CSE Live 2026 is where Canada’s event community comes alive, ideas ignite, collaborations spark, and creativity takes centre stage. This year, we’re turning up the energy with a reimagined experience that celebrates the art of event creation like never before.
Sizzle Reel Courtesy of EJSE AV
The week opens with The Planners Retreat, a full day devoted to wellness, innovation, and creative renewal. You’ll unplug, rethink, and rediscover your spark through immersive learning and hands-on inspiration. Day 2 delivers powerhouse education with industry icons, celebrity planners, and bold thinkers redefining events. Dive into sessions on strategy, design, production, marketing, and innovation, all built to sharpen your edge. Then comes EventFest, an experiential playground where food, design, entertainment, and tech collide. Every space is alive with ideas you can take home and make your own.
CSE Live 2026: a celebration of imagination, connection, and the future of events.
Immerse yourself in a hub of creativity where next-level event concepts come to life. Get inspired, rethink the your new event possibilities.
From immersive lounges to creative activations, networking feels natural, engaging, and fun.
Discover breakthrough products, fresh perspectives, and smart content that inspire and energize your work.
The opening day of CSE Live 2026 is a full-day, immersive retreat for event and marketing professionals who want to create experiences that truly resonate. This is where creativity and strategy collide, where engagement, storytelling, and innovation are reimagined from the inside out.
Kick off CSE Live 2026 in true 007 style with an evening of glamour, intrigue, and high-stakes fun at the Great Canadian Casino Resort. Enjoy dazzling cocktails, indulgent bites, and Bond-worthy entertainment, shaken, not stirred.
Three Iconic Venues. One Unforgettable Experience.
CSE Live 2026 unfolds across three stunning Toronto venues – each offers its own energy and style, all within minutes of each other, creating a seamless flow of inspiration, learning, and celebration.
The GenWell Project
Element Event Solutions
Agency: Paquin Artists Agency
Layla Nassar Events Inc.
Cielle & Co
Agency: National Speaker’s Bureau
Black in Events Network
CSE Live is designed to meet you where you are, with flexible options that fit your goals, schedule, and style. Whether you’re in for the full three-day journey or just one unforgettable day, your experience starts here.
Access everything — the Planner’s Retreat, Business of Events, all sessions, the EventFest show, Opening Night Party + the Canadian Event Awards Gala.
Access everything — the Planner’s Retreat, Business of Events, all sessions, EventFest, the Opening Night Party, Excludes the Canadian Event Awards Gala.
Includes the Planners Retreat, all events, education and social functions on Monday April 27
& Tuesday April 28.
Includes full EventFest access for qualified planners on Tuesday, April 28.
Includes full EventFest access for Non-Exhibiting Suppliers on Tuesday, April 28.
Qualified Planners can apply for a pass, does not include Gala
