Data Conference 2022 Agenda

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Day 1 - Wednesday 23 February 2022

11:00 to 11:30 am - Day 1 Welcoming remarks

• Hosts open Data Conference 2022
• Tom Dufour, Director General Strategic Data Management Branch, Statistics Canada
• Kara Beckles, Director General Data Integrity, Privy Council Office
• Welcome from Statistics Canada and Canada School of Public Service
• Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada, Statistics Canada
• Taki Sarantakis, President, Canada School of Public Service

11:30 am to 12:30 pm - Day 1 Morning concurrent sessions

DATA AS A PUBLIC GOOD

Data access and partnerships to inform the public

DATA FOUNDATIONS

Health data strategies and data sharing

• Eric Sutherland, Public Health Agency of Canada

DATA AS A PUBLIC GOOD

Building the future with responsible AI

• Foteini Agrafioti, Chief Science Officer – RBC and Head, Borealis AI
• Benoit Deshaies, Director, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
• Moderated by Sevgui Erman, Director Data Science Division, Statistics Canada

1:00 to 2:00 pm - Day 1 Keynote

Leveraging data as a competitive advantage and the role of the public sector

• Melissa Hathaway, President, Hathaway Global Strategies LLC

2:30 to 3:30 pm - Day 1 Afternoon concurrent sessions

DATA FOUNDATIONS

Data literacy

• Jane Crofts, Founder and CEO, Data To The People
• Valerie Logan, CEO and Founder, The Data Lodge, Inc
• Moderated by Erica Vezeau, Director General, Digital Academy, Canada School of Public Service

DATA AS A PUBLIC GOOD / DATA INSIGHTS THROUGH COLLABORATION

Chief Data Officer Council-sponsored session: Digital and data transformation

• Shaifa Kanji, Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
• Ima Okonny, Chief Data Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada
• Sandy Kyriakatos, Chief Data Officer, Canada Border Services Agency
• Moderated by Christopher Allison, Chief Data Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada

DATA AS A PUBLIC GOOD / DATA INSIGHTS THROUGH COLLABORATION

Data to support the environment and climate change

• Marjorie Shepherd, Climate Science 2050, Environment and Climate Change Canada

3:50 to 4:45 pm - Day 1 Fireside chat

Role of data and the digitization of government 

• Catherine Luelo, Chief Information Officer of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
• Introduced by Vidya Shankarnarayan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Information Systems Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

4:45 to 4:50 pm - Day 1 Closing remarks

• Hosts close Day 1 of Data Conference 2022
• Tom Dufour, Director General Strategic Data Management Branch, Statistics Canada
• Kara Beckles, Director General Data Integrity, Privy Council Office

Day 2 - Thursday 24 February 2022

11:00 to 11:15 am - Day 2 Welcoming remarks

• Hosts open Data Conference 2022
• Tom Dufour, Director General Strategic Data Management Branch, Statistics Canada
• Kara Beckles, Director General Data Integrity, Privy Council Office
• Welcome message

11:15 am to 12:15 pm - Day 2 Morning concurrent sessions

DATA AS A PUBLIC GOOD / DATA INSIGHTS THROUGH COLLABORATION

New perspectives on Indigenous data

• Christiane Fox, Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada
• Daniel Quan-Watson, Deputy Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

DATA AS A PUBLIC GOOD

Artificial Intelligence-driven service delivery for Canadians

DATA AS A PUBLIC GOOD / DATA INSIGHTS THROUGH COLLABORATION

Disaggregated data: Equity, diversity and inclusion

• Shaida Badiee, Managing Director, Open Data Watch
• Howard Ramos, University of Western Ontario
• Moderated by Jeff Latimer, Director General Health, Justice, Diversity and Populations, Statistics Canada

2:15 to 3:15 pm - Day 2 Afternoon concurrent sessions

DATA AS A PUBLIC GOOD

Data technologies and data as a public good

• Stefaan G.Verhulst, Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Office, Governance Laboratory @NYU

DATA INSIGHTS THROUGH COLLABORATION

Information-enabled data sharing

• Stephen Burt, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Defense
• Pierre Desrochers, Director, Office of Privacy Management and Information Coordination, Statistics Canada
• Moderated by Sonya Read, Assistant Secretary, Digital and Services Policy, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

DATA AS A PUBLIC GOOD

Data-fueled economic recovery and strategic global competitiveness

• Marie-France Paquet, Chief Economist and Director General, Global Affairs Canada

3:35 to 4:30 pm - Day 2 Fireside chat

Privacy, Sharing, Public Good

• Chantal Bernier, National Practice Leader, Privacy and Cybersecurity, Dentons

4:30 to 4:45 pm - Day 2 Summary

• Hosts close Day 2 of Data Conference 2022
• Tom Dufour, Director General Strategic Data Management Branch, Statistics Canada
• Kara Beckles, Director General Data Integrity, Privy Council Office