Spotlights
Top Canadian Thought Leadership – 4 Experts on 1 Key Topic
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Spotlight on Indigenous Reconciliation and Social Finance
Shannin Metatawabin
CEO
National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA)
Jeffrey Cyr
Managing Partner
Raven Indigenous Capital Partners
Jocelyn Formsma
Executive Director
National Association of Friendship Centres
Clint Davis
CEO
North35 Capital Partners
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Spotlight on AI for SMEs
Claudia Krywiak
President & CEO
OCE
Jodie Wallis
Managing Director, Artificial Intelligence
Accenture
Ali Hirji
Project Manager
The AI Hub at Durham College
Joe Ritacca
Director of R&D
Precise ParkLink
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Spotlight on Canada’s Fisheries Industry
Martin Sullivan
CEO & Co-Chair
Ocean Choice International
Theresa Williams
Vice President
Fisher Bay Seafood
Jerry Ward
Director of Fisheries
Qikiqtaaluk Corporation
Kurtis Hayne
Commercial and Fisheries Manager, Canada West
Marine Stewardship Council
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Spotlight on Cannabis and the Bioeconomy
Greg Engel
CEO
Organigram
Meaghan Seagrave
President
1812 Hemp
Stephen Lund
CEO
Opportunities New Brunswick
David Magee
Vice-President, Research
University of New Brunswick
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Spotlight on the Entrepreneurship Journey
Shahrzad Rafati
Founder & CEO
BroadbandTV
Tim McGuire
CEO
Mobile Klinik
Mandy Gilbert
Founder & CEO
Creative Niche
Alex Peters
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Prodigy Education
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Spotlight on Mining
Ryan Montpellier
Executive Director & CEO
Mining Industry Human Resources Council
Elena Mayer
President & CEO
Women Who Rock
Bobbie Jo Greenland-Morgan
Grand Chief & President
Gwich’in Tribal Council
Hans Matthews
President
Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association
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Spotlight on Future Cities
Andrea Barrack
Global Head, Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship
TD Bank
Geoff Cape
CEO
Evergreen
Josipa Petrunic
President and CEO
Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC)
Sevaun Palvetzian
CEO
CivicAction
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Spotlight on Mining
Janice Zinck
Director of Green Mining Innovation
CanmetMINING
Francis Fournier
President and CEO
COREM
Claudine Lee
Head of Environment and Permitting
Dominion Diamond Mines
Jeff More
President & CEO
MineSense
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Spotlight on Entrepreneurs Thinking Big
Minister Mary Ng
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion
Ministry of Small Business and Export Promotion
George Rossolatos
CEO
Canadian Business Growth Fund (CBGF)
Elspeth Murray
Director
Centre for Business Venturing, Smith School of Business, Queen’s University
Wayne Pommen
President & CEO
PayBright
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Spotlight on the Impact Economy
Marc-André Blanchard
Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN
Canada’s Permanent Mission at the UN
Helle Bank Jorgensen
Founder and CEO
Competent Boards
Paul Allard
Co-Founder and Chief Ecosystem Officer
Impak Finance
Dustyn Lanz
CEO
Responsible Investment Association
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Spotlight on Mining
Susan Jones
Executive Vice President & CEO of Potash
Nutrien
Lee Hodgkinson
National Industry Leader, Mining
KPMG Canada
Peter Cashin
President & CEO
Imperial Mining Group
Ryan McEachern
Managing Director
Mining Suppliers Trade Association Canada
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Spotlight on the Space Economy
Chris Hadfield
First Canadian Commander of the International Space Station
Astronaut
Sylvain Laporte
President
Canadian Space Agency
Françoise Gagnon
CEO
ADGA Group
Glenn Mason
Assistant Deputy Minister, Lands and Minerals Sector
Natural Resources Canada