Business Forum - YPO members
Thu, Dec 03
|Fairmont Royal York
Join us for a day exploring the forces reshaping business, from AI to global trade.
Time & Location
Dec 03, 2026, 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5J 1E3, Canada
About the event
Join the BCBC for a full day exploring the ideas shaping 2027
From AI and geopolitics to industry-specific challenges and the Canada–EU–Belgium relationship. The forum brings together business leaders, diplomats and industry experts across six sessions in Mississauga and Toronto, closing with a cocktail dinner hosted by the Ambassador of Belgium to Canada.
Agenda
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Innovation in Action: Inside Puratos Mississauga (Company Visit, Puratos Production Facility)
A guided tour of the Puratos facility, showcasing Belgian innovation in bakery, patisserie and chocolate technology. Hosted by Adriana Fazzina (VP Marketing, Puratos). Sponsored by Puratos.
12:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Navigating 2027: AI, Geopolitics and the Global Economic Outlook (Lunch Conference, Canoe Restaurant)
Keynotes on AI disruption and the 2027 economic outlook, with Eric Brat (Ivado Labs & HEC Montréal), Laurent DeSegur (CBTW) and a Desjardins economist (TBC). MC: Ilya Gridneff (Financial Times). Sponsored by CBTW, Dentons Canada &…
Tickets
General Admission
CA$300.00
+CA$39.00 HST
+CA$8.48 ticket service fee
Total
CA$0.00