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FWD50 2018
Use technology to make society better for all
Speakers
The Honourable Carla Qualtrough
Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility
Government of Canada
The Right Honorable Lord Maude of Horsham
Former UK Cabinet Office Minister, 2010-2015
Audrey Tang
Digital Minister
Taiwan
Kristo Vaher
Chief of Technology
Government of Republic of Estonia
Natalie Evans Harris
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer
BrightHive, Inc
James Delorme
President
First Sky Media Group
Melissa Hathaway
Distinguished Fellow
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Pia Andrews
Executive Director of Digital Government
Department of Finance, Services and Innovation, NSW Government (Australia)
Aurélie Pols
Co-founder
Competing on Privacy
Santiago Paz
Information Security Director
AGESIC Uruguay
Gino Lechasseur
Director General
Enterprise Architecture, Information Management and Common Services
Julie Leese
Chief Information Officer and Director General
Digital Services, Transport Canada
Mark van der Net
Technology lead
Chief Technology Office, Amsterdam
Dr. Audrey Lobo-Pulo
Founder
Phoensight
Toshiyuki Zamma
Executive Advisor to Government CIO, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan
Past Chairman, ICA
Maayan Ziv
Founder
AccessNow
Lane Becker
Director, 10x Investments, General Services Administration
Former Director of Products and Startups, Code for America
Aneeta Bains
Chief Digital Office and Assistant Deputy Minister
Digital Transformation Service Sector
Susan Wilkins
Digital Government Lead
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
David McRaney
Author
You Are Not So Smart
Shingai Manjengwa
Chief Executive Officer, Fireside Analytics Inc.
Founder, Fireside Analytics Academy
Sangmin Lee
Director of Information Security Policy Division
E-Government Bureau, Ministry of the Interior and Safety(MOIS), Korea
Terry Halvorsen
Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President
IT and Mobile Business to Business, Samsung Electronics
James Anderson
Director
Technology Consulting, PwC Canada
Barry Lowry
Government CIO
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Ireland
Bianca Wylie
Senior Fellow
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Aaron Shull
Managing Director and General Counsel, Centre for International Governance Innovation
CIGI
Liz (Elizabeth) McKeown
President of the Association of Public Sector Information Professionals (DPI)
Chief Information & Departmental Security Officer at Shared Services Canada
Dan Tse
Product Manager
Code for Canada
Stephen Townsend
Director of Network Programs
Project Management Institute
Richard Rogers
Registrar and Executive Director
British Columbia's Civil Resolution Tribunal
Jean-Manassé Theagene
CEO & Founder
360Medlink Inc
Ashley Casovan
Director, Data Architecture and Innovation
Chief Information Officer Branch, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Jim Provost
Lead Data Scientist
Lixar IT
Kent Aitken
Policy and Partnerships
CSPS' Digital Academy
Honey Dacanay
Senior Manager/Executive Lead, Standards & Governance
Ontario Digital Service, Government of Ontario
Amy MacFarlane
Founder and CEO
Recreational Respite
Muhammed Y. Idris
Lead Developer, Compass
Resident, TED Conferences
Nicolino Frate
Director General
Communications at Shared Services Canada
Kylie Havelock
Senior Product Manager
Canadian Digital Service
Gert du Preez
Partner
Technology Consulting, PwC Canada
Maureen O'Neil
President
Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement
Claude Théoret
Founder
Nexalogy
Marc Brouillard
Chief Technology Officer
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Ruthe Farmer
Chief Evangelist
CSforAll
Silvano Tocchi
Director General
Canada Revenue Agency
Mike Sisk
Division Manager, Advanced Analytics
Lixar IT
Pascale Elvas
Senior Director
Canadian Digital Service
Tim Bouma
Senior Policy Analyst
Government of Canada’s Chief Information Officer Branch
Sinisha Patkovic
Vice President, Government Solutions
BlackBerry
Ioana Finichiu
Policy Analyst
Community of Federal Regulators, Government of Canada
Warren Perlman
Chief Information Officer
Ceridian
Alexandra Cutean
Director, Research & Policy
Information & Communications Technology Council (ICTC)
Melaina Vinski
Behavioural Insights Lead
PwC Canada
Shiladitya Sircar
Vice President, Secure Messaging & Enterprise Identity
BlackBerry
Farzad Fazeliani
Service Design Manager
Veterans' Affairs Canada
Dan Ciuriak
Senior Fellow
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Anjali Agrawal, MD
Senior Managing Consultant, Clinical Subject Matter Expert
IBM Watson Health
Peter Doolan
EVP of Digital Transformation & Innovation
Salesforce
Taylor Owen
Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Global Affairs
University of British Columbia
Don Klingspon
Industry Solutions Lead, Canadian Public Sector
Microsoft Canada
Joe Landers
Customer Service Transformation Consultant
ServiceNow
Nadia Diakun-Thibault
Senior Aviation Security Policy Advisor
Transport Canada
Melanie Gilbert
Business Development Executive
IBM Services
Shawn Mandel
CDO
TELUS Digital
Alex Coqueiro
Solutions Architect Manager
Public Sector Team, Amazon
John O'Brien
Chief Security Curmudgeon
Canadian Digital Service
Katherine Benjamin
Lab Leader
Ontario Digital Service, Government of Ontario
Kevin Poulton
National Technical Sales Director, Data & AI
Microsoft Canada
Ed Therriault
Business Transformation Architect and Founding Partner
Becker-Carroll
Annette Hester
Senior Data Visualization Expert
Contractor, National Energy Board
Nadir Hirji
Partner
Strategy& and PwC Canada Digital Services Lead
Michael Wright
Senior Solutions Specialist, Productivity and Unified Communications
Microsoft Canada
Patricia Nadarajah
Director of Cloud Planning
Shared Services Canada
Jean Scott
National Director, Digital Workplace
Microsoft Canada
Dorothy Eng
Director of Partnerships
Code for Canada
Stephen Ludlow
Vice President, Product Marketing
OpenText
Marlene Floyd
National Director, Corporate Affairs
Microsoft
Gary Devis
Director, Business Solutions, Data & Analytics
Invest in Canada
Scott Ashdown
Director, Product Management
BlackBerry
Vidya ShankarNarayan
Director General, Digital Services Program
Innovation Science and Economic Development (ISED)
Ron Laudadio
Vice-President of the Emerging Technologies Group
CGI
Joni Brennan
President
Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada
Aaron Snow
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Digital Service
Alexandra MacEachern
Chief of Staff to Aaron Snow
CEO of the Canadian Digital Service
Stephan Belanger
Director General
Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada
Tracey Lindeman
Freelance journalist
Ryan Androsoff
Digital Government Expert and Innovation Consultant
Olivia Neal
Executive Director for Digital Change
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Richard Evans
Director General of the Industry Statistics Branch
Statistics Canada
Simona Gandrabur
Sr. Director, AI Lead
National Bank of Canada, Wealth Division
Chami Akmeemana
Chief Executive Officer
Blockscale Solutions Inc. & Blockchain Learning Group Inc.
Lisa Fast
UX Architect
Vation Inc.
Katy Lalonde
Executive Assistant/Chief of Staff to Hillary Hartley
Ontario Digital Service/Government of Ontario
Walter Knitl
Owner and principal consultant, Praxiem
Chief Business Development Officer, IoT613
Anthony P. Sheehan
Sr. Director, Digital Delivery, NextGen HR & Pay Initiative
Government of Canada (TBS)
Cameron Haight
Americas Chief Technology Officer
VMware
Giovanna Mingarelli
CEO and Co-Founder
MC2
Mike Kujawski
Managing Partner & Senior Consultant
Centre of Excellence for Public Sector Marketing (CEPSM.ca)
Paul Edwards
Vice President and General Manager
Enterprise Mobility Samsung Electronics Canada
Frank Leyman
Manager of International Relations
Belgian Federal Public service Strategy and Support
Pavel Abdur-Rahman
Data Scientist & Associate Partner, AI and Advanced Analytics
IBM Canada
Steven Woodward
CEO
Cloud Perspectives
Charles-Antoine Drouin
Business Intelligence Analyst
Trajan Schulzke
Director, Digital Transformation
CGI
Michael Thomson
Vice President, Technology Sector Lead
Edelman Canada
David Alston
Chief Entrepreneur in Residence
Government of New Brunswick
Chris Juryn
Director of Consulting Services - Agile Practice Lead
CGI
Adam Goldenberg
Associate
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Nilufer Erdebil - Track Chair (Industry Innovations)
Founder
Spring2 Innovation
Kayle Hatt - Track Chair (50 days)
Digital Change Agent
Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada
Ian Rae - Track Chair (50 months)
CEO
CloudOps
Chamika Ailapperuma - Track Chair (50 years)
Senior UX Researcher and Service Designer
Government of Canada
Alistair Croll
Founder
Solve for Interesting