# Event Details - **Event Name**: Beer & Analytics XIV - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Beer & Analytics is where the data management community comes together to share ideas and grow. Through talks from our exceptional speakersAbout this EventStay up to date with our Beer & Analytics website to learn more about our past and upcoming events, speakers, and sponsors.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 October 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 - Registration5:30 PM - 5:45 PM - LinkedIn Meetup Networking, Beer and Food5:45 PM - 5:50 PM - Opening Remarks, Martin McGarryOn 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 - There's No Time Like Real-Time: Fueling AI Value with Live, Event-Driven Data, Alex Anglin and Rob Ronberg, Solace, Agentic AI demands instant context, rendering batch updates and legacy polling obsolete. This session explores how an enterprise event mesh connects anything to everything in real time to supercharge business outcomes. Learn why organizations leveraging real-time data streaming achieve 3x greater success rates on their AI initiatives.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 - 7:25 PM - Who’s Watching the AI? Guardrails, Safety Loops & Audits That Actually Work, Carol Wilson, BA,MSc, CAIP, previously Canada Post Director Advanced Analytics, Head of Intelligence group Pacific Programming and Tech, Hosai Zurmati-Halim, Senior Policy Advisor, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Phil Cormier CPA, CA, CMVP, PMP, Bronson.ai, - AI is only as trustworthy as the guardrails around it. Drawing on actual experience, this session explores how guardrails protect AI systems from corruption and manipulation, and why they sit at the heart of AI safety. We’ll also make the case for organizations to adopt a guardrails-first approach.7:25 PM - 7:45 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.7:45 PM - 8:05 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 morning8:05 PM - Closing Remarks, Martin McGarry5:30 PM - 9:00 PM - Conference Booths, LinkedIn Meetup Networking, Beer and FoodA 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: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/4abd9430-c99e-11f1-8579-3b3fe6ab2704-rimg-w1200-h283-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg 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/ https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/4acbc500-c99e-11f1-8579-3b3fe6ab2704-rimg-w1200-h295-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg Solace helps businesses act the moment something happens. Its event-driven platform moves data instantly across clouds, systems and devices, letting organizations respond to customers and operations in real time rather than after the fact. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/4ad784d0-c99e-11f1-8579-3b3fe6ab2704-rimg-w1200-h283-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg Fellow helps teams leave every meeting aligned. Its AI meeting assistant captures notes, summaries and action items securely, turning conversations into decisions and follow-through instead of forgotten to-dos. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/4ae4a430-c99e-11f1-8579-3b3fe6ab2704-rimg-w1200-h271-dc081838-gmir.png HigherOps builds revenue systems teams actually trust. Founded by former Shopify RevOps leaders, it rolls up its sleeves inside your CRM to create clean, AI-ready operations that make reporting honest and growth repeatable. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/4af768e0-c99e-11f1-8579-3b3fe6ab2704-rimg-w1200-h258-dc486848-gmir.png Dataiku puts data-driven decisions in everyone’s hands. Its platform lets analysts, engineers and business teams build and govern AI together, helping organizations scale AI responsibly instead of keeping it locked in a lab. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/4b080ab0-c99e-11f1-8579-3b3fe6ab2704-rimg-w987-h740-dc080808-gmir.jpg Check out the highlights from a recent B&A event at Lansdowne.https://vimeo.com/879787556?fl=tl&fe=ec&share=copyFood and Beverage by: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/4b16d7c0-c99e-11f1-8579-3b3fe6ab2704-rimg-w1072-h740-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/beer-and-analytics-xiv/100001994237473968 - **Event Categories**: meetups, business, workshops, trips-adventures, conferences, contests - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 4 hours - Location: Horticulture Building - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 30, max: 232.55, currency: CAD ## Event venue details - **city**: Ottawa - **state**: ON - **country**: Canada - **location**: Horticulture Building - **lat**: 45.4007752 - **long**: -75.6823441 - **full address**: Horticulture Building, 1525 Princess Patricia Way, Ottawa, Canada ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Beer & Analytics XIV - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/cdaecf61393e1193e47f21952d2bde9f0a4da4f35bc047a5f9667c7ec2562c91-rimg-w1200-h600-dc2842c9-gmir.jpg?v=1784305991 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Beer & Analytics XIV being held? - **A:** Beer & Analytics XIV takes place on Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Horticulture Building, 1525 Princess Patricia Way, Ottawa, Canada. - **Q**: Who is organizing Beer & Analytics XIV? - **A:** Beer & Analytics XIV is organized by Martin McGarry. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Beer & Analytics XIV is ideal for professionals, entrepreneurs, startup founders, and networking enthusiasts eager to grow their connections. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Ottawa, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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