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CTO Craft Con Toronto 2026

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CTO Craft Con Toronto 2026 ran May 19–20, 2026 at Arcadian Loft in Toronto, Canada. It is a Leadership conference. ConferenceGrid lists 35 speakers, 6 sponsors and 29 sessions. The next edition, CTO Craft Con: Toronto 2027, is Jun 1, 2027 in Toronto.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

CTO 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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35Speakers
6Sponsors
29Sessions
37Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at CTO, in alphabetical order.

Alex Lukashevich
Chief AI Officer · Forte Group
Allison McMillan
Fractional VP of Engineering · Tavlin Consulting
Andrea Corey
VP Engineering · Homebase
Anirban Chatterjee
Sr. Director Product Marketing · Sonar
Anna Goltsman
CTO · eDynamic Learning
Anne Steptoe
SVP of Engineering · Propel Holdings
Anu Dodda
CTO · PureFacts
Bohdan Zabawskyj
Founder · TrueNorthCTO
Bryan McEire
CTO · BoxHub
Christine Miao
Founder & Researcher · Technical Accounting
David Fung
Founder & Executive Coach · Coachful Coaching
Dr. Catherine Hicks
Founder & Chief Scientist · Catharsis Consulting
Dwayne Forde
Co-Founder & CTO · Mantle
Farzona Pulatova
VP Engineering · Earnest
Fern Johnson
VP Infrastructure & Operations · ex-PepsiCo
Hannah Van Nostrand
Certified Yoga Instructor and Senior Producer · CTO Craft
Ivan Brezak Brkan
DX Director · Infobip
Jennifer Schachter
Senior Software Engineering Manager · Capital One Canada
John Kleber
CTO · Buck
Juan Musleh
Venture CTO · Koru
Kathryn Hume
CTO · ex-Tangerine, RBC
Kirk Gray
VP Engineering · McGraw-Hill Engineering

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Augment Code
Bitrise
Forte Group
Quotient
Sonar
Spacelift

Agenda

Selected from 29 sessions.

  • 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…

Quick answers

When is CTO Craft Con Toronto 2026?
CTO Craft Con Toronto 2026 ran May 19–20, 2026 at Arcadian Loft in Toronto, Canada. The next edition, CTO Craft Con: Toronto 2027, is Jun 1, 2027 in Toronto.
Where is CTO Craft Con Toronto 2026 held?
CTO Craft Con Toronto 2026 was held at Arcadian Loft in Toronto, Canada.
Who is speaking at CTO Craft Con Toronto 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 35 speakers, including Alex Lukashevich (Chief AI Officer, Forte Group), Allison McMillan (Fractional VP of Engineering, Tavlin Consulting) and Andrea Corey (VP Engineering, Homebase).
Who sponsors CTO Craft Con Toronto 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 6 sponsors, including Augment Code, Bitrise, Forte Group, Quotient and Sonar.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 37 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

37 companies. three are betting more than once.

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.

Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
3Sponsoringsponsor only
31Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Bitrise·Forte Group·Sonar

Speakers by seniority

83% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1543%
  • Founder / Owner411%
  • VP-level823%
  • Director / Head of26%
  • Manager / Lead26%
  • Engineer · IC13%
  • Other roles39%

Of 35 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1BitriseSponsor1
2Forte GroupSponsor1
3SonarSponsor1
4Augment CodeSponsor-
5QuotientSponsor-
6SpaceliftSponsor-
7BoxHub1
8Buck1
9Capital One Canada1
10Catharsis Consulting1
11CircleCI1
12Coachful Coaching1
13CTO Craft1
14Earnest1
Sponsors by tier
unspecified6
100% of 6
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.

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