Innovating at the Pace of AI

Innovating at the Pace of AI

March 31, 2026 | Hosted at TD Bank, Toronto

The pace of change today is the slowest it will ever be.

Competitive advantage now depends on scaling AI-driven innovation and leveraging the broader AI ecosystem — but execution is the hard part: integrating models into real workflows, data, platforms, and controls at enterprise speed.

This Executive Technology Board meeting focuses on two outcomes: the repeatable patterns members are using to increase innovation velocity inside large enterprises, and external perspectives on what’s coming next in AI and how to engage it pragmatically.

Morning is a closed, members-only working session. Afternoon features research leadership, venture investors, and founders. Optional dinner follows.

Agenda Overview

Morning – Closed session (members only)

A candid, off-the-record working session on what’s actually working (and not working) as enterprises scale AI. We’ll compare approaches to:

  • Building an AI innovation portfolio that produces measurable outcomes (funding, prioritization, metrics)
  • Moving from pilots to reusable platforms and components (data, architecture, integration patterns; reusable building blocks)
  • The enterprise “innovation system” required for speed at scale (decision rights, intake-to-production cycle time, and tiered controls/guardrails that manage risk without slowing delivery)

Afternoon – Open session (with external guests)

A curated conversation on frontier signals and emerging approaches — leveraging Toronto’s globally recognized AI research and startup ecosystem. We’ll bring in innovation and research leadership, venture investors, and startup founders to discuss:

  • Where the frontier is moving and what will matter next
  • What they’re building now — and what they’re seeing in real deployments
  • What effective enterprise–ecosystem collaboration looks like in practice: where to partner, what to build, and how to avoid brittle dependencies

Evening – Optional dinner

Off-the-record dinner to continue the discussion and translate the day into a short set of concrete actions and bets participants can take back.

If you are a member and would like to attend, please register here.

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