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=== Samuel Marleau Ouellet ===

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'''Director, ~~Innovation~~ Hub, Innovation, Science and Economic Development ~~(ISED)~~'''

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'''Director, AI Hub, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada'''

Samuel Marleau Ouellet is the director of Innovation, Science and Economic Development’s AI Hub. His team is in charge of AI-related bilateral and multilateral initiatives, such as the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) and supports the Government of Canada AI Advisory Council. Samuel is also project director of the COVID-19 Exposure Notification App (COVID Alert) Advisory Council Secretariat and interim board member of the International Centre of Expertise in Montréal on Artificial Intelligence. Prior to that at ISED, he was the manager of the trade policy unit and senior industry analyst. He was also a senior trade policy analyst at Global Affairs Canada. Samuel graduated with a Ph.D. in Business Administration from HEC Montreal and a M.A. in political philosophy from Ottawa University. His research interests are in internationalization strategies and cultural management. Before joining the Canadian federal public service, he served as a senior political advisor in the government of the province of Quebec.

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=== The Honourable Joyce Murray ===

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'''Minister, Digital Government'''

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'''Minister of Digital Government'''

Minister Murray is a dedicated community leader with a deep commitment to environmental sustainability and democratic engagement. Her federal political career follows a 25-year career building an international reforestation company and four years serving in the Cabinet of the Government of British Columbia.

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=== Benoit Deshaies ===

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'''~~Acting Director,~~ Data and Artificial Intelligence, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat'''

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'''Data and Artificial Intelligence, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat'''

Benoit studied computer science at Carleton University in Ottawa. He is acting Director of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS). He directs the development of the Directive on Automated Decision-Making and the Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA). These policy tools ensure that Automated Decision Systems are deployed in a manner that reduces risks to Canadians and federal institutions, and lead to more efficient, accurate, consistent, and interpretable decisions made pursuant to Canadian law.

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=== Valentine Goddard ===

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'''~~Lawyer;~~ Founder and Executive Director, AI ~~Impact~~ Alliance'''

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'''Founder and Executive Director, AI Alliance'''

"Lawyer, mediator, interarts curator and artist, Valentine Goddard is the founder and executive director of AI Impact Alliance, an independent non-profit organization operating globally, whose mission is to facilitate an ethical and responsible implementation of artificial intelligence. It produces the annual conference AI on a Social Mission and the Art Impact AI workshops both resulting in inclusive AI policy recommendations.

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Sandy Kyriakatos Joined the Strategic Policy Branch on Monday, December 2, 2019 as the new Chief Data Officer, responsible for Data Analytics, Information Sharing and Access to Information and Privacy.

Sandy joined CDO from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), where in July 2016 she was appointed as the first Chief Data Officer in the GC. While implementing the Data Strategy Sandy spent the last three years maturing the data science capacity, data sharing, and data management at ESDC while championing a broad culture change around data. Prior to joining ESDC, she held a variety of positions in the private and public sector related to Data Analytics, Data Governance, Business Intelligence (BI) and Information Technology. She began her career in technical and advisory roles to and went on to lead organizational change in Analytics and Data. Her deep expertise across functional roles, industry verticals, and capabilities, brings unique insight into new role.

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~~=== Julie McAuley ===~~

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~~'''Chief Data Office, Results Delivery Unit, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada''' ~~

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Julie McAuley joined Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada in September 2017 as the department’s Chief Results and Delivery Officer. In this role, she leads the implementation of the department’s outcomes-focused results and delivery framework and is the responsible for the oversight and management of ISED’s Chief Data Office. Prior to joining ISED, she spent her career at Statistics Canada where she held a number of executive positions.

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=== Mauko Quiroga ===

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'''Policy & Engagement Officer (aka. gov. whisperer) @ beta.gouv.fr~~, Government of France~~'''

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'''Policy and Engagement Officer (aka. gov. whisperer) @ beta.gouv.fr'''

Mauko Quiroga is a Policy & Engagement Officer (aka. gov. whisperer) helping government deliver better digital services. He's a core member of French Prime Minister Services' [[beta.gouv.fr]] and [https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/ Etalab]. As a Government-as-a-Platform practitioner, he has contributed to services such as [https://transport.data.gouv.fr/ France's National Access Point for transport data] and [https://leximpact.an.fr/ Assemblée nationale's LexImpact]. He also contributes to [https://openfisca.org/en/ OpenFisca], under the patronage of the [https://agence-cohesion-territoires.gouv.fr/ Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires], to help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of rule-making processes, achieve better policy outcomes and transform public service delivery.

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=== Dara Renton ===

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'''Head, Product Management, Ontario Digital Service'''

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'''Head of Product Management, Ontario Digital Service'''

Dara leads the practice of product management at the Ontario Digital Service helping the public sector adapt to the internet era and unleashing the potential of digital in government through product management and human centred design.

Previously Dara built and led a digital team at Toronto Public Library transforming the online experience for millions of users.

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~~=== Julie Leese ===~~

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~~'''Chief Digital Officer, Transport Canada''' ~~

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~~Julie Leese became Transport Canada’s first Chief Digital Officer in January 2019~~

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~~Julie started her career in the public service 35 years ago in the field of geomatics~~

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~~with the Department of National Defence. She also worked with various~~

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~~departments such as Public Works, Agriculture Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat~~

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~~and Correctional Services Canada. Julie joined Transport Canada in 2016 as the~~

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~~Chief Information Officer (CIO), successfully modernizing the department’s IM/IT~~

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~~program to better enable employees and the delivery of the department’s~~

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~~In addition to her work at Transport Canada, Julie is also very active in the~~

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~~Government of Canada’s CIO community and is a member of the CIO Association of~~

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~~Canada. She has also established the CIO-X-Change that brings together Government of~~

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~~Canada CIO's to collaborate, exchange success stories and best practices and to drive~~

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=== Dave Carter ===

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'''Research Council Officer, Situational Awareness, National Research Council ~~Canada~~'''

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'''Research Council Officer, Situational Awareness, National Research Council'''

Dave Carter is an engineer with the Text Analytics group in the Information and Communications Technologies portfolio of National Research Council Canada. He obtained an M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Ottawa. He joined the NRC in 2006 and leads the development of NRC’s natural language processing platform for syndromic surveillance and situational awareness.

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=== Peter Yoon ===

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'''Manager, ~~Applied Sciences, Regulatory Operations~~ and ~~Enforcement Branch~~, Health Canada'''

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'''Manager, Rapid Experimentation and Innovation Space, Health Canada'''

Peter is an advocate of learning by doing. He leads an applied science experimentation division at Health Canada to test novel technologies within the compliance and enforcement domain.

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=== Bryan Paget ===

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'''Data Scientist, Regulatory Operations and Enforcement Branch, ~~Health Canada~~ Health Canada'''

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'''Data Scientist, Regulatory Operations and Enforcement Branch, Health Canada'''

Bryan is an open organization transformation powerhouse with a passion for open and F.A.I.R. data management and policy. Bryan works as a data scientist at Health Canada and his specialty is in natural language processing and all things Linux and open source.

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=== Brook Carrothers ===

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'''~~A/Chief~~, ~~Air Cargo~~ Security ~~Regulations, Transport Canada~~'''

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'''Manager, Passenger Protect Program and Targeting Operations, Aviation Security'''

Brook Carrothers is currently the Manager of the Pre-Load Air Cargo Targeting (PACT) Team at Transport Canada. She began her career at Transport Canada in 2008 with the Passenger Protect Program (Canada’s No-Fly List), transitioned to the intelligence group to lead the aviation file, and then contributed to the successful launch of the Air Cargo Security Program in 2016.

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=== Chesley Escott ===

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'''Projects Officer & Coordinator, Passenger Protect Program and Targeting Operations, PACT Unit, Aviation Security'''

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'''Projects Officer and Coordinator, Passenger Protect Program and Targeting Operations, PACT Unit, Aviation Security'''

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~~Ches~~ has worked with the Pre-load Air Cargo Targeting (PACT) for five years now, and is the creator of the Excel and Outlook based technology solutions which the new AI project will replace. Lately, he has helped to form a bridge of communication between the PACT world of aviation security and the artificial intelligence world of data science.

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Chesley has worked with the Pre-load Air Cargo Targeting (PACT) for five years now, and is the creator of the Excel and Outlook based technology solutions which the new AI project will replace. Lately, he has helped to form a bridge of communication between the PACT world of aviation security and the artificial intelligence world of data science.

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=== Julie McAuley ===

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'''Chief Data Officer, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada'''

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Julie McAuley joined Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada in September 2017 as the department’s Chief Results and Delivery Officer. In this role, she leads the implementation of the department’s outcomes-focused results and delivery framework and is the responsible for the oversight and management of ISED’s Chief Data Office. Prior to joining ISED, she spent her career at Statistics Canada where she held a number of executive positions.

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=== Mélanie Robert ===

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'''Executive Director, Open Government, ~~Office of the Chief Information Officer (~~Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)'''

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'''Executive Director, Open Government and Portals, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat'''

Mélanie Robert is the Executive Director of Open Government at the Treasury Board of

Canada Secretariat (TBS). She leads the Government of Canada’s efforts to open data and information and to increase accountability and citizen participation, and manages Canada’s Open Government and Open Data Portal ([http://open.canada.ca open.canada.ca]) as well as the Online Access to Information Request Service.

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=== Sarah Paquet ===

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'''Director, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada'''

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'''Director and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada'''

Sarah Paquet attended the University of Ottawa, earning her Civil Law degree in 1993 and her Common Law degree in 2001. Ms. Paquet started her federal public service career in the Department of Justice (DoJ) in 1997. She held various positions within DoJ including Health Canada Legal Services, before

becoming Executive Director and General Counsel for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Executive Director and Senior General Counsel for Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).

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=== Andrew Ng ===

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'''Founder ~~of DeepLearning.~~AI'''

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'''CEO, Founder, Landing AI; Co-Founder, Coursera; Adjunct Professor, Stanford University'''

Andrew Ng is Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Founder and CEO of Landing AI, General Partner at AI Fund, Chairman and Co-Founder of Coursera, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University. As a pioneer both in machine learning and online education, Dr. Ng has changed countless lives through his work and research in the field of artificial intelligence. He now focuses his time primarily on his entrepreneurial ventures, looking for the best ways to accelerate responsible AI practices in the larger global economy.

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=== Marc Brouillard ===

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'''Chief ~~Technology~~ Officer, ~~Treasury Board~~ of Canada ~~Secretariat~~'''

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'''Acting Chief Information Officer, Government of Canada'''

Marc Brouillard is the Chief Technology Officer for the Government of Canada, in the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and is currently acting as the interim Chief Information Officer of Canada at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Marc also served as deputy departmental CIO and acting departmental CIO at Treasury Board Secretariat.

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