From AI Strategy to Execution

Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform how governments operate, improve public services, and create better outcomes for Canadians. As AI adoption accelerates, leaders face an important challenge: how to maximize innovation and productivity while maintaining transparency, accountability, and sustainability. Drawing on global experiences across government and regulated industries, Doug Averill will share an industry perspective on the future of responsible AI, including the importance of trusted governance, efficient AI architectures, and sustainable approaches that deliver measurable public value. Join this thought-provoking session to explore how organizations can embrace AI innovation while building a future that is resilient, responsible, and designed for long-term impact.

This session will explore how government leaders are approaching AI adoption in mission-critical environments, focusing on the organizational, technical, and security foundations required to successfully operationalize AI.

• Moving from AI experimentation toward scalable government capabilities
• Establishing the operational foundations required for trusted AI adoption
• Embedding AI into public sector operations through strong governance, spending oversight, and digital leadership frameworks 

This session will explore how government leaders are approaching AI adoption in mission-critical environments, focusing on the organizational, technical, and security foundations required to successfully operationalize AI.

• Moving from AI experimentation toward scalable government capabilities
• Establishing the operational foundations required for trusted AI adoption
• Embedding AI into public sector operations through strong governance, spending oversight, and digital leadership frameworks

Split into specialized conversation areas and join engaging discussions to dive deeper into your innovation priorities.

Roundtable 1 - Moving AI from Strategy to Mission Execution: Building Scalable AI Capabilities Across Government

Roundtable 2 - Securing the AI Enterprise: Cybersecurity, Risk, and Resilience in Government AI Adoption

Roundtable 3 - Building AI-Ready Government Organizations: Data Foundations, Integration, and Operational Readiness

Government leaders will share perspectives on implementing AI capabilities across complex environments, highlighting lessons learned, challenges overcome, and approaches for building secure and scalable AI programs.

• Understanding the realities of implementing AI in government environments
• Balancing innovation with cybersecurity, governance, and operational requirements
• Exploring how agencies can scale AI capabilities while maintaining trust and resilience

AI should not be another disconnected technology layer in government. This session will explore how leaders can combine strong governance with enterprise orchestration to connect AI across legacy systems, data, workflows and people—so intelligence becomes part of how government work gets done.

• Preventing AI pilots, agents and models from creating new silos across government
• Establishing the governance, accountability and oversight needed to deploy AI safely in mission-critical environments
• Orchestrating AI across legacy platforms, workflows and human decision points to turn intelligence into measurable government outcomes