Innovating at the Pace of AI

Toronto | March 31, 2026 | Hosted at TD Bank

Format: Morning and early afternoon are a closed working session for participating members. Late afternoon opens to external guests. Optional dinner follows.

9:00 – 9:30 | Opening & Framing

Introduction, objectives, and discussion norms for the day.

Pulse round: One starting thought from each member — the most dangerous assumption currently embedded in AI strategy today.

9:30 – 10:45 | Session 1. AI: What's Actually Working

What AI programs have generated real, measurable outcomes — and what separated them from everything else that was tried?

10:45 – 11:00 | Break

11:00 – 12:15 | Session 2: Architecture, Stack & Risks

Where the AI stack is shifting — and navigating the the hard choices around optionality and dependency.

12:15 – 1:15 | Lunch

Informal continuation.

1:15 – 2:30 | Session 3: Ecosystem, Partnerships & What's Next

Partnership as a capability — where does ecosystem leverage accelerate the strategy — and where does it create dependencies that cannot be afforded — and where do we go next.

2:30 – 3:30 | The future of Applications in the age of AI 1: VC View

Frontier signals, deployment learnings, and collaboration patterns from curated external guests.

3:30 – 3:45 | Break

3:45 – 5:00 | The future of Applications in the age of AI 2: Startup View

Frontier signals, deployment learnings, and collaboration patterns from curated external guests.

5:00 – 5:30 | Closing Synthesis

• Consolidated takeaways and highest-signal shifts from the day
• Executive Technology Board Next Steps and Action Items

5:30 | Close. Optional Dinner follows

Executive Technology Board (c)