# Event Details - **Event Name**: Canada’s $2.3 Billion AI Adoption Plan: What Can Your Business Access? - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Explore government-backed AI adoption funding and financing, who qualifies, and how to get started.About this EventAI for All TorontoExplore government-backed AI adoption funding and financing, who qualifies, and how to get started.The $2.3 billion supports Canada’s broader AI strategy, including adoption, infrastructure, skills, and trust. Business funding and financing depend on each program’s eligibility rules.Most business owners have heard nothing about any of it.This session covers what is actually there, which programs sit underneath the strategy, and who qualifies. We will be straight about who does not.Then we get practical. We look at what happens when a business puts AI into daily operations. What holds up, what breaks, and what it costs to run. A missed call is lost revenue, and we can put real numbers against that now.Plain answers from people running AI today. Bring hard questions. The useful part is usually the argument.This is the sixth Toronto B2B Marketing Community event. The first five sold out, with about 100 people each.What you will leave with• What your business can actually use from Canada's AI strategy, and what it will not cover• Which programs fund business AI adoption today, and who qualifies• What is coming next as the strategy rolls out• What AI in daily operations really costs to run• Where businesses get stuck between a pilot and everyday useWho this is forFounders, operators, and business owners deciding what to do about AI. No technical background needed.Confirmed speakersLaura Scarlett Martin and Asim Khan, members of the BDC Consulting Network, will cover practical AI adoption through their LIFT/DMAP workshop.Aria Alim and Tiffany Stull from BDC will bring the business financing perspective.Benjamin Mak, AI patent attorney at Smart & Biggar, will bring the AI ownership and intellectual property perspective.Qasim Naqvi, Partner at Strategy&, will deliver a 30-minute masterclass, The AI Gold Rush: Where Is the Value?Lawrence Zhang, Head of Policy at ITIF's Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness, will join the panel on why higher AI adoption may still fail to deliver productivity gains.Mohit Rajhans, media personality and speaker, will moderate the panel. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/toronto/canadas-$23-billion-ai-adoption-plan-what-can-your-business-access/100001998403658137 - **Event Categories**: fitness - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 3 hours - Location: Workplace One - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 20, max: 20, currency: CAD ## Event venue details - **city**: Toronto - **state**: ON - **country**: Canada - **location**: Workplace One - **lat**: 43.647264 - **long**: -79.3924799 - **full address**: Workplace One, 111 Peter Street, Suite 700, Toronto, Canada ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Canada’s $2.3 Billion AI Adoption Plan: What Can Your Business Access? - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/c8d8eb14c00cfb8a057e6302a9591c6f02b04d863b2ca4a255916e2168e8a7c4-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf8f8d8-gmir.jpg?v=1787405507 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Canada s $2.3 Billion AI Adoption Plan: What Can Your Business Access? being held? - **A:** Canada s $2.3 Billion AI Adoption Plan: What Can Your Business Access? takes place on Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Workplace One, 111 Peter Street, Suite 700, Toronto, Canada. - **Q**: Who is organizing Canada s $2.3 Billion AI Adoption Plan: What Can Your Business Access?? - **A:** Canada s $2.3 Billion AI Adoption Plan: What Can Your Business Access? is organized by Attainment Network. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Canada’s $2.3 Billion AI Adoption Plan: What Can Your Business Access?", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/c8d8eb14c00cfb8a057e6302a9591c6f02b04d863b2ca4a255916e2168e8a7c4-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf8f8d8-gmir.jpg?v=1787405507", "startDate": "2026-09-23T18:00:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-09-23T21:00:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/canadas-$23-billion-ai-adoption-plan-what-can-your-business-access/100001998403658137", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Workplace One", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "111 Peter Street, Suite 700", "postalCode": "M5V 2H1", "addressLocality": "Toronto", "addressRegion": "ON", "addressCountry": "CA" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "43.647264", "longitude": "-79.3924799" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Explore government-backed AI adoption funding and financing, who qualifies, and how to get started.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-22", "availabilityEnds": "2026-09-23T21:00:00-04:00", "validFrom": "2026-08-22", "lowPrice": "20.00", "highPrice": "20.00", "price": "20.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/canadas-$23-billion-ai-adoption-plan-what-can-your-business-access/100001998403658137" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-22", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-22", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/canadas-$23-billion-ai-adoption-plan-what-can-your-business-access/100001998403658137", "price": "20.00", "name": "General admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Attainment Network", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/attainment-network/24933076" } ] } ] ```