Meet Our Speakers

Chief Strategy & Research Officer at The Futurum Group, 6x Thinkers50 Global Ranking of Management Thinkers, 2x WSJ Bestselling Author; Host, What’s Next! Podcast; former Gartner & Salesforce

Headline Keynote: "The AI Leadership Gap — What the Best Companies Do Differently”

Chief Business Officer at Unstoppable Domains | Adweek AI Trailblazer Power 100 | Chief AI Officer | ex-AWS, ex-IBM | Forbes Contributor | LinkedIn Top Voice

Headline Keynote: "From Pilot to Payoff: What Nobody Tells You About AI Systems That Actually Work"

CEO, IFFEL International; Forbes Top 5 AI Leader; Fractional CAIO + CMO + CRO;  Growth Architect; SEO2Sales™ Creator; International Speaker

Session: "From Threat to Translator — The Human-First Playbook for AI at Scale; Ethical Frameworks For AI That Elevate Careers"

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

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

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

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

Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies

Fireside Chat: "Policy for a Rapidly Evolving AI Landscape How Governments Are Balancing AI Innovation, Regulation, and Global Competitiveness" Hosted by: Michael Ashley, Forbes AI Columnist Featuring: Hon. Evan Solomon, Canada's Minister of AI and Hon. Rick Glumac, BC's Minister of AI and New Technologies

Vice President Growth & AI Transformation at Telus

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

Vice President of R&D at Lemay.ai

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

CEO of ORKA AI

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

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

Feature Host: 5 minute Lightning Demo Contest

CEO & Founder at Upskill Marketing

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

Lecturer at University of KwaZulu-Natal

Global Leadership Perspective Session: “Ubuntu as a Leadership Framework for Responsible AI Governance - Lessons From Higher Education and the Global South”

Co-Founder & CEO at Precision Content

Featured Keynote: "Care and Feeding of Your AI: Building a Reliable Content Supply Chain to Power Your AI Investments”

Chief Information, Services & Digital Officer at Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

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

Chief AI and Data Officer at Starr | Top 100 Leaders in AI | Top 100 Most Influential in Data and AI | “Global Data Power Women” | 40 under 40 Data Leaders | Thought Leader | Board Member | Advisor

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

Founder, Transnova.ai | Senior Digital Transformation Leader | Enterprise Change, Cloud & Operating Models at Scale | Ex-Microsoft | Applying an AI Lens to Real ROI

Session title: "Beyond the Demo: Building Operating Evidence for AI Transformation"

Data Analytics and AI Expert at Google | Founder of CAGE Innovations

Session: Expert Panelist - “Making AI Safe for High‑Stakes Environments” - Expert Panel Host: Christine Andrew, Managing Director, AI at KPMG Canada

AI Strategy and Enterprise Enablement at Amazon | AI Transformation Leader | Enterprise Enablement & Responsible AI @ Amazon | Board Director, Construction for Change | Ex-Delta Global Strategy

Expert Panel Moderator