxed setting.

Lunch and Refreshments

Keep the Conversation Going

Why This Summit

Where Insight Meets Integrity — and Builds Real Impact

AI is advancing rapidly, but meaningful adoption, execution, and trust lag behind. Global Summit AI Vancouver exists to close that gap.

Decision-Makers

Decision-makers must act amid fast change and limited clarity. The Summit provides cross-sector understanding of how AI is built, used, and governed.

AI Investors & Investment Institutions

Investors seek durable signal beyond short-term hype. The Summit offers direct insight into long-term value, teams, and real-world risk.

Enterprise Leaders

Enterprise leaders want AI adoption without organizational disruption. The Summit offers clearer signals on value creation, governance, and execution.

Founders

Founders are building AI companies amid uncertainty. Here, they connect directly with investors, learn from real growth strategies, and discover potential partnership and collaboration opportunities alongside peers facing similar challenges.

Founders

Engineers & Builders

Engineers want to move beyond the hype and into practice. The Summit offers hands-on technical depth, real implementation patterns, and direct exchange with peers solving similar problems.

Researchers & Academia

Researchers seek to see insight reach practice. The Summit connects research with real-world constraints and the people shaping deployment.

Pricing & Passes

Choose the level of access that fits your Summit experience

Our ticket options offer different levels of access and interaction, from core programming and open networking to priority connections and private, invitation-only experiences.

FULL SUMMIT ACCESS

General Pass

Two full days of ideas, insights, and connections shaping what’s next in AI.

Main Stage, Tech Stage, and workshops

Live Startup Competition

Networking and exhibition access

Light lunch and refreshments

$349

$399

Secure General Pass

Audience attending a Summit stage session

Compare All Passes

Last Minute

Standard

General

$349

Full Summit Access
Content, Community, and Discovery

What's Included:

Full two-day summit access

Access to the Main Stage and Technology & Research Stage

Keynotes, panels, and fireside chats

Workshops and masterclasses, subject to room capacity

Access to the Startup Pitch Competition

Interactive exhibition and product showcases

Structured networking activities throughout the summit

Light lunch and refreshments during selected times

Premium

$999

Priority Access
Elevated Networking

What's Included:

Full two-day summit access

Access to the Main Stage and Technology & Research Stage

Keynotes, panels, and fireside chats

Reserved seating in workshops and masterclasses

Access to the Startup Pitch Competition

Interactive exhibition and product showcases

Structured networking activities throughout the summit

Premium catering and refreshments throughout the summit

Access to the VIP Lounge

Networking opportunities with: Speakers, sponsors, partners and fellow guests

Fast-track check-in and premium badge pickup

VIP

$1699

Inner Circle Access
Private Experiences

What's Included:

Full two-day summit access

Access to the Main Stage and Technology & Research Stage

Keynotes, panels, and fireside chats

Reserved seating in workshops and masterclasses

Access to the Startup Pitch Competition

Interactive exhibition and product showcases

Structured networking activities throughout the summit

Premium catering and refreshments throughout the summit

Access to the VIP Lounge

Networking opportunities with: Speakers, sponsors, partners and fellow guests

Fast-track check-in and VIP badge pickup

Priority front-row seating

Invitation to a private VIP dinner at a premium restaurant, featuring table-based conversations with speakers, sponsors, partners, and invited guests

From Big Ideas to Real World Application

Dual Stage Content

From Business Strategy to Technical Practice

Participants can move between both stages based on their interests, background, and current priorities, gaining a broader understanding of AI across business, product, technology, and research.

Bring AI into Real Workflows

Practical Workshops

Led by experienced industry practitioners, the workshops focus on practical tools, working methods, and real business applications.

Participants will explore how AI can support product development, marketing, team collaboration, company operations, and workflow improvement, with practical ideas they can apply in their own work.

Led by experienced industry practitioners, the workshops focus on practical tools, working methods, and real business applications.

Participants will explore how AI can support product development, marketing, team collaboration, company operations, and workflow improvement, with practical ideas they can apply in their own work.

Explore AI Products and Solutions

Interactive Exhibition

Explore AI Products and Solutions

The exhibition brings together companies, institutions, startups, and partners from across the AI ecosystem.

Through product demonstrations, interactive experiences, and direct conversations, participants can discover emerging technologies, understand new use cases, and explore potential partnerships.

The exhibition brings together companies, institutions, startups, and partners from across the AI ecosystem.

Through product demonstrations, interactive experiences, and direct conversations, participants can discover emerging technologies, understand new use cases, and explore potential partnerships.

Make More Relevant Connections

Put Great Ideas in Front of the Right People

Structured Networking

A clear participant role system helps attendees understand each other’s backgrounds, interests, and reasons for connecting.

With dedicated interactive activities throughout the summit, Research and Academia, Product and Engineering, Startup Founders, Decision Makers, Investors and Capital, and AI Explorers can meet relevant people more easily and begin more focused, valuable conversations.

A clear participant role system helps attendees understand each other’s backgrounds, interests, and reasons for connecting.

Put Great Ideas in Front of the Right People

Startup Pitch Competition

Put Great Ideas in Front of the Right People

The Startup Pitch Competition is open to participating founders, with investors and industry leaders serving as judges.

Selected teams will present their companies to investors, corporate leaders, founders, and ecosystem partners, gaining direct feedback, visibility, valuable connections, and potential opportunities for future collaboration.

The Startup Pitch Competition is open to participating founders, with investors and industry leaders serving as judges.Selected teams will present their companies to investors, corporate leaders, founders, and ecosystem partners, gaining direct feedback, visibility, valuable connections, and potential opportunities for future collaboration.

More Space for Meaningful Conversations

VIP Experience

The VIP experience includes a curated dinner and a dedicated lounge, creating a quieter and more focused environment for deeper conversations.

Participants will have more opportunities to connect with speakers, investors, partners, and key members of the ecosystem in a relaxed setting.

The VIP experience includes a curated dinner and a dedicated lounge, creating a quieter and more focused environment for deeper conversations.

Participants will have more opportunities to connect with speakers, investors, partners, and key members of the ecosystem in a relaxed setting.

Keep the Conversation Going

Lunch and Refreshments

Keep the Conversation Going

Light lunch and refreshments are included during selected times throughout the summit, giving participants time to recharge, continue conversations, and connect in a more relaxed setting.

AI SUMMIT VANCOUVER, 2026

A First Look at Our November 2026 Lineup

Meet the Leaders Joining UsThis November

AMD

Microsoft

CGI

Google DeepMind

Google DeepMind

Canada CIFAR AI Chair丨UBC

Canada CIFAR AI Chair丨UBC

Empowered Startups

Audaxa Ventures

AI House

Alumni Ventures

mimik

DataSpeckle

Nvidia

Cohere

Prenuvo

Cisco

DIGITAL Global Innovation Cluster

Databricks

Meta

Anthropic

Meet the Leaders Joining UsThis November

AMD

Microsoft

CGI

Google DeepMind

Canada CIFAR AI Chair丨UBC

Empowered Startups

Databricks

Nvidia

Anthropic

Audaxa Ventures

Alumni Ventures

Meta

DIGITAL Global Innovation Cluster

AI House

mimik

DataSpeckle

Cohere

Cisco

Prenuvo

Event Zones

Two days to see what is next for AI, and discover what is next for you.

Dual Stage Content

Dual Stage Content

Practical Workshops

Practical Workshops

Interactive Exhibition

Interactive Exhibition

Structured Networking

Structured Networking

Startup Pitch Competition

Startup Pitch Competition

VIP Experience

VIP Experience

Lunch and Refreshments

Lunch and Refreshments

Where Insight Meets Integrity — and Builds Real Impact

Decision-Makers

AI Investors & Investment Institutions

Enterprise Leaders

Founders

Founders

Engineers & Builders

Researchers & Academia

Choose the level of access that fits your Summit experience

General Pass

$349

$999

$1699

Dual Stage Content

Dual Stage Content

From Business Strategy to Technical Practice

Bring AI into Real Workflows

Practical Workshops

Practical Workshops

Interactive Exhibition

AI SUMMIT
VANCOUVER, 2026

Meet the Leaders Joining Us
This November

Meet the Leaders Joining Us
This November

Two days to see what is next for AI,
and discover what is next for you.