Training talents for the era of stablecoins & agentic AI.

A one-day Calgary forum convening the practitioners, founders, and researchers charting what comes next at the edge of finance and AI.

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Indigo Room

Alt Hotel, University District

Calgary, Alberta

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Speakers.

Practitioners working at the edge of stablecoins, payments, and agentic AI, in the room to co-design the program. More to be announced.

Brian Ford headshot

Brian Ford

VP & Head, Business Solutions & Digital Assets

ATB Financial

Kevin Zhang headshot

Kevin Zhang

Co-Founder

Loon

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More to be announced

Programme being finalised

Why this matters.

Stablecoins are quietly rewriting payments, and agentic AI is rewriting how work gets done. Canada has no curriculum for the engineers, researchers, and operators who will have to ship at that intersection, so this day is where we draft it.

01
Direct access to stablecoin thought leaders
A full day in working conversation with the practitioners, researchers, and policy voices shaping how stablecoins move money in Canada and globally, so attendees leave with relationships, not slides.
02
Entrepreneurship pathways unique to Alberta
Alberta currently offers Canada's most accommodating regulatory and banking environment for fintech and blockchain ventures, so founders and prospective founders can explore concrete support, capital, and partnership pathways from idea to launch.
03
A pipeline into industry roles
The room includes banks, payment processors, AI labs, and infrastructure firms hiring at the stablecoin and agentic AI intersection, so students and early-career engineers connect directly with internship and employment opportunities.

Organizers.

Steve Drew

Associate Professor, Schulich School of Engineering

University of Calgary

Henry Leung

Professor, Schulich School of Engineering

University of Calgary

Sponsors.

We would like to thank IEEE's Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society and the University of Calgary's Schulich School of Engineering for sponsoring this event.

Alt Hotel Calgary
University District

482 McLaurin St NW Calgary, Alberta · T3B 2X9, Canada
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