2021 Data Conference/Presentations

DAY 1: FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Time	Session
11:00-11:05	Welcoming Remarks by Masters of Ceremonies Enrico del Castello, Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Liz McKeown, Faculty member, Digital Academy, Canada School of Public Service
11:05-11:15	Indigenous Welcome Gilbert Whiteduck, Former Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Chief
11:15-11:30	Welcome by Departmental co-hosts Catrina Tapley, Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Taki Sarantakis, President, Canada School of Public Service
11:30-11:45	Opening Remarks Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada, Statistics Canada

Time	Session
	PLENARY DISCUSSION
11:45–13:00	Data for Responsive Public Policy André Loranger, Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada Ima Okonny, Chief Data Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada Mireille Laroche, Chief Data Officer, Canada Revenue Agency Astrid Guttmann, Chief Science Officer, ICES, Ontario Moderated by: Kara Beckles, Director General, Privy Council Office
13:00–13:15	Health break featuring a video compilation of data applications from various departments (rolling presentation).
	FIRESIDE CHAT
13:15–14:15	The Value of Data for an Innovative and Inclusive Public Policy Rohinton Medhora, President, Centre for International Governance Innovation Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada, Statistics Canada Vik Pant, Chief Scientist and Chief Science Advisor, Natural Resources Canada Moderated by: Natasha Kim, Assistant Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Time	Concurrent Breakout Sessions
14:15-15:15	STREAM 1 DATA GOVERNANCE THEME: DATA STRATEGY Implementation of Data Strategies across the Government Tom Dufour, Director General, Statistics Canada Daniel MacDonald, Senior Director, Natural Resources Canada Julie McAuley, Chief Results and Delivery Officer, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Moderated by: Alain Beaudoin, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office STREAM 2 LEVERAGING DATA ASSETS THEME: DATA FOR POLICY, RESEARCH AND SERVICE Spotlight on Canadian Statistics Advisory Council 2020 Annual Report: Towards a Stronger National Statistical System Gail McDonald, Former Executive Director of First Nations Information Governance Centre and CSAC Member Howard Ramos, Chair of CSAC Board and Professor, Western University Jan Kestle, President and CEO, Environics and CSAC Member Moderated by: Céline Le Bourdais, Professor, McGill University and CSAC Member STREAM 3 DATA DEVELOPMENT AND USE THEME: CYBER SECURITY Data Defense in Support of Government of Canada COVID-19 Response Jean-Philippe Racicot, Supervisor, Strategic Cyber Threat Assessment Eric Bisaillon, Director, Security Architecture Lindsay MacDonald, Sector Lead, Health and Academia Sectors, Partnerships Moderated by: Don MacLeod, Director, Autonomous Defense and Sensors
15:15–15:30	Health break featuring a video compilation of data applications from various departments (rolling presentation).
15:30-16:30	STREAM 1 DATA GOVERNANCE THEME: DATA QUALITY & DATA STEWARDSHIP Ensuring Data Quality through Data Stewardship Lauren Aldwinckle, Manager, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Anton Bazilev, Manager and Jane Lin, Data Governance Analyst, Department of National Defense Crystal Sewards, Manager, Office of Chief Data Officer, Statistics Canada Moderated by: Sébastien Fleurant, Director, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada STREAM 2 LEVERAGING DATA ASSETS THEME: DATA ETHICS AND AI Data Ethics and AI Innovation Benoit Deshaies, A/Director, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Eric Rancourt, Director General, Statistics Canada Michelle Mann, General Counsel, and Patrick McEvenue, Senior Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Moderated by: Maryam Haghighi, Director, Bank of Canada STREAM 3 DATA DEVELOPMENT AND USE THEME: DATA SCIENCE APPLICATIONS Assessing Input Data and Resultant Model Accuracy Saeid Molladavoudi, Lead Data Scientist , Statistics Canada Stéphane Tremblay, Team Lead, National Research Council Canada Yvan Gauthier, Team Lead, Department of National Defence Moderated by: Monica Pickard, Section Chief, Statistics Canada
16:30–16:35	Closing Remarks for Day 1 by the Masters of Ceremonies

DAY 2: FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Time	Session
11:00-11:15	Welcoming Remarks by Masters of Ceremonies

Time	Session
	PLENARY DISCUSSION
11:15–12:30	Data Journalism: Truth Telling with Data Analysis and Visualizations for Public Interest Tom Cardoso, Data Journalist, Globe and Mail David McKie, Deputy Managing Editor, National Observer Jocopo Ottaviani, Chief Data Officer, Code for Africa Lauren Klein, Associate Professor, Emory University, co-author of Data Feminism (2020, MIT Press) Moderated by: Caroline Xavier, Associate Deputy Minister, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada
12:30–13:00	Health break featuring a video compilation of data applications from various departments (rolling presentation).
	FIRESIDE CHAT
13:00–14:00	Joys of Joining up: Bridging the Digital, Information Management and Data Worlds Stephen Burt, Chair of CDO Council; Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of National Defence Sandy Kyriakatos, Chief Data Officer , Canadian Border Services Agency Zaina Sovani, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Information Officer, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Moderated by: Marc Brouillard, A/Chief Information Officer of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Time	Concurrent Breakout Sessions
14:00-15:00	STREAM 1 DATA GOVERNANCE THEME: DATA STANDARDS AND METADATA Standards in Action: Emergence of Data Standards to Drive Business Outcomes David Barraclough, Manager, Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Benjamin Williams, Director, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation Meline Nearing-Hunter, Director and Benoit Deshaies, A/Director, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Daniel Gillman, Senior Research Scientist, US Labor Bureau of Statistics. Moderated by: Cory Chobanik, Director, Statistics Canada STREAM 2 LEVERAGING DATA ASSETS THEME: OPEN DATA International Lens: How Open Data is Helping to Solve COVID-19 Barbara Ubaldi, Deputy Head, Open and Innovative Government Division, Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Natalia Carfi, Deputy Director, Open Data Charter Nigel Jacob, Co-founder, Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, City of Boston Moderated by: Melanie Robert, Executive Director, Open Government, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat STREAM 3 DATA DEVELOPMENT AND USE THEME: DATA USE FOR RESULTS AND DELIVERY Data Partnerships and Infrastructures for Responsive Public Policy – case studies Donna Curtis Maillet, Professor, Health Data Research Network and University of New Brunswick Gillian Dawson, Director, Health Canada Vedmani Sharan, Policy Analyst, Employment and Social Development Canada Moderated by: Gabrielle Fitzgerald, Director, Infrastructure Canada
15:00–15:15	Health break featuring a video compilation of data applications from various departments (rolling presentation).
	Plenary Discussion
15:15–16:30	Data Literacy Matters Jane Crofts, Founder and CEO, Data to the People Yvan Clermont, Director General, Statistics Canada Ümit Kiziltan, Chief Data Officer, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Taki Sarantakis, President, Canada School of Public Service Moderated by: Neil Bouwer, Vice-President, Canada School of Public Service
16:30–16:35	Closing Remarks for Day 2 by Co-Hosts