Data Conference 2022 Agenda

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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

10:00 to 11:00 am - Pre-event networking

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11:00 to 11:30 am - Opening plenary

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

11:30 am to 12:30 pm - Concurrent sessions

DATA FOUNDATIONS

Health data strategies and data sharing

• Eric Sutherland, Executive Director, Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy
• James Van Loon, Director General, Health Canada
• Moderated by Lynn Barr-Telford, Assistant Chief Statistician, Social, Health and Labour Statistics Field, Statistics Canada

DATA AS A PUBLIC GOOD

Building the future with responsible AI

• Foteini Agrafioti, Chief Science Officer, RBC and Head, Borealis AI
• Cynthia Rudin, Professor of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, statistical science, mathematics, and biostatistics & bioinformatics, Duke University
• Benoit Deshaies, Acting Director of data and artificial intelligence, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
• Moderated by Sevgui Erman, Director and Chief Data Scientist, Statistics Canada

DATA INSIGHTS THROUGH COLLABORATION

Data access and partnerships to inform the public

• Johanne Provençal, Research Program Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network
• Ted McDonald, Director, New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training, and Professor, University of New Brunswick
• Celine Teo, PhD candidate, Brock University (Co-winner National Policy Challenge)
• Sukhdeep Kaur, Epidemiologist, Niagara Region Public Health (Co-winner National Policy Challenge)

1:00 to 2:00 pm - Keynote address

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

• Melissa Hathaway, President, Hathaway Global Strategies LLC
• Introduced by Taki Sarantakis, President, Canada School of Public Service

2:30 to 3:30 pm - 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

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, Director General and Chief Data Officer, Centre for Data Management, Innovation and Analytics, Corporate Data and Surveillance Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada

DATA INSIGHTS THROUGH COLLABORATION

Data to support the environment and climate change

• Shawn Marshall, Departmental Science Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Ryan Hum, Vice-President of Data and Chief Information Officer, Canada Energy Regulator
• Moderated by François Soulard, Research Manager, Environment Energy Statistics Division, Statistics Canada

3:50 to 4:45 pm - Fireside chat

Role of data and the digitization of government 

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

4:45 to 4:50 pm - Closing remarks

• Crystal Sewards, Manager, Office of the Chief Data Officer, Statistics Canada
• Chris Valiquet, Director, GC Data Community, Canada School of Public Service

5:00 to 6:00 pm - Post Day 1 networking

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

10:00 to 11:00 am - Pre-Day 2 networking

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11:00 to 11:15 am - Opening plenary

• Emcees 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 - Concurrent sessions

DATA FOUNDATIONS

New perspectives on Indigenous data

• Christiane Fox, Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada
• Daniel Quan-Watson, Deputy Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Harold Calla, Executive Chair, First Nations Financial Management Board

DATA AS A PUBLIC GOOD

Artificial Intelligence-driven service delivery for Canadians

• Martin Lessard, Director, Employment and Social Development Canada
• Wassim El-Kass, Assistant Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
• Maryam Haghighi, Director, Data Science, Bank of Canada
• Moderated by Yvan Gauthier, Head, Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, National Research Council of Canada

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

12:45 to 1:45 pm - Fireside chat

Data governance, beyond data strategies

• Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada, Statistics Canada
• Chantal Guay, CEO, Standards Council of Canada
• Francis Bilodeau, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
• Interviewed by Taki Sarantakis, President, Canada School of Public Service

2:15 to 3:15 pm - Concurrent sessions

DATA FOUNDATIONS

Data-fueled economic recovery and strategic global competitiveness

• Stephen Tapp, Chief Economist, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
• Marie-France Paquet, Chief Economist, Global Affairs Canada
• Moderated by Greg Peterson, Assistant Chief Statistician, Economic Statistics, Statistics Canada

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, New York University
• Jennifer Miller, Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
• Moderated by Marc Brouillard, Chief Digital Officer, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

DATA INSIGHTS THROUGH COLLABORATION

Information-enabled data sharing

• Stephen Burt,Assistant Deputy Minister, Data, Innovation, Analytics, Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces
• Pierre Desrochers, Director/Chief Privacy Officer, Office of the Privacy Management and Information Coordination, Statistics Canada
• Moderated by Sonya Read, Assistant Secretary, Digital and Services Policy, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

3:35 to 4:30 pm - Keynote address

Privacy Frameworks and data for public good

• Chantal Bernier, National Practice Leader, Privacy and Cybersecurity, Dentons
• Introduced by Eric Rancourt, Director General, Modern Statistical; Methods and Data Science, Statistics Canada

4:30 to 5:00 pm - Summary

• André Loranger, Assistant Chief Statistician, Strategic Data Management, Methods and Analysis, Statistics Canada
• Neil Bouwer, Vice-President, Canada School of Public Service

5:00 to 6:00 pm - Post event networking

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