Meet the 2026 Speakers
Practitioners, innovators, and leaders sharing what’s actually working in AI today. The full lineup for November 5 is being finalized — speakers will be announced here as each one is confirmed.
World-Class Speakers. Grounded in What Works.
We’re curating a lineup of practitioners, innovators, and leaders who have one thing in common: they’ve moved from disruption to direction, and they’re ready to show you how.
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Diane Gutiw
VP, AI Research & Strategic Advisory, CGI
Diane holds a PhD where she conducted doctoral research on medical AI/expert system solution…
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Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie
CTO, Inspiren
Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie leads engineering at Inspiren, an AI-powered ecosystem for senior living communities. She’s…
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David Leangen
Director of Software, Data & AI, Miraterra Technologies
David Leangen focuses on how organizations adopt AI for software development and product delivery.…
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Jeremy Moseley
GitHub
Jeremy Moseley builds developer tools and systems that help teams move faster without sacrificing…
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Dr. Suhayya (Sue) Abu-Hakima
Alstari
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima is Co-Founder and CEO of Alstari Corporation, focusing on privacy, safety,…
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Davis Neable
Design Operations Leadership
Davis Neable has spent over 20 years helping teams build better products and better…
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Anu Jolliffe
Director of Community Relations, Victoria Data Society
Anu Jolliffe is known for connecting people, ideas, and events across the Victoria tech…
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Sid Srinivasan
Founder, Crux Intelligence
Sid is the founder and principal advisor at Crux Intelligence, where he helps companies…
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Emma Irwin
Founder & Principal Consultant, Open Practice Consulting
Emma Irwin is founder and principal consultant at Open Practice Consulting. She has worked…
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Anthony Bortolussi
Create Video
Anthony Bortolussi is the Managing Director of Create Video, a Vancouver-based video production agency…
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Kris Krüg
BC + AI Ecosystem Association
Kris Krüg is a Vancouver-based creative technologist, photographer, and community builder working where culture…
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Rob Parker
CEO, PrimeHealth
Rob Parker is Co-Founder and CEO of PrimeHealth, a BC-based enterprise SaaS platform modernizing…
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Miles Garvey
Brabble
Miles Garvey is a modern data strategist and data leader with cross-sector experience spanning…
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Gabriel Gaultier
Missing Link Analytics
Gabriel Gaultier is a data and analytics leader and Co-Founder, with experience building analytics…
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Jacques Du Plessis
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Jacques Du Plessis is a lawyer at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and a…
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Houtan Mashinchi
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Houtan Mashinchi is a lawyer at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and a member…
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Rachel Krayenhoff
Ingenuity Labs
Rachel Krayenhoff is the founder of Ingenuity Labs and an AI educator based in…
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Christine Tatham
Chief People Officer, Redbrick
Christine Tatham is Chief People Officer at Redbrick. She sees this from the hiring…
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Tom Myer
Cybersecurity Principal
Tom Myer is a First Nations (Cayuga/Ngäbe-Buglé) Cybersecurity Principal with over 20 years of…
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Arsh Singh
What Works Marketing & PlusROI Online Marketing
Arsh Singh is a digital marketing strategist and AI enthusiast. He leverages AI tools…
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Sheila Wynne Fung
AI Implementation Consultant
Sheila Wynne Fung is an AI implementation consultant who starts before the tools do.…
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Ian Slipp
Rubric Marketing
Ian Slipp is the founder of Rubric Marketing and sees this from the smallest…
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Owen Mead-Robins
Co-Founder, CEO & CTO, Bluefield Software
Owen Mead-Robins has spent more than twenty years building software and leading engineering teams,…
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Andrea Shillington
CEO & Co-Founder, Comfrey AI
Twenty years ago, Andrea branded one of the world's most audacious skylines in Dubai…
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Bibi Brahim
CTO & Co-Founder, Comfrey AI
Some engineers build for scale. Bibi builds for precision. From federal AI architecture to…
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Peter Scott
Centre for AI in Canadian Learning
Peter Scott is an educator and founder of the Centre for AI in Canadian…
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Jennifer Hufnagel
AI Educator and Trainer
Jennifer Hufnagel is one of Canada’s leading AI Educators, blending over 25 years of…
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Robert Cooper
PlusROI Online Marketing
Robert Cooper is president and founder of PlusROI Online Marketing Inc and What Works…
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Eric McLachlan
Revela
Eric McLachlan is a software engineer focused on dealing with the scale of information…
The Lineup Is Still Being Built
We’re organize our speaker submissions now. Check back soon.