In person
2025 SIMA Annual Conference
Tue, Oct 14, 2025
Each year, we bring together hundreds of senior professionals from across the country to exchange ideas, explore emerging trends and gain insights from renowned experts and leaders.
This year’s program reflects our association’s transformation, tackling the most critical issues facing asset managers, investment dealers, capital markets professionals, and more.
Themes:
- Canada’s role in global markets
- capital formation and public/private market growth
- regulatory modernization and oversight
- innovation in products and portfolios
- data, AI, and responsible use of technology
Opening remarks
Insights for a shifting economy
Canada on the world stage: foreign affairs, economic development & what comes next
Global perspectives: a fireside chat
Regulatory priorities: the plan for 2026 and beyond
Fireside chat with MP Karina Gould: finance, policy, and Canada’s economic path
Capital market structural and regulatory developments
CIRO regulatory panel
Digital transformation and AI in operations
CSA regulatory panel
New investment product development, issuance, and support in the Canadian market
Operations in the era of rapid product development
AI and automation in financial services: from concept to ROI
Evolving the investment product shelf
Retirement reimagined: private savings and the future of aging
The secret to greater efficiency in everything you do: science-backed hacks from the world of judo
