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[[Image:Niraj Bhargava photo.jpeg|150px|Niraj Bhargava]]
<h3>Niraj Bhargava</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">CEO and Co-Founder, NuEnergy.ai</p>
<p>Niraj Bhargava (P.Eng, ICD.D) is the co-founder, CEO, and lead faculty at NuEnergy.ai. At NuEnergy.ai, Niraj leads a team of experts who are specialized in AI Governance Education, creating organization level AI Governance Framework and integrating AI trust measurement software – Machine Trust PlatformTM (built on a patented methodology). Niraj has over 30 years of experience in technology, business creation and leadership. He is a serial entrepreneur and has successively been the CEO, founder and leader of technology companies – focused on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks. He is currently the Chair of the Innovation Committee of the Board at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. In the past, he has served as a dean and a university professor. He holds an MBA, a degree in Systems Design Engineering and completed the Directors Education Program leading to his P.Eng & ICD.D designation and has been a prominent speaker globally on sustainability and on ethical AI. </p>
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[[Image:Chrysandre Courchene.jpg|150px|Chrysandre Courchêne]]
<h3>Chrysandre Courchêne</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Manager, Responsible Data and AI Centre of Expertise, Chief Data Office, Canada Border Service Agency</p>
<p>Chrysandre Courchêne (she/her/elle) is the Manager for Responsible Data and AI Centre of Expertise (RDAICoE), at Canada Border Service Agency’s Chief Data Office, a team whose focus is on helping the Agency to build a responsible and representative data and analytics ecosystem. She joined the Agency in Winter 2021. Her expertise is in the qualitative dimensions of data and analytics to support social consideration on bias, ethics and digital harms . She has been involved in social data and analytics for over 5 years in both academia and government. She has a BA in Political Science and a Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies for which the thesis focused on data justice.</p>
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[[Image:Benoit Deshaies photo.png|150px|Benoit Deshaies]]
<h3>Benoit Deshaies</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Director, Responsible Data and Artificial Intelligence, Office of the Chief Data Officer of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat</p>
<p>Benoit Deshaies is the Director of Responsible Data and Artificial Intelligence for the Office of the Chief Data Officer of Canada, located within the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS). In this role, he oversees the development of the Directive on Automated Decision-Making the Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA). These policy tools aim to ensure that the use of automated decision systems by the federal government prioritizes transparency, accountability and fairness, leading to more efficient, accurate, consistent, and interpretable decisions. Additionally, his team publishes the Guide on the use of generative AI which offers guidance to federal institutions regarding the use of generative AI tools.</p>
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[[Image:Dr. Sevgui Erman photo.jpg|150px|Sevgui Erman]]
<h3>Sevgui Erman</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Executive Director, Digital Technologies Research Center, National Research Council of Canada</p>
<p>Dr. Sevgui Erman is the Executive Director of the Digital Technologies Research Centre at the National Research Council of Canada. She leads research in computer vision, natural language processing, advanced analytics, cybersecurity and quantum computing. Her team’s focus is on using AI and digital technologies to accelerate scientific discovery and innovation.</p>
<p>She holds a Ph.D. in system control and signal processing from the Université Paris-Saclay. She has a background in engineering, math and IT, with experience in developing algorithms and systems in the private, public and academic sectors.</p>
<p>Before joining the National Research Council, Dr. Erman was Chief Data Scientist and Senior Director of the Data Science Division at Statistics Canada. Since 2017, she led the agency’s data science strategy and engineering efforts, and she spearheaded the creation of the Data Science Accelerator (DSA) in 2018. The DSA operated as a start-up, entirely driven by business needs—taking advantage of best practices in entrepreneurship, catalyzing culture change through delivery of small wins, and building trust in new technologies and leading-edge methods. For this work, she was awarded Statistics Canada’s Excellence in Service Delivery Award. While at Statistics Canada, Dr. Erman launched and led the Data Science Network for the Federal Public Service, which supports data science capacity-building within the Government of Canada.</p>
<p>Dr. Erman has also worked in system design roles at Ericsson Wireless as well as Nortel Networks Optical R&D. She holds patents in real-time electro-optical system performance optimization.</p>
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[[Image:Yvan Gauthier.jpg|150px|Yvan Gauthier]]
<h3>Yvan Gauthier</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Head, Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, Data Analytics Centre / NRC Digital Technologies, National Research Council</p>
<p>Yvan Gauthier is a senior research council officer with the National Research Council of Canada’s Digital Technologies Division, where he leads the AI Accelerator for the Government of Canada. The AI Accelerator delivers impactful and responsible AI solutions to other federal departments and agencies, and supports them in their digital transformation. Before joining the NRC, Yvan worked for 20 years as a defence scientist with the Department of National Defence (DND), where he became the first-ever Director of Data Science and established a new enterprise data science team supporting DND’s Chief Data Officer. He also chaired a NATO Specialist Team on Advanced Analytics and AI and has led several operational research projects while being embedded with various branches of DND and the Canadian Armed Forces. </p>
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[[Image:Phil Gratton.png|150px|Yvan Gauthier]]
<h3>Phil Gratton</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Associate Faculty, Digital Academy, Canada School of Public Service</p>
<p>Phil Gratton is an Associate Faculty at the Canada School of Public Service’s Digital Academy, with a mission to help public servants and their leadership gain the knowledge, skills and mindsets required to flourish in the digital age. He was previously the Director General of the Data Management Branch at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), where he led teams of security practitioners in innovative and compliant data solutions in support of national security investigations. He previously served as the CSIS Chief of Cyber Centre, investigating threats from state and terrorist cyber actors. He has been involved in a broad range of national security investigations at the CSIS’s national headquarters in Ottawa, in various regional offices across the country, and in locations abroad. He holds a Master’s in International Relations from the University of Ottawa. Phil explores issues of leadership, technology, national security, and complexity.</p>
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[[Image:Chantal Guay.png|150px|Chantal Guay]]
<h3>Chantal Guay</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Chief Executive Officer, Standard Council of Canada</p>
<p>In April 2018, Chantal Guay was appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Standard Council of Canada.</p>
<p>Prior to this role, Ms. Guay was SCC’s Vice President, Standards and International Relations where she was responsible for the overall management of the Canadian standardization network. She also served as SCC’s Vice President, Accreditation Services for five years where she led the transformation of this unit including a completely renewed business model with a customer-centric focus.</p>
<p>In January 2020, Chantal became the first woman to both lead SCC and represent Canada on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Council. She’s also very active in the international community, holding many positions such as Chair of the Pacific Asia Standards Congress. She brings a strong understanding of the importance and value of standards, conformity assessment, quality, and systems management in the private and public sectors.</p>
<p><i>Professional Background</i></p>
<p>Prior to joining SCC, Ms. Guay was CEO of Engineers Canada, the national organization comprised of the 12 provincial and territorial associations that regulate the practice of engineering in Canada, and that license the country’s more than 300,000 professional engineers. Under her leadership, the engineering profession adopted the 30 by 30 strategy which is aimed at raising the percentage of newly licensed engineers who are women to 30 per cent by the year 2030. Chantal was recognized for this work in 2020 when she was honoured with a fellowship from the Canadian Academy of Engineering.</p>
<p><i>Education</i></p>
<p>Ms. Guay holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering from Université Laval, and a Master’s in Environmental Management from the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke. She has also earned an Advanced Executive Certificate in General Management from the Queen’s University School of Business, as well as the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors after completing the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program.</p>
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[[Image:Shion Guha Photo.png|150px|Shion Guha]]
<h3>Shion Guha</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto</p>
<p>Shion Guha is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information and cross-appointed to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. His research interests include human-computer interaction, data science, and public policy. He’s been involved in developing the field of Human-Centred Data Science. This intersectional research area combines technical methodologies with interpretive inquiry to address biases and structural inequalities in socio-technical systems. He is the author of Human-Centered Data Science: An Introduction, an Amazon Best Selling textbook published by MIT Press in 2022.</p>
<p>Shion wants to understand how algorithmic decision-making processes are designed, implemented and evaluated in public services. In doing so, he often works with marginalized and vulnerable populations, such as child welfare, homelessness, healthcare systems, etc. His work has been supported by grants from Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, National Science and Engineering Research Council, National Science Foundation, American Political Science Association etc. He has been featured in the media (Newsweek, Associated Press, ACLU, ABC, NBC, Gizmodo etc.)</p>
<p>Shion has been awarded a Way-Klingler Early Career Award in 2019, a Connaught New Researcher Award in 2021 and a Schwartz-Reisman Institute for Technology and Society Faculty Fellowship from 2023-25. Previously, he received an MS from the Indian Statistical Institute in 2010 and a PhD from Cornell University in 2016.</p>
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[[Image:Ryan Hum photo.jpg|150px|Ryan Hum]]
<h3>Ryan Hum</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Chief Client Experience Officer and Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizen Service Branch, Service Canada</p>
<p>Ryan Hum is the Chief Client Experience Officer (CCXO) and Associate ADM at Employment and Social Development Canada, and the first ever CCXO in the Government of Canada.</p>
<p>Over the past ten years, Ryan has developed a track record of successful “first ever” type jobs, introducing the power of human-centered design, behavioural science, and data science to policy and program delivery.</p>
<p>Ryan holds a Master of Engineering in Design from McMaster University and earned a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Biology and a second in Chemical Engineering, both at Queen’s University. He also conducted doctoral research (abd) and has published research in the areas of global health, at the University of Toronto. Over the years, Ryan has taught at the University of Toronto, Carleton, as well as at OCAD University in the areas of design, engineering, and public policy.</p>
<p>He was named the Canadian Public Sector CIO of the Year (2023) and Technation’s Public Sector Disruptor of the Year (2022). He is also a recipient of the Public Service Award of Excellence.</p>
<p>Ryan loves leading eclectic interdisciplinary teams that imagine new ways of solving problems, conducting meaningful engagement with clients and stakeholders, prototyping solutions and putting them into production.</p>
<p>Family is important to him. Ryan is the father of two young children. This, as well as his deep personal learnings on reconciliation, serve as the inspiration and motivation that drives his commitment to creating a better future for individuals and families.</p>
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[[Image:Dr. Suzanne Kite photo-cropped.jpg|150px|Suzanne Kite]]
<h3>Suzanne Kite</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Executive Director, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research</p>
<p>Kite (Dr. Suzanne Kite) is an award winning Oglála Lakȟóta performance artist, visual artist, composer and academic, known for her sound and video performance with her machine learning hair-braid interface. Kite’s practice explores contemporary Lakota ontology through research-creation, computational media, and performance. Kite often works in collaboration with family and community members.</p>
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[[Image:Julie McAuley photo.jpg|150px|Julie McAuley]]
<h3>Julie McAuley</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Chief Data Officer and Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development</p>
<p>Julie McAuley is ISED’s Chief Data Officer and the Director General of the Data, Digital and Innovation Branch (DDIB) in the Digital Transformation Services Sector (DTSS). In this role, she is responsible for the implementation of the Departmental Data Strategy, the policy and data components of business related Digital Identity and Credentials, as well as innovation and analytics. Working collaboratively with partners and stakeholders across ISED and the GC, she provides strategic advice related to data and information management, as well as strategy / program design and implementation.</p>
<p>Julie joined ISED in September 2017 as the department’s Chief Results and Delivery Officer. In this role, she led the implementation of the department’s outcomes-focused results and delivery framework. Prior to joining ISED, she worked at Statistics Canada where she held a number of executive positions in the areas of health, justice and social statistics.</p>
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[[Image:Surdas Mohit photo.jpg|150px|Surdas Mohit]]
<h3>Surdas Mohit</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Director, Artificial Intelligence and Data Policy, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch, Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada</p>
<p>Surdas Mohit is the Director of Artificial Intelligence and Data Policy at Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada, where he leads work in support of the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act. Prior to joining ISED, Surdas worked at the intersection of technology and national security policy at Public Safety Canada. He has also worked in environmental and manufacturing policy and holds a Doctorate in Planetary Science from Washington University in St. Louis. </p>
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[[Image:Dr. Somaieh Nikpoor photo.png|150px|Somaieh Nikpoor]]
<h3>Somaieh Nikpoor</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Lead, Data Science and AI Strategy, Transport Canada</p>
<p>Somaieh Nikpoor is a researcher, advocate, and mentor working at the intersection of AI, data, and policy. She is a lead for AI and Data Science at Transport Canada. She designs AI and analytics road maps based on organizational readiness and leads various initiatives on data science and AI. She is passionate about the responsible development and application of AI technologies and is currently collaborating with academia and non-profit organizations to curate and generate original content that will help others navigate through various AI ethics and AI policy topics and concepts.</p>
<p>Before joining Transport Canada, Somaieh held an advisory role for AI and machine learning at ESDC – Labour Program. Somaieh has also worked at the Advanced Analytics Lab within Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, where she led the development and delivery of several analytical products. Somaieh holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Ottawa.</p>
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[[Image:Ima Okonny photo.jpg|150px|Ima Okonny]]
<h3>Ima Okonny</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Data Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada</p>
<p>Ima, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Data Officer at Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has over 23 years of experience in the field of data.</p>
<p>As Chief Data Officer of ESDC, she works to enhance and advance Data Science, Data Management and Data Sharing to support ESDC’s policies, service delivery and results reporting.</p>
<p>Prior to ESDC, Ima held an executive role at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, where she led a team to ensure the effective collection, governance, and management of federally regulated financial institution and pension plan data collected by the Office.</p>
<p>Ima has also worked at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, where she led the development and delivery of analytical data, research databases, data products and tools that supported performance measurement, policy development, program monitoring, results/outcome reporting and research and evaluation. Ima’s previous experience has also included positions with the Canada Revenue Agency, and Statistics Canada.</p>
<p>She has an educational background in Mathematics, Computer Programming and Public Management and during her time with the Government of Canada, she has received several nominations and awards for her leadership and results.</p>
<p>She is passionate about helping organizations develop the capabilities required to ethically and intentionally unleash concrete business value from data. </p>
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[[Image:Anneke-olvera-cropped.jpg|150px|Anneke Olvera]]
<h3>Anneke Olvera</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Director, Programs & Operations, Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement, Standards Council of Canada</p>
<p>Anneke Olvera is a seasoned leader specializing in stakeholder-funded Programs at the Standards Council of Canada (SCC). She has worked at the SCC for 27 years occupying several roles across the organization. Her main areas of work have been on the crafting and executing of impactful initiatives in programs such as the AI and Data Governance Standardization, Standards to Support Resilience in Infrastructure, Mental Health and Substance Use Health, and Innovation, IP, and Standards-Setting. Anneke focuses on fostering partnerships to maximize national opportunities through the influence of standardization. Anneke is a strong advocate for Canada’s leadership in the realm of standardization in support of the health and safety, and economical welfare of Canadians. Anneke holds an BA in English literature and Theatre from Mount Allison University, and an MA in English Literature from Carleton University. She is the Secretariat for the AI and Data Governance Standardization Collaborative.</p>
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[[Image:Martin Perron photo.jpg|150px|Martin Perron]]
<h3>Martin Perron</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Lawyer and Developer – Rules as Code Lab, Public Sector Experimentation, Canada School of Public Service</p>
<p>Martin Perron is a lawyer-turned-developer experimenting with Rules as Code (RaC) tools and approaches at the Canada School of Public Service (CSPS). He has an Hon BsSocSc in Economics and Public Policy, and started learning some basic programming while acquiring his Juris Doctor at the University of Ottawa. Prior to joining CSPS, Martin articled and served as legal counsel at the Department of Justice.</p>
<p>While not formally trained in computer science, Martin first started exploring the intersection of law and technology as a means to compensate for being a slow and distracted reader. Among other things, he unsuccessfully tried to parse his study materials using Natural Language Processing tools in preparation for his bar exams. Through these initial experiences, he discovered that law-as-data was a severely underdeveloped resource, largely due to current limitations in the way that legal information is diffused. However, if laws were also available in a trustworthy machine-consumable format, the data could be used to power a variety of legal automation, verification, and simulation tools.</p>
<p>Martin believes rules are best encoded by rule-makers in the drafting room, where it helps reveal gaps, loopholes, and ambiguities that often go unnoticed when reading and writing the natural language of the law on its own. As such, he is currently experimenting with a user-friendly and open-source RaC prototype called Blawx, which he believes could one day make the act of writing laws into code accessible and practical for legal drafters. </p>
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[[Image:Gwen Phillips photo.png|150px|Gwen Phillips]]
<h3>Gwen Phillips</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">BC First Nations Data Governance Initiative Champion, Ktunaxa Nation</p>
<p>Gwen is a citizen of the Ktunaxa Nation and has worked for the Ktunaxa Nation Council for the past thirty-nine years. She has held a variety of senior management positions, at times overseeing departments of Education, Health, Corporate Services, Traditional Knowledge and Language and for the past decade, functioning as part of the team leading the Ktunaxa Nation back to self-government.</p>
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A few things that Gwen has done:
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<li>Negotiated the first Local Education Agreements in BC </li>
<li>Established the first Community-based Healing and Intervention Program to address fetal alcohol exposure: CHIP </li>
<li>Chaired Aboriginal Education Advisory Committee at the East Kootenay Community College </li>
<li>Developed and Instructed First Nations Studies course at the College of the Rockies </li>
<li>Treaty Side Table Negotiator </li>
<li>Presented to Treasury Board’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Grants and Contributions </li>
<li>Public Educator and Facilitated Dialogue Engagement practitioner </li>
<li>Chaired First Nations Education Steering Committee </li>
<li>Negotiated MOU with Metis Nation BC to receive services through Ktunaxa government agencies </li>
<li>Established the design for the first person centric, population data warehouse in BC </li>
<li>Founded the BC First Nations Data Governance Initiative; initially a five-year tripartite initiative </li>
<li>Presented to Treasury Board’s Transparency Conference </li>
<li>Designer Poster Series: Nation to Nation, Determinants of Health, ICDNS Implementation </li>
<li>Keynote and presenter at numerous conferences, workshops and gatherings in First Nations Communities, in education settings such as Carleton University, for and with governments, and in international spaces </li>
<li>Co-Chair ISC Indigenous Community Development National Strategy Working Group </li>
<li>Worked with BC Office of the Human Rights Commissioner on the Grandmother Perspective on disaggregated data </li>
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<p>Gwen is currently championing the BC First Nations’ Data Governance Initiative (bcfndgi.com); a tripartite government initiative (federal, provincial and First Nations governments) with a key objective being that federal, provincial and First Nations governments, have timely access to quality data to plan, manage and account for investments and outcomes associated with First Nations well-being. As a member of the First Nations Health Council for 11 years, Gwen was part of the team that negotiated the transfer of Health Canada’s BC Region First Nations and Inuit Health Branch to First Nations control. She advances BC First Nations’ interests nationally in Data Governance, as a member of the First Nations Information Governance Centre Board.</p>
<p>Gwen is also assisting Indigenous Services Canada in the implementation of their Indigenous Community Development National Strategy; a co-developed approach to manage the shift from program-based funding and reporting relationships, to community-driven investments and reporting that is aligned with Community-driven, Nation-based development plans. She co-chairs along with ISC HQ, a national Working Group comprised of Indigenous Advisors from across the country, and federal government managers from Ottawa and the Regions. </p>
<p>Gwen has extensive experience in relationship building; she has developed and instructed First Nation Studies courses at the elementary, secondary and college levels and continues to function as a public educator. Her formal education is in Business Administration and she has operated her own small business, as a community planner, facilitator/trainer, artist and curriculum developer. </p>
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[[Image:Steve Rennie Photo.jpg|150px|Steve Rennie]]
<h3>Steve Rennie</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Director, Data-Driven Technologies, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada</p>
<p>Steve Rennie is the Director of Data-Driven Technologies at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). In this role, he leads a division focused on advancing the responsible and ethical adoption of advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence and robotic process automation. In June 2023, Steve and his team won the inaugural Public Service Data Challenge with a generative AI chatbot that offers conversational information on government programs in agriculture. Launching in February 2024, it marks the Government of Canada’s first public-facing generative AI chatbot. He also led the development of another AI tool that helps Access to Information officers quickly find duplicate documents and close matches, which AAFC has shared with other government departments and agencies. Prior to joining AAFC in 2021, he held progressively more senior roles at Natural Resources Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. A former journalist, Steve covered federal politics for nearly decade in the Parliamentary Bureau of the Canadian Press news agency and later served as the managing editor of Metro Ottawa.</p>
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[[Image:Elissa Strome photo.jpg|150px|Elissa Strome]]
<h3>Elissa Strome</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Executive Director, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research</p>
<p>Elissa Strome is the Executive Director of the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy at CIFAR. She works with leaders at Canada’s three national AI Institutes in Edmonton (Amii), Montreal (Mila), and Toronto (Vector Institute) and across the country to advance Canada’s leadership in AI research, training and innovation. She is a champion of equity, diversity and inclusion in science, and an ambassador for Canada’s position in AI research, innovation, and policy internationally. Elissa is a member of the federal government’s AI Advisory Council, where she co-chairs the Public Awareness Working Group, and the OECD Network of Experts on AI. </p>
<p>Elissa completed her PhD in Neuroscience at the University of British Columbia. Following a post-doc at Lund University, in Sweden, she decided to pursue a career in research strategy, policy, and leadership. From 2008 – 2017 she held senior leadership positions at University of Toronto’s Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, advancing major institutional strategic research priorities, including establishing and leading the SOSCIP research consortium. She recently earned her black belt in taekwondo. </p>
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[[Image:Jutta Treviranus photo.jpg|150px|Jutta Treviranus]]
<h3>Jutta Treviranus</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Director and Professor, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University</p>
<p>Jutta Treviranus is the Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) and professor in the faculty of Design at OCAD University in Toronto (http://idrc.ocadu.ca). Jutta established the IDRC in 1993 as the nexus of a growing global community that proactively works to ensure that our digitally transformed and globally connected society is designed inclusively. Dr. Treviranus also founded an innovative graduate program in inclusive design at OCAD University. Jutta is credited with developing an inclusive design methodology that has been adopted by large enterprise companies such as Microsoft, as well as public sector organizations internationally. In 2022 Jutta was recognized for her work in AI by Women in AI with the AI for Good – DEI AI Leader of the Year award.</p>
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[[Image:Joshua Turner photo.png|150px|Joshua Turner]]
<h3>Joshua Turner</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Senior Advisor, Application Development, Canada School of Public Service</p>
<p>Josh is a career technologist with experience spanning the public and private sectors, academia, consulting, and law enforcement. He’s provided deskside support, held the title of Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and everything in between. Josh rejoined the federal public service in 2020, sharing his knowledge and experiences to help create change. He currently leads tech activities on the Canada School of Public Service’s Public Sector Experimentation team.</p>
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[[Image:ChrisValiquet.png|150px|Christopher Valiquet]]
<h3>Christopher Valiquet</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Director, GC Data Community, Canada School of Public Service</p>
<p>Christopher Valiquet is the founding Director of the Government of Canada Data Community at the Canada School of Public Service. He is dedicated to building connections and solutions that help the federal public service to harness data for better decisions and operations.</p>
<p>Prior to this, he served as Senior Advisor at the Privy Council Office, where he supported the Prime Minister, Cabinet and the Clerk in navigating transition, setting priorities, defining policy and tracking implementation. Christopher began his public service career at the Office of the Auditor General over eighteen years ago. He then held progressively senior positions at Treasury Board Secretariat and Natural Resources Canada. His work has focused on improving economic competitiveness, environmental performance, social outcomes and the efficiency of government.</p>
<p>Christopher earned his BA (Honours) in International Development from the University of Guelph, and his MA in Public Policy and Administration from Concordia University.</p>
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[[Image:Carol Wilson photo.jpg|150px|Carol Wilson]]
<h3>Carol Wilson</h3>
<p class="jobtitle">Director, Advanced Analytics, Canada Post Corporation</p>
<p>As Director of Advanced Analytics, Carol is fully engaged in the data driven strategy and transformation at Canada Post. She leads of team of data scientists as they leverage cloud computing, machine learning and visualizations to fulfil their mandate to understand and optimize CPC’s business.</p>
<p>Carol is an engaging speaker, having presented at several international research conferences and national events including locations such as San Diego, Marrakesh and Toronto. She specializes in statistics and research methods, presenting topics such as Random Forest, Time Series Analysis and Natural Language Processing.</p>
<p>Carol holds a master’s degree in Experimental Psychology and Statistics from McMaster University and a bachelor’s degree from Mount Allison University. She currently resides in Ottawa, Ontario.</p>
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<h2>Moderators</h2>