Germany named Country of Honour at Canada's largest AI event. More than 7,500 attendees and 260 speakers expected in Montreal Sept. 16-17.
Canada's biggest AI and technology conference for public and private-sector leaders, ALL IN 2026, is set to draw more than 7,500 participants from over 40 countries to Montreal on Sept. 16-17. Germany is this year's Country of Honour, a reflection of deepening technology ties between the two nations.
Canadian and German ministers met in February at the Munich Security Conference to sign a joint declaration on AI and launch the Sovereign Technology Alliance. The alliance aims to improve access to the chips and systems needed to develop AI, turn more research into commercial products, strengthen the domestic talent pool, and reduce reliance on technology from other countries.
Karsten Wildberger, Germany's minister for digital transformation and government modernization, will lead a delegation of more than 50 German business leaders. The group will visit Canadian startups and innovators, seek potential partners, and showcase German technology at its own pavilion.
The event arrives as Canada puts more emphasis on AI adoption and commercialization at home and abroad. In June, the federal government launched its AI for All strategy, intended to help more Canadian companies deploy the technology and support those building it here.
Now in its fourth edition, ALL IN will cover business adoption, the data and infrastructure behind AI, and emerging research areas. More than 260 speakers will appear across four stages, with delegates expected from more than 40 countries.
"As Canada's largest AI and tech event, ALL IN provides a powerful platform to highlight Canadian champions, connect global leaders, attract investment, and showcase our world-class ecosystem," said Isabelle Turcotte, the event's co-founder and CEO.
The speaker lineup includes people who helped establish Canada's strength in AI research, as well as those building companies around it. Yoshua Bengio, one of the recognized "godfathers of AI," co-president and scientific director of AI safety nonprofit LawZero, and founder and scientific advisor of Mila, will appear alongside Cohere co-founder and CEO Aidan Gomez and chief AI officer Joelle Pineau. The Canadian contingent also includes Xanadu founder and CEO Christian Weedbrook, Coveo executive chair Louis Têtu, and the leaders of Bell Canada and TELUS.
From outside Canada, the speakers span foundation models, infrastructure, and global policy. They include Google DeepMind senior director of product management Tulsee Doshi, Mistral AI chief revenue officer Marjorie Janiewicz, NVIDIA global initiatives vice-president Calista Redmond, Aleph Alpha co-CEO Ilhan Scheer, Liam Fedus (co-founder of Periodic Labs and co-creator of ChatGPT), and George Osborne, managing director and head of OpenAI for Countries and former Chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK government.
Amandeep Singh Gill, the United Nations under-secretary-general and special envoy for digital and emerging technologies, is also scheduled to attend, along with Canada's minister of AI and digital innovation, Evan Solomon.
The event is organized into five tracks: AI and society, applied AI and enterprise transformation, frontier research, data and infrastructure, and physical AI and robotics. A dedicated infrastructure pavilion will focus on computing resources behind AI, while another will feature quantum technology. The exhibition floor will include a showcase of Canada's Top 100 AI startups, such as Wisr AI, REVEAL, GeoMate, Carnage Solutions, and Variational AI. Workshops, roundtables, and reverse pitch competitions will explore applications in smart cities, citizen experience, the public sector, and other fields.
Delegations are also expected from Brazil, France, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. Curated tours will introduce visitors to Canada's AI organizations and companies.
For Turcotte, the conference is part of a broader effort.
"Around the world, flagship technology events serve as strategic national assets for countries seeking to accelerate innovation and strengthen their global competitiveness and their tech leadership," she said. "And that is precisely what ALL IN is building for Canada."
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