Canadian Tech at Scale 2025
Join us in-person for our 2025 Canadian Tech @ Scale Conference and meet top engineering and data leaders in Canadian tech. Get ready for a day of speaker panels, breakout sessions, networking, and more — all in the heart of downtown Toronto.
We look forward to diving into AI, tech trends, and more. As the event approaches, we will update this page and provide you with the latest information and schedule.
Special thanks to Shopify, our new partner for 2025. In support of the tech community, they have kindly offered their event space and funding to cover conference expenses.
Event Details
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm ET
(followed by a networking cocktail from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm ET)
Where: Shopify HQ Toronto, 620 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1M7
Schedule: View the full event schedule here
Tickets: Complimentary courtesy of Shopify.
While the event is now at capacity, please add your name to our waitlist as cancellations may occur. This will also ensure you are notified of next year's event.
Given that tickets are complimentary again this year, we expect strong demand and encourage you to register early to secure your spot. We kindly ask that you register only if you plan to attend and are an engineering, ML, or security leader.
This year's event is co-organized by Bruce Dorland (Managing Director, gdR), Djoume Salvetti (Co-Founder, FATA school), Ania Halliop (Sr Director of Engineering, GitHub), and Mercy Orangi (Software Engineer, Criteo).
We are happy to continue our partnership with the Inovia Capital team for the 2025 edition! We're excited to have Kory Jeffrey, Shyam Sheth, Isabelle Audette, and Alessandra Delli Colli on board, bringing fresh ideas and influential leaders to the event.
We look forward to seeing you in October!
- The Canadian Tech at Scale Team
Speakers
Andrew McNamara, Director Applied ML at Shopify
Andrew Ling, Country Manager and VP SW Eng. & ML Compilers at Groq
Caroline Rioux, Head of Software Engineering at Overstory
Dessy Daskalov, SVP Software Development at Axonify
Diederik van Liere, CTO at Wealthsimple
Giuliano Bossi, CTO at Clockwork
Hasitha Pathiraja, CTO at Precision Nutrition
James Varga, Senior Development Manager at Shopify
Kim Phelan, VP Product & Operations at ChargeLab
Kris Read, Co-Founder at Neo Financial
Kris Hansen, CTO at Sagard
Kory Jeffrey, Principal & VP Technology at Inovia Capital
Kurtis Funai, CTO at Fullscript
Lawrence Mandel, VP of Engineering at Shopify
Mohit Muthanna Cheppudira, MTS at OpenAI
Nick Mulder, VP of Engineering at Miovision
Phil Ter-Mikaelian, Senior Staff Engineer at Shopify
Vitalii Dodonov, Founder & CTO at Stan
Organizers