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
