GConferenceGridThe Conference Catalogue · Vol. 2026Folio № 189827
Leadership

CTO Craft Con Toronto 2026

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TO Craft Con Toronto 2026 brings together CTOs and senior engineering leaders for two days of practical leadership conversations on scaling teams, navigating change, and making better technical decisions. The event offers sessions focused on leadership, tech strategy, team culture, operational excellence, and personal wellbeing. Attendees will benefit from…

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12Voices
6Underwriters
0Exhibitors
29On the bill · sessions
17Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at CTO, in alphabetical order.
Anna Goltsman
CTO · eDynamic Learning
Anu Dodda
CTO · PureFacts
Dr. Catherine Hicks
Founder & Chief Scientist · Catharsis Consulting
John Kleber
CTO · Buck
Juan Musleh
Venture CTO · Koru
Kathryn Hume
CTO · ex-Tangerine, RBC
Kurtis Funai
CTO · Fullscript
Melissa Young
Fractional CTO
Rob Zuber
CTO · CircleCI
Shawn Mandel
CTO · ex-Parkland, Rogers, Cineplex
Stephen Poletto
Field CTO · Span
Timothy Ubbens
AVP Software Engineering · TD Bank
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Augment Code
Bitrise
Forte Group
Quotient
Sonar
Spacelift
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The Programme

Selected from 29 sessions on the bill.
  • 08:15-08:45

    Mindful Meditation

    Day two kicks off with a moment to pause. Hannah will guide attendees through a short grounding meditation to help you settle in and focus before the day ahead.

  • 08:30-09:25

    Women in Tech Breakfast

    A staple at CTO Craft Con events, this is a space for women in technology leadership to come together, share experiences, and build meaningful connections with others who get it.

  • 09:30-09:35

    Welcome to CTO Craft Con – Chair’s Opening Remarks

    We’ll open the day by bringing everyone together. A quick welcome, a look at what’s ahead, and how to get the most out of the event.

  • 09:35-10:05

    Keynote – The Quiet Costs of Keeping Things the Same

    Why stability feels safe but often masks the slow erosion of competitive advantage, team capability, and engineering relevance How to spot the signs that your org is defaulting to …

  • 09:35-10:05

    Keynote – What To Do When You’re Measuring It Wrong: A Software Scientist’s Guide to Designing AI Evidence that Actually Helps

    Find out what it takes to build an evidence culture inside an engineering org that can actually keep up with the pace of change, drawing on lessons from open science and developer …

  • 10:05-10:30

    Presentation – From Inheritance to Reinvention: My Story as CTO at PureFacts

    You don’t arrive as a new CTO to begin. You arrive in the middle of someone else’s story, and the first job is understanding what you’ve actually inherited before you change anythi…

  • 10:05-10:35

    Keynote with Sonar

    Session details coming soon!

  • 10:30-10:55

    Presentation – Who’s in the Room?

    We spend a lot of energy aligning on goals, but real decisions happen when someone decides who to DM, who to pull into a conversation, and who belongs in the room Told through real…

  • 10:35-11:00

    Fireside Chat – Scaling Culture and Accountability in Distributed Teams

    Why culture becomes fragile as teams grow and spread across locations. How leaders reinforce standards and expectations without defaulting to process or bureaucracy. The role manag…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 17 companies, parsed from the program.

Seventeen companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
11Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

92% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1192%
  • Other roles18%

Of 12 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Augment CodeSp
  2. 02BitriseSp
  3. 03Forte GroupSp
  4. 04QuotientSp
  5. 05SonarSp
  6. 06SpaceliftSp
  7. 07Buck1V
  8. 08Catharsis Consulting1V
  9. 09CircleCI1V
  10. 10eDynamic Learning1V
  11. 11ex-Parkland, Rogers, Cineplex1V
  12. 12ex-Tangerine, RBC1V
  13. 13Fullscript1V
  14. 14Koru1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
unspecified6
100% of 6
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters

Sister convocations

Same brand, other regions