EVENT

Orchestrating a Modern Data Platform in the age of AI for Data and Transformation Leaders

April 2, 2026 | 5:00-8:00PM

Canoe
66 Wellington St. W.
TD Bank Tower, 54th Floor
Toronto, ON

Hosted by

Viraj Parekh

Viraj Parekh
Co-Founder at Astronomer

Waj Khan

Waj Khan
Director, Data Platforms, Technology Services at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Armando Benitez

Armando Benitez
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Head of AI at BMO Capital Markets

Denton Cockburn

Denton Cockburn
Senior Partner, Technology Advisory Services at Jarvis Consulting Group

About the Event

Viraj Parekh, co-founder at Astronomer is hosting a closed door round table discussion around Orchestrating a Modern Data Platform in the age of AI.

Modern enterprises are reaching an inflection point. Data orchestration, event-driven architectures, and AI-powered applications are no longer distinct domains. They are converging into a single, interconnected feedback system. Each informs and reacts to the other: pipelines trigger events, events retrain models, models influence what data is collected next.

Most data systems weren’t built for this circular, adaptive loop. They were built for linear motion: data in, data out. The result is a widening delta between interoperable, adaptive architectures and static, siloed systems that struggle to keep pace. That delta isn’t obvious yet but it’s growing fast, and it represents the next major bottleneck for enterprises attempting to operationalize AI.

The organizations that will win this next phase aren’t the ones with the most models or data. They’re the ones building living data ecosystems that can sense, adapt, and act across changing conditions in real time.

That’s where modern orchestration enters. At this executive roundtable discussion, data and transformation leaders will have the opportunity to share and gain insights around:

  • The convergence of data pipelines, event-driven systems, and AI applications and the unknown delta it’s creating
  • How interoperability and feedback loops are becoming the real differentiators in enterprise data strategy
  • What “adaptive DataOps” looks like in practice, and how leading teams are preparing their architectures for it

Agenda

5:00pm
Networking reception with drinks and passed bites


5:30pm
Welcome & Introductions


5:35pm
Dinner & roundtable discussion begins


7:45pm
Dinner wrap up begins and closing remarks

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