MAX Innovation Summit

An all-day, high-energy, immersive experience for visionary builders, innovators, investors, and professionals who want to be at the forefront of the technologies shaping what comes next.

The MAX Innovation Summit brings together founders, investors, experts, and leaders to explore what’s next in the technology landscape - and the opportunities being created for those bold enough to build, invest, and lead them.

AI may be the beginning, but the next decade won’t be defined by AI alone. Breakthroughs in deep tech, biotech, cybersecurity, space, energy, advanced materials, and beyond are opening up entirely new possibilities - and creating the next generation of disruptive companies, industries, and opportunities.

This isn't another conference built around buzzwords and passive listening. It's a hands-on day designed for real conversations, practical learning, bold ideas, and meaningful connections with the people shaping the future.

Come to explore what’s next. Leave ready to build it.

Innovation Summit Agenda

A full day of insights, learning, and meaningful networking. Lunch and dinner will be provided.

9:30 AM | Registration + Breakfast

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Panel 1: Disruptive Frontiers - Beyond AI & Computing

• Taha Mubashir - Partner, Inovia Capital
• Aaqib Azeem - AI/ML Lead, Google
• Bilal Khan - General Partner, Intuition Capital

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Panel 2: Physical Infrastructure - Energy, Materials and Mining as Critical Bottlenecks

• Aiman Khan - VP - Engineering, Candu Energy - Atkins Realis
• Kazim Agha - Partner, Aird & Berlis LLP

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Prayer Break + Lunch

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Panel 3: Emerging Innovation - Space, Regulatory & Sovereignty Technologies

• Amin Lalji - Strategic Advisor, Wildeboer Dellelce LLP

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Panel 4: Beyond Healthtech - Biotech, Genetics and Longevity

• Louise Pichette - Director - Health Sciences, MaRS Discovery District
• Amin Jagani, Managing Director, HYGEIA
• Dr. Suleiman Furmli - Physician + Investor

1:45 PM – 3:30 PM | Workshop Sessions (Angel Investing 101, Building with AI, Negotiation and Leverage in the Founder Journey)

• Danish Yusuf - CEO and Founder, Zensurance + Investor
• Felicia Parker - Managing Partner, Ventioneers

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Prayer Break

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Fireside Chat: Collectively Building the Future

4:30 PM – 5:45 PM | Lightning Round Pitches - Founders in Action

5:45 PM – 6:00 PM | Closing Remarks

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Open Networking + Dinner

What To Expect

• Explore What's Next in Tech: Engage directly with investors, founders and industry leaders working across the emerging technologies that will define the next decade.
• Learn How Investors Think: Get practical insights into creating sustainable deal flows, evaluating startups, angel investing, fundraising and the decisions that shape where capital flows.
• Build With AI: Go beyond another AI panel with hands-on opportunities to build streamlized workflows using tools like Claude and Replit.
• Watch Founders Pitch Live: See founders building cutting-edge companies pitch their ideas in a fast-paced lightning round - no fluff - in fields ranging from deeptech to cybersecurity to biotech.
• Meet the People Building What's Next: Connect with founders, investors, engineers, operators and ambitious professionals from across Canada and North America.

Who Should Attend

• Founders looking to build, scale or raise capital,
• Investors (institutional and angels) looking to invest and build dealflows,
• Operators and professionals exploring their move to entrepreneurship,
• Engineers and technical builders exploring what's possible, and
• Anyone who wants to understand where tech and business are headed next.

The question isn't whether the future is coming.

It's whether you will be building it.

Join us for a full day of learning, building, investing and connecting with the people shaping what's next.

Accessibility:

We are committed to ensuring that all attendees have a comfortable and inclusive experience. If you require any accommodations to participate in our event, please let us know during the registration process. We will make every effort to accommodate your needs based on facility accessibility and program resources availability. In the event we are unable to fulfill your accommodation requests, we will reimburse your ticket in full. Should you have any questions or specific requests, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.

Contact Us:

For any attendees who may have financial needs and require a sponsored ticket, or for any other questions or comments please contact:

Rahemeen Ahmed | Lead, MAXPitch | rahemeen.ahmed@onemax.org

MAX Team | contact@onemax.org

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