The 2020 faculty featured the world’s leading public servants, tech innovators, and academics. Attendees have access to dozens of recorded keynotes, workshops, and breakouts.

Vinton G. Cerf
Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist
Google Cloud

The Honourable Joyce Murray
Minister of Digital Government
Canada

DJ Patil
Chief Technology Officer, Devoted Health
Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

Ann-Marie Cavanagh
Deputy Government Chief Digital Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Digital Public Service
Department of Internal Affairs (NZ)

Beth Simone Noveck
Director
The GovLab

Ronaldo Lemos
Lawyer, Chief Scientific Officer, Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Columbia University

Gina Lucarelli
Team Leader
United Nations Development Programme Accelerator Lab Network

Tim O'Reilly
Founder, CEO, & Chairman
O'Reilly Media

Nick Chedli Carter
Managing Director
Resilient Democracy

Amanda Renteria
Chief Executive Officer
Code for America

Siim Sikkut
Government CIO of Estonia
Deputy Secretary General for IT and Telecom in Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

Pia Andrews
Open and digital government expert

Jazmyn Latimer
Service Design Director
Code for America

Kristo Vaher
Chief Technology Officer, Republic of Estonia
The Estonian government

Cori Zarek
Director of Data + Digital
Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, Georgetown University

Dipayan Ghosh
Co-director, Digital Platforms & Democracy Project
Harvard Kennedy School

Richard Gingras
VP of News
Google

Kelly Jin
Chief Analytics Officer and Director
Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics, City of New York

Tim Occleshaw
Digital leader, strategist, builder, thinker

Shomik Dutta
Partner & Co-Founder
Higher Ground Labs

Sarah Paquet
Executive Vice-President
Shared Services Canada

Dr. Sean Hill
Director of the Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Foundation

Jasmine Shaw
Release Train Engineer on the Maritime Helicopter Project
General Dynamics Mission Systems Canada

Andrew Greenway
Author
Founding partner, Public Digital

Joanne Stanley
Executive Director, Women in Communications and Technology,
and the organization responsible for the 2020 Dr. Roberta Bondar Career Development Program

Denis Skinner
Executive Director, Digital Change Sector, Office of the Chief Information Officer of Canada
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat / Government of Canada

Lisa Carroll
Canadian Public Sector Lead
Microsoft Canada

Farhad Mohit
Founder
The Good Party

Commissioner Daniel Therrien
Privacy Commissioner
Canada

Dr. Yin Yin Lu
Rhetoric Doctor • Product Evangelist • Interdisciplinary Researcher, Writer, and Speaker

Jeremy Boy
Network Data Visual Engineer
United Nations Development Programme Accelerator Lab Network

Dr. Julia Glidden
Corporate Vice President Worldwide Public Sector
Microsoft

Meagan Commonda
Indigenous Community Liaison
Talent Cloud, Treasury Board Secretariat

Mark Schwartz
Enterprise Strategist
Amazon Web Services

Dr. Vernie Oliveiro
Principal Researcher, Institute of Governance and Policy
Civil Service College, Singapore

Jeff Jonas
Founder and CEO
Senzing

Stephen Howe
Chief Technology Officer
Bell Canada

Dr. Aisha Naseer
Research Manager
Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Limited

Mark Levene
Lead, Digital Government Partnerships
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Olivia Neal
Director of Digital Transformation
Microsoft Global

Katherine Benjamin
Deputy CTO for Digital Services
New York City Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer

Michael Solomon
Co-Founder
10x Management

Dr. Anita Finnegan
CEO & President
Nova Leah

Todd Wilson
Chief Strategist, Canada
Red Hat

Seong Ju Park
Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Deputy Director of the Digital Government Cooperation Division
Republic of Korea

Paul Glover
President
Shared Services Canada (SSC)

Nitika Agarwal
Chief Operating Officer
Apolitical

Liam Maxwell
Director Government Transformation
AWS

Christina Wodtke
Author
Lecturer, Stanford University

Luc Villeneuve
President
Benchmark Corp.

Denise Williams
CEO
First Nations Technology Council

David Eaves
Lecturer in Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School

Laura Rodriguez Mendaro
Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect
Uruguay e-Government Agency

John Cousens
Managing Director, Public Sector Canada
Google Cloud

Shingai Manjengwa
CEO, Fireside Analytics
Technical Education Specialist, Vector Institute for AI

Martin Bernier
Chief Information Officer
University of Ottawa

Denise Winkler
Strategic Business Executive, Social Services
Google Cloud

Nikhil J. Deshpande
Chief Digital Officer
State of Georgia

Jeanette Manfra
Director, Government Security and Compliance
Google Cloud

Luke Simcoe
Director of Outreach
Code for Canada

Jamie Joyce
Founder & Executive Director
The Society Library

Giselle Jean Baptiste
Senior Director, Digital Services Branch
Public Services and Procurement Canada

Tim Bouma
Senior Advisor
Government of Canada’s Office of Chief Information Officer

Dorothy Eng
Director of Partnerships
Code for Canada

Eric Ward
Senior Director
Policy Horizons Canada

Natalia Domagala
Head of Data Ethics Policy
Cabinet Office, Government Digital Service (UK)

Yolanda Martinez Mancilla
Country Representative, Chile
Inter-American Development Bank

Leigh Tami
Director of Data & Analytics
New York City’s Department of Parks & Recreation

Merlin Chatwin
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Code for Canada

Avalyne Diotte
Foresight Analyst
Policy Horizons Canada

Pierre-Olivier DesMarchais
Senior Strategic Foresight Analyst
Policy Horizons Canada

Honey Dacanay
Director, Digital Academy
Canada School of Public Service

Pauline Martin
Industry Manager, Government and Healthcare
Microsoft Canada

Lewis S. Eisen
Speaker • Consultant • Author

Christiane Coda
Digital Advisor, Public Sector
Microsoft Canada

David E. Jensen
Head of the Digital Transformation Task Force
UN Environment Program

Dr. Karen Bakker
Professor and Canada Research Chair / Co-Director, Program on Water Governance
University of British Columbia

Ville Sirviö
CEO
Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS)

Jana Eggers
CEO
Nara Logics, Inc.

Troy Angrignon
Founder & CEO
Productive AI

Kathy Pham
Fellow and Faculty, Product and Society
Harvard University

Vik Pant
Chief Scientist & Chief Science Advisor
Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN)

Simon Wardley
Researcher
Leading Edge Forum

Rowena Alegria
Chief Storyteller
City & County of Denver

Bob Osborn
CTO, Global Governments
ServiceNow

Lauren Hunter
Director
Talent Cloud, Treasury Board Secretariat

Sara Hudson
Data + Digital Fellow
The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation

Ryan Hum
Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Data and Information Management
Canada Energy Regulator

Angelica Quirarte
Assistant Secretary for Digital Engagement, California Government Operations Agency
Product Owner of Alpha.ca.gov + covid19@ca.gov, Office of Digital Innovation

Jayson McIntosh
Digital Standards Lead
Digital Change Sector, Office of the Chief Information Officer of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat

Jacqueline Lu
Data Strategist

Dr. Paris Buttfield-Addison
Producer
Secret Lab Pty. Ltd.

Andee Pittman
Human-centred Design Lead
Office of the Chief of Human Resources Officer, Treasury Board Secretariat

David Hatfield
Leadership Consultant
Process Facilitator

Katy Lalonde
Director, Digital
Ontario Digital Service

Alex Benay
Partner, Digital and Government Solutions
KPMG LLP

Rebecca Kain
Sr. Consultant
Quarry

Ramy Nassar
Founder
1000 Days Out

Parliamentary Secretary Greg Fergus
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board and to the Minister of Digital Government
Government of Canada

Amanda Makulec
MPH / Data Visualization Lead
Excella

Dr. Claus Lohman Lohman Brasen
Chief Physician, Biochemistry and Immunology
University Hospital, Southern Denmark

Kim Watson
Vice President and General Manager, Federal Market
IBM Canada

Melanie Love
Chief, Strategic Communications and Ministerial Affairs
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Jon Rychalski
Assistant Secretary for Management & Chief Financial Officer
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Libby Jarvis
Account Executive, Public Safety and Defence
Red Hat

Dr. Daniel Araya
Senior Partner
World Legal Summit

Sandra Särav
Head of Sustainability
Bolt

Toomas Lukk
Ambassador
Embassy Of Estonia

Nicole Bryan
Senior Manager, Enterprise and Strategic Policy Integration
Strategic Engagement Branch, Shared Services Canada

Ikenna Agu
Digital Engagement & Change Management Lead, Head of IDO Digital
Treasury Board Secretariat

Liz McKeown
Faculty
Digital Academy, Canada School of Public Service

Keith Jansa
Executive Director
CIO Strategy Council

Jen van der Meer
Founder
Reason Street

Ryan Zirngibl
Data Scientist
NYC Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics

Joni Brennan
President
Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC)

Michel Girard
Senior Fellow
CIGI

Michelle Shevin
Senior Program Manager of the Public Interest Technology
Catalyst Fund, Ford Foundation

Colin Gunanayagam
Product Owner
Marine Safety and Security, Transport Canada

Jim Balsillie
Co-Chair, CIO Strategy Council
Former Co-CEO, RIM

Annette Hester
Principal
TheHesterView

Marc Brouillard
Acting Chief Information Officer
Government of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Anna Wong
Director
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Tamara Srzentić
Deputy Director
Office of Innovation, California Health and Human Services

Christopher Jaja
Director, Enterprise Digital Workspace
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Meha Shah
Fellowship and Education Program Manager
Code for Canada

Matthew McNaughton
Co-founder & Executive Director
SlashRoots Foundation

Tom Dooner
Developer Evangelist, Network Team
Code for America

CG Chen
Founder
Ample Labs

Walid Sharif
Issues Manager
DGO | Digital Academy IPSB | CSPS

Jessica Cole
Core Team
U.S. Digital Response

Hillary Hartley
Chief Digital & Data Officer, Deputy Minister
Ontario Digital Service (Treasury Board Secretariat)

John C. Havens
Executive Director
The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems

Mandy Hoyt
Product Owner
Digital Academy, Canada School of Public Service

Chris Allison
Director General
Canada School of the Public Service’s Digital Academy

Dr. Ann Cavoukian
Executive Director
Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre

Michael Jay
Senior Advisor
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Measurement Canada)

Fatima Sarah Khalid
Developer Programs Engineer
Pantheon

Jesse Coleman
Manager, Transportation Data & Analytics
City of Toronto

Denis Carignan
President
PLATO Testing Group of Companies

Emily Tamfo
Sr. Product Manager
Ontario Digital Service

Mathew Ingram
Chief Digital Writer
Columbia Journalism Review

Adriana Groh
Director, Prototype Fund
Open Knowledge Foundation

Jordan Storozuk
Head
Digital Nations Secretariat

Ryan Androsoff
Director of Digital Leadership
Institute on Governance

Meghna Bajpai
Digital Engagement Co-op, Engagement
Ontario Digital Service, Government of Ontario

Dr Jim Peake
Senior Vice President, CGI Federal
Former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Dr Angela Siegel
Program Director, Applied Computer Science Co-Director Learning Equity & Access Research Network (LEARN)
Dalhousie University

John Weigelt
National Technology Officer
Microsoft Canada

Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall, PhD.
Dean, Faculty of Design
OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

Toby Fyfe
President and CEO
Institute on Governance

Courtney Claessens
Senior Product Manager
Canadian Digital Service (CDS)

Peter Bruce
Senior Associate
Institute on Governance

Diana Stepczuk
Digital Engagement
Ontario Digital Service

Marc Campbell
Senior Vice President
CGI

Spencer Daniels
Senior Product Manager
Ontario Digital Service

Lequanne Collins-Bacchus
Advisor
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Andrew Johnston
Vice President, Standards Development and Industry Relations
2Keys

Dalila Haidar
Digital Advisor
Microsoft

Will Alford
Director of Content
Digital Services Georgia

Lindsay McGranaghan
Senior Vice President Consulting Services
CGI Scotland, UK

Tyson Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
CyberNB / CIPnet

Ashley Casovan
Executive Director
AI Global

Meg Towle
Founding Partner
North Third

Graham Simpson
Policy and Engagement Fellow
New Jersey Office of Innovation

Laura Chang
Strategic Initiatives Lead
Code for Canada

Stephen Yates
Principal Product Manager
Canadian Digital Service (CDS)

Helen Caldwell
Campaigns & Communications Associate
Apolitical

Taylor Owen
Beaverbrook Chair, Media, Ethics & Communications
Max Bell School, McGill University

Gosia Loj
Head of International Strategy and Global Governance & DN Lead
United Kingdom

Greg Wolfond
Chief Executive Officer
SecureKey

Tai McLennan
Head of Scottish Digital Academy
Scottish Government

Barbara Gray
General Manager Transportation Services
City of Toronto

Richard Dunks
Owner & Founder
Datapolitan, LLC

Chantal Guay
CEO
Standards Council of Canada

Evan Savage
Big Data Innovation Team Member
Toronto Transportation Services

Elizabeth Rhodenizer
Chief Information Officer
Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)

Dugald Topshee
Chief Information Officer
Department of Justice Canada

Mélanie Robert
Executive Director, Open Government
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Jutta Treviranus
Director & Professor
Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University

Chris Moore
Community Advisor
Canada, Public Sector Network

Pina D’Intino
Principal Owner & Accessibility Consultant
Aequum Global Access Inc.

Jonathan Craft
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto

Paul Bellows
President
Yellow Pencil

Andrea Hill
Sr. UX Specialist
Canada Revenue Agency

Joe Powell
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Open Government Partnership

Prateek Buch
Senior Data Advisor
National Leadership Centre (NLC)

Cora Loucks
Surveillance Coordinator & Data Analyst
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)

Marc-André Morisset
Digital Advisor
Microsoft

Melanie Cockerline
Chief, Financial Policy & Systems
Transport Canada

Rudi Borrmann
Deputy Director
OGP Local

Irina Krasteleva
Director, Digital Services Directorate
Transport Canada

Taylor Campbell
Deputy Director of Data + Digital
Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation

Michael Cardy MSc.
Chief Technology Strategist & Director of Solution Architecture
Red Hat Canada

Nicola Harvey
Chief Officer - Head of Customer & Digital Services
City of Edinburgh Council

Michael Wilkening
Special Advisor on Innovation & Digital Services
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Elodie Bouneau
Director of Platform
Canadian Digital Service

Sam Roberts
Head of Open Government and Open Data policy
UK Cabinet Office (GDS)

Sofia Mota
Director of TicAPP
Public Administration Digital Competencies Centre, AMA

Daniel Wu
Privacy Counsel & Legal Engineer
Immuta

Beth Fox
Service Designer
Nova Scotia Digital Service

Jason White
Privacy Engineering Team Lead
Shopify

Michèle Bélanger-Petrucci
Manager, Robotic Process Automation CoE
Transport Canada

John Griffin
Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
Code for Canada

Ioana Finichiu
Innovation and Policy Services
Canada School of Public Service, Government of Canada

Mike Cook
CEO
Identos

Michelle Lee
Product
Protocol Labs

Lily Speck
Canada Free Agent
Indigenous Services Canada

Aalya Dhanani Essa
Community Connector & Policy Advisor
Transformation Branch at Transport Canada

Jason Vargo
Senior Scientist
California Department of Public Health

Pamela James
Business Manager
Canada’s Free Agents

Eman El-Fayomi
Head of Design
Canadian Digital Service

Jasper Chan
Fellow
Code for Canada

Kate Wilhem
Lead Content Designer
Canadian Digital Service

Seyi Taylor
Fellow
Code for Canada

Yedida Zalik
Content designer
Canadian Digital Service

Philippe Caron
Interaction designer
Canadian Digital Service

Samantha Sadasivan
Service designer
Canadian Digital Service

Brian Hendrick
Lead Service Designer
Canadian Digital Service

Julianna Rowsell
Accessibility and Inclusive Design Lead
Canadian Digital Service (CDS)

Jared Chadwick
Fellow
Code for Canada

Élise Cossette
Translator
Canadian Digital Service

Keith Colbourne
Fellow
Code for Canada

Jacqueline Rigg
Chief Executive Officer
Association of Professional Executives of the Public Service of Canada (APEX)

Robert Butler
Event Manager and Multimedia Specialist / Outreach Officer
Deputy Ministers Office of Public Service Accessibility, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Amanda Bernardo
Manager, Enterprise Strategy and Engagement
Enterprise Transformation, Shared Services Canada

Alexander Howard
Director of the Digital Democracy Project
Demand Progress Education Fund

Skaidra Puodziunas
Senior Engagement Advisor
Ontario Digital Service

Ian Rae
Founder and CEO
CloudOps
