Featured Speakers
Rick Burns
Ministerial Assistant for the Department of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions, Government of Nova Scotia
Jennifer LaPlante
Deputy Minister, Department of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions, Government of Nova Scotia
Alex Ikejiani
Deputy Attorney General and Deputy Minister of Justice, Government of Nova Scotia
Chris Morrissey
Deputy Minister of the Department of Growth and Development, Government of Nova Scotia
Arlene Williams
Associate Deputy Minister, Chief Digital Officer, Department of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions, Government of Nova Scotia
Clay Bates
Executive Director, AI & Cloud Engineering, Department of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions, Government of Nova Scotia
Daniel St.George
Enterprise Strategy Leader, Consulting, IBM
Digital Services, Citizen Experience & AI Track
Cynde Faulkner
Assistant Deputy Minister - Corporate Services and Community Funding (ELG), Government of New Brunswick
Lisa Baker Worthman
Assistant Deputy Minister, Early Learning and Child Development Division, Department of Education, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Wendy MacDermott
Chief Experience Officer, Department of Social Development, Government of New Brunswick
Meranda McLaughlin
Executive Director, Project & Advisory Services, Government of New Brunswick
Valerie Kelly
Director of Innovation and Transformation, Government of New Brunswick
Dr. Chris Boulter
Senior Executive Director (Pre-primary to Grade 12), Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Dr Paul Ralph
Professor, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University
Olesia Kazantseva
Senior Technical Advisor, Shared Services Canada
Scott Syms
Senior Technical Advisor, Shared Services Canada
Christine Landry
Global Healthcare Partner, Kyndryl Consult
Alaisdar Graham
Executive Counselor, Info‑Tech Research Group
Cyber, Technology, Data & AI Integration Track
Tony Daye
Chief Digital Officer, Finance and Treasury Board, Government of New Brunswick
Christopher Clissold
Chief Information Officer, Director General IT, IM Administration and Privacy, Department of Veterans Affairs, Government of Canada
Steven Carrigan
Senior Director, Data & Analytics, Nova Scotia Health
Owen Sagness
Chief Executive Officer, Digital Nova Scotia
Frank Robichaud
Corporate Information Security Officer, SNB Technology Services Division, Government of New Brunswick
Dr Mike Smit
Dean, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University
Dorothy Eng
Chief Executive Officer, Code for Canada
Patrick Hamel
Manager, Solutions Consulting, Palo Alto
Nader Shureih
Senior Vice President, Public Sector - Canada, Environics Analytics
Keith Yim Lim
Principal Solution Engineer, BMC Helix
Jon Barry
National AI Centre of Excellence Leader, MNP
Faud Abdi
Sr. Account Director, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, LinkedIn