MEDIA INVITE – ALL IN 2026: Day 2 with Yoshua Bengio, Aidan Gomez, Joelle Pineau, Louis Têtu, and leaders from Google DeepMind, Mastercard, OpenText, RBC and TELUS

MONTREAL, Sept. 16, 2026 /CNW/ — Members of the media are invited to attend the second day of ALL IN, Canada’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) and technology event, taking place at the Palais des congrès de Montréal on September 16 and 17, as well as virtually.

In addition to its four conference stages, ALL IN brings together hundreds of exhibitors, hands-on workshops, industry roundtables, real-world AI use cases, startup competitions, and major announcements.

The full program is available here.

Highlights from Thursday, September 17 (all times EDT):

• 8:30 a.m.: Day 2 Opening — with Mélissa Denis (Montréal International), Isabelle Dessureault (Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montréal), Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada (City of Montréal), Minister Nate Glubish (Government of Alberta), and Minister Rick Glumac (Government of British Columbia)
• 9:30 a.m.: Beyond Language: AI Enters the Physical World — with Jacomo Corbo (PhysicsX), Alex de Vigan (Physicl), Étienne Lacroix (Vention) and Liila Torabi (NVIDIA)
• 9:50 a.m.: AI Sustainability Across the Ecosystem: What Role Will You Play? — with Sasha Luccioni and Boris Gamazaychikov (Sustainable AI Group)
• 10:45 a.m.: AI for Better Care: Scaling Value in Healthcare — with Rob Annan (Genome Canada), Muhammad Mamdani (University of Toronto and Ontario Health), Michael Serbinis (League) and Elissa Strome (CIFAR)
• 11:30 a.m.: Enterprise R&D at the Age of AI — with Hugo Larochelle (Mila, Université de Montréal, McGill University and Adaption Labs) and Liam Fedus (Periodic Labs)
• 1:00 p.m.: The Gemini Project: Responsibly Deploying Frontier AI at Scale — with Tulsee Doshi (Google DeepMind)
• 1:30 p.m.: The Agentic Commerce Revolution — with Alix Moghadam (Agnic.AI), Tom Pawelkiewicz (Mastercard), Lauren Steinberg (Loblaw) and Louis Têtu (Coveo)
• 2:15 p.m.: Building the Canadian AI Stack: Lessons, Trade-Offs and Control — with Sandeep Poonen (Nutanix), Katharina Frey (ETH Zurich), Hanneke Krekels (AMD) and Raffi Krikorian (Mozilla)
• 2:30 p.m.: Engineering Honesty and Reliability for Safer AI — with Yoshua Bengio (LawZero, Mila, and Université de Montréal)
• 2:30 p.m.: AI Readiness: Data Strategy, Talent, and the Rise of the CAIO — with Lise Lefaive (OpenText), Taimur Rashid (AWS) et Bettina Rotermund (Siemens)
• 3:00 p.m.: Homegrown and Global: Building the Next Generation of Canadian AI Champions — with Chris Arsenault (Inovia), Laurent Charlin (Mila and HEC Montréal), Glenda Crisp (Vector Institute) and Handol Kim (Variational AI)
• 4:00 p.m.: Sovereign AI: Who Controls the Next Era of Intelligence? -– with Aidan Gomez (Cohere)
• 4:30 p.m.: Canada Is Not for Sale – It Is Selling to the World -– with minister Evan Solomon (Government of Canada), Julien Billot (Scale AI), Joelle Pineau (Cohere) and John Stackhouse (RBC)

Location

Palais des congrès de Montréal (1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, 2nd floor)

Media accreditation

Media accreditation requests, whether in person or virtual, can be requested  at [email protected].

Important information regarding media audiovisual equipment

To ensure high-quality coverage and prevent technical interference, the use of wired connections is strongly recommended. Dedicated elevated spaces near the audio distribution systems will be available in the main rooms. Members of the press will also have access to a dedicated media lounge.

About ALL IN (allinevent.ai)

ALL IN is Canada’s largest AI and technology event and an international showcase for Canadian technology leadership. Supported by Canada’s innovation ecosystem, ALL IN brings together the decision-makers, builders and visionaries shaping the economy of tomorrow. ALL IN is held annually in Montréal, with satellite events taking place across Canada. In 2026, ALL IN Talks were held in Vancouver and Toronto.

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