Canadian Global Growth Forum
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Toronto · September 14, 2026

The Canadian Global Growth Forum (CGGF) brings the world's largest allocators together with Canada's private equity, growth-stage venture, and fund-of-funds managers, its pensions, and the companies they back. It is a first connection point for the industry, and a starting point for the relationships that carry forward from it.

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One day, in one room.

September 14, 2026 · Toronto

The sessions confirmed to date. Further speakers and sessions will be added to this page as they are confirmed.

8:30 AM
Breakfast (INVITE-ONLY)

CVCA and ILPA: LP-Only Breakfast

Presented by Export Development Canada (EDC)
9:55 AM
Welcome

Opening Canada's Private Capital Market to the World

Benjamin Bergen, CVCA  ·  Mackenzie Regent, Kalos Transaction Advisory · Wab Kinew, Premier of Manitoba
Benjamin Bergen
Chief Executive Officer, CVCA
Mackenzie Regent
Kalos Transaction Advisory
Wab Kinew
Premier of Manitoba
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10:10 AM
Dialogue

Where Canada Fits in a Global Portfolio

John Toomey, HarbourVest Partners · David Skok, The Logic
John Toomey
Chief Executive Officer, HarbourVest Partners
David Skok
Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief, The Logic
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10:25 AM

Building and Backing a Global AI Company from Canada

Chris Arsenault, Inovia Capital  ·  Aidan Gomez, Cohere
Chris Arsenault
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Inovia Capital
Aidan Gomez
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cohere
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10:55 AM

How Institutional Investors Access the Canadian Mid-Market

Stuart Waugh, Northleaf Capital Partners
Stuart Waugh
Managing Partner, Northleaf Capital Partners
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11:05 AM
Networking break
11:25 AM

Mubadala's Experience Investing in Canada

Camilla Languille, Mubadala
Camilla Languille
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Private Equity, Mubadala
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11:35 AM

Building a Global Company with Canadian Private Equity

David Lewin, Novacap  ·  Martin Thériault, NDT Global
David Lewin
Lead Senior Partner, Novacap
Martin Thériault
Global Chief Executive Officer, NDT Global
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11:55 AM
Dialogue

In Conversation with Cyrus Madon, Executive Chair, Brookfield Private Equity

Cyrus Madon, Brookfield Private Equity  ·  Benjamin Bergen, CVCA
Cyrus Madon
Executive Chair, Brookfield Private Equity
Benjamin Bergen
Chief Executive Officer, CVCA
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12:15 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM

Catalyzing Private Capital in Canada's Innovation Ecosystem

Sarah Pisonero
Director, Government Funds, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
1:30 PM

Canada's Place in the Global Quantum Race

Julien Camirand Lemyre, Nord Quantique  ·  Dr. Paul Terry, Photonic Inc. · Christian Weedbrook, Xanadu · Simon Chong, Georgian (moderator)
Julien Camirand Lemyre
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nord Quantique
Dr. Paul Terry
Chief Engineering Officer, Photonic Inc.
Christian Weedbrook
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Xanadu
Simon Chong
Moderator. Founder, Head of Customer Operations and Lead Investor, Georgian
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1:55 PM

Building Space Infrastructure from Canada

Mina Mitry, Kepler Communications
Mina Mitry
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kepler Communications
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2:05 PM
Networking break
2:25 PM

Applied AI Inside a Canadian Growth Company

Paul Gaudette, Dig Insights
2:35 PM

Scaling Canadian Physical AI for Global Autonomous Systems

Raquel Urtasun, Waabi
Raquel Urtasun
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Waabi
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2:45 PM

Commercializing Physical AI for the Built Environment

Ramtin Attar, Promise Robotics
Ramtin Attar
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Promise Robotics
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2:55 PM
Networking break
3:15 PM
Meetings

Curated One-to-One Meetings

Presented by Dentons Canada
4:30 PM

In Conversation with Michael Katchen, CEO, Wealthsimple

Michael Katchen, Wealthsimple  ·  Max Miller, CPP Investments
Michael Katchen
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wealthsimple
Max Miller
Managing Director, Head of Growth Equity, CPP Investments
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4:50 PM
Keynote

In Conversation with Paul Desmarais III

Paul Desmarais III, Sagard  ·  Benjamin Bergen, CVCA
Paul Desmarais III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sagard
Benjamin Bergen
Chief Executive Officer, CVCA
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5:10 PM
Closing

Closing Remarks

Benjamin Bergen, CVCA
Benjamin Bergen
Chief Executive Officer, CVCA
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5:15 PM
Reception

The Waterfront Social at the Canadian Global Growth Forum

Hosted by Torys LLP
Running to 7:30 PM.
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The Canadian Global Growth Forum is convened by the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA), the national body for Canada's private capital industry. CVCA represents the fund managers across private equity and venture capital, the pension and institutional investors, and the limited partners active in the market, and it manages no capital of its own. It convenes the Forum on behalf of the entire membership.

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