Chair in Technology Entrepreneurship at Lassonde School of Engineering, York University & Director Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (BEST)
Purnima Bihari
Chief Product Officer, SalesChoice
Cindy Gordon
National STEM Spokesperson for CATA, & Founder, CEO of SalesChoice
Jeanette Southwood
Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Strategic Partnerships Engineers Canada
Lauren Banks
Deputy Commanding Officer, Canadian Forces Network Operations Centre, Department of National Defence – Government of Canada
Tom Murad
Country Lead - Engineering, Technology & Academic Relations / Head of Siemens Canada Engineering and Technology Academy
Panel Speakers
Adnan Chaudhry
Regional Vice President for Mitsubishi Electric and representing the Power Systems Division in Canada.
Pooja Viswanathan
Co-founder and CEO of Braze Mobility Inc.
Marlys L. Koschinsky
Scientific & Executive Director of the Robarts Research Institute, Professor in the Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, and member of the Senior Leadership team of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario
Andrew Maxwell
Chair in Technology Entrepreneurship at Lassonde School of Engineering, York University & Director Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (BEST)
Ana Luisa Trejos
Assistant Professor-Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering-Western University and an Associate Scientist- Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics, Lawson Health Research Institute
Marguerite Mcleod-Fleming
Country Managing Director, Canada at SIT Innovation - Systematic Inventive Thinking & CEO-Innovation Culture Group
Alicia Sullivan
Senior Associate, Corporate Engagement at Catalyst Inc.
Amy Pinchuk
President and founder of InField Scientific Inc
Jennifer van Amerom
Founder & CEO at Refine Recruitment Inc
Lucia Casacia
Vice President Cities and Infrastructure Projects Siemens Canada Limited
Tom Murad
Country Lead - Engineering, Technology & Academic Relations / Head of Siemens Canada Engineering and Technology Academy
Entrepreneurship Track
Omid Sadeghi
Brian Courtney
Clinician Scientist at Sunnybrook and Executive Chairman at Conavi Medical
Chris Carder
Entrepreneur in Residence at Schulich School of Business and Board Chair, Kinetic Companies
Jason Long
Chief Technical Officer-CML Education & Technology (Nanjing) Limited & President of Engenuics Technologies Inc.
Helen Kontozopoulos
Co-Founder/Director, University of Toronto Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab
Leadership Track
Haniyeh Yousofpour
Principle at Proac Consulting Inc, Global Professional Consultant and Assistant Professor at McMaster University
Marlys L. Koschinsky
Scientific & Executive Director of the Robarts Research Institute, Professor in the Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, and member of the Senior Leadership team of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario
Puica Nitu
Managing Director, First North Energy
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan
Professor of mathematics at the University of Kansas and IEEE Women In Engineering, Chair
Farzad Rayegani
Dean of Applied Technology, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Imogen Coe
Dean of the Faculty of Science at Ryerson University , affiliate scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Keenan Research Centre, at St. Michael’s Hospital
Witold Kinsner
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba, Past President of IEEE Canada, and Vice President of IEEE Educational Activities
IEEE Track
Saida Maaroufi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal & IEEE Canada WIE East Area Chair & IEEE WIE Montreal Vice-chair
Murray MacDonald
Principal at Murray MacDonald Consulting & IEEE Canada Central Area Chair
Assistant Professor-Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering-Western University and an Associate Scientist- Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics, Lawson Health Research Institute
Boris Tsimerinov
CEO & Managing Director at Semper8 Capital
Deanna Matzanke
Senior Director, Ideas, Insights, and Innovation, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion
Future Technologies track
Debbie Wu
Biosensor Engineer, Myant
Adrian Straka
Director of Hardware & Manufacturing, Myant
Michelle Zheng
Director of Industrial Design & UX, Myant
Abdul Javaid
Data Scientist, Myant
Adriana Ieraci
Founder, Conveyor Built, Founder & Director, GYBO Robotics Network & Lecturer, University of Toronto
Shahram Yousefi
Professor, Queen's University and Co-founder, President, and CEO, MESH Scheduling Inc.
Azadeh Yadollahi
Assistant Professor at Universiy of Toronto & Scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network
Alex Ferworn
Professor at Ryerson University
Emanuel Istrate
Assistant Professor at Universiy of Toronto & IEEE Toronto, Past-Chair
Sheldon Levy
CEO of NEXT Canada & Deputy Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development & Former President of Ryerson University
