World Summit AI Americas 2027
by InspiredMinds (Inspired Minds Media Ltd / World Summit AI Ltd)
The Montréal edition of the World Summit AI series, covering agentic AI, enterprise value, infrastructure and sovereign AI.
About This Event
World Summit AI Americas 2027 is a two-day AI conference and expo at the Palais des congrès de Montréal in Montréal, Canada, on April 7-8, 2027. It is the North American edition of the World Summit AI series run by InspiredMinds, which also stages the Amsterdam flagship, and it has been held in Montréal every April in recent years. The 2027 program is built around seven themes: agentic AI adoption and risk, the enterprise value reckoning, enterprise-led AI transformation, the frontier-model race, AI infrastructure and energy, AI security for agent systems, and sovereign AI. The audience mixes enterprise AI leaders, startups, investors, researchers and policymakers, reflecting Montréal's research base around Mila. Speakers featured on the site include Yoshua Bengio, Joëlle Pineau and Gary Marcus.
At a Glance
- Date
- April 7–8, 2027
- Location
- Palais des congrès de Montréal, Canada
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Summit
- Status
- Upcoming
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- InspiredMinds (Inspired Minds Media Ltd / World Summit AI Ltd)
- Added
- Oct 22, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓Chief AI Officers and heads of AI
- ✓CIOs and CTOs
- ✓Enterprise transformation leaders
- ✓AI startup founders
- ✓Investors
- ✓AI researchers and academics
- ✓Policymakers
Why Attend
Go if you need to defend AI spend to a board this year. The program's enterprise value and transformation themes are aimed at exactly that question, and the sovereign AI and security tracks help a CIO decide where agent workloads and data should live. Montréal also gives you researchers from the Mila ecosystem and Canadian enterprise buyers in one place, which is useful for recruiting and for checking vendor claims against current research.
Event Features
- ✓Theme: What next for agentic AI, covering adoption, scale and managing risk
- ✓Theme: The enterprise value reckoning
- ✓Theme: Enterprise-led AI transformation
- ✓Theme: The frontier-model race
- ✓Theme: AI infrastructure, compute and energy
- ✓Theme: AI security in an agentic world
- ✓Theme: Sovereign AI and strategic autonomy
- ✓Expo floor, workshops and networking app; CPD points for attendees
What Makes This Unique
- ★Montréal setting gives unusual access to the Mila research community; Yoshua Bengio and Joëlle Pineau appear among the speakers featured on the site.
- ★Sovereign AI and strategic autonomy are a named theme, which matters to Canadian and other non-US buyers weighing where models and data are hosted.
- ★Expo and content pass is priced for buyers, and solution providers must buy a separate, more expensive vendor package.
- ★Part of an established global series (Amsterdam, Montréal, San Francisco, Doha) with recurring April editions in Montréal.
Industries Represented
Pricing Details
Super Early Bird rates (plus local taxes): Expo & Content CAD$599 (expo, all stages, workshops, networking app, CPD points; not for vendors), VIP CAD$999 (adds lunch, VIP lounge, fast-track badge pickup, reserved Main Stage seats), Vendor Package CAD$1,299. The page also shows unlabelled $1,999 / $2,399 / $2,699 figures for the same tiers, so confirm the currency at checkout. Group discounts of 10% (5-9), 15% (10-24) and 20% (25-47); reduced rates for startups, academics, students and charities on request. No end date published for the Super Early Bird rate (checked October 22, 2026).
Organizer
InspiredMinds (Inspired Minds Media Ltd / World Summit AI Ltd)
worldsummit.ai/Frequently Asked
- When is World Summit AI Americas 2027?
- World Summit AI Americas 2027 takes place April 7–8, 2027 in Montréal, Canada.
- Where is World Summit AI Americas 2027 held?
- World Summit AI Americas 2027 is held in Montréal, Canada. The event format is in-person.
- How much does World Summit AI Americas 2027 cost?
- World Summit AI Americas 2027 is paid. Super Early Bird rates (plus local taxes): Expo & Content CAD$599 (expo, all stages, workshops, networking app, CPD points; not for vendors), VIP CAD$999 (adds lunch, VIP lounge, fast-track badge pickup, reserved Main Stage seats), Vendor Package CAD$1,299. The page also shows unlabelled $1,999 / $2,399 / $2,699 figures for the same tiers, so confirm the currency at checkout. Group discounts of 10% (5-9), 15% (10-24) and 20% (25-47); reduced rates for startups, academics, students and charities on request. No end date published for the Super Early Bird rate (checked October 22, 2026).
- Who should attend World Summit AI Americas 2027?
- World Summit AI Americas 2027 is aimed at Chief AI Officers and heads of AI, CIOs and CTOs, Enterprise transformation leaders, AI startup founders, Investors, AI researchers and academics, Policymakers.
- What topics does World Summit AI Americas 2027 cover?
- World Summit AI Americas 2027 covers Agentic AI, Enterprise AI ROI, AI transformation, Frontier models, AI infrastructure and energy, AI security, Sovereign AI.
Sources
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