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October 22, 2026 | Automotive Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto

Bring ideas. Bring your team. Build your advantage.

BEYOND COMPLIANCE.

TOWARD SAFER WORKPLACES.

THE FUTURE STARTS HERE.

Workplace safety is no longer just a legal obligation — it’s a strategic one. The Canadian Safety Summit brings together the health, safety, and risk leaders shaping the profession in Canada for a focused day of expert discussion, peer exchange, and hard-won experience on the challenges that matter most. 

AI and predictive technology. Workplace violence. Legal exposure and due diligence. The renewal of a profession under pressure. October 22 at the Automotive Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto. 

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InsuranceFest was a ‘wow’ experience – after more than 600 conferences, I’d rank the networking and social interaction on the Santa Monica Pier in my top five.

– Jeff Kleid, Elite Risk Insurance

INSURANCEFEST AT A GLANCE

GET INSPIRED

Network Like You Mean It

1,000+ insurance leaders, founders, and innovators in one place. Brokers, MGAs, agencies, insurers, InsurTechs. From C-suite to NextGen, they’ll all be on the pier. 

FIND SOLUTIONS

Join the Conversation

60+ industry voices you actually want to hear from—from Aon to Marsh McLennan to InsurTech founders. Interactive sessions across every zone where you’re invited to jump in, ask what you really want to know, and steer the discussion. This isn’t sit-and-listen; it’s speak up and be heard.

JOIN INTERACTIVE

Hands-On Marketplace

30+ exhibitors and interactive InsurTech demos you can actually touch and test. A buzzing marketplace of ideas, solutions, and collaborations where you discover new tools, products, and partners to tackle your biggest challenges.N ot just watching — finding what you’ll take back to your work. 

level up your team

Discussion Table Real Talk 

50+ exclusive, 1-hour Discussion Tables for senior brokers and decision-makers. Small-group, facilitated conversations on Cyber, Digital Transformation, Construction, and E&S where everyone leans in, swaps war stories, and pressure-tests ideas in real time.

EMBRACE FUTUREFEST FUN

Bring Your Crew

Team experiences and group sessions designed so your whole organization goes back energized with shared insights and new connections. Build your own festival lineup as a team, join collaborative workshops together, tackle live challenges side by side, and turn the pier into your offsite — complete with shared moments, fresh ideas, and stories you’ll still be talking about back at the office. 

PARTY BY THE BEACH

Festival Energy on the Pier

From sunrise yoga to sunset sets, food trucks, cocktails, and ocean air — the pier turns every coffee break into a moment.

Choose Here
  • Main Stage
  • Breakouts
  • Networking

Senior safety leaders, legal experts, and industry voices on where the profession is heading and what it takes to lead in a landscape that keeps shifting. Regulation, AI, investigations, workforce violence, and the future of the profession — the conversations the whole industry needs to have, in one room. 

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Smaller rooms. Harder questions. Every session is led by someone who has done the work — in construction, in healthcare, in energy, on the floor. Come with the problem you’ve been sitting on. Leave with a way forward. Business of safety, HOP vs traditional management, changing demographics, OHS legal updates — the agenda is built around the complexity of your environment, not a simplified version of it.  

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A full day alongside Canada’s most senior safety and risk professionals. HSE directors, OHS managers, risk executives, and the solution providers working alongside them. The conversations that don’t happen over email, the connections that outlast the event.  

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COS Live

The Canadian Safety Summit is part of COS Live — Canada’s national occupational safety experience, bringing together three flagship events across October 21 and 22 at the Automotive Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto.

Tickets are available individually for the Canadian Safety Summit or Women in Safety Summit, or as a COS Live pass covering both days in full. Canada’s Safest Employers Awards — also part of COS Live — is ticketed separately, with the option to add a Summit pass at a discounted rate.

One venue. Two days. The whole profession.

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WHAT ATTENDEES ARE SAYING

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. KALEB DALGREN

He is a widely recognized expert on resilience, leadership, and health. A former elite hockey player and survivor of the Humboldt Broncos tragedy with severe injuries, he has transformed adversity into purpose, inspiring individuals and organizations worldwide. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age four, Kaleb refused to let it define him, fueling a successful hockey career and a lifelong commitment to advocacy.

Join us on the main stage as Kaleb opens the 2026 Canadian Safety Summit!

HIGHLIGHT SPEAKERS

Peter Sturm

President and CEO
STURM Consulting

Lee-Anne Lyon-Bartley

Vice President, Health Safety Environment
Dexterra

Nickolai Sampath

Sr. Manager, Environmental Health & Safety
Ingram Micro Inc.

Jimmy Vassilopoulos

Director, National Health and Safety
Purolator

Jeremy Warning

Partner
Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP

Burlington Hydro

Director, Health and Safety
Ownwell

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS

Are We Safe or Just Compliant? The Urgent Shift to Risk-Based Intervention

Challenge the status quo by exploring the urgent, strategic shift from reactive rule-following to proactive, risk-based intervention. Join our experts as they unpack how to elevate safety from basic regulatory checklists into a dynamic enterprise risk strategy that truly protects your workforce.

Under the Microscope: The New Legal Realities of Safety Investigations

When a safety incident occurs, the investigation is no longer just an internal review; it is a highly scrutinized event. This session delves into the evolving legal landscape, highlighting how new regulatory expectations shift the burden of proof onto organizations. Gain practical insights for managing investigations that uncover root causes while withstanding intense legal scrutiny.

Managing Workplace Violence as a Critical Site Hazard

Despite years of zero-tolerance policies, frontline workers are increasingly exposed to environments plagued by unpredictable violence and harassment. This panel explores how to integrate behavioral threats into your core safety ecosystem, treating violence with the same rigor as any other critical site hazard.

Rethinking the Rulebook: HOP vs. Traditional Management Systems

Traditional safety management systems rely heavily on strict compliance and rigid rules - Human and Organizational Performance offers a radical paradigm shift, focusing on building resilient systems. This session explores the friction between these two distinct approaches and how organizations can effectively blend them to create a modern, adaptable safety ecosystem.

THEMES AT A GLANCE

Digital Transformation & Innovation

From real‑world AI and digital client journeys to smart InsurTech/RegTech choices, this track focuses on turning technology into tangible brokerage and client outcomes.

Cyber, Risk & Underwriting

Explore how to turn cyber into a value‑driven advisory conversation, with crisis playbooks and underwriting strategies for the next wave of cyber and personal exposures.

Nat Cat & Climate

Get practical on modelling, pricing, explaining, and placing nat cat and climate‑exposed risks in a world of constant volatility.

Regulation, Legal & Compliance

Unpack what new rules really mean for AI, cyber, claims, E&S, and specialty, and see how RegTech can keep you compliant without slowing brokers down.

Next Gen

Sharpen your career path with playbooks, cross‑generational collaboration, and strategies for standing out as a NextGen broker in a consolidating, tech‑driven market.

E&S Unfiltered

Go deep on winning in a tight, fast‑moving E&S market, from “wild risk” solutions to the broker‑MGA‑carrier partnerships that unlock specialty placements.

Construction & Specialty Reports

Tackle complex construction and specialty risks under climate, cost, and regulatory pressure, spotting breakout niches and learning from major claims and project outcomes.

Market Capacity, M&A & Economic Headwinds

Navigate consolidation, shifting capacity, and economic pressure with strategies to stay relevant, compete, and position your firm for sale, scale, or partnership.

DISCUSSION TABLES

Step into action with our all-new themed discussion tables—built for leaders who want results now. These fast-paced, interactive sessions go beyond theory, delivering tactical conversations and proven takeaways you can put to work immediately. 

Cyber

How do you keep up with rapidly evolving cyber policies while driving client education on emerging risks and solutions? 

Digital Transformation

What are the transformational benefits of implementing AI effectively across your business? 

Construction

What are the biggest hidden builder’s risks brokers and clients need to watch for, and how can you identify them early? 

Excess & Surplus Lines

How do you build and maintain client trust in E&S placements, especially in a volatile market? 

Cyber

How are you leveraging AI to outpace cyber threats, and what challenges are you facing in the cyber arms race? 

Digital Transformation

How can brokers turn data into actionable insights that drive revenue and growth? 

Construction

What strategies help brokers navigate high-risk construction projects in a tightening market? 

Excess & Surplus Lines

How do you stay ahead of volatility in the E&S market and make confident placement decisions? 

Cyber

What strategies have helped you convert cyber skeptics into loyal, proactive clients? 

Digital Transformation

How do you design a digital-first client experience that truly delivers value and loyalty 

Construction

How do you evaluate and implement jobsite technologies that deliver real value for clients? 

Excess & Surplus Lines

What creative strategies help brokers secure E&S coverage when traditional markets say no? 

Cyber

What digital threats are most concerning for your clients, and how are you helping them prepare? 

Digital Transformation

What lessons have you learned from your digital transformation journey—both successes and failures? 

Construction

How do you identify and negotiate contract clauses that can make or break a construction deal? 

THEMES AT A GLANCE

Digital Transformation & Innovation

  • Turning AI from hype to ROI in real brokerage workflows
  • Building a digital client journey that wins (and keeps) business in a virtual world
  • Choosing InsurTech and RegTech partners that accelerate real transformation
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Cyber, Risk & Underwriting

  • Turning cyber risk into a client‑value conversation, not a fear pitch
  • Cyber crisis playbooks: who does what, when it hits
  • Underwriting the next wave of cyber and personal cyber exposures
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Nat Cat & Climate

  • Rethinking nat cat models for a world that won’t sit still
  • Helping clients understand climate‑driven pricing and coverage shifts
  • Placing and structuring nat cat and climate‑exposed risks when volatility is the norm
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Next Gen

  • Career playbooks: what rising brokers wish they’d known earlier 
  •  Mixing veteran experience with new ideas in 
  •  Finding your lane as a NextGen broker in a consolidating, tech‑driven market

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Diversity & Inclusion

  • Real stories from women and under‑represented leaders on breaking through and bringing others with them
  •  How brokers can sponsor others, share opportunities, and use their voice even without a hiring title 
  •  Where inclusion has changed client relationships, ideas, and outcomes – not just internal messaging

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E&S Unfiltered

  •  Winning in a capacity‑tight, appetite‑shifting E&S market 
  •  Designing E&S solutions for “wild risks” the standard market won’t touch 
  • Broker, MGA, and carrier partnerships that unlock specialty placements

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Construction & Specialty Reports

  • Managing construction risk under climate, cost, and regulatory pressure
  • Spotting breakout niches across specialty lines before the market crowds in
  • Claims and coverage lessons from large, multi‑party and specialty projects

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Market Capacity, M&A & Economic Headwinds

  • Broker playbooks for navigating consolidation and staying relevant
  •  Positioning your firm for sale, scale, or strategic partnership
  •  Competing when capacity, pricing, and client demand all move at once

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Digital Transformation & Innovation

  • Turning AI from hype to ROI in real brokerage workflows
  • Building a digital client journey that wins (and keeps) business in a virtual world
  • Choosing InsurTech and RegTech partners that accelerate real transformation
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Cyber, Risk & Underwriting

  • Turning cyber risk into a client‑value conversation, not a fear pitch
  • Cyber crisis playbooks: who does what, when it hits
  • Underwriting the next wave of cyber and personal cyber exposures
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Nat Cat & Climate

  • Rethinking nat cat models for a world that won’t sit still
  • Helping clients understand climate‑driven pricing and coverage shifts
  • Placing and structuring nat cat and climate‑exposed risks when volatility is the norm
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Regulation, Legal & Compliance

  • What new rules really mean for AI, cyber, and everyday brokerage workflows
  • RegTech that actually simplifies audits, file reviews, and reporting
  • Staying compliant on claims, E&S, and specialty without killing broker speed 

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Next Gen

  • Career playbooks: what rising brokers wish they’d known earlier 
  •  Mixing veteran experience with new ideas in 
  •  Finding your lane as a NextGen broker in a consolidating, tech‑driven market

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Diversity & Inclusion

  • Real stories from women and under‑represented leaders on breaking through and bringing others with them
  •  How brokers can sponsor others, share opportunities, and use their voice even without a hiring title 
  •  Where inclusion has changed client relationships, ideas, and outcomes – not just internal messaging

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E&S Unfiltered

  •  Winning in a capacity‑tight, appetite‑shifting E&S market 
  •  Designing E&S solutions for “wild risks” the standard market won’t touch 
  • Broker, MGA, and carrier partnerships that unlock specialty placements

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Construction & Specialty Reports

  • Managing construction risk under climate, cost, and regulatory pressure
  • Spotting breakout niches across specialty lines before the market crowds in
  • Claims and coverage lessons from large, multi‑party and specialty projects

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Market Capacity, M&A & Economic Headwinds

  • Broker playbooks for navigating consolidation and staying relevant
  •  Positioning your firm for sale, scale, or strategic partnership
  •  Competing when capacity, pricing, and client demand all move at once

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