Global Data Centre & Cloud Expo Canada
About this Event
Global Data Center & Cloud Expo Canada is your gateway to the future of digital infrastructure. This premier event brings together industry leaders, cutting-edge technologies, and invaluable connections to empower you to navigate the ever-evolving Canadian technology landscape.
Network with a diverse ecosystem of industry professionals, from fellow data center and cloud specialists to potential partners and investors, forge lasting relationships with like-minded individuals, building collaborative networks that will fuel your digital success & join in-depth networking sessions and social events, fostering meaningful connections and sparking new ideas.
Please note that the organizers of GDCC do not provide visas, visa invitation letters, or any immigration assistance for travel to Canada.
Agenda
Day 1: Compute, Power, Scale: Building Data Centres for the AI Age
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Keynote Address
Info: Data Centre Meets AI: Canada's Digital Continuum
This session will explore the convergence of hyperscale data centre infrastructure with AI workloads, focusing on high-density compute clusters, advanced interconnects, and Canada's role in enabling full-stack AI lifecycle deployment.
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Opening Signature Address
Info: Thinking Machines, Trusted Nations: AI's Canadian Blueprint
This session will explore sovereign AI frameworks, trusted data ecosystems, and governance models that ensure secure, ethical, and policy-aligned AI deployment at a national scale.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Mainstage Dialogue Panel
Info: From LLMs to ROI: Operationalising AI at Enterprise Scale
This session will explore enterprise-scale AI deployment, including MLOps pipelines, GPU scheduling, model optimization, and translating large language models into measurable business outcomes.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Break
🕑: 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
Engineering Dialogue Panel
Info: Regulating Intelligence: AI Compliance, Risk and Explainability
This session will explore AI risk governance, model interpretability, compliance architectures, and frameworks for auditing bias, fairness, and decision transparency.
🕑: 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM
Systems Roundtable
Info: The Power Problem: Can Infrastructure Keep Up with AI?
This session will explore power density challenges, grid limitations, energy-efficient compute design, and integration of renewables to sustain AI-driven infrastructure demand.
🕑: 12:05 PM - 12:20 PM
Technical Deep Dive Session
Info: Inference at the Edge: Real-Time AI in Distributed Systems
This session will explore distributed inference architectures, latency optimization, model compression, and real-time processing across edge environments.
🕑: 12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:20 PM - 01:35 PM
Critical Keynote Address
Info: Cloud Without Borders: Architecting Canada's Sovereign Digital Future
This session will explore sovereign cloud architectures, data localization strategies, secure cross-border data exchange, and compliance-driven infrastructure design.
🕑: 01:35 PM - 02:05 PM
Architecture Forum
Info: Multi-Cloud, Hybrid, or Chaos? Designing Resilient Architectures
This session will explore workload portability, orchestration across multi-cloud environments, resilience engineering, and strategies to mitigate vendor lock-in.
🕑: 02:05 PM - 02:20 PM
Tech Spotlight Session
Info: FinOps Deep Dive: Optimising Cloud Cost at Scale
This session will explore cost observability, cloud resource optimization, financial governance frameworks, and real-time cost control mechanisms in large-scale environments.
🕑: 02:20 PM - 02:40 PM
Break
🕑: 02:40 PM - 03:10 PM
Strategic Briefing
Info: Zero Trust, Zero Breach: Securing the Cloud-Native Enterprise
This session will explore zero trust architectures, identity-based security models, micro-segmentation, and continuous authentication across distributed systems.
🕑: 03:10 PM - 03:25 PM
Next-Gen Tech Perspective
Info: Edge and Cloud Convergence: Architectures for a Real-Time Nation
This session will explore edge-cloud integration models, ultra-low latency processing, distributed orchestration, and real-time data synchronization.
🕑: 03:25 PM - 04:00 PM
The Ultimate Outlook
Info: From Data Lakes to Decision Engines: The Future of Intelligent Cloud
This session will explore the evolution of data platforms into AI-driven decision systems, including real-time analytics, autonomous pipelines, and intelligent orchestration layers.
DAY 2: From Steel and Servers to Sectoral Transformation
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Keynote Address
Info: The Silent Giants: Data Centres Powering Canada's Digital Identity
This session will explore the role of data centres in enabling national digital infrastructure, including identity systems, secure data exchange, and large-scale public digital platforms.
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Flagship Address
Info: Beyond Racks and Power: The Rise of Intelligent Data Centres
This session will explore AI-driven data centre operations, predictive maintenance, automation, and the use of digital twins for infrastructure optimization.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
The Apex Roundtable
Info: Hyperscale or Edge? Rewriting the Laws of Data Gravity
This session will explore data gravity principles, workload distribution strategies, and the balance between centralized hyperscale and decentralized edge architectures.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Break
🕑: 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
Tech Deep Dive Session
Info: Direct-to-Chip Cooling (D2C): Engineering for the AI Heat Crisis
This session will explore advanced thermal management, liquid cooling technologies, chip-level heat dissipation, and infrastructure adaptation for high-performance AI systems.
🕑: 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM
Global Strategy Session
Info: The Rise of Carrier-Neutral Campuses: Reinventing Colocation Models
This session will explore interconnect-rich ecosystems, carrier-neutral strategies, and the transformation of colocation into integrated digital infrastructure hubs.
🕑: 12:05 PM - 12:20 PM
The Vision Keynote
Info: Designing for 100kW Racks: The New Data Centre Paradigm
This session will explore ultra-high-density rack design, next-generation power delivery, cooling innovations, and infrastructure scalability for AI workloads.
🕑: 12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:20 PM - 01:35 PM
Industry Case Keynote
Info: From Infrastructure to Intelligence: Data Centres Driving Industry 5.0
This session will explore how data infrastructure enables Industry 5.0 through AI-driven automation, real-time analytics, and human-machine collaboration.
🕑: 01:35 PM - 02:05 PM
Industry Panel - Fintech
Info: Milliseconds = Millions: Data Centres Powering Real-Time Finance
This session will explore ultra-low latency architectures, high-frequency trading systems, real-time transaction processing, and infrastructure optimization for financial services.
🕑: 02:05 PM - 02:20 PM
The Think Tank Session - Telecom
Info: 5G, MEC and Edge: Telecom's New Infrastructure Stack
This session will explore integration of 5G networks, multi-access edge computing, and distributed data centres to support next-generation telecom services.
🕑: 02:20 PM - 02:40 PM
Break
🕑: 02:40 PM - 03:10 PM
The Premier Session - MedTech
Info: From Scans to Signals: Data Infrastructure in Precision Healthcare
This session will explore AI-powered diagnostics, medical data pipelines, secure patient data management, and infrastructure for precision medicine.
🕑: 03:10 PM - 03:25 PM
The Power Talk - IoT
Info: From Grid to GPU: Rethinking Energy Infrastructure
This session will explore the convergence of energy systems and digital infrastructure, including smart grids, AI-driven energy optimization, and sustainable compute power strategies.
🕑: 03:25 PM - 04:00 PM
Grand Closing Panel
Info: The Canadian Digital Continuum: Where Legacy, Infrastructure and Innovation Converge
This session will explore the integration of legacy systems with next-generation infrastructure, focusing on scalability, modernization, and national digital competitiveness.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 0.00 to USD 604.74
