BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T031907Z UID:014671AB-5C15-4B0C-A019-2CDB4D5C810A DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260525T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260525T170000 DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nThe IEEE Blockchain Forum is returning for the fourth tim e as part of [Toronto Tech Week](https://www.torontotechweek.com/). The go al of this compact one-day event is to congregate BUIDLers\, researchers\, academics\, and engineers building blockchain protocols\, infrastructure\ , and decentralized software applications.\n\nExpect deep thought leadersh ip\, executive talks and panels\, and academic presentations. We're talkin g about long-term engineering trends and innovation. You won't find market ing narratives\, token launches\, or promotions.\n\nNote: [The 2025 editio n of the forum](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 others.\n\nCo- sponsored by: Government of Ontario\, Invest Hong Kong (Canada)\, Moody's Ratings\, Compass360 Consulting and Tetra Digital Group\n\nAgenda: \nProgr am Details\n\nRoom 1: Seminar Room - for the Thought Leaders\n\nOn the wak e of Bill C-15 and the rapid digitisation of Canada's financial system\, C anadian innovation leaders will give us a glimpse of what's to come this y ear and next.\n\n9 am – Registration\n\n9:30 am - Welcome and introducti on - Conference Chair Marc Lijour\, Secretary of the IEEE Blockchain Techn ical Community\n\n9:40 am - Opening Keynote by Alex McDougall\, CEO of The FUTR Corporation: The Missing Layer: Why Agentic Commerce Needs a Consume r Data Protocol\n\n10 am - Short Keynote by Sheereen Khan\, Founder and CE O of Regulativity: An update on the Canadian regulatory landscape\n\n10:10 am - Panel #1 - Stablecoins: A New Era of Payments in Canada\n\n- Felipe Priuli\, Program Director for CAD Digital (CADD)\n- Kesem Frank\, CEO of C anada Stablecorp (QCAD)\n- Kevin Zhang\, Founder and CEO of LOON\n\nModera tor: Evan Thomas\n\n11 am - Short Keynote by Hilary Carter\, SVP Research at The Linux Foundation: What's the Role of Open Source for Canadian Sover eignty?\n\n11:10 am - Panel #2 - Sovereignty by Design\n\n- Ali Abou Daya\ , CEO of Transactix Financial Inc.\n- Thomas You\, Associate Partner at Ma verix Private Equity\n- Gaëlle Martin-Cocher\, IEEE Canada\n\nModerator: Marc Lijour\n\n=== NOON: LUNCH BREAK (food will be served in the Boardroom ) ===\n\n1 pm - Short Keynote by Christopher Chen\, Head of InvestHK Canad a: Opportunities within the Hong Kong Fintech/Web3 eco-system\n\n1:10 pm - Panel #3 - How does Canada compete on the global stage?\n\n- Rajeev Bamra \, Global Head of Strategy\, Digital Economy at Moody's Ratings\n- Stuart Davis\, President of Surpass Insights Inc.\n- Torstein Braaten\, Chief Com pliance at Stablecorp\n\nModerator: Asad Saeed\n\n2 pm - Short Keynote by Bernice Cheung\, VP\, Financial Services & Cultural Markets Research at En vironics Research Group: The State of FinTech Adoption and the rise of Sel f-Driving Money\n\n2:10 pm - Panel #4 - Gaining Momentum from Innovation t o Adoption\n\n- Nisrine\, Innovation Lead at Interac\n- Eric Richmond\, Ge neral Counsel & Head of Business Development at Shakepay\n- Adam Cai\, CEO at Virgo Group\n\n== SNACK BREAK ==\n\n3:30 pm - Short Keynote by Eyal Si van\, Principal Consultant / Podcast Host at Mr. Open Banking: Open Bankin g and AI - A Perfect Match\n\n3:40 pm - Panel #5 - The New Frontier of Tru st in Agentic AI & Blockchain\n\n- Michelle Beyo\, CEO of FINAVATOR\n- Car los Andres Delgado\, Fintech\, AI & Banking Expert\n- Diana Oreto\, Blockc hain & Digital Assets Expert\n\nModerator: Michelle Beyo\n\n4:30 pm - Newo rking\n\nRoom 2: Main Theatre - for The Engineers\n\nBuilding the next gen eration of payments and Agentic AI\n\nAnil Nadiminti - When AI Agents Pay: Building x402 Apps for Agentic AI on AWS\n\nJames Holler - Compliance by Design: Why Blockchain Systems Must Integrate Regulatory Frameworks from D ay One\n\nKen Timsit - Agentic Commerce and Payments\n\nLawrence Ley - Age ntic AI & Blockchain: The Autonomous Future of Decentralized Intelligence\ n\nRayan Sekhraoui - Sovereign Infrastructure for Web3 — Why Decentraliz ed Apps Need Independent Cloud\n\nSimon Kubbinga - Solana\, Superteam\, an d Agentic Commerce\n\nVikas Malhotra - Building safer environments with co ntrol\, decentralization and distribution\n\n=== 12:30 pm LUNCH BREAK (foo d will be served in the Boardroom) ===\n\nAcademic Talks\n\nFederico Gatta - Deviations from Tradition: Stylized Facts in the Era of DeFi\n\nIgnacy Nieweglowski - PoliFi Tokens and the Trump Effect\n\nDr. Jia Kan - Stop Bu ilding Faster Chains: Start Building Blockchain Operating Systems\n\nDr. M arina Flat - AI Governance in Distributed Ecosystems: Accountability by De sign\n\nNgozi Nora Agwu - Beyond Hype: Governance Barriers to Blockchain-E nabled Infrastructure\n\nRevanth Reddy Airre - From Reasoning to Settlemen t: A Five-Layer Architecture for Agent Payments on the Decentralized Netwo rk\n\nSrisht Fateh Singh - Modeling Loss-Versus-Rebalancing in Automated M arket Makers via Continuous-Installment Options\n\nEmerging Ventures\n\nSh ashank Motepalli\, Founder of Ekai Labs: Auditable Context Handoff in the Agent-to-Agent Economy\n\nTity Lyngdoh\, Founder of Dolphinze: From Global Workforce to Global Payment Rails: Rebuilding Contractor Payments Infrast ructure\n\nVedant Harlalka\, CEO and Co-Founder of Auditorium AI: Building Early Stage Startups in Canada - Blockchain\, Data and Crypto\n\nMore spe akers to be announced soon. Stay tuned!\n\nMany thanks to our sponsors: th e Government of Ontario (sponsoring the location)\, as well as\n\nInvest H ong Kong (Canada)\, Moody's Ratings\, Compass360 Consulting and Tetra Digi tal Group!\n\nOntario Investment and Trade Centre\, 250 Yonge Street\, 35t h Floor\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, M5B 2L7 LOCATION:Ontario Investment and Trade Centre\, 250 Yonge Street\, 35th Floo r\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, M5B 2L7 ORGANIZER:marclijour@ieee.org SEQUENCE:95 SUMMARY:IEEE Canada Blockchain Forum 2026 (4th edition) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/542487 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><img src="https://events.v tools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/f4c288de-59a7-4913-817b-88844ab5487 d" alt="" width="1280" height="852"></p>\n<p>The IEEE Blockchain Forum is returning for the fourth time as part of <a href="https://www.torontotechw eek.com/">Toronto Tech Week</a>. The goal of this compact one-day event is to congregate BUIDLers\, researchers\, academics\, and engineers building blockchain protocols\, infrastructure\, and decentralized software applic ations.</p>\n<p>Expect deep thought leadership\, executive talks and panel s\, and academic presentations. We're talking about <strong>long-term engi neering trends and innovation</strong>. You won't find marketing narrative s\, token launches\, or promotions.</p>\n<p>Note: <a href="https://events. vtools.ieee.org/m/469545">The 2025 edition of the forum</a> counted with 2 00 participants and speakers from JP Morgan\, the Bank of Canada\, Masterc ard\, the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance\, EY\, Starknet\, among others.&nbs p\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><h2 style="text-align: center\;">Program Details</h2>\n<p dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(194\, 224\, 244)\;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-10be9b49-7fff-7646-d2a3-e836a0ba79d f">Room 1: Seminar Room - for the Thought Leaders</strong></span></p>\n<p dir="ltr">On the wake of Bill C-15 and the rapid digitisation of Canada's financial system\, Canadian innovation leaders will give us a glimpse of w hat's to come this year and next.</p>\n<p dir="ltr">9 am &ndash\; <strong> Registration</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">9:30 am - <strong>Welcome and intr oduction</strong> - Conference Chair Marc Lijour\, Secretary of the IEEE B lockchain Technical Community</p>\n<p dir="ltr">9:40 am - <strong>Opening Keynote</strong> by Alex McDougall\, CEO of The FUTR Corporation: <strong> The Missing Layer: Why Agentic Commerce Needs a Consumer Data Protocol</st rong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">10 am -&nbsp\;<strong>Short Keynote</strong> by Sh eereen Khan\, Founder and CEO of Regulativity: <strong>An update on the Ca nadian regulatory landscape</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">10:10 am - <strong> Panel #1 - Stablecoins: A New Era of Payments in Canada</strong></p>\n<ul> \n<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Felipe Priuli\, Program Director for C AD Digital (CADD)&nbsp\;</li>\n<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Kesem Fra nk\, CEO of Canada Stablecorp (QCAD)</li>\n<li dir="ltr" role="presentatio n">Kevin Zhang\, Founder and CEO of LOON&nbsp\;</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Moderator: Evan Thomas</p>\n<p>11 am - <strong>Short Keynote</strong> by Hilary Cart er\, SVP Research at The Linux Foundation: <strong>What's the Role of Open Source for Canadian Sovereignty?</strong></p>\n<p>11:10 am - <strong>Pane l #2 - Sovereignty by Design&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ali Abou Daya\ , CEO of Transactix Financial Inc.</li>\n<li>Thomas You\, Associate Partne r at Maverix Private Equity</li>\n<li>Ga&euml\;lle Martin-Cocher\, IEEE Ca nada</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Moderator: Marc Lijour</p>\n<p>=== NOON: LUNCH BREAK (food will be served in the Boardroom) ===</p>\n<p dir="ltr">1 pm -&nbsp\; <strong>Short Keynote</strong> by Christopher Chen\, Head of InvestHK Cana da: <strong>Opportunities within the Hong Kong Fintech/Web3 eco-system</st rong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">1:10 pm - <strong>Panel #3 - How does Canada compe te on the global stage?</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li dir="ltr" role="presentati on">Rajeev Bamra\, Global Head of Strategy\, Digital Economy at Moody's Ra tings</li>\n<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Stuart Davis\, President of Surpass Insights Inc.</li>\n<li>Torstein Braaten\, Chief Compliance at Sta blecorp</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Moderator: Asad Saeed</p>\n<p>2 pm - <strong>Short Keynote</strong> by Bernice Cheung\, VP\, Financial Services &amp\; Cultu ral Markets Research at Environics Research Group: <strong>The State of Fi nTech Adoption and the rise of Self-Driving Money</strong></p>\n<p>2:10 pm - <strong>Panel #4 - Gaining Momentum from Innovation to Adoption</strong ></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nisrine\, Innovation Lead at Interac</li>\n<li>Eric Richm ond\, General Counsel &amp\; Head of Business Development at Shakepay</li> \n<li>Adam Cai\, CEO at Virgo Group</li>\n</ul>\n<p>== SNACK BREAK ==</p>\ n<p>3:30 pm - <strong>Short Keynote</strong> by Eyal Sivan\, Principal Con sultant / Podcast Host at Mr. Open Banking: <strong>Open Banking and AI - A Perfect Match</strong></p>\n<p>3:40 pm - <strong id="docs-internal-guid- 8910ce07-7fff-7216-bcbe-83582f7247d5">Panel #5 - The New Frontier of Trust in Agentic AI &amp\; Blockchain</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michelle Beyo\, C EO of FINAVATOR</li>\n<li>Carlos Andres Delgado\, Fintech\, AI &amp\; Bank ing Expert</li>\n<li>Diana Oreto\, Blockchain &amp\; Digital Assets Expert </li>\n</ul>\n<p>Moderator: Michelle Beyo</p>\n<p>4:30 pm - <strong>Nework ing</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="background-color: rgb(19 1\, 237\, 210)\;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-7e6ad259-7fff-60ad-9d3f-a 3028712a6f0">Room 2: Main Theatre - for The Engineers</strong></span></p>\ n<p><strong>Building the next generation of payments and Agentic AI</stron g></p>\n<p>Anil Nadiminti - When AI Agents Pay: Building x402 Apps for Age ntic AI on AWS</p>\n<p>James Holler - Compliance by Design: Why Blockchain Systems Must Integrate Regulatory Frameworks from Day One</p>\n<p>Ken Tim sit - Agentic Commerce and Payments</p>\n<p>Lawrence Ley - Agentic AI &amp \; Blockchain: The Autonomous Future of Decentralized Intelligence</p>\n<p >Rayan Sekhraoui - Sovereign Infrastructure for Web3 &mdash\; Why Decentra lized Apps Need Independent Cloud</p>\n<p>Simon Kubbinga - Solana\, Supert eam\, and Agentic Commerce</p>\n<p>Vikas Malhotra - Building safer environ ments with control\, decentralization and distribution</p>\n<p>=== 12:30 p m LUNCH BREAK (food will be served in the Boardroom) ===</p>\n<p><strong>A cademic Talks</strong></p>\n<p>Federico Gatta - Deviations from Tradition: Stylized Facts in the Era of DeFi</p>\n<p>Ignacy Nieweglowski - PoliFi To kens and the Trump Effect</p>\n<p>Dr. Jia Kan - &nbsp\;Stop Building Faste r Chains: Start Building Blockchain Operating Systems</p>\n<p>Dr. Marina F lat - AI Governance in Distributed Ecosystems: Accountability by Design</p >\n<p>Ngozi Nora Agwu - Beyond Hype: Governance Barriers to Blockchain-Ena bled Infrastructure</p>\n<p>Revanth Reddy Airre - From Reasoning to Settle ment: A Five-Layer Architecture for Agent Payments on the Decentralized Ne twork&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Srisht Fateh Singh - Modeling Loss-Versus-Rebalancing in Automated Market Makers via Continuous-Installment Options</p>\n<p><st rong>Emerging Ventures</strong></p>\n<p>Shashank Motepalli\, Founder of Ek ai Labs: Auditable Context Handoff in the Agent-to-Agent Economy</p>\n<p>T ity Lyngdoh\, Founder of Dolphinze: From Global Workforce to Global Paymen t Rails: Rebuilding Contractor Payments Infrastructure&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Veda nt Harlalka\, CEO and Co-Founder of Auditorium AI: Building Early Stage St artups in Canada - Blockchain\, Data and Crypto</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color : rgb(35\, 111\, 161)\;">More speakers to be announced soon. Stay tuned!</ span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color: rgb(132\, 6 3\, 161)\;">Many thanks to our sponsors: <strong>the Government of Ontario </strong> (sponsoring the location)\, as well as</span></p>\n<p style="tex t-align: center\;"><span style="color: rgb(132\, 63\, 161)\;">&nbsp\;<stro ng>Invest Hong Kong (Canada)</strong>\, <strong>Moody's Ratings</strong>\, <strong>Compass360 Consulting</strong> and&nbsp\;<strong>Tetra Digital Gr oup!</strong></span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR