20th Oct, 2026 | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Conference Agenda

Session

11:30 - 11:50

Behind the Meter: Powering Canada’s AI Infrastructure

Exploring how behind-the-meter power solutions, grid capacity and energy strategy can help Canada meet the rapidly growing electricity demands of AI and next-generation data centre infrastructure.

Andrey Bugrov
CEO and Founder

Waste to energy Generating Inc

Session

11:50 – 12:10

Financing the Compute Race: Funding Canada’s AI Infrastructure Strategy

Exploring why access to capital will be critical to scaling Canada’s compute capacity, from GPUs and data centres to power and supporting digital infrastructure. The session will examine the investment models, financing structures and capital strategies needed to turn Canada’s AI ambitions into the compute infrastructure required to support them.

Nicolas Trudel
Head of Product

JetScale AI

Session

12:10-12:30

Building Canada’s AI Advantage: From Infrastructure to Opportunity

Examining how Canada can turn investments in power, compute, digital infrastructure, capital and policy into a scalable AI ecosystem capable of driving innovation, economic growth and global competitiveness.

Omar (Rick) Kazi
Practice Lead and Senior Architect, MIR Digital

PulsarOps AI

Break

12:30 – 13:40

Break

Session

13:40 – 14:00

The Race for Compute: Building AI Capacity at Scale

Exploring the race to secure GPUs, power and data centre capacity as Canada scales the compute infrastructure needed to support the next generation of AI.

Raza Jafri
Founder & CEO

MetaWorldX

Session

14:00 – 14:20

Powering Intelligence at Scale: Integrating Grid-Scale Storage, Renewable Generation, and AI-Driven Electricity Demand

This session will explore how grid-scale energy storage, renewable generation, and AI-driven electricity demand can be integrated to build a resilient, sustainable, and future-ready power infrastructure.

Sean Jones
Lead, Market Development- Data Centres; Tesla Megapack

Tesla