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** DRAFT ** Data Conference 2022: Speakers ** DRAFT **
Anil Arora
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Participating in Day 1 Opening Remarks
Shaida Badiee
Managing Director, Open Data Watch
Shaida Badiee is Managing Director of Open Data Watch, an NGO focused on monitoring and promoting open data in national statistical offices. She brings 36 years of experience in managing global development statistics at the World Bank and the long-time Director of the Development Data Group. In 2010, she led the World Bank’s Open Data Initiative, a ground-breaking program to provide full and free access to the World Bank’s extensive statistical databases. Today she works closely with partners such as Data2X, PARIS21, UN Statistics Division and others to harness the full potential of data for sustainable development.
Participating in Day 2 Morning concurrent sessions
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Kara Beckles
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Master of Ceremonies for Data Conference 2022
Chantal Bernier
National Practice Leader, Privacy and Cybersecurity, Dentons
Chantal Bernier leads Dentons’ Canadian Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group. She is also a member of the Firm’s Government Affairs and Public Policy group. As Assistant and Interim Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Chantal led national and international privacy investigations in the public and private sectors, as well privacy audits, privacy impact assessment reviews, technological analysis, and privacy policy development and research. Chantal leverages her years in high-ranking positions at the Government of Canada to provide clients with strategic counsel. She is also a member of Statistics Canada’s Advisory Council on the Modernization of Microdata Data Access and of the Standards Council of Canada’s Steering Committee on Canadian Data Governance Standardization Collaborative.
Participating in Day 2 Fireside chat: Privacy, Sharing, Public Good
Stephen Burt
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Jane Crofts
Founder and CEO, Data To The People
Jane Crofts is the founder of Data To The People and creator of Databilities®, the world’s first evidence-based data literacy competency framework. She works as a consultant, teacher, and advocate for data literacy across the globe, with clients spanning federal government departments, large private companies, not-for-profits, and healthcare and education providers. In her role as founder of Data To The People, Jane assists these organisations to assess their data literacy and to develop tools and resources to grow their competency in this area. Jane sits on the Advisory Board for The Data Literacy Project - a group of respected visionaries brought together to further the future of data literacy globally. Data To The People is a founding member of The Data Literacy Project.
Participating in Day 1 Afternoon concurrent session: Data Foundation
Tom Dufour
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Master of Ceremonies for Data Conference 2022
Sevgui Erman
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Participating in Data Science (moderator)
Christiane Fox
Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada
Christiane Fox was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Indigenous Services in September 2020. She is also the Deputy Minister Champion of the Federal Youth Network. Prior to her appointment, Christiane had been the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs since November 2019, and the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth from June 2017 to November 2019. She also held several positions at the Privy Council Office, including Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Communications and Consultations, Director of Operations, Policy, in the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Relations Secretariat, and Director General of Communications. Christiane started her career as a Communications Advisor at Industry Canada, now Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, where she worked in Communications, and in Science Policy. She also spent a year with the Competition Policy Review Secretariat, as the Director of Communications and Consultations. Christiane has a BA in Mass Communications and Psychology from Carleton University, and is a graduate of the University of Ottawa’s Masters Certificate Program in Public Administration.
Participating in New perspectives on Indigenous data
Chantal Guay
CEO, Standards Council of Canada
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Participating in Deputy Minister Panel: Data governance beyond data strategies
Melissa Hathaway
President, Hathaway Global Strategies LLC
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Participating in Leveraging data as a competitive advantage and the role of the public sector
Shaifa Kanji
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Sandy Kyriakatos
Chief Data Officer, Canada Border Services Agency
Sandy Kyriakatos Joined the Strategic Policy Branch on Monday, December 2, 2019 as the new Chief Data Officer, responsible for Data Analytics, Data Governance, Data Science, 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.
Participating in Digital and data transformation
Jeff Latimer
Director General, Health, Justice, Diversity and Populations, Statistics Canada
Jeff Latimer is the Director General responsible for health, justice, diversity and population data at Statistics Canada. He holds a PhD in Criminology and a Master’s Degree in Social Work, both of which focused on the intersection between health and justice. Throughout his 25 year career as a research and executive, Dr. Latimer has held a number of senior positions in the federal government including at CIHR, Justice Canada, and Correctional Services Canada. Dr. Latimer is currently focused on improvements in the quality, accessibility, and analysis of disaggregated data to better serve Canadians.
Participating in Disaggregated data: Equity, diversity, and inclusion (moderator)
Valerie A Logan
CEO & Founder, The Data Lodge, Inc
Founding The Data Lodge in 2019, Valerie is as committed to data literacy as it gets. With advisory services, bootcamps, and a peer community at The Data Lodge, she is certifying the world’s first Data Literacy Program Leads across commercial, nonprofit and public sectors. Previously, Valerie was a Gartner Research Vice President in the Chief Data Officer research team. She pioneered the Data Literacy research and the “speaking of data” by creating Information as a Second Language ® (ISL). For this work, she was awarded Gartner’s Top Thought Leadership Award in 2018. Valerie has more than 28 years of experience, including two decades in consulting and five years in telecommunications. In 2021, Ms. Logan was included in the Data Power Women List by CDO Magazine, and in 2018, she was named as a finalist for “Data Leader of the Year” at the Information Age Women in IT Awards. She was also recognized as a pioneer in consulting by Consulting Magazine in 2008 as one of 8 top women in global consulting. Valerie holds a B.S. in Math from SUNY College at Buffalo and an M.S. in Applied Math from New Mexico State. She is based in the Adirondack Mountains with her husband Brian in Brant Lake, New York.
Participating in Day 1 Afternoon concurrent session: Data Foundation
Catherine Luelo
Chief Information Officer of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Catherine Luelo is a Deputy Minister at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and the Chief Information Officer of Canada. Prior to her appointment as CIO in July 2021, Catherine was the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Air Canada, where she was responsible for the Information Technology systems that support and enable Air Canada’s global business. In this role, she additionally led innovation in the artificial intelligence space while managing the security and reliability of Air Canada’s worldwide systems in an operational landscape that substantially shifted during the global pandemic. From 2001-2017, Catherine held senior management and executive roles at major Canadian companies, including Enbridge Inc., WestJet Airlines Ltd., and TELUS Communications. Catherine holds an MBA from Athabasca University in Alberta and a BSc from the University of Alberta. From 2018-2021, she served on the Board of Directors for scale ai, the Montreal-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) supercluster that aspires to increase competitive advantage for Canada globally in AI . She has also served as a Board Member for Creative Destruction Labs, as well as serving as Chair for Health Canada’s Industry Advisory Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing, Screening, Tracing and Data Management. Catherine is a proud mother of two children and is a fierce advocate for mental health. In March 2020, she was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Foundation and participates regularly as a panelist and speaker on Mental Health in the workplace.
Participating in Day 1 Fireside Chat
Daniel Quan-Watson
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Daniel Quan-Watson is a proud public servant who is passionate about the role that public institutions play in shaping Canada and the lives of Canadians. His appointment at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Indigenous Affairs is his fifth appointment as a Deputy Minister, having been Deputy Minister (and previously Associate Deputy Minister) of Western Economic Diversification, Chief Human Resources Officer for the Government of Canada and Chief Executive Officer, Parks Canada. Much of his career has focused on work with Indigenous peoples and issues, having been the Senior Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy and Strategic Direction at the former Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Director General of the Aboriginal Justice Directorate at the federal Department of Justice, and Director of Aboriginal and Territorial Relations at INAC’s Northwest Territories Regional Office. With the Government of British Columbia, he was Director of Treaty Implementation and Settlement Legislation where he led the development of the Nisga’a Final Agreement Act (British Columbia) among other major initiatives and, with the Government of Saskatchewan where he was responsible for first negotiations between provincial Department of Education and what was then the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. In the context of these positions, he played key roles in the negotiation of modern treaties, specific claims and many other agreements and processes. He was also the lead for several key legislative initiatives, litigation files and alternative justice programs. He has worked with Inuit, Métis and First Nation governments, communities and entities in every jurisdiction across Canada, and has lived in British Columbia, Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec. Beyond this experience, Daniel has significant background in economic development and innovation issues, federal-provincial-territorial relations, labour relations and human resources issues, and cultural and ecological heritage matters. He has represented Canada on numerous issues at forums around the world and has represented the federal government in several national federal-provincial-territorial forums. Daniel is a pilot, sang for a time with the Regina Philharmonic Choir, has taught firearms safety and hunting courses, and has represented Canada in French, English and Spanish. His record for riding a Harley-Davidson from Ottawa to Edmonton is 46 hours and 10 minutes, one he intends never to repeat or beat.
Participating in New perspectives on Indigenous data
Harold Ramos
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Taki Sarantakis
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Participating in Day 1 Opening Remarks
Naël Shiab
Data Journalist, Radio-Canada
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Stefaan G Verhulst
Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer, Governance Laboratory @NYU (GovLab)
Stefaan G Verhulst is Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory @NYU (GovLab) where he is building an action-research foundation on how to transform governance using advances in science, data and technology. Verhulst’s latest scholarship centers on how technology can improve people’s lives and the creation of more effective and collaborative forms of governance. Specifically, he is interested in the perils and promise of collaborative technologies and how to harness the unprecedented volume of information to advance the public good.
Participating in Data technologies and data as a public good
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