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Toronto Machine Learning Summit (TMLS) 2026

Now in its 10th year, TMLS hosts cutting-edge research, hands-on workshops, and vetted industry case studies focused on machine learning and AI. Emphasizing community, learning, and accessibility, TMLS brings practitioners, researchers, and enterprise teams together to shape the future of applied AI in Canada. The event spans a virtual day, two in-person day…

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89Speakers
15Sponsors
2Exhibitors
0Sessions
71Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Toronto, in alphabetical order.

Abhimanyu Anand
Senior Data Scientist · Elastic
Abhinav Arun
Senior AI Research Scientist · Domyn
Aditya Anne
Senior Director, Enterprise AI Governance · CIBC
Afsaneh Fazly
Founder & Principal · Astaria AI
Afseen Syeda
AI Medical Data Specialist | Lead Prompt Engineer · Wisedocs
Ahmad Pesaranghader
Applied AI Research Scientist · CIBC
Ahmed Radwan
Machine Learning Specialist · Vector Institute
Alet Blanken
Vice President, AI Engineering · Workday
Alex Shpurov
CTO · 01 Quantum
Alvin Li
Data Scientist · Wealthsimple
Amir Hajian
Chief Science Officer · Arteria AI
Amit Kumar Padhy
Senior Computer Scientist II · Adobe Inc.
Amna Jamal
Data and AI Market Leader · IBM Canada
Andrew D’Souza
CEO/Founder · Boardy
Ankit Haseeja
Software Engineer III (AWS, Terraform) · JPMC
Anneswa Ghosh
Applied Scientist · Microsoft
Anshuman Panwar
VP & Director, AI · TD Asset Management
Anthony Caterini
Senior Research Machine Learning Scientist · Layer 6 AI (Division of TD Bank)
April Fong
Senior Editor, Report on Business · The Globe and Mail
Areeb Khawaja
Technical Product Manager · TELUS
Armando Benitez
CDAO & Head of AI · BMO Capital Markets
Bang Liu
Associate Professor · University of Montreal & Mila

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

CIBCPlatinum
01.comGold
01ComGold
BraintrustGold
IBMGold
TELUSGold
TeradataGold
Union AIGold
Union.aiGold
Weights & BiasesGold
WorkdayGold
AlationExhibitor
Northeastern UniversityExhibitor
RASAExhibitor
SRICExhibitor
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 71 companies show up, and 9 bet on three roles at once?

71 companies. nine 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
9All threespeak · spons · exh
4Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
58Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

CIBC·Alation·RASA·TELUS·Teradata·Union.ai·Workday·Braintrust·Weights & Biases

Speakers by seniority

38% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1112%
  • Founder / Owner44%
  • VP-level56%
  • Director / Head of1416%
  • Manager / Lead1011%
  • Product11%
  • Engineer · IC1618%
  • Research / Science1820%
  • Other roles1011%

Of 89 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1CIBCSponsor · Platinum5
2AlationSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor1
3RASASponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor1
4TELUSSponsor · Gold3
5TeradataSponsor · Gold2
6Union.aiSponsor · Gold2
7WorkdaySponsor · Gold2
8BraintrustSponsor · Gold1
9Weights & BiasesSponsor · Gold1
1001.comSponsor · Gold-
1101 Quantum3
12IBMSponsor · Gold-
13Manulife3
14Northeastern UniversitySponsor · Exhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
7% of 15
gold10
67% of 15
exhibitor4
27% of 15
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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