The Source Canada 2026 agenda is out. It's one curated day, Thursday, October 22, presented by Deloitte. We've designed the day around one question: how do we get Canadian buyers, corporate and government, buying Canadian technology faster?

This is not a question motivated by charity. We believe Canadian innovation has been overlooked and undiscovered. Addressing this not only scales up our innovation ecosystem, but it helps large organizations become more innovative in the process. This is important for defence, for building Canada's sovereign capabilities, and for improving Canadian productivity and competitiveness.

8:00AM: Registration, breakfast, and the exhibition floor opens
9:00AM: Welcome from Raymond Luk, Founder & Conference Chair

The Agenda

Full agenda and speakers: https://www.sourcecan.ca/

Main stage, presented by Deloitte

  • 9:10–9:45AM: Defence and Beyond: Defence Industrial Strategy as Catalyst. Wendy Hadwen (ADM Policy, Defence Investment Agency), Eliot Pence (CEO, Dominion Dynamics), Glenn Cowan (Founder, ONE9). Moderated by Deloitte.
  • 9:45–10:20AM: From Aspiration to Action: Canada's Moment. Senator Colin Deacon. More panellists to be announced.

Defence track, presented by Dominion Dynamics

  • 10:40–11:00AM: Fireside with Paul Bouchard, CEO, Top Aces
  • 11:00–11:45AM: Defence Procurement Velocity: VAdm (ret'd) Ron Lloyd (Leadmark Ventures) and Bernie Derible (Ontario's Military & Defence Representative). Moderated by Matthew Lombardi (The Icebreaker / ONE9).
  • 11:45AM–12:25PM: Funding Canada's defence startups: Peter Suma (BDC) and Kath Intson (Sentinel R&D). Moderated by Alex Robinson (Roynat).
  • 2:10–2:50PM: Scaling through allied markets: Natalka Cmoc (former Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine), Christine Hanson (NATO DIANA), and Robbie Deeks (Founder, Alexandria). Moderated by Skaidra Puodziunas (CCI)

Sovereign Capabilities track, presented by Qohash

  • 10:40–11:00AM: Buying Canadian because it's better, moderated by Jean Le Bouthillier (CEO, Qohash)
  • 11:00–11:45AM: Strengthening Canada's sovereign capabilities: Rob Khazzam (CEO, Float). Moderated by Patrick Searle (Council of Canadian Innovators).
  • 11:45AM–12:25PM: Speeding up enterprise procurement, from both sides of the table: Uma Gopinath (CIO, Porter Airlines) and Armstrong Fluid Technology. Moderated by Mike Kim (Mycroft).
  • 2:10–2:50PM: Funding the big bet: Dennis Kavelman (Inovia Capital), Scott Pelton (RiSC Capital), Daniel Sax (Canada Strategic Missions Corporation)

The afternoon is for 1:1 meetings, pitches and roundtable discussions.

  • 1:15–2:10PM and 3:10–4:00PM: Pitch Rooms. 20+ startups pitching to investors and demoing to buyers.
  • 1:15–2:10PM and 3:10–4:00PM: Briefing Rooms. Closed-door roundtables with corporate and government buyers, including reverse pitches where buyers say exactly what they're looking for.
  • From 10:40AM: Curated 1:1 buyer–seller meetings
  • 8:00AM–4:00PM: Exhibition floor
  • 4:00–6:30PM: Closing remarks and reception

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