Meet Our Speakers - Join the leaders shaping the future of responsib...

Join the leaders shaping the future of responsible AI. TruNorth AI invites researchers, founders, policymakers, enterprise innovators, and public‑sector leaders to apply to speak at one of North America’s most forward‑looking AI leadership summits. Over two days in Vancouver, the Summit brings together the people and organizations defining how AI will be deployed responsibly at scale, with speakers contributing insights, breakthroughs, and real‑world lessons that move the field forward.

Featured Keynote: Steve Brown

Global Keynote Speaker & AI Futurist. Former executive at Google DeepMind & Intel

Session: "AI First: Turning AI into Your Competitive Engine" (Win the decade by becoming ‘AI-first’)

Opening Keynote: Kris Krüg

Executive Director, BC + AI Ecosystem | CTO Indigenomics Institute | Power 50 | Building openweb & communities since ’95 | Co-founder The Upgrade AI

Session: “The Human Spark: Creativity, Culture & Consciousness in the Age of AI”

Closing Day 1 Keynote: Special Guest Speaker: Jeff Burningham

Entrepreneur. Investor. National Best Selling Author. Explorer of Human Potential. Author of "The Last Book Written By A Human"

Session: "The intersection of AI and human creativity — the evolving role of wisdom in a machine-driven world"

Enterprise Spotlight: Michael Law

Vice President Growth & AI Transformation at Telus

Enterprise Spotlight: “Inside the Enterprise AI Machine: What It Really Takes to Deploy AI at Scale”

Expert Speaker: Nargess Heydari Beni, Ph.D

Vice President of R&D at Lemay.ai

Session "Bespoke AI as a Strategic Advantage: Engineering Systems That Deliver Enterprise‑Level Impact"

Host: Daniel Escott, LLM, JD, BBA

CEO, Formic AI; Ontario‑licensed lawyer; Research Fellow at the Artificial Intelligence Risk & Regulation Lab; leading voice in Canadian AI law and regulation.

Session: Expert Panel - “Making AI Safe for High‑Stakes Environments”

Expert Speaker: Zak Hussein

CEO of ORKA AI

Session: "Framework for integrating digital employees and building hybrid human + AI workforces"

Feature Host: Udbhav Kansal

Founder at Sneaca, Industrial AI Consultant at BC + AI Ecosystem, The AI Upgrade, UBC. Industrial AI Consultant

Session: 5 minute Lightning Demo Contest

Expert Panelist: Fernanda Ave

CEO & Founder at Upskill Marketing

Session - Expert Panel “AI Adoption Without the Hype: What Leaders Actually Need to Get Right"