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:20260526T045121Z 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\nPho tography and Video in Progress\nPlease be aware that photography and/or vi deography will be taking place at this event. By entering the premises\, y ou consent to your likeness and/or voice being used for promotional\, arch ival\, and marketing purposes across our IEEE website\, social media\, and related publications. If you prefer not to be photographed\, please appro ach the photographer to let them know.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Government of O ntario\, Invest Hong Kong (Canada)\, Moody's Ratings\, Compass360 Consulti ng\, Limina Counsel\, OVHcloud\, Goat Network\, Tetra Digital Group\, and Community Partner Superteam Canada\n\nAgenda: \nConsult the [full program available online](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sQ477OnkHujIklFl0bDT klP7MBzeWhMRsh7GBXIpsz0/edit?usp=sharing) for the details on Room 2 (for A cademics and Engineers).\n\nRoom 1: Main Theatre Room - for the Thought Le aders\n\nOn the wake of Bill C-15 and the rapid digitisation of Canada's f inancial system\, Canadian innovation leaders will give us a glimpse of wh at's to come this year and next.\n\n9 am – Registration\n\n9:30 am - Wel come and introduction - Conference Chair Marc Lijour\, Secretary of the IE EE Blockchain Technical Community\n\n9:40 am - Opening Keynote by Alex McD ougall\, CEO of The FUTR Corporation: The Missing Layer: Why Agentic Comme rce Needs a Consumer Data Protocol\n\n10 am - Short Keynote by Sheereen Kh an\, Founder and CEO 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- Kes em Frank\, CEO of Canada Stablecorp (QCAD)\n- Kevin Zhang\, Founder and CE O of LOON\n\nModerator: Evan Thomas\n\n11 am - Short Keynote by Hilary Car ter\, SVP Research at The Linux Foundation: What's the Role of Open Source for Canadian Sovereignty?\n\n11:10 am - Panel #2 - Sovereignty by Design\ n\n- Ali Abou Daya\, CEO of Transactix Financial Inc.\n- Thomas You\, Asso ciate Partner at Maverix Private Equity\n- Gaëlle Martin-Cocher\, IEEE Ca nada\n\nModerator: Marc Lijour\n\n=== NOON: LUNCH BREAK (food will be serv ed in the Boardroom) ===\n\n1 pm - Short Keynote by Christopher Chen\, Hea d of InvestHK Canada: 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 Compliance at Stablecorp\n\nModerator: Rondev Bhattacharya \n\n2 pm - Short Keynote by Bernice Cheung\, VP\, Financial Services & Cul tural Markets Research at Environics Research Group: The State of FinTech Adoption and the rise of Self-Driving Money\n\n2:10 pm - Panel #4 - Gainin g Momentum from Innovation to Adoption\n\n- Nisrine Labcir\, Innovation Le ad at Interac\n- James Emerson\, Senior Manager in KPMG’s Digital Asset Center of Excellence\n- Adam Cai\, CEO at Virgo Group\n\nModerator: Asad S aeed\n\n== SNACK BREAK ==\n\n3:30 pm - Short Keynote by Eyal Sivan\, Princ ipal Consultant / Podcast Host at Mr. Open Banking: Open Banking and AI - A Perfect Match\n\n3:40 pm - Panel #5 - The New Frontier of Trust in Agent ic AI & Blockchain\n\n- Michelle Beyo\, CEO of FINAVATOR\n- Carlos Andres Delgado\, FINAVATOR\n- Diana Oreto\, Blockchain & Digital Assets Expert\n\ nModerator: Michelle Beyo\n\n4:30 pm - Networking\n\n[]\n\n[]\n\nMany than ks to our sponsors: the Government of Ontario (sponsoring the location)\, as well as\n\nInvest Hong Kong (Canada)\, Moody's Ratings\, Compass360 Con sulting\, GOAT Network\,\nLimina Counsel\, OVHcloud\, and Tetra Digital Gr oup!\n\nSpecial thanks to our Community Partner Superteam!\n\nFind future IEEE Blockchain events in Toronto on the [Blockchain Toronto events](https ://www.blockchainevents.ca/) (calendar).\n\nOntario Investment and Trade C entre\, 250 Yonge Street\, 35th Floor\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, M5B 2 L7 LOCATION:Ontario Investment and Trade Centre\, 250 Yonge Street\, 35th Floo r\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, M5B 2L7 ORGANIZER:marclijour@ieee.org SEQUENCE:122 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 style="display: block \; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: auto\;" src="https://events.vtools.ie ee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/0d981e49-ee5c-4897-a1c8-892629e92d99" alt=" " width="800" height="533"></p>\n<p>The IEEE Blockchain Forum is returning for the fourth time as part of <a href="https://www.torontotechweek.com/" >Toronto Tech Week</a>. The goal of this compact one-day event is to congr egate BUIDLers\, researchers\, academics\, and engineers building blockcha in protocols\, infrastructure\, and decentralized software applications.</ p>\n<p>Expect deep thought leadership\, executive talks and panels\, and a cademic presentations. We're talking about <strong>long-term engineering t rends and innovation</strong>. You won't find marketing narratives\, token launches\, or promotions.</p>\n<p>Note: <a href="https://events.vtools.ie ee.org/m/469545">The 2025 edition of the forum</a> counted with 200 partic ipants and speakers from JP Morgan\, the Bank of Canada\, Mastercard\, the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance\, EY\, Starknet\, among others.&nbsp\;</p>\n <p><strong class="Yjhzub" data-sfc-root="c" data-sfc-cb="" data-complete=" true">Photography and Video in Progress</strong><br data-sfc-root="c" data -sfc-pl="|[]" data-sfc-cb="" data-complete="true">Please be aware that pho tography and/or videography will be taking place at this event. By enterin g the premises\, you consent to your likeness and/or voice being used for promotional\, archival\, and marketing purposes across our IEEE website\, social media\, and related publications. If you prefer not to be photograp hed\, please approach the photographer to let them know.</p><br /><br />Ag enda: <br /><p dir="ltr"><em>Consult the <a href="https://docs.google.com/ document/d/1sQ477OnkHujIklFl0bDTklP7MBzeWhMRsh7GBXIpsz0/edit?usp=sharing"> full program available online</a> for the details on Room 2 (for Academics and Engineers).</em></p>\n<p dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb (194\, 224\, 244)\;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-10be9b49-7fff-7646-d2a 3-e836a0ba79df">Room 1: Main Theatre Room - for the Thought Leaders</stron g></span></p>\n<p dir="ltr">On the wake of Bill C-15 and the rapid digitis ation of Canada's financial system\, Canadian innovation leaders will give us a glimpse of what'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 - <stron g>Welcome and introduction</strong> - Conference Chair Marc Lijour\, Secre tary of the IEEE Blockchain Technical Community</p>\n<p dir="ltr">9:40 am - <strong>Opening Keynote</strong> by Alex McDougall\, CEO of The FUTR Cor poration: <strong>The Missing Layer: Why Agentic Commerce Needs a Consumer Data Protocol</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">10 am -&nbsp\;<strong>Short Keyn ote</strong> by Sheereen Khan\, Founder and CEO of Regulativity: <strong>A n update on the Canadian regulatory landscape</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">1 0:10 am - <strong>Panel #1 - Stablecoins: A New Era of Payments in Canada< /strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Felipe Priuli\, Prog ram Director for CAD Digital (CADD)&nbsp\;</li>\n<li dir="ltr" role="prese ntation">Kesem Frank\, CEO of Canada Stablecorp (QCAD)</li>\n<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Kevin Zhang\, Founder and CEO of LOON&nbsp\;</li>\n</ ul>\n<p>Moderator: Evan Thomas</p>\n<p>11 am - <strong>Short Keynote</stro ng> by Hilary Carter\, 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>Panel #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 Partner at Maverix Private Equity</li>\n<li>Ga&euml\;lle Marti n-Cocher\, IEEE Canada</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\, Hea d of InvestHK Canada: <strong>Opportunities within the Hong Kong Fintech/W eb3 eco-system</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">1:10 pm - <strong>Panel #3 - How does Canada compete on the global stage?</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li dir="ltr " role="presentation">Rajeev Bamra\, Global Head of Strategy\, Digital Eco nomy at Moody's Ratings</li>\n<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Stuart Dav is\, President of Surpass Insights Inc.</li>\n<li>Torstein Braaten\, Chief Compliance at Stablecorp</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Moderator: Rondev Bhattacharya</ p>\n<p>2 pm - <strong>Short Keynote</strong> by Bernice Cheung\, VP\, Fina ncial Services &amp\; Cultural Markets Research at Environics Research Gro up: <strong>The State of FinTech Adoption and the rise of Self-Driving Mon ey</strong></p>\n<p>2:10 pm - <strong>Panel #4 - Gaining Momentum from Inn ovation to Adoption</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nisrine Labcir\, Innovation Le ad at Interac</li>\n<li>James Emerson\, Senior Manager in KPMG&rsquo\;s Di gital Asset Center of Excellence</li>\n<li>Adam Cai\, CEO at Virgo Group</ li>\n</ul>\n<p>Moderator: Asad Saeed</p>\n<p>== SNACK BREAK ==</p>\n<p>3:3 0 pm - <strong>Short Keynote</strong> by Eyal Sivan\, Principal Consultant / Podcast Host at Mr. Open Banking: <strong>Open Banking and AI - A Perfe ct Match</strong></p>\n<p>3:40 pm - <strong id="docs-internal-guid-8910ce0 7-7fff-7216-bcbe-83582f7247d5">Panel #5 - The New Frontier of Trust in Age ntic AI &amp\; Blockchain</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michelle Beyo\, CEO of F INAVATOR</li>\n<li>Carlos Andres Delgado\, FINAVATOR</li>\n<li>Diana Oreto \, Blockchain &amp\; Digital Assets Expert</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Moderator: Mich elle Beyo</p>\n<p>4:30 pm - <strong>Networking</strong></p>\n<p><img src=" https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/65e7bc02-e23f-42d5- a62d-78febab55e4c" alt="" width="800" height="1046"></p>\n<p><img src="htt ps://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/a0efd601-a578-431d-a3b d-9dffa27ea531" alt="" width="800" height="959"></p>\n<p style="text-align : center\;"><span style="color: rgb(132\, 63\, 161)\;">Many thanks to our sponsors:&nbsp\;<strong>the Government of Ontario</strong> (sponsoring the location)\, as well as</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color: rgb(132\, 63\, 161)\;">&nbsp\;<strong>Invest Hong Kong (Cana da)</strong>\, <strong>Moody's Ratings</strong>\, <strong>Compass360 Consu lting</strong>\,<strong> GOAT Network</strong>\,<strong><br>Limina Counsel </strong>\, <strong>OVHcloud</strong>\, and <strong>Tetra Digital Group!</ strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color: rg b(132\, 63\, 161)\;"><br>Special thanks to our Community Partner <strong>S uperteam!</strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style ="color: rgb(132\, 63\, 161)\;"><strong>Find future IEEE Blockchain events in Toronto on the <a href="https://www.blockchainevents.ca/">Blockchain T oronto events</a> (calendar).</strong></span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR