AI/CRV 2026

Canadian Conference on AI, Robots & Vision (AI/CRV) 2026

Program at a Glance

Overview Canadian AI Robots and Vision Nectar Track Student Symposium Social Events Workshops

Program

The AI/CRV 2026 program brings together Monday workshops, the Canadian AI Conference, the Conference on Robots & Vision, the Responsible AI track, the Industry Track, student programming, posters, and social events.

This schedule is tentative and subject to change. For the most detailed track information, see the Canadian AI program, the CRV program, and the Responsible AI program.

Schedule at a Glance

Each day is organized by time and room, with event links to the relevant AI, CRV, Responsible AI, Industry Track, workshop, student symposium, or social event page.

Workshop Invited talk / keynote Oral session Poster session Panel Break Meal Remarks / meeting

Monday, May 25

Pre-conference workshops

Registration Desk: Halpern Centre

Time Halpern Centre 126 Halpern Centre 114 SUB 4200 Blusson Hall 10011 Big Data Hub (ASB 10900) Shared / Dining
8:00am-9:00am - - - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Meal Breakfast
9:00am-10:30am Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral AI for Science and Sustainability Opening Remarks and Talks 1-2 Opening remarks, Talk 1, Talk 2 Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Workshop AI in Banking and Financial Services Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Invited Data and Model Protection Opening Remarks and Invited Talks Yiwei Lu; Jekaterina Novikova and Yangyi Liu; Sirisha Rambhatla Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Workshop AI and Biology Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Admin AI Policy Forum Welcome Remarks 9:00am-9:10am Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Invited AI Policy Forum Keynote: Sethuraman Panchanathan Former Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, 9:10am-9:50am Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Invited AI Policy Forum Keynote: Arvind Gupta Member of the Government of Canada's AI Strategy Task Force, 9:50am-10:20am -
10:30am-11:00am Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral AI for Science and Sustainability Talk 3 - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Break Data and Model Protection Coffee Break - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Break Coffee Break
11:00am-12:30pm Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Poster AI for Science and Sustainability Lightning Talks and Poster Session 1 Lightning Talks 1 and Poster Session 1 Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Workshop AI in Banking and Financial Services Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Invited Data and Model Protection Invited Talks and Student Lightning Talks Sébastien Gambs; Joanna Redden; Student Lightning Talks Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Workshop AI and Biology Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Panel AI Policy Forum Panel Discussion on Technology Policy and Economic Impact Panelists: Jing Yang, Managing Director at the Bank of Canada; Daniel Schwanen, SVP at C. D. Howe Institute -
12:30pm-2:00pm - - - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Meal Lunch Dining Commons
2:00pm-3:30pm Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Poster AI for Science and Sustainability Talk 4, Lightning Talks 2, Poster Session 2, and Talk 5 Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Workshop AI Strategy and Governance in Business Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Invited Data and Model Protection Afternoon Invited Talks Reza Samavi; Elliot Creager; Mathias Lécuyer Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Workshop AI and Biology Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Panel AI Policy Forum Panel Discussion on AI Adoption and Commercialization Panelists: Greg Mori, VP at RBC; Guy Dulude, VP at Siemens; Andrew Donaher, VP at CGI -
3:30pm-4:00pm Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral AI for Science and Sustainability Talk 6 Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Workshop AI Strategy and Governance in Business Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Invited Data and Model Protection Invited Talk Linyi Li Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Workshop AI and Biology - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Break Coffee Break
4:00pm-4:45pm Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Panel AI for Science and Sustainability Panel Discussion Speakers and Chris Rampersad, EarthDaily Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Workshop AI Strategy and Governance in Business Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Workshop Data and Model Protection in Generative AI Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Workshop AI and Biology - -
4:45pm-5:30pm Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Workshop AI for Science and Sustainability Wrap-Up Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Workshop AI Strategy and Governance in Business Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Workshop Data and Model Protection in Generative AI Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Workshop AI and Biology - -
5:30pm-7:00pm Workshops Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Panel Beyond the Hype: Building AI Strategy for the Future - - - - -

Tuesday, May 26

Main conference day 1

Registration Desk: Diamond Family Auditorium

Time Diamond Family Auditorium SUB Ballroom 5000 Halpern Centre 126 James Douglas Area (AQ 2009.2) Meals / Social
8:00am-9:00am - - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Meal Breakfast
9:00am-9:30am Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Admin Joint Opening Remarks CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Admin Joint Opening Remarks Responsible AI Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Admin Joint Opening Remarks - -
9:30am-10:30am Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 2A: Efficient Deep Learning: Compression and Architecture Canadian AI Oral Session CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Invited CRV Keynote 1: Mac Schwager Responsible AI Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Invited Responsible AI Keynote: Hila Gonen - -
10:30am-11:00am - - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Break Coffee Break
11:00am-11:30am Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Invited Invited Sponsor Talk: Artificial Intelligence Guidance in Mental Health and Substance Use Health Care in Canada Katie Seguin, Mental Health Commission of Canada CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Invited Nils Wilde Symposium Talk Responsible AI Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster 3MT Competition and Poster Presentations - -
11:30am-12:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Invited Canadian AI Keynote: Algorithm Synthesis with Theoretical Guarantees Kevin Leyton-Brown CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Robotics Oral Session 1 Responsible AI Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster Responsible AI 3MT Competition and Posters Continue - -
12:30pm-2:00pm - - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Meal Lunch Dining Commons
2:00pm-3:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 2C: Graph Neural Networks Canadian AI Oral Session CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Nandita Vijaykumar Symposium Talk and Vision Oral Session 1 Responsible AI Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Invited Responsible AI Keynote: Muhammad Abdul-Mageed - -
3:30pm-4:00pm - - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Break Coffee Break
4:00pm-5:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 2D: Computer Vision and Vision Language Models Canadian AI Oral Session CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster CRV Lightning Talks and Poster Session Responsible AI Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Panel Responsible AI Panel Discussion Nectar Track Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster Nectar Track Poster Session James Douglas Area (AQ 2009.2) -
6:00pm-10:00pm - - - -

Wednesday, May 27

Main conference day 2

Registration Desk: Diamond Family Auditorium

Time Diamond Family Auditorium SUB Ballroom 5000 Big Data Hub (ASB 10900) Meals / Social
8:00am-9:00am - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Meal Breakfast
9:00am-10:30am Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 3A: LLM Safety and Robustness Canadian AI Oral Session CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Invited CRV Keynote 2: Ian Stavness 9:30am-10:30am - -
10:30am-11:00am - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Break Coffee Break
11:00am-12:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Invited Doctoral Dissertation Award and Canadian AI Keynote Sheila McIlraith CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Xinxin Zuo Symposium Talk and Vision Oral Session 2 - -
12:30pm-2:00pm - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Meal Lunch Dining Commons
2:00pm-3:00pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 3C: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Information Retrieval and Evaluation Canadian AI Oral Session, 2:00pm-3:30pm CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Risto Ojala Symposium Talk and Robotics Oral Session 2 2:00pm-3:30pm Industry Track Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Panel Panel 1: Open Model and Open Access in AI -
3:00pm-3:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 3C Continues CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Robotics Oral Session 2 Continues Industry Track Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Invited Industry Keynote: Research from Pixels to Proteins Dr. Karsten Kreis, NVIDIA -
3:30pm-4:00pm - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Break Coffee Break
4:00pm-5:00pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 3D: Natural Language Processing, Text Analytics and Data Augmentation Canadian AI Oral Session, 4:00pm-5:30pm CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster CRV Lightning Talks and Poster Session 4:00pm-5:30pm Industry Track Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Panel Panel 2: Navigating AI Safety Challenges -
5:00pm-5:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 3D Continues CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster CRV Poster Session Continues - -
5:30pm-6:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Admin CAIAC AGM - - -
Evening - - -

Thursday, May 28

Main conference day 3

Registration Desk: Diamond Family Auditorium

Time Diamond Family Auditorium SUB Ballroom 5000 James Douglas Area (AQ 2009.2) Meals / Social
8:00am-9:00am - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Meal Breakfast
9:00am-10:30am Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 4A: AI for Healthcare Canadian AI Oral Session CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Invited Invited Talk and CIPPRS Dissertation Award 9:30am-10:30am Student Symposium Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster Graduate Student Symposium Poster Session 9:00am-11:00am AI/CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster Demo Track 9:00am-10:30am -
10:30am-11:00am - - Student Symposium Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster Graduate Student Symposium Posters Continue Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Break Coffee Break
11:00am-12:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 4B: Trustworthy, Explainable and Ethical AI Canadian AI Oral Session CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Yani Ioannou Symposium Talk and Vision Oral Session 3 - -
12:30pm-2:00pm - - - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Meal Lunch Dining Commons
2:00pm-3:00pm Student Symposium Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Graduate Student Symposium Oral Presentations CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Mahdis Bisheban Symposium Talk and Robotics Oral Session 3 2:00pm-3:30pm Nectar Track Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster Nectar Track Poster Session 2:00pm-3:30pm -
3:00pm-3:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Invited Masters Dissertation Award Presentation CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Robotics Oral Session 3 Continues Nectar Track Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster Nectar Track Poster Session Continues -
3:30pm-4:00pm - - Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster Canadian AI Short-Paper Poster Session -
4:00pm-5:30pm Nectar Track Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Nectar Track Oral Presentations Nectar Track Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Nectar Track Oral Presentations Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Intermediate Poster Canadian AI Short-Paper Poster Session Continues -
5:30pm-6:00pm - CRV Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Admin CRV Closing Remarks - -
7:00pm-10:00pm - - -

Friday, May 29

Main conference day 4

Registration Desk: Diamond Family Auditorium

Time Diamond Family Auditorium Meals / Breaks
8:00am-9:00am - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Meal Breakfast
9:00am-10:30am Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 5A: Applied AI and Optimization Canadian AI Oral Session -
10:30am-11:00am - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Break Coffee Break
11:00am-12:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 5B: Reinforcement Learning, Agents and Recommendation Systems Canadian AI Oral Session -
12:30pm-2:00pm - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Meal Lunch Dining Commons
2:00pm-3:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 5C: Machine Learning Theory and Evaluation Canadian AI Oral Session -
3:30pm-4:00pm - Conference-wide Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Break Coffee Break
4:00pm-5:30pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Advanced Oral Session 5D: Temporal Modelling, Time-Series and Forecasting Canadian AI Oral Session -
5:30pm-6:00pm Canadian AI Assumed technical proficiency: Basic Admin AI Closing Remarks -

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