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September 11–13, 2026 · Toronto · All times Eastern

Find your kind of Saturday.

Choose one session at a time. Mix fields freely. All times Eastern.

Bring your stuff! Bring your lanyard, laptop and charger.

Make time for lunch: available 11:30 AM–1:30 PM. Plan a break around your sessions.

6:45

AM

Getting to the summit

6:45–7:45 AM

Grab your ride!

Shuttles from Crowne Plaza to Ismaili Centre Toronto (ICT).

7:00

AM onwards

Start the day together

7:00–8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:30–9:00 AM

President's Address

Location: Prayer Hall

9:00–10:00 AM

Purpose in the AI Era

Location: Social Hall

Where do your values, strengths and ambitions fit in a world changing with AI?

10:15

AM

Choose your first session

Finance plenary10:15–11:00 AM

Deals, Decisions and Disruption: Capital in the Age of AI

Location: Social Hall

What changes when AI can help analyze a company, evaluate an investment, or inform a financial decision? Explore the implications for the industry, and for your career.

Best for: Students exploring consulting, investment banking, investing, or financial services

  • Karim Thomas

    Senior Partner · McKinsey & Company

  • Aliana Versi

    Private Equity Associate · Peloton Capital Management

  • Alyssa Notta

    Head of Market Management, Transaction Banking & Digital Assets · TD Securities

  • Adam Mamdani

    SVP, Distribution & Channel Management · Sun Life

Featured talk10:15–10:45 AM

How I Became the Chief AI Officer at Pendo Before Turning 26

Location: Activity Room

Hear the story behind a rapid rise into AI leadership and consider what it means for the opportunities you could pursue now.

Best for: Early-career builders who want to take initiative and grow into AI leadership

  • Zain Lakhani

    Chief AI Officer · Pendo | Founder · LightCI

Deep dive10:15–10:45 AM

The Entrepreneurial Mindset in the Age of AI

Location: Classroom 114

AI is creating an extraordinary moment for entrepreneurs, but technology alone doesn’t build companies. Drawing on his journey from Microsoft to building, scaling and exiting a startup, he’ll share some of the lessons he learned in the trenches: dealing with uncertainty, learning quickly, staying focused, making mistakes, getting lucky and, most importantly, continuing to build when the path isn’t obvious.

  • Alnur Ismail

    Founder, Advisor & Investor

11:15

AM

Explore new perspectives

Health plenary11:15 AM–12:30 PM

The Next Era of Medicine

Location: Social Hall

Explore AI in hospitals, diagnostics, and patient care, including careers beyond becoming a doctor.

Best for: Students exploring medicine, health sciences, or healthcare technology

  • Roxana Sultan

    Chief Partnerships Officer · Vector Institute

  • Nimira Dhalwani

    Chief Technology Officer · SickKids

  • Muhammad Mamdani

    Director, Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine · U of T

  • Azra Dhalla

    Director, Health AI Implementation · Vector Institute

Deep dive11:15–11:45 AM

Who Will Build the Energy Transition?

Location: Classroom 115

Explore the careers shaping the next generation of energy and infrastructure to enable AI growth

Best for: Students drawn to engineering, sustainability, or infrastructure

  • Noor Alif

    Environmental & Regulatory Advisor · Sun-Canadian Pipe Line

  • Rezvan Ahmed

    Senior Manager, Offtake at UGE

Featured talk11:15 AM–12:00 PM

Beyond Building: From Product to Growth

Location: Activity Room

Explore how product decisions, partnerships, and growth help great products reach new customers

Best for: Aspiring product managers, growth leaders, and founders

  • Naheed Hirji

    Former Head of Business Development · WhatsApp

  • Raheem Mussa

    Co-founder · Easy Appointment Booking

Featured talk11:15–11:45 AM

How Fintech Gets Built: What AI Changed and What It Didn't

Location: Prayer Hall

Look inside the work of building and scaling financial products, and where AI actually changes the process.

Best for: Students interested in finance and product building

  • Salim Naran

    President · Questrade Growth Portfolio

Medicine continues until 12:30 PM and overlaps the 12:00 and 12:15 sessions.

11:30

AM

Make time for lunch

11:30 AM–1:30 PM

Lunch

Lunch is available during this window. Plan a break around your sessions.

12:00–2:00

PM

Open Conversations

Open conversations12:00–2:00 PM

Open Conversations - Exploring Diverse Pathways

Location: Jamatkhana Foyer

Pull up a chair and ask professionals what their work really looks like, how they got there, and what they’d do differently.

Best for: Anyone who learns best by asking questions about different careers and pathways

Super Connectors

  • Adam Mamdani

    SVP, Distribution & Channel Management · Sun Life

  • Adam Sayani

    AI Transformation Lead · Oliver & Bonacini

  • Ali Jaffer

    Chief Operating Officer · Generation

  • Ali Tejpar

    Director of Corporate Affairs · Microsoft

  • Aliana Versi

    Private Equity Associate · Peloton Capital Management

  • Alim Somani

    CEO · Egen

  • Aliza Lakhani

    CEO & Dean · Northeastern University (Toronto Campus)

  • Alnur Ismail

    Founder, Advisor & Investor

  • Alyssa Notta

    Head of Market Management, Transaction Banking & Digital Assets · TD Securities

  • Alyza Keshavjee

    Head of Consumer Packaged Goods, Food & Beverage · Google

  • Amaan Banwait

    Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer · PurposeMed

  • Amaan Rattansi

    Lead instructor · Co-founder & CTO, Scribeberry

  • Ameerally Kassim-Lakha

    President · Ismaili Council for Canada

  • Amir Mirshahi

    Category Lead · Ontario Power Generation

  • Arif Bhanji

    Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Lazer Technologies

  • Armaan Somani

    Consultant · McKinsey & Company

  • Arshad Merali

    Founder

  • Asif Makhani

    Co-founder · Infino AI | Former CTO · Handshake

  • Azhar Dewji

    Lead instructor · AI & Engineering, Sagard

  • Azim Rattansi

    Technical Coach · Build with AI

  • Azra Dhalla

    Director, Health AI Implementation · Vector Institute

  • Bashir Todai

    Partner · Oliver Wyman

  • Faizel Sunderji

    President · Dynasty Furniture

  • Farah Nasser

    Former National News Anchor

  • Farhan Thawar

    VP & Head of Engineering · Shopify

  • Haneef Alibhai

    Vice President · Ismaili Council for Canada

  • Hanif Juma-Gabrani

    Associate Director - Translational Medicine Strategy, Radiology, Imaging and AI · AstraZeneca

  • Imtiaz Jaffer

    Founder · Capacify Power Corp

  • Jawad Ehssan

    Business Intelligence Developer · Pratt and Whitney Canada

  • Kaiz Alarakiya

    Group Product Manager · Google DeepMind

  • Kamran Karim

    Sr. Advisor Data Strategy Enablement · Canada Revenue Agency

  • Karim Nazarali

    Otolaryngologist (ENT) · Trillium Health Partners & William Osler Health System

  • Karim Thomas

    Senior Partner · McKinsey & Company

  • Kiran Hayat

    Principal · KHAD Consulting Group

  • Kiyan Sunderji

    Ironman Canada–Ottawa Champion & Entrepreneur

  • Leila Keshavjee

    Founder & CEO · Happy Pops

  • Moez Rajwani

    Executive Officer · Aga Khan Council

  • Muhammad Mamdani

    Director, Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine · U of T

  • Nadeem Jiwani

    COO · Briidge

  • Nadiya Amlani

    Global GM, Third-Party Demand · Uber

  • Naheed Hirji

    Former Head of Business Development · WhatsApp

  • Navaz Rajabali

    Managing Partner · Calingo Consulting Inc.

  • Nilab Ferooz

    Project Manager · Entreprise de construction T.E.Q inc.

  • Nimira Dhalwani

    Chief Technology Officer · SickKids

  • Noah Premji

    Senior Manager, Digital · CIBC

  • Noor Akbari

    President & Founder · Coco Frutti

  • Noor Alif

    Environmental & Regulatory Advisor · Sun-Canadian Pipe Line

  • Omar Dhalla

    Partner · N49P Ventures

  • Raheem Mussa

    Co-founder · Easy Appointment Booking

  • Rehman Merali

    CEO · teaBOT | CTO · Zenblen

  • Rezvan Ahmed

    Senior Manager, Offtake at UGE

  • Rishma Nathoo

    EPB Toronto - Honourary Secretary; Founder and Principal Advisor, TESORO · TESORO

  • Riyaz Datoo

    Campus Owner · Spirit of Math Thornhill | Tax Consultant & Private Lender

  • Roxana Sultan

    Chief Partnerships Officer · Vector Institute

  • Salim Maherali

    Chief Customer Officer · TypeFace

  • Salim Naran

    President · Questrade Growth Portfolio

  • Salim Teja

    Partner · Radical Ventures

  • Salima Ladhani

    Senior Manager · Deloitte

  • Sameer Bhaidani

    Senior Vice President, Sales · NewStore

  • Samira Bullock

    Manager, National Student Recruitment · Centennial College

  • Shafik Jiwani

    Entrepreneur & Investor · Briidge.app

  • Sham Alif

    Senior Investment Counsellor & Portfolio Manager · BMO Private Banking

  • Tahir Janmohamed

    Founder and CEO · ManagingLife

  • Taleeb Noormohamed

    Member of Parliament · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation

  • Yusuf Khoja

    Leadership & Resilience Speaker

  • Zafrin Nurmohamed

    Fixed Income Portfolio Manager · Investment Management Corporation of Ontario

  • Zahra Kanji

    Chromebook Country Lead · Google Canada

  • Zain Lakhani

    Chief AI Officer · Pendo | Founder · LightCI

  • Zain Manji

    Founder & Co-CEO · Lazer Technologies

  • Zain Punjwani

    Founder · Inertia

  • Zamir Janmohamed

    Founder & Chief Experience Officer · Wondrinn

  • Zayan Hussain

    Lead instructor · Founder, Indexy

Drop in until 2:00 PM.

12:00

PM onwards

Midday conversations

Featured talk12:00–12:45 PM

How to Launch Your AI Startup

Location: Activity Room

Move from “I have an idea” to the decisions involved in launching. Hear what an early-stage investor and operator looks for when a new company is taking shape.

Best for: Aspiring founders who want a clearer path from an idea to a launch

  • Omar Dhalla

    Partner · N49P Ventures

Deep dive12:15–12:45 PM

Build Something People Love - Advice from Building 3 Companies in Robotics, Automation, and AI

Location: Prayer Hall

Explore how to turn technical possibilities into products that solve a real customer problem.

Best for: Engineers, designers, and product-minded students who want to build useful things

  • Rehman Merali

    CEO · teaBOT | CTO · Zenblen

Deep dive1:00–1:30 PM

Building and scaling a business - the story of a dishwasher turned entrepreneur

Location: Prayer Hall

Learn how Noor and his family came to this country, where they started, the challenges they faced, how they built their own breakfast restaurant chain to 40+ locations. This will be a very honest and hopefully a motivational session, especially for young people who may feel that their circumstances are limiting their future.

Best for: Anyone curious about different routes into business ownership

  • Noor Akbari

    President & Founder · Coco Frutti

Start times vary. The 12:00 and 12:15 talks overlap, and the 12:45 talk continues into the 1:00 PM sessions.

1:00

PM

Technology & personal finance

Tech plenary1:00–1:45 PM

The Engineer, Rewritten

Location: Social Hall

When AI can write code, what should engineers learn, practise, and get better at? Explore how the value of technical work is changing.

Best for: Computer science and engineering students, developers, and aspiring technology leaders

  • Farhan Thawar

    VP & Head of Engineering · Shopify

  • Asif Makhani

    Co-founder · Infino AI | Former CTO · Handshake

  • Imtiaz Jaffer

    Founder · Capacify Power Corp

  • Zahra Kanji

    Chromebook Country Lead · Google Canada

Hands-on1:00–1:45 PM

Money 101: What Nobody Teaches You

Location: Activity Room

An approachable workshop on saving, taxes, spending, and the money habits you can start building now.

Best for: Anyone who wants more confidence managing their own money

  • Riyaz Datoo

    Campus Owner · Spirit of Math Thornhill | Tax Consultant & Private Lender

2:00

PM

Entrepreneurship & resilience

Entrepreneurship plenary2:00–2:45 PM

Entrepreneurship - from AI to physical products and SMB to Big Companies

Location: Social Hall

This plenary showcases the full range of what entrepreneurship looks like today - from a small business using AI tools to run smarter, to an AI-native company, to building new things in a large corporation.

Best for: Aspiring founders, startup employees, and anyone curious about entrepreneurship

  • Salim Teja

    Partner · Radical Ventures

  • Zain Manji

    Founder & Co-CEO · Lazer Technologies

  • Leila Keshavjee

    Founder & CEO · Happy Pops

  • Nadiya Amlani

    Global GM, Third-Party Demand · Uber

Deep dive2:00–2:45 PM

Resilience is Your Superpower: Building Successful Careers During Times of Change

Location: Activity Room

Explore practical ways to handle pressure, rejection, uncertainty, and setbacks as you pursue demanding goals.

Best for: Anyone navigating a difficult transition, ambitious goal, or uncertain next step

  • Yusuf Khoja

    Leadership & Resilience Speaker

3:00

PM

Everyone builds

Hands-on3:00–4:00 PM

Build with AI: Beginner + Intermediate/Advanced

Location: Beginner: Activity Room; Advanced: Social Hall

Build a personal opportunity briefing you can keep using after the Summit: an AI agent that gathers information about companies, industry news, jobs, internships, events, and people in a sector you care about.

Best for: Everyone, from first-time builders to attendees ready for a more technical challenge

Bring your laptop. Beginner and Intermediate/Advanced tracks run side by side; choose the level that matches your experience.

  • Amaan Rattansi

    Lead instructor · Co-founder & CTO, Scribeberry

  • Azhar Dewji

    Lead instructor · AI & Engineering, Sagard

  • Zayan Hussain

    Lead instructor · Founder, Indexy

4:00

PM

Advice & the closing keynote

Office Hours4:00–4:30 PM

Founder Office Hours

Location: Prayer Hall and Ante Room

Engage in a 15-minute conversation with a founder, operator, or investor. Bring a specific challenge, decision, or question.

Best for: Attendees already building a business

Keynote4:00–5:00 PM

Winning the Canadian Ironman

Location: Social Hall

Close the day with a story about discipline, endurance, and staying committed when the goal is hard.

Best for: Anyone who wants inspiration for turning ambition into sustained effort

  • Kiyan Sunderji

    Ironman Canada–Ottawa Champion & Entrepreneur

5:00

PM

Before the evening

5:00–6:00 PM

Happy Hour for Superconnectors

Location: Council Chambers

All Superconnectors

5:00–7:00 PM

Freshen up (optional)

Shuttles available from Ismaili Centre Toronto (ICT) to Crowne Plaza and back.

7:15

PM

AI After Hours: Gala & Social

All together7:15 PM–midnight

AI After Hours: Gala & Social

Join us for AI After Hours: Gala & Social, an unforgettable evening blending connection, entertainment, and celebration. Enjoy welcome drinks, a delicious dinner, photobooth fun, and live social hall entertainment. The party then shifts into high gear under the tent with dancing and a late-night ice cream station to keep the energy going until midnight!

Best for: Everyone

11:00

PM

Getting back to the hotel

11:00 PM–midnight

Grab your ride!

Shuttles from Ismaili Centre Toronto (ICT) to Crowne Plaza.

Agenda is subject to change. Check back for the latest session and timing updates.