About this Event
Global Data Center & Cloud Expo Canada is your gateway to the future of digital infrastructure. This premier event brings together industry leaders, cutting-edge technologies, and invaluable connections to empower you to navigate the ever-evolving Canadian technology landscape.
Network with a diverse ecosystem of industry professionals, from fellow data center and cloud specialists to potential partners and investors, forge lasting relationships with like-minded individuals, building collaborative networks that will fuel your digital success & join in-depth networking sessions and social events, fostering meaningful connections and sparking new ideas
Agenda
Day 1: Compute, Power, Scale: Building Data Centres for the AI Age
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Keynote Address
Info: Data Centre Meets AI: Canada's Digital Continuum
This session will explore the convergence of hyperscale data centre infrastructure with AI workloads, focusing on high-density compute clusters, advanced interconnects, and Canada's role in enabling full-stack AI lifecycle deployment.
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Opening Signature Address
Info: Thinking Machines, Trusted Nations: AI's Canadian Blueprint
This session will explore sovereign AI frameworks, trusted data ecosystems, and governance models that ensure secure, ethical, and policy-aligned AI deployment at a national scale.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Mainstage Dialogue Panel
Info: From LLMs to ROI: Operationalising AI at Enterprise Scale
This session will explore enterprise-scale AI deployment, including MLOps pipelines, GPU scheduling, model optimization, and translating large language models into measurable business outcomes.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Break
🕑: 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
Engineering Dialogue Panel
Info: Regulating Intelligence: AI Compliance, Risk and Explainability
This session will explore AI risk governance, model interpretability, compliance architectures, and frameworks for auditing bias, fairness, and decision transparency.
🕑: 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM
Systems Roundtable
Info: The Power Problem: Can Infrastructure Keep Up with AI?
This session will explore power density challenges, grid limitations, energy-efficient compute design, and integration of renewables to sustain AI-driven infrastructure demand.
🕑: 12:05 PM - 12:20 PM
Technical Deep Dive Session
Info: Inference at the Edge: Real-Time AI in Distributed Systems
This session will explore distributed inference architectures, latency optimization, model compression, and real-time processing across edge environments.
🕑: 12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:20 PM - 01:35 PM
Critical Keynote Address
Info: Cloud Without Borders: Architecting Canada's Sovereign Digital Future
This session will explore sovereign cloud architectures, data localization strategies, secure cross-border data exchange, and compliance-driven infrastructure design.
🕑: 01:35 PM - 02:05 PM
Architecture Forum
Info: Multi-Cloud, Hybrid, or Chaos? Designing Resilient Architectures
This session will explore workload portability, orchestration across multi-cloud environments, resilience engineering, and strategies to mitigate vendor lock-in.
🕑: 02:05 PM - 02:20 PM
Tech Spotlight Session
Info: FinOps Deep Dive: Optimising Cloud Cost at Scale
This session will explore cost observability, cloud resource optimization, financial governance frameworks, and real-time cost control mechanisms in large-scale environments.
🕑: 02:20 PM - 02:40 PM
Break
🕑: 02:40 PM - 03:10 PM
Strategic Briefing
Info: Zero Trust, Zero Breach: Securing the Cloud-Native Enterprise
This session will explore zero trust architectures, identity-based security models, micro-segmentation, and continuous authentication across distributed systems.
🕑: 03:10 PM - 03:25 PM
Next-Gen Tech Perspective
Info: Edge and Cloud Convergence: Architectures for a Real-Time Nation
This session will explore edge-cloud integration models, ultra-low latency processing, distributed orchestration, and real-time data synchronization.
🕑: 03:25 PM - 04:00 PM
The Ultimate Outlook
Info: From Data Lakes to Decision Engines: The Future of Intelligent Cloud
This session will explore the evolution of data platforms into AI-driven decision systems, including real-time analytics, autonomous pipelines, and intelligent orchestration layers.
DAY 2: From Steel and Servers to Sectoral Transformation
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Keynote Address
Info: The Silent Giants: Data Centres Powering Canada's Digital Identity
This session will explore the role of data centres in enabling national digital infrastructure, including identity systems, secure data exchange, and large-scale public digital platforms.
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Flagship Address
Info: Beyond Racks and Power: The Rise of Intelligent Data Centres
This session will explore AI-driven data centre operations, predictive maintenance, automation, and the use of digital twins for infrastructure optimization.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
The Apex Roundtable
Info: Hyperscale or Edge? Rewriting the Laws of Data Gravity
This session will explore data gravity principles, workload distribution strategies, and the balance between centralized hyperscale and decentralized edge architectures.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Break
🕑: 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
Tech Deep Dive Session
Info: Direct-to-Chip Cooling (D2C): Engineering for the AI Heat Crisis
This session will explore advanced thermal management, liquid cooling technologies, chip-level heat dissipation, and infrastructure adaptation for high-performance AI systems.
🕑: 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM
Global Strategy Session
Info: The Rise of Carrier-Neutral Campuses: Reinventing Colocation Models
This session will explore interconnect-rich ecosystems, carrier-neutral strategies, and the transformation of colocation into integrated digital infrastructure hubs.
🕑: 12:05 PM - 12:20 PM
The Vision Keynote
Info: Designing for 100kW Racks: The New Data Centre Paradigm
This session will explore ultra-high-density rack design, next-generation power delivery, cooling innovations, and infrastructure scalability for AI workloads.
🕑: 12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:20 PM - 01:35 PM
Industry Case Keynote
Info: From Infrastructure to Intelligence: Data Centres Driving Industry 5.0
This session will explore how data infrastructure enables Industry 5.0 through AI-driven automation, real-time analytics, and human-machine collaboration.
🕑: 01:35 PM - 02:05 PM
Industry Panel - Fintech
Info: Milliseconds = Millions: Data Centres Powering Real-Time Finance
This session will explore ultra-low latency architectures, high-frequency trading systems, real-time transaction processing, and infrastructure optimization for financial services.
🕑: 02:05 PM - 02:20 PM
The Think Tank Session - Telecom
Info: 5G, MEC and Edge: Telecom's New Infrastructure Stack
This session will explore integration of 5G networks, multi-access edge computing, and distributed data centres to support next-generation telecom services.
🕑: 02:20 PM - 02:40 PM
Break
🕑: 02:40 PM - 03:10 PM
The Premier Session - MedTech
Info: From Scans to Signals: Data Infrastructure in Precision Healthcare
This session will explore AI-powered diagnostics, medical data pipelines, secure patient data management, and infrastructure for precision medicine.
🕑: 03:10 PM - 03:25 PM
The Power Talk - IoT
Info: From Grid to GPU: Rethinking Energy Infrastructure
This session will explore the convergence of energy systems and digital infrastructure, including smart grids, AI-driven energy optimization, and sustainable compute power strategies.
🕑: 03:25 PM - 04:00 PM
Grand Closing Panel
Info: The Canadian Digital Continuum: Where Legacy, Infrastructure and Innovation Converge
This session will explore the integration of legacy systems with next-generation infrastructure, focusing on scalability, modernization, and national digital competitiveness.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The International Centre, 6900 Airport Road, Mississauga, Canada
USD 0.00 to USD 604.74







