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Speaker Biographies
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Samuel Marleau Ouellet
Director, Innovation Hub, Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED)
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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Jim Provost
Lead Data Scientist, Lixar IT
Jim Provost is the Lead Data Scientist at Lixar. An accomplished speaker, teacher, and developer, Jim brings more than two decades of software development and machine learning experience and passion to his work.
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Jesse Hirsh
Futurist, Researcher, Internet Strategist and Canada School of Public Service Digital Fellow
Jesse Hirsh is based out of Lanark County, Ontario, and has over 25
years experience as a technology researcher, ethicist, public speaker,
broadcaster, and futurist. He writes a daily newsletter called
Metaviews and works with organizations to help them use technology
strategically and responsibly. He has an MA from Ryerson University in
algorithmic media, and his current work focuses on the governance and
ethics of artificial intelligence, data protection, and privacy. Jesse
was a digital fellow with the Canada School of Public Service’s
Digital Academy and a member of the Advisory Council for the
Certificate in Machine Learning at York University’s School of
Continuing Studies. An avid (social) entrepreneur, Jesse operates the
Academy of the Impossible, a peer to peer lifelong learning network,
and Ottawa Valley Smart Farms, an agricultural technology company.
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Dr. Sarah Shoker
Postdoctoral Fellow and Founder, Glassbox Inc.
Dr. Sarah Shoker is a postdoctoral fellow in political science at the University of Waterloo, where she uses empirical methods to research the social and policy impact of emerging technologies. She is a SSHRC 2020-2022 postdoctoral fellow, along with being the winning beneficiary for the 2019-2020 University of Waterloo Trailblazer Postdoctoral Fellowship.
She is the founder of Glassbox, a social impact firm that trains stakeholders in government and the tech sector to identify the social impact of AI systems. Her work is highly requested by government policymakers and garnered an invitation from Canada’s head of state, the Governor General Julie Payette, to participate in a delegation to Lithuania and Estonia. Dr. Shoker was invited into the Government of Canada’s Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence as a member of the Public Awareness Working Group. Her past work also includes a commission by Global Affairs Canada to write a report on the gendered effects of digital information communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of international security. Her report will be used to help mainstream gender into the Government of Canada’s national cybersecurity policy. Dr. Shoker has been the keynote speaker at the Data Exploitation Conference hosted by Public Safety Canada, where she had the opportunity to speak about algorithmic fairness and ethics to FiveEyes partner agencies. And whether she is speaking on panels sponsored by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, to think tanks like the Centre for International Governance Innovation, or with United Nations member states, she always strives to use her research to bridge the gap between stakeholders who often have very different ideas about AI’s role in society.
Most recently, Dr. Shoker’s book on gender, technology, and war was published in October 2020 by Palgrave MacMillan under the title Military-Age Males in U.S Counterinsurgency and Drone Warfare. You can follow her on Twitter @SarahShoker.
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