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We’re bringing together some of the world’s foremost thinkers and builders from government, technology, public policy and academia. Here are just a few of the people taking the stage—and joining the conversation—this November.
The Honourable Scott Brison
President of the Treasury Board, Government of Canada
Pia Waugh
Service Integration Lead, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs
Jean Augustine
Former Member of Parliament and and Fairness Commissioner for the province of Ontario
Siim Sikkut
Government CIO, Republic of Estonia
Dr. Supriya Syal
Chief Behavioural Scientist at the Privy Council Office, Government of Canada
Hillary Hartley
Deputy Minister Responsible for Digital Government Chief Digital Officer, Government of Ontario
Alex Benay
Chief Information Officer, Government of Canada
Robyn Scott
Co-founder and CEO, Apolitical
Harper Reed
Entrepreneur In Residence, Next Gen Commerce, PayPal
Casey Coleman
Senior Vice President of Global Government Solutions, Salesforce
Jutta Treviranus
Director, Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC)
Alexander Howard
Deputy Director, Sunlight Foundation
Vanessa Thomas
Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University, Denmark
Gabe Sawhney
Executive Director, Code for Canada
Dr. Amanda Clarke
School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University
Dr. Ailish Campbell
Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Commissioner International Business Development, Global Affairs Canada
Matthew Mendelsohn
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet for Results and Delivery in the Privy Council Office
Samiya Abdi
Health Promotion Consultant, Public Health Ontario
David Eaves
Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Gabrielle Fayant
CEO and CoFounder, Assembly of Seven Generations / Independent Advisor, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
John Ramey
Founder, Nomadic Mentors
Khadija Cajee
No Fly List Kids
James Stewart
Independent technology consultant, former Deputy CTO, UK Government
Natalie Martel
Executive Director, Technology-Enabled Business Innovation, Global Affairs Canada
Kent Aitken
Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow, Public Policy Forum
Olivia Neal
Executive Director, Digital Change, Chief Information Officer Branch Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada
Dr. Michael Geist
Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa
Minister Chagger
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism, Government of Canada
John Cousens
Vice President, Public Sector Canada, Salesforce
Dorothy Eng
Director of Partnerships, Code for Canada
Matt Toner
Deputy Leader, BC Green Party
Jaimie Boyd
Team lead, Open Government Implementation, Chief Information Officer Branch Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Government of Canada
Steven Woodward, CCSK, CFPS, CSQA
CEO, Cloud Perspectives
Desiree Matel-Anderson
Chief Wrangler, Field Inovation Team
Stuart Sherman
CEO, IMC
John Weigelt
Microsoft Canada
Meghan Hellstern
Education & Community Program Manager, Code for Canada
Chrystia Chudczak
Executive Director, ISED Innovation Lab
Derek Ruths
Co-founder of CAI, Associate Professor of Computer Science at McGill University, and the Director of the McGill Centre for Social and Cultural Data Science
Isabelle Perreault
Digital Transformation Leader and Entrepreneur Partner, Blueprint PR and Principal, Isabelle and Associates
Ryan Androsoff
Deputy Director and Product Lead, Canadian Digital Service
Patricia Kosseim
Senior General Counsel and Director General, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Andy Nulman
Co-founder and CEO of Play The Future / Co-Founder of the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival
Julie Delisle
Cofounder, Beeye
Daniel J. Murphy
Consultant, AdaptiveOrg Inc.
Christina Tessier
Director General, Canada Science and Technology Museum
André Leduc
Vice-President, Government Relations & Policy, Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC.ca)
Lisa Carroll
Senior Vice-President, National Capital Region, CGI
Craig Szelestowski
President, Lean Agility
Ellen Grove
Agile Coach and Trainer, Agile Partnership
Steve Holder
Strategy Executive, Analytic Ecosystems, SAS Canada
Diego Lapiduz
Chief Information Security Architect, Azure Government / Microsoft
Julie Leese
Chief Information Officer, Director General, Technology and Information Management Services, Transport Canada
Ramy Nassar
Director, Strategy + Innovation, Connected Lab
Constanze Ro, M.Eng
Senior Packaging Specialist, Taste of Nature Inc.
Glenn Waters
Enterprise Agility Coach and Co-founder, Westboro Systems
Dr Tracey P. Lauriault
Alistair Croll
Founder, Solve for Interesting
Allison Young
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Global Affairs Canada / Affaires mondiales Canada
Will Stevens
Suki Hughes
Partner, Business Transformation, Deloitte Canada
Peter Near
Director, Systems Engineering, Canada, VMware
Richard Stiennon
Chief Strategy Officer, Blancco Technology Group
Colleen Hardwick
CEO, PlaceSpeak
Abhishek Gupta
AI Ethics Researcher, McGill University
Thomas Kearney
Senior Project Officer, Open Government Secretariat, Chief Information Officer Branch, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Nausheen Sadiq
Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University
Michael Lenczner
CEO, Ajah & Director, Powered by Data
Adam Fournier
Country Manager, Platform Architects, Pivotal
Wendy Griffin
Vice President People & Change, Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
Vincent Robitaille
Director General, Procurement Modernization Integration Team, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and Public Services and Procurement Canada
Jacky Tweedie
Performance Measurement and Results Division Chief Financial Officer Branch, Health Canada, Government of Canada
Jerry Lanouette
Senior Manager, OCAP® and Information Governance, The First Nations Information Governance Centre
Peter Green
National Sales Director, Federal Public Sector, Telus
Sarah Jama
Outreach Coordinator at Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion, City of Hamilton
Brett Kubicek
Manager Research, Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence, Public Safety Canada
Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco
News Anchor, CBC
Joni Brennan
President, DIACC
Desmond Gray
Director General, Office of Small and Medium Enterprises and Strategic Engagement (OSME-SE)
Craig Wallace
Digital Transformation Global Lead, CGI
Angela Van Damme
Vice President - Executive Consulting , CGI
Manu Kabahizi
Partner & Technologist, Ulula
Wendy Luciani
Partnership Lead, Canadian Digital Service
Austin Hill
Brudder Ventures
Nancy Chahwan
Deputy Commissioner, Canada Revenue Agency
Stephan Belanger
Executive Director, Marketing and Service Strategy, Innovation Canada, Government of Canada
Chamika Ailapperuma
Senior Consultant, Talent and Organization, Accenture
Charles-Antoine Drouin
Business Intelligence Analyst, Health Canada
Michelle Bradbury
CPO, Humanyze
Mike Gifford
Founder & President, OpenConcept Consulting Inc.
David Best
Accessibility Information Technology Specialist, BEST Consulting
Bridget Antwi
Team Lead, Content, Ontario Digital Service
Jeff Ward
Founder and CEO, Animikii
Bryan Acker
Culture Change Ambassador, TELUS Transformation Office
Sharlene McKinnon
Agile Coach, Element AI
Anatole Papadopoulos
Executive Director, Canadian Digital Service
Mark Taylor
JEDI
Sarah Larose
Account Manager, Element AI
Sameer Vasta
Digital Anthropologist, Ontario Digital Service
Alexander Dirksen
Manager of Strategy and Engagement, First Nations Technology Council
Dr. Friederike Schüür
Cloudera & Fast Forward Labs
Jean Turgeon
VP & Chief Technologist, SDx, Evangelist and Dx Transformation, Worldwide Sales, Avaya
Jean-Francois Gagné
CEO, Element AI