EVENT DETAILS
Under Pressure - From Risk to Resilience
From the interconnected threats of geopolitical rivalry, macroeconomic volatility and rapidly advancing technology, GRI Summit 2026 brings together Canadian and international leaders to help set a path from risk to resilience.
Date
October 7, 2026
Schedule
7:30 AM ET • Registration & Breakfast
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM ET • Main Program
5:00 PM ET • Networking Reception
Venue
Toronto Region Board of Trade
100 Queens Quay East,
3rd Floor
Toronto, ON
Speakers
Monica Kowal
Peter Routledge
Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee
Edward Fishman
Hon. Timothy Hodgson
Alexandre Roy
Hon. Lisa Raitt
Innes Dey
Douglas J. Elliott
Sonia Baxendale
Nicholas Consonery
Michele Mosca
Karrie Van Belle
Grahame Johnson
Roxana Baranowski
Eric Burns
Douglas Porter
Neil Bunn
Vanda Vicars
William Bonnell
FULL PROGRAM
Agenda
8:30 AM
Opening Remarks
Sonia Baxendale, President and CEO, Global Risk Institute
Edward Fishman, Former U.S. Policymaker and Author
Moderator: Karrie Van Belle, Chief Operating Officer, Global Risk Institute
10:00 AM
Special Guest: Hon. Timothy Hodgson
Hon. Timothy Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Neil Bunn, Director, Customer Engineering, Canada, Google • Eric Burns, Applied AI Field Chief Technology Officer, Anthropic • Michele Mosca, CEO and Co-founder, evolutionQ
Moderator: Monica Kowal, Executive in Residence, Global Risk Institute
Nicholas Consonery, Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, Eurasia Group • Douglas Porter, Chief Economist, BMO Capital Markets • Hon. Lisa Raitt, Vice Chair, Office of the CEO, CIBC
Moderator: Innes Dey, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer and CRO, Definity Financial
Peter Routledge, Superintendent, OSFI
Moderator: Sonia Baxendale, President and CEO, Global Risk Institute
Douglas J. Elliott, Partner, Oliver Wyman • Grahame Johnson, Executive Director, Policy, Bank of Canada • Alexandre Roy, Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, PSP Investments
Moderator: Roxana Baranowski, Senior Risk Advisor, IMF
Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
Moderator: Sonia Baxendale, President and CEO, Global Risk Institute
4:40 PM
Closing Remarks
William Bonnell, Board Chair, Global Risk Institute
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