Where Canada and Asia Meet: Ideas, Investment, Impact
The Canada-in-Asia Conference 2026 (CIAC2026) is the premier platform for connecting leaders from across Canada and Asia to tackle some of the most pressing challenges – and promising opportunities – of our time.
Taking place at the intersection of business, government, research, and innovation, this unique gathering brings together stakeholders to drive collaboration, unlock partnerships, and shape the future of Canada-Asia engagement to address real-world issues.
Three pillars for CIAC2026: Food Security, Energy Security, and Infrastructure
These sectors are fundamental for sustainable growth in both Asia and Canada, and ones in which Canadian companies, institutions, and universities bring experience, expertise, and openness to partnerships that bridge continents and disciplines. Within these sectors, CIAC2026 will address issues within the cross-cutting themes of geopolitics, investment, and technology.
Why Food Security, Energy Security, and Infrastructure?
Building on insights from previous Canada-in-Asia Conferences, food security, energy security, and infrastructure have emerged as critical areas where Canada and Asia share urgent challenges, expertise, and unique opportunities for collaboration.
Canada has much to offer in sustainable resource management, clean energy innovation, agri-tech, and infrastructure planning. Asian economies bring expertise, scale, market dynamism, and technological agility. Together, our regions can co-create solutions that address local needs while contributing to global goals.
With dialogues under each sector related to investment, technology, and geopolitics, conversations will focus on how Canada-based and Asia-based companies, institutions, and researchers can build resilient systems, co-operate on innovation, and catalyze and deepen cross-sector partnerships.
