Spotlights
Top Canadian Thought Leadership – 4 Experts on 1 Key Topic
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Spotlight on the Bioeconomy
Elizabeth May, MP
Leader
Green Party of Canada
Greg Maloney
Principal Partner
BioApplied Innovation Pathways
Sandy Ferguson
Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Business Development
Conifex Timber
John Bissell
CEO
Origin Materials
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Spotlight on Clean Growth
Minister Catherine McKenna
Minister
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Marcelo Lu
President
BASF Canada
Nicole Vadori
Head of Environment, Global Corporate Citizenship
TD Bank Group
Stewart Elgie
Founder & Executive Chair
Smart Prosperity
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Spotlight on Women in the Future Economy
Isabelle Hudon
Co-Chair
G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council
Monique Leroux
Chair of the Board of Directors
Investissement Québec
Laura Didyk
National Lead, Women Entrepreneur Strategy
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Qudsia Ahmed
President of the Board of Directors
Young Women in Business
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Spotlight on Albertan Innovation
Patrick Lor
Managing Partner, Calgary Office
Panache Ventures
Karina Guy
Partner, Healthcare and Life Sciences
KPMG in Canada
Aaryn Flynn
Co-Founder
Edmonton.AI
David Lloyd
Co-Founder and CEO
FREDsense Technologies
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Spotlight on the Energy Transformation
Michael Cleland
Board Chair
Canadian Energy Research Institute
Tony Van Bommel
Senior Managing Partner, Industrial, Clean and Energy Technology Venture Fund
BDC Capital
Chad Park
Director
Energy Futures Lab
Juli Rohl
Founder
ReGenerate Alberta
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Spotlight on Aboriginal Economic Development
Dawn Madahbee Leach
Interim Chairperson
National Indigenous Economic Development Board
Shannin Metatawabin
CEO
National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA)
Sean Willy
President & CEO
Des Nedhe Development
Isabell Ringenoldus
Founder & President
TAWS Security
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Spotlight on Blockchain
Don Tapscott
Founder & Executive Chairman
The Blockchain Research Institute
Iliana Oris-Valiente
Managing Director and Global Blockchain Innovation Lead
Accenture
Moe Adham
Co-Founder
Bitaccess
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Spotlight on Renewable Energy
Ron Seftel
CEO
Bullfrog Power
John Gorman
President & CEO
Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA)
Michel Letellier
President & CEO
Innergex Renewable Energy
David Berliner
Co-Founder & CEO
CoPower
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Spotlight on FinTech
Derek Colfer
Head of Technology and Digital Innovation
Visa Canada
Sue Britton
CEO & Founder
FinTech Growth Syndicate
Jeff Hindle
Managing Director, Finance and Commerce
MaRS Discovery District
Justin Tang
Co-President
Ivey FinTech
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Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence
Yoshua Bengio
Director
Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms
Cameron Schuler
Executive Director
Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
Tomi Poutanen
Chief AI Officer
TD Bank
Hassan Murad
Co-Founder & CEO
Intuitive
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Spotlight on Cleantech
Leah Lawrence
President and CEO
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
Tom Rand
Managing Partner
ArcTern Ventures
Jonathan Rhone
President and CEO
Axine Water Technologies
Janice Tran
Co-Founder
Student Energy