Speakers

Aleksi Toiviainen

Co-Founder and General Coordinator, Vote16 Canada

Ana Serrano

President & Vice Chancellor, OCAD University

André Côté

Interim Executive Director, the Dais at TMU

Ashna Ali

Leadership Development Facilitator, The Dais

Bruce MacCormack

Chair - Media Provenance Committee - International Press Telecommunications Council

Charles Finlay

Founding Executive Director, Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst

Clarissa Redwine

Tech labour activist

Costas Kapsouropoulos

Digital and Science Counsellor, EU Delegation to Canada

Daron Acemoglu

Economist, MIT Institute Professor & Nobel Prize Laureate

Eva Lau

Cofounder and General Partner, Two Small Fish Ventures

Francesca Accinelli

Chief Program Officer, Telefilm Canada

Gideon Arthurs

Executive Director of Soulpepper Theatre

Isha Chaudhuri

Senior Consultant, Oyster Group

Jared A. Walker

Executive Director, Canadians for Tax Fairness

Jennifer Hollett

Executive Director, The Walrus

Joshua Zachariah

Senior Economic Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Jutta Treviranus

Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) and professor in the faculty of Design at OCAD University

Kat Lapointe

Organizer, CWA Canada

Kelly Langgard

Director & CEO - Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Arts Foundation

Kevin Desjardins

President of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters

Liz Osawamick

Visiting Elder, President of Anishinaabemowin Teg

Louis Béland

Directeur général - Executive Director, Alliances Radios

Luisa Cruz & Jan Munske

Performance Artists

Madeleine Case

Lead, Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Democratic Engagement Exchange

Maleknaz Nayebi

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at York University's Lassonde School of Engineering

Matthew Mendelsohn

CEO, Social Capital Partners

Nathalie Sirois

Senior Manager, Education, Global Centre for Pluralism

Norma Kozhaya

Vice-présidente à la recherche et économiste en chef / Vice-president research and chief economist, Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Quebec Employers’ Council)

Olivia Chow

Mayor of Toronto

Rachel Pulfer

President, Journalists for Human Rights

Rosemarie Powell

Executive Director, Toronto Community Benefits Network; Co-founder, Canadian Building Diversity Institute; President, Big on Green

Sarah Tranum

Associate Professor of Social Innovation Design, OCAD University

Slavko Petek

Multidisciplinary Artist

Talha Rahman

Tech worker and organizer, New York Times

Alexander Martin

Digital Policy Hub Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Youth Fellow at the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, and Ph.D. candidate in science and technology studies at York University

Andrew Addison

Senior Vice President of Communications & Member Services, Canadian Media Producers Association

Ann Fitz-Gerald

Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs

Aurélie Bonal

Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Canada

Bruce Schneier

Security Technologist; Author, Rewiring Democracy

Charles Reeve

Associate Dean of Arts & Science and Professor of Visual and Critical Studies, OCAD University

Colleen Smook

Mayor, Thompson MB

Damon D’Oliveira

Producer, Conquering Lion Pictures

Dianna English

Director of Programs, Centre for International Governance Innovation

Evelyn Elgie

Publisher and Managing Editor, Inanna Publications

France Bélisle

Former mayor, Gatineau QC

Gulay Alpay

Interdisciplinary Artist

Isha Khan

CEO, Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Jayme Poisson

Host, Front Burner Podcast on CBC

Jillian Gonzales

Senior Leadership Development Assistant

Julianna Kowlessar

PhD candidate

Karen Restoule

Senior Fellow and Director of Indigenous Affairs, MacDonald-Laurier Institute

Kathleen Rochon

Mayor, West Nipissing ON

Kerry Swanson

Chief Executive Officer, Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)

Khelsilem

Lorelei Kelly

Principal, Public Good Group

Lucilla Sioli

Director of the EU AI Office, DG Connect, European Commission

Lynnsey Chartrand

Head of Indigenous Initiatives, Public Policy and Inclusion, Mila

Maiwand Rahyab

Founder and CEO, Resilient Societies

Mario Gibney

Safety Organizer, Educator, and Nonprofit Founder

Maxime Fournes

CEO of PauseAI Global

Nicole MacIntyre

Editor-in-chief, Toronto Star

OCAD Artists: Kayli Grant + Matthias Whalen + Kexuan Zhuang + Darah Galbraith

Interdisciplinary Artists

Parumveer Walia

Video, Installation & Object Artist

Robert Gillezeau

Assistant Professor, Economic Analysis and Policy, Department of Management, UTSC

Samantha Reusch

Executive Director, Apathy is Boring

Sean Mullin

Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto

Steven Mackinnon

Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

Ali Ansaria

CEO, Transformer Lab, Tulip

Andrew Do

OPEIU 153 Member and Union Steward

Anthony Morgan

Host, Freestyle Socials

Brian Dijkema

President - Canada, Cardus; Senior Editor, Comment

Chara Kai-Le

Songwriter and Producer

Christopher Coates

Director of Foreign Policy, National Defence and National Security, Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Cory Doctorow

Author, Activist & Journalist

Daniel Tisch

President and CEO, Ontario Chamber of Commerce

Dilara Baysal

Postdoctoral Researcher, Bishop’s University

Florence Bergeron

Associate Director of KMb and Operations at the Students Commission of Canada

Geneviève Tuts

EU Ambassador to Canada

Ilse Treurnicht

Entrepreneur and former CEO of the MaRS Discovery District

Jake Hirsch-Allen

Director of Partnerships, the Dais

Jean-François Parent

Directeur-adjoint des affaires publiques et de la recherche / Deputy-director of public relations and research, Réseau de développement économique et d'employabilité du Canada (RDÉE Canada)

Johanna Bankston

Senior Officer, Global Policy & Advocacy, Artistic Freedom Initiative

Juliette Schmidt

Program Manager, Global Pluralism Award

Karim Bardeesy

Member of Parliament, Taiaiako’n–Parkdale–High Park

Kaylie Tiessen

Chief Economist, The Canadian Shield Institute

Ketty Nivyabandi

Secretary General - Amnesty International Canada (English Speaking)

Lexa Michaelides

Program Manager and member-worker, Hypha Worker Co-operative

Loretta Jeff-Combs

Beadwork Artist

Luckner Thermonvil

Chef de la direction / Chief Executive Officer, Ottawa Black Business Alliance (OBBA Inc.); Vice-président / Vice President, Regroupement des gens d’affaires de l’Ontario