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Speakers

Co-Founder and General Coordinator, Vote16 Canada

Aleksi Toiviainen (he/him) is the co-founder and general coordinator of Vote16 Canada.

Author, Activist & Journalist

Entrepreneur and former CEO of the MaRS Discovery District

Ilse Treurnicht’s career spans science, health and cleantech firms...

Host, Front Burner

Jayme Poisson is the host of Front Burner.

Visiting Elder, President of Anishinaabemowin Teg

Founder and Principal, MASS LBP

Former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations

Founder, Shorefast

Security Technologist; Author, Rewiring Democracy

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist...

Economist, MIT Institute Professor & Nobel Prize Laureate

CEO, Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Executive Director, The Walrus

CEO and Co-founder, Readocracy; Founding Partner, ThinkingThrough.AI

Mario Vasilescu is CEO & Co-Founder of Readocracy and Founding Partner...

President, Journalists for Human Rights

Rachel Pulfer is the President of Journalists for Human Rights.

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations

Bob Rae has been deeply engaged in a full range of public policy issues at the international, national...

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

Christopher Coates brings extensive experience in defence and security.

EU Ambassador to Canada

Director of Partnerships, the Dais

Jake Hirsch-Allen is the head of Partnerships at The Dais...

Chief Economist, The Canadian Shield Institute

Editor-in-chief, Toronto Star

Nicole MacIntyre is the Editor-in-chief of the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest daily newspaper.

Associate Professor of Social Innovation Design, OCAD University

Sarah Tranum is an Associate Professor of Social Innovation Design at OCAD University...

Professor, University of British Columbia (Okanagan); Co-lead, Digital Transparency Excellence Cluster

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