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:20260421T184246Z UID:014671AB-5C15-4B0C-A019-2CDB4D5C810A DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260525T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260525T170000 DESCRIPTION:Theme for 2026: at the intersection of modernised Payments and AI\, featuring Stablecoins\, protocols such as x402\, Agentic AI such as O penClaw\, on the wake of Bill C-15 and the rise of open source AI. We have a packed agenda!\n\n[]\n\nThe IEEE Blockchain Forum is returning for the fourth time as part of [Toronto Tech Week](https://www.torontotechweek.com /). The goal of this compact one-day event is to congregate BUIDLers\, res earchers\, academics\, and engineers building blockchain protocols\, infra structure\, and decentralized software applications.\n\nExpect deep though t leadership\, executive talks and panels\, and academic presentations. We 're talking long-term engineering trends and innovation. You won't find ma rketing narratives\, token launches\, or promotions.\n\nNote: [The 2025 ed ition of the forum](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/469545) counted with 200 participants and speakers from JP Morgan\, the Bank of Canada\, Master card\, the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance\, EY\, Starknet\, among others.\n\ nCo-sponsored by: Toronto Tech Week and the Government of Ontario\n\nAgend a: \nFirst wave of speaker announcement\n\nOn the wake of Bill C-15 and th e rapid digitisation of Canada's financial system\, Canadian innovation le aders will give us a glimpse of what's to come this year and next.\n\nPane l #1 - Stablecoins: A New Era of Payments in Canada\n\n- Felipe Priuli\, P rogram Director for CAD Digital (CADD)\n- Kesem Frank\, CEO of Canada Stab lecorp\n- Kevin Zhang\, Founder and CEO of LOON\n\nPanel #2 - Sovereignty by Design\n\n- Ali Abou Daya\, CEO of Transactix Financial Inc.\n- Thomas You\, Associate Partner at Maverix Private Equity\n\nPanel #3 - The New Fr ontier of Trust in Agentic AI & Blockchain\n\n- Michelle Beyo\, CEO of FIN AVATOR\n- Carlos Andres Delgado\, Fintech\, AI & Banking Expert\n- Diana O reto\, Blockchain & Digital Assets Expert\n\nMore speakers to be announced soon. Stay tuned!\n\nMany thanks to our sponsors: the Government of Ontar io (sponsoring the location)\, as well as\n\nInvest Hong Kong (Canada)\, M oody's Ratings\, Compass360 Consulting and Tetra Digital Group!\n\nOntario Investment and Trade Centre\, 250 Yonge Street\, 35th Floor\, Toronto\, O ntario\, 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:71 SUMMARY:IEEE Canada Blockchain Forum 2026 (4th edition) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/542487 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Theme for 2026: <strong>at the intersectio n of modernised Payments and AI</strong>\, featuring Stablecoins\, protoco ls such as x402\, Agentic AI such as OpenClaw\, on the wake of Bill C-15 a nd the rise of open source AI. We have a packed agenda!</p>\n<p><img src=" https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/62ff4270-b44a-42dd- 9dcc-e8cb88994345" alt="" width="1056" height="1056"></p>\n<p>The IEEE Blo ckchain 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 congregate BUIDLers\, researchers\, academics\, and e ngineers building blockchain protocols\, infrastructure\, and decentralize d software applications.</p>\n<p>Expect deep thought leadership\, executiv e talks and panels\, and academic presentations. We're talking <strong>lon g-term engineering trends and innovation</strong>. You won't find marketin g narratives\, token launches\, or promotions.</p>\n<p>Note: <a href="http s://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/469545">The 2025 edition of the forum</a> cou nted with 200 participants and speakers from JP Morgan\, the Bank of Canad a\, Mastercard\, the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance\, EY\, Starknet\, among others.&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><h2 style="text-align: center\ ;">First wave of speaker announcement</h2>\n<p dir="ltr">On the wake of Bi ll C-15 and the rapid digitisation 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"><strong>Panel #1 - Stablecoins: A New Era of Paym ents in Canada</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Felip e Priuli\, Program Director for CAD Digital (CADD)&nbsp\;</li>\n<li dir="l tr" role="presentation">Kesem Frank\, CEO of Canada Stablecorp</li>\n<li d ir="ltr" role="presentation">Kevin Zhang\, Founder and CEO of LOON&nbsp\;< /li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Panel #2 - Sovereignty by Design&nbsp\;</strong></ p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ali Abou Daya\, CEO of Transactix Financial Inc.</li>\n<li>T homas You\, Associate Partner at Maverix Private Equity</li>\n</ul>\n<p><s trong id="docs-internal-guid-8910ce07-7fff-7216-bcbe-83582f7247d5">Panel # 3 - The New Frontier of Trust in Agentic AI &amp\; Blockchain</strong></p> \n<ul>\n<li>Michelle Beyo\, CEO of FINAVATOR</li>\n<li>Carlos Andres Delga do\, Fintech\, AI &amp\; Banking Expert</li>\n<li>Diana Oreto\, Blockchain &amp\; Digital Assets Expert</li>\n</ul>\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\, 63\, 161)\; ">Many thanks to our sponsors: <strong>the Government of Ontario</strong> (sponsoring the location)\, as well as</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: c enter\;"><span style="color: rgb(132\, 63\, 161)\;">&nbsp\;<strong>Invest Hong Kong (Canada)</strong>\, <strong>Moody's Ratings</strong>\, <strong>C ompass360 Consulting</strong> and&nbsp\;<strong>Tetra Digital Group!</stro ng></span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR