FWD50

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