Executive Conference

AI, Technology & the Energy System

AI is transforming energy from both ends: it is the fastest-growing source of new electricity demand in decades, and the most powerful tool ever deployed to optimize production, transportation and grid management. Canada, with abundant clean power, cold climates and a world-class technology talent base is positioned as both a destination for AI compute infrastructure and a leading adopter of AI-driven energy technology. This theme explores the full AI-energy nexus, from data centre power strategy to digital oilfield innovation.

Canada's clean, affordable power and cold climate make it an ideal home for the world's compute infrastructure. At the same time, Canadian operators are among the most advanced adopters of AI-driven production technology globally.

Gas & LNG: Opening Canada’s Export Era

LNG Canada Phase 1 has made Canada a global LNG exporter for the first time in its history. 2027 is the year that matters most: the buyer relationships, offtake agreements and Phase 2 investment decisions that will define Canadian gas exports for the next 30 years are being negotiated now. With Asian buyers prioritizing long-term supply and Europe accelerating diversification from Russian gas, Canada's moment as a Pacific LNG powerhouse has arrived.

Canada's LNG advantage is structural: Pacific Coast access, established project delivery, Indigenous co-development frameworks and a political environment that long-term buyers can rely on across 20-year supply agreements.

Oil Sands: Growing Production, Leading on Emissions

Canada’s oil sands hold the world’s third-largest proven oil reserves, offering decades of investable, predictable production. As global demand for secure, responsibly produced energy continues to evolve, the industry’s ambition for 2027 and beyond is clear: grow output while materially reducing emissions intensity.

Electrification of operations, advances in SAGD, solvent-assisted extraction and the Pathways Alliance carbon capture network are no longer future aspirations. They are active capital programs reshaping the investment case for Canadian oil. With Trans Mountain in operation and new export pathways under development, Canada’s market access story is entering a new chapter, combining long-life production, improving emissions performance and stronger access to international markets.

Infrastructure: The Projects Defining Canada’s Energy Future

Canada’s energy credibility rests on what it builds. Trans Mountain is flowing. LNG Canada Phase 1 is shipping. Coastal GasLink is operating. But the next generation of Canadian energy infrastructure is being decided, financed and permitted now, from Phase 2 LNG and new pipeline corridors to SMR construction, power transmission upgrades and East Coast LNG opportunities.

Together, these projects represent the next major wave of Canadian energy infrastructure investment. The engineers, developers, investors, Indigenous leaders and governments shaping those decisions will be in Calgary in June 2027.

Investment: Making Canada a Premier Energy Capital Destination

Every major energy nation is competing for long-cycle investment capital, and Canada must win that competition actively, not assume it. The US Inflation Reduction Act has reshaped clean energy investment flows. Gulf sovereign wealth funds are deploying capital into competing energy projects. Global investors are comparing jurisdictions on policy certainty, project execution, resource depth, market access and long-term returns.

Canada’s investment case is structural and compounding: rule-of-law governance, proven project delivery, Indigenous co-ownership frameworks, deep resource potential and proximity to North American demand. Global Energy Show Canada 2027 brings together the capital allocators, project developers, producers, Indigenous leaders and governments shaping where the next generation of energy infrastructure gets financed.

Indigenous Leadership: Equity, Partnership and Economic Power

Indigenous participation in Canada’s energy economy has moved from consultation to leadership, with equity ownership, revenue-sharing models and long-term partnerships now central to how major projects are advanced. Projects with meaningful Indigenous participation are increasingly viewed as more investable, more durable and better positioned to move from concept to construction.

First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities are not only participating in Canada’s energy future, they are helping define it. From LNG and pipeline infrastructure to SMRs, transmission, mining and carbon management, the next generation of Canadian energy projects will require partnership models that create shared economic value from the outset.

Global Energy Show Canada 2027 will feature Indigenous business leaders, project partners, equity structures and development models that are redefining what responsible energy development looks like in Canada.

International Trade: Building Canada’s Global Energy Relationships

More than 100 countries were represented at Global Energy Show Canada 2026, underscoring Canada’s growing role in global energy dialogue, trade and investment. As importing nations look to strengthen supply security and diversify long-term partnerships, Canada’s LNG export capacity, critical mineral reserves, nuclear expertise and stable investment environment are drawing sustained interest from Europe, Asia and the Indo-Pacific.

Global Energy Show Canada 2027 is where those international relationships advance, bringing together governments, producers, buyers, investors and project leaders to shape the next phase of Canada’s global energy partnerships.

Critical Minerals: Canada’s Next Strategic Energy Advantage

The energy transition, AI data centre buildout and clean manufacturing boom all depend on critical minerals, and Canada is emerging as one of the world’s most strategically important democratic suppliers. With reserves and development potential across lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, uranium, graphite and rare earth elements, Canada’s geological endowment is matched by rule-of-law governance, proximity to major markets and growing Indigenous co-development models.

As allied nations work to build secure, diversified supply chains, Canada offers more than resource potential. It offers long-term trust, policy alignment and the ability to support 30-year supply relationships on the same foundation as its broader energy partnerships. Global Energy Show Canada 2027 will bring together the governments, mining leaders, manufacturers, investors, Indigenous partners and energy companies shaping how Canada’s critical minerals advantage moves from potential to production.

Nuclear & SMRs: Delivering Clean Firm Power at Scale

Nuclear energy is undergoing a global resurgence, and Canada is positioned at the centre of it. As one of the world’s largest uranium producers, a long-standing exporter of CANDU reactor technology and home to an advancing Small Modular Reactor pipeline, Canada holds a structural position in the nuclear future that few countries can match.

With AI data centres, industrial electrification and grid reliability needs driving unprecedented demand for clean, firm power, Canada’s nuclear sector is entering its most commercially significant period in a generation. Global Energy Show Canada 2027 will bring together the utilities, reactor developers, fuel suppliers, investors, Indigenous partners, governments and industrial energy users shaping how nuclear and SMRs move from ambition to deployment.

Workforce: Building the Skills Canada’s Energy Future Demands

Canada’s energy ambitions, from scaling LNG exports and building SMRs to developing critical mineral mines, expanding power infrastructure and constructing new pipeline corridors, all depend on one thing above all else: people.

The skills, training, diversity and capacity of Canada’s energy workforce will determine whether the next generation of projects gets built on time, on budget and with the partnerships required to succeed. Indigenous workforce participation, immigration pathways, technical training pipelines and the attraction of global talent are not only labour market priorities. They are national energy security priorities.

Global Energy Show Canada 2027 will bring together industry, governments, educators, unions, Indigenous leaders and workforce development partners to address the skills, capacity and talent strategies required to build Canada’s energy future.

Decarbonization: Competing on Lower-Emissions Energy

The global buyers and investors Canada needs are increasingly treating emissions intensity as a condition of supply and investment decisions, not a preference. Canada’s response is grounded in large-scale industrial decarbonization, from the proposed Pathways Alliance carbon capture network and operational electrification of oil sands facilities to methane reduction programs, hydrogen development and a growing CCUS sector supported by Canada’s geological storage capacity.

Making Canadian energy a lower-emissions choice is not only a climate priority. It is a commercial imperative. Global Energy Show Canada 2027 will bring together the producers, technology providers, investors, governments and project leaders advancing the capital programs, infrastructure and partnerships required to reduce emissions while maintaining energy security.