AI Summit 2026 — Hands-On AI Agent Workshops, Expert Panel & CxO Roundtable
WhenTue, September 22, 2026 · 5:15 p.m. EDT – 8:00 p.m. EDT
WhereOneEleven, 325 Front St W, 4th Floor
About the event
TorontoAI's biggest gathering of the year is back. AI Summit 2026 brings together AI engineers, data leaders, and CTOs for an evening built around what's actually working in production AI, not slide decks.
Two hands-on workshops: deploying AI agents in production (real lessons from real deployments), and agentic memory, how persistent context changes what these systems can actually do. Then a live panel where leaders compare real notes on what worked and what didn't, moderated by Mohit Rajhans, with speakers including Rina Taddie (Air Canada), Ezequiel Lanza (Intel), Vincent Fortier (Databricks), Shobhit Khandelwal (Founder & CEO, ShyftLabs), and Chandan Kumar (beCloudReady).
This is the same room that's grown TorontoAI to 10,000+ members and 300+ events, engineers, data scientists, and builders who actually show up, not just follow along online. If you're building with AI in Toronto, or trying to find the people who are, this is the night.
Seats are limited and registration requires approval.
Thank you to our Silver Sponsors, ShyftLabs and Databricks.
Agenda
- 4:30 PM — Pre-Meetup Roundtable (invite-only)
- 5:15 PM — Doors open, registration, networking
- 5:45 PM — Welcome and opening remarks
- 6:00 PM — Workshop 1: AI Agents in Production
- 6:25 PM — Workshop 2: Agentic Memory
- 6:45 PM — Panel: What Worked, What Didn't
- 7:30 PM — Community Mixer
- 8:00 PM — Wrap
Who should come
- AI/ML engineers, data engineers, and platform engineers building production systems
- Data leaders and CTOs evaluating how agentic AI actually performs outside a demo
- Anyone looking to connect with the engineers and companies building AI in Toronto right now
What we provide
- Hands-on, live-built workshop content, no slides
- Light refreshments and an open networking mixer
- Free to attend
Speakers
Chandan Kumar
Founder, beCloudReady (Databricks Registered Partner) · Organizer, TorontoAI
20+ years in software, cloud architecture, and data engineering. Maintainer of the open-source db-agent project, presented at the AAAI-25 workshop on AI agents. Has trained and placed 500+ engineers across Canada and the US.
Mohit Rajhans
Founder, ThinkStart.ca · Innovation & Governance Strategist
Specializes in digital transformation and institutional strategy. Helps boards and executives navigate AI's cultural and governance shifts.
Shobhit Khandelwal
Founder & CEO, ShyftLabs
Founder & CEO of ShyftLabs, building Continuum, an enterprise AI platform for agent orchestration, memory, and multi-model routing. Also founder of Carter, a privacy-first AdTech platform, an advisor to Minoan, and a Forbes Technology Council member.