The Canada–U.S.–France AI Business Symposium aims to connect business and technology leaders to address the opportunities and challenges shaping the next phase of AI growth. The program will explore investment, cross-border commercialization, enterprise adoption, trustworthy AI, and the energy and infrastructure required to scale AI sustainably and competitively by gathering AI companies, investors, enterprise leaders, energy and infrastructure specialists, and public-sector partners from Canada, the United States and France to explore how AI can drive cross-border business growth.
As AI moves from experimentation to large-scale deployment, success depends on more than models and algorithms. It requires investment, customers, computing capacity, reliable and affordable energy, secure infrastructure, and the trust to deploy AI responsibly.
Confirmed speakers:
- Anthropic
- Blackstone
- Hydro Quebec
- Intel Capital
- New York Power Authority
- Radical Ventures
- ServiceNow
- & more to come!
Opening: The Next Phase of AI Competitiveness
The Canada–U.S.–France opportunity: investment, innovation, infrastructure and international cooperation.
Panel 1 — Capital, Customers and Cross-Border Scale
How AI companies attract investment, enter new markets, secure enterprise customers and build international partnerships. Explore what investors and corporate buyers need to see before committing capital or signing contracts.
Panel 2 — Powering AI: Energy, Compute and Infrastructure
How can the three countries meet AI’s growing infrastructure needs? Discuss grid capacity, reliable and affordable electricity, data-centre investment, storage, cooling, permitting and financing, and the opportunities for cross-border collaboration.
Panel 3 — From AI Pilots to Trusted Deployment
What does it take to move AI into production? Examine adoption in frontier AI, industrial applications etc., with a focus on ROI, data access, security, governance and responsible deployment.
Canada-U.S.-France AI Business Opportunities Symposium
Hosts
Tue, Dec 08, 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM (EST)
New York, NY, USA
50 attendees
The Canada–U.S.–France AI Business Symposium aims to connect business and technology leaders to address the opportunities and challenges shaping the next phase of AI growth. The program will explore investment, cross-border commercialization, enterprise adoption, trustworthy AI, and the energy and infrastructure required to scale AI sustainably and competitively by gathering AI companies, investors, enterprise leaders, energy and infrastructure specialists, and public-sector partners from Canada, the United States and France to explore how AI can drive cross-border business growth.
As AI moves from experimentation to large-scale deployment, success depends on more than models and algorithms. It requires investment, customers, computing capacity, reliable and affordable energy, secure infrastructure, and the trust to deploy AI responsibly.
Confirmed speakers:
Opening: The Next Phase of AI Competitiveness
The Canada–U.S.–France opportunity: investment, innovation, infrastructure and international cooperation.
Panel 1 — Capital, Customers and Cross-Border Scale
How AI companies attract investment, enter new markets, secure enterprise customers and build international partnerships. Explore what investors and corporate buyers need to see before committing capital or signing contracts.
Panel 2 — Powering AI: Energy, Compute and Infrastructure
How can the three countries meet AI’s growing infrastructure needs? Discuss grid capacity, reliable and affordable electricity, data-centre investment, storage, cooling, permitting and financing, and the opportunities for cross-border collaboration.
Panel 3 — From AI Pilots to Trusted Deployment
What does it take to move AI into production? Examine adoption in frontier AI, industrial applications etc., with a focus on ROI, data access, security, governance and responsible deployment.
Consulate General of Canada in New York