Speakers and Panels

Speakers & Panels

Nicole Verkindt
Founder, OMX | “Dragon”, Next Gen Den

Molly Shoichet
Professor
University of Toronto

Jean-François Barsoum
Senior Managing Consultant
Smarter Cities, Water and
Transportation
IBM

John Jung
Chairman & Co-Founder
Intelligent Community Forum

Gilbert Walker
Professor
University of Toronto

John Schlueter
Program Director
National Science Foundation

Eric Fournier
Director General, S&T Strategic Decision Support and IDEaS
Defence Research and Development Canada

Umberto Berardi
Professor
Ryerson University

Rob Lamb
CEO
Canadian Light Source

Sue Paish
CEO
Digital Technology Supercluster

Michael Pope
Professor
University of Waterloo

Jo Anne Shatkin
President
Vireo Advisors

Kevin J. Wilkinson
Professor
Université de Montréal

Catherine Gebotys
Professor
University of Waterloo

Doug Beckett
VP, Optical Technologies
RANOVUS

Claude MH Demers
Professor
Université Laval

Luc Fréchette
Professor
Université de Sherbrooke

Kelly Lyons
Professor
University of Toronto
Speaker & Session Chair

Kenneth P.H. Pritzker
CEO
York Medtech Ventures Inc.

Josipa Petrunic
Executive Director & CEO
Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC)
Session Chair

Isaac Tamblyn
Research Officer
National Reseach Council of Canada

Warren Chan
Director, Distinguished Professor
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

Geneviève Tanguay
Vice-President, Emerging Technologies
National Research Council Canada

Kody Baker
CEO
VeloMetro Mobility

Jayson Myers
CEO
Next Generation Manufacturing

Peter Frise
Professor and Director
Centre for Automotive Research & Education

Ruth Merrifield
Field Application Specialist
PerkinElmer

Karl Allen-Muncey
Innovation Lab Director
Digital Kitchener Civic Innovation Lab

Jérôme Le Dall
Consultant
Jalon Montréal