IEEE Canada Blockchain Forum 2026 (4th edition)

Ontario Investment and Trade Centre, 250 Yonge Street, 35th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 2L7

Theme for 2026: at the intersection of modernised Payments and AI, featuring Stablecoins, protocols such as x402, Agentic AI such as OpenClaw, on the wake of Bill C-15 and the rise of open source AI. We have a packed agenda!(https://www.torontotechweek.com/). The goal of this compact one-day event is to congregate BUIDLers, researchers, academics, and engineers building blockchain protocols, infrastructure, and decentralized software <a href="http://applications.Expect" target="_blank" title="applications.Expect">applications.Expect deep thought leadership, executive talks and panels, and academic presentations. We're talking long-term engineering trends and innovation. You won't find marketing narratives, token launches, or <a href="http://promotions.Note:" target="_blank" title="promotions.Note:">promotions.Note: (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/469545) counted with 200 participants and speakers from JP Morgan, the Bank of Canada, Mastercard, the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance, EY, Starknet, among <a href="http://others.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="others.Co-sponsored">others.Co-sponsored by: Toronto Tech Week and the Government of OntarioAgenda: First wave of speaker announcementOn the wake of Bill C-15 and the rapid digitisation of Canada's financial system, Canadian innovation leaders will give us a glimpse of what's to come this year and <a href="http://next.Panel" target="_blank" title="next.Panel">next.Panel #1 - Stablecoins: A New Era of Payments in Canada- Felipe Priuli, Program Director for CAD Digital (CADD)- Kesem Frank, CEO of Canada Stablecorp- Kevin Zhang, Founder and CEO of LOONPanel #2 - Sovereignty by Design- Ali Abou Daya, CEO of Transactix Financial <a href="http://Inc.-" target="_blank" title="Inc.-">Inc.- Thomas You, Associate Partner at Maverix Private EquityPanel #3 - The New Frontier of Trust in Agentic AI & Blockchain- Michelle Beyo, CEO of FINAVATOR- Carlos Andres Delgado, Fintech, AI & Banking Expert- Diana Oreto, Blockchain & Digital Assets ExpertMore speakers to be announced soon. Stay tuned!Many thanks to our sponsors: the Government of Ontario (sponsoring the location), as well asInvest Hong Kong (Canada), Moody's Ratings, Compass360 Consulting and Tetra Digital Group!Ontario Investment and Trade Centre, 250 Yonge Street, 35th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 2L7