Regula (Reggie) Modlich
Urban Planner · Toronto Women's City Alliance
Urban planner, focusing on gender issues, active in the Toronto Women's City Alliance
Community Outreach Women's Rights Equality Rights Sociology Institutional Development
Dr. Raphael (Rafi) Hofstein
President & CEO · MaRS Innovation
Turning academic ideas into commercial realities
Corporate & Business Strategy Early-Stage Investing Life Sciences and Healthcare Technology Transfer Commercialization of Innovation
Shikha Bhuchar
Co-Founder, Arrive | Director, RBC Ventures · Arrive
Shikha Bhuchar is a proactive, purpose-driven leader who is passionate about solving complex customer and community-based challenges.
Networking Mentoring Data Analytics Digital Transformation Business Analysis
Wayne Roberts
principal · Will Work for Food Policy
engaging speaker; expert on food issues ; connects local food, jobs, health and environment
Local Food Production Sustainable Food Green Jobs Food Charters Community Organizing & Development
Vince Rozario
Curator · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Vince Rozario is an curator focusing on issues of decolonizing the canon, multiple modernities, queer diasporas, and transnational futures.
Canadian Art History Community Organization Writing Curation Art History
Don Duval
Chief Executive Officer · NORCAT
Experienced, dynamic, and engaging speaker on an array of topics related to innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship
Turnaround Strategies Entrepreneurship Academic Research Commercialization
Kristina R. Llewellyn
Associate Professor, Department of Social Development Studies · Renison University College, University of Waterloo
Professor Llewellyn studies the Education, History, and Equity.
Women's History Citizenship Education Oral History History Education History of Education
Petra Molnar
Associate Director · Refugee Law Lab, Osgoode Hall Law School
Refugee and migration issues; technology and human rights; immigration detention; and the relationship between law, society, and culture
Technology and human rights Anthropology of Migration Ethnography and Ethnographic Writing Women's Rights Refugee and Human Rights Issues
Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui
Professor, Sociologist & Researcher, DEI Expert · Sheridan College
DEI, Social Inequality; Immigration; Integration; Refugees; Racism; Islamophobia; Deviance; Radicalization; Terrorism; Hate Crimes.
Sociology Social Activism Politics Global Media and Culture Immigration and Ethnicity Immigration and Citizenship
Veronica Kitchen
Associate Professor of Political Science · University of Waterloo and Balsillie School of International Affairs
Associate Prof of Political Science, University of Waterloo & Balsillie School of International Affairs
International Security Counter-Terrorism National Security Foreign Policy Canada-United States relations
Amir Hussain
Professor and Chair of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Interfaith Dialogue Islam and Muslim Lives in the United States; Muslim Communities in North America Religion on Film and Television
Natasha Chaykowski
Curator · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Natasha Chaykowski is a joint winner of the 2014 Middlebrook Prize.
Art Art History Curatorial Projects Grant Writing Contemporary Art
Lawrence Surtees
Research Vice President, Communications · International Data Corporation (IDC)
Over forty years experience following new technologies and trends and providing thought leadership on the Canadian communications market
Canadian Communications Policy and Regulatory Issues Canadian Communications Service Providers Wireless Communications Telecom Industry Structure and Trends Optical Network Technology
Dr. Goldie Nejat
Associate Professor · Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto
Goldie Nejat, PhD, P.Eng. is the Founder and Director of the Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics (ASBLab) Laboratory
Biomedical Engineering Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Engineering Applied Mechanics and Design Robotics, Mechatronics and Instrumentation Human Factors/Ergonomics
Maya Wilson-Sanchez
Curator, Writer, and Researcher · C Magazine, OCAD University
Maya Wilson-Sanchez is a curator and writer based in Toronto.
Curatorial Studies Performance Art Indigenous Art Art History Visual and Critical Studies
Marie Anne Mayeski
Emeritus Professor of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Allyson Hewitt
Director, SiG@MaRS and Director, Social Entrepreneurship · MaRS Discovery District
Creating the conditions that expand the realm of entrepreneurship so it incorporates a strong social component is what SiG@MaRS achieves
Social Innovation Social Finance Nonprofit Management Fundraising Social Enterprise
Ken Greenberg
Principal · Greenberg Consultants Inc.
Can you see what I see? Engage your imagination and improve your community with Greenberg Consultants award-winning urban designer
Urban Planning Green Development Sustainable Development Green Architecture Transforming Cities
Manish Nargas
Research Manager, Consumer and Mobile Research · International Data Corporation (IDC)
Manish provides a unique lens on the Canadian consumer technology and services markets.
Residential TV Services Connected Consumer Consumer Technology Consumer Services Smart Home Technology
Molly Youngkin
Professor of English · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Nineteenth-Century British Literature Romantic and Victorian Literature Gender Studies and Narrative Theory