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Past speakers

Margo Purcell

Co-founder and CEO of InceptionU

Kate Carter

AI Program Manager

Meghan Donohoe

Co-founder, Pebble and Principal, Humane Leadership

Lulu Mashonganyika

Founder, LiiT Care Connect

Ibrahim Mohamed

Sr. Commercial Account Manager, BDC

Jessica Hulsman

President on the Board of CFA Society Calgary and Treasurer on the Board of Vertigo Theatre

Julian Klymochko

Founder, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of Accelerate

Tim Carwell

CEO, the CommAlert Group

Paul Twigg

Chief Technology Officer, Digital Commerce Bank

Paisley Churchill

Chief Product Officer at Carepal

Art Proctor

Founder and CEO Indigitech Destiny

Austen Rowden

CEO & Founder of Rowden Digital.

Claire Dixon

CEO and Co-Founder of Neuraura

Pauline Chan

Head of Lawyer Experience and Lawyer-in-Residence

Ben Reeves

SVP, Data Science & Engineering, Viewpoint Investment Partners

Mohamed Zohiri

Legal Counsel and FinTech Adviser at the Alberta Securities Commission

Avery Francis

Founder and CEO of Bloom

Sepideh Bahadoripour

Data Scientist at Bosspac Technologies

Chelsea Squires

Senior Manager, Data Science at ATB Financial

Jenny Kay Pollock

Founder, Women and AI

Lana Dubinskiy

Women And AI Founder and Digital Services Expert AI Product, Executive Office of the President of the United States.

Yukun Zhang

Director, AI Governance and Responsible AI, ATB Financial

Emma Stanley

PhD candidate, University of Calgary, Biomedical Engineering program

Caley Shukalek

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for PurposeMed

Michael Vecchiarelli

Director of Customer Experience, clearmotive marketing.

Alicia Wight

Co-founder, Pebble

Sarah Coleman

Communications lead, CSV Midstream Solutions

John Mortimer

Chief Technology Officer for Computer Modelling Group (CMG)

Joan Vlasschaert

Senior Manager of Data Science at AltaML

Leen Li

Chief Executive Officer at Wealthsimple Foundation

Shawn Mahoney

Founder, Spare Parts and Gasoline

Karrie Van Belle

Fractional CMO, Consultant

Tonya Fleming

Leader, Private Markets & Innovation, Alberta Securities Commission

Sandi Gilbert

CEO, InterGen

Jodi Kovitz

CEO, Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA)

Naqaash Pirani

Head of Digital Strategy, Adobe Canada

Ann Handley

Chief Content Officer, MarketingProfs

Frances Haugen

Transparency & Accountability Advocate, Beyond the Screen

Kamales Lardi

CEO, Lardi & Partner, Author and Senator, G20 WBAF

Dr. Michael Geist

Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, University of Ottawa

Julian Joseph

Senior Product Manager, TELUS

Brenda Beckedorf

Co-founder. Society 5.0

Marcus Daniels

Founding Partner & CEO, Highline Beta

April Hicke

Chief Growth Officer, Toast

Derek Armstrong

Director, Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund (OCIF)

Colleen Pound

Co-Founder and CEO, Proxure

Christa Hill

Co-Founder, Tacit Edge

Niva

Artificial intelligence-powered strategic avatar

Kirstine Stewart

Former Chief Revenue Officer, Pex

Dr. William Barry

AI ethicist, leadership consultant, education futurist

Alicia Kalozdi MacMillan

mesh innovation showcase

Bobbie Racette

CEO of Virtual Gurus and askBetty

Charles Buchanan

CEO, Technology Helps

Sabrina Sullivan

Strategic Foresight lead with Foresight Factory

Dr. Andreas Fraunberger

Managing Director and XR Producer, Junge Römer

Amrita Gurney

Head of Marketing, Float

Paige Dansinger

Top 25 Women in the Metaverse

Amy Peck

Founder & CEO, EndeavorXR

Mary Jane Dykeman

Partner and Co-Founder, INQ Law

Alison Sunstrum

CEO, CNSRV-X Inc.

Tyler Chisholm

CEO, clearmotive marketing group

Lauren Dwyer

Assistant Professor with Mount Royal University's Information Design undergraduate program.

Terry Rock

President & CEO, Platform Calgary

Temi Okesanya

CEO and Founder, Road Aider

Maria Bot Digital

Artificial intelligence-powered strategic avatar

Juliana Loh

Virtual reality world builder and interactive artist

Mathew Ingram

Chief Digital Writer, Columbia Journalism Review

Chris Hogg

President, Digital Journal Group

Chris Wolfenberg

Partner, Dentons

Sean Crump

Founder and CEO, Included By Design

Iman Bashir

CEO, Craftly.AI

Leta LaRush

Director of Innovation, BASF Canada

Christine Gillies

Chief Product and Marketing Officer, Blackline Safety

Mark Fairbanks

Co-Founder/Executive Director, Islands of Brilliance

Sue Rooney

CEO, Women of the Future

Ha Nguyen

Partner, McRock Capital

Stuart MacDonald

Venture Capitalist, Narrative Fund

Shelley Kuipers

Co-CEO, The51

Deborah Yedlin

President & CEO, Calgary Chamber of Commerce

Kwame Asiedu

Co-CEO, Braintoy

Ashima Chopra

Founder, Ashima Awakening

Maria Gomez Rachelle

CEO, Living Leadership Today

Sheri Moore

Creative Director & Partner, MCC

Mark Graham

Chief Brand Officer, commonsku

Tracey Bodnarchuk

CEO, Canada Powered by Women

Wilson Acton

Managing Partner, Tall Grass Ventures

Jake Surrey

Head of Digital, North America, Fountain Partnership

Tamara Woolgar

Executive Director, A100

Jason McFadden

VP Growth, Build with Assembly

Scott King

Digital strategist

Alison Pidskalny

Strategic Advisor, Pixelated Ventures

David Potter

Director of Marketing