Beer & Analytics XIV
About this Event
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Please purchase your ticket(s) soon to avoid disappointment. Limit 6 per order, we now have a Team ticket discounted by 40%.
Join us on September 20th, 2026 at Lansdowne to experience some of Ottawa's best craft beer while listening to some incredible speakers.
Attendees are able to use Public Transportation free of charge 3 hours pre- and post-event. Simply show the bus operator your Beer & Analytics ticket.
See beerandanlytics.ca for further details and past events.
Speaker Schedule:
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Registration
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM - LinkedIn Meetup Networking, Beer and Food
5:45 PM - 5:50 PM - Opening Remarks, Martin McGarry
On QuietEvents Channel to allow you to socialize, eat and drink, or listen:
5:50 PM - 6:15 PM - Choose Your Own AI Adventure: Ship It, Stall, or Make the News? Glendon Hass & Adam Green, Bronson.ai A year of real client decisions, yours to challenge. Learn when to ship, when to K*ll it, and when it wasn't AI at all. Then take it home and compete — in your team and across Ottawa.
6:15 PM - 6:35 PM - Solace (tbc)
6:35 PM - 6:55 PM - Who Invited the Bot? Shadow AI and the Uninvited Guests in Your Meetings. Magno Logan, Head of Product Security, Fellow.ai - Your team is already using AI tools IT never approved. Magno (DEF CON, SecTor, ex-Okta) explains why your meetings might be the most sensitive data you aren't governing.
6:55 PM - 7:15 PM - Panel - Phil Cormier, Hsai TBd ... title tbd
7:15 PM - 7:35 PM - Garbage in, Garbage Out: Why your CRM isn't ready for AI (Yet), Craig Handy, HigherOps - Lessons from scaling revenue data at Shopify and Jobber, and why most CRMs trip up AI before it gets started.
7:35 PM - 7:55 PM - Putting the AI in Supply Chain: AI Marketing Fundamentals, Karen McNaughton, Founder, FRACTAI | VP Global Marketing, Algo - A practical look at how B2B and supply chain teams can use AI to sharpen targeting, personalize outreach and connect marketing to pipeline, plus what's worked, what hasn't, and where to start on Monday morning
7:55 PM - Closing Remarks, Martin McGarry
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM - Conference Booths, LinkedIn Meetup Networking, Beer and Food
A fun and engaging event to learn about AI, modern tools and visualization techniques for best-in-class analytics!
There will be PLENTY of opportunity to sample local craft beers and non-alcoholic drink options. Drinks and Food are included in your ticket price at least whilst stocks last. Free bus ride home!
About Our Sponsors:
Bronson.AI is a business consultancy first. The objective is never the technology itself but an organization that runs better, and technology transformation is how it gets there.
See our write up on Globe and Mail as we made the Top 100 Growing Companies in Canada https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/adv/article-canadas-top-growing-companies-2026-bronsonai/
Check out the highlights from a recent B&A event at Lansdowne.
https://vimeo.com/879787556?fl=tl&fe=ec&share=copy
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Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
CAD 44.29 to CAD 232.55
