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Welcome Event at the Assiniboine Park Conservancy / Gateway to the Arctic Building with Welcoming words of Blaine Pedersen, Minister of Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade, Manitoba & Annette Trimbee, President & Vice-Chancellor, University of Winnipeg, Canada
DAY 1: MONDAY OCTOBER 2nd, 2017
WELCOME ADDRESSES 8:45 am – 9:15 am
• Sébastien Lévy, Vice President Global Forum/Shaping the Future; Partner Items International, France
• Sylviane Toporkoff, President Global Forum/Shaping the Future; Founder & Partner Items International, France
WELCOME ADDRESS:
• Brian Bowman, Mayor, City of Winnipeg, Canada
• Dayna Spiring, President & CEO, Economic Development Winnipeg, Canada
• Annette Trimbee, President & Vice-Chancellor, University of Winnipeg, Canada
OPENING SESSION 9:15 am – 10:45 am
FUTURE VISION
Chair
• Gary Shapiro, President & CEO, CTA Consumer Technology Association, USA
Moderator
• Jørgen Abild Andersen, Founder & CEO Abild Andersen Consulting, Denmark
Keynotes
• Paul Mahon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life, Canada AI Robotics
• Olivia Neal, Executive Director of Digital Change, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada Global Leaders
• Yoshio Tanaka, Professor, Tokyo University of Science (TUS), Graduate School of Innovation Studies; Emeritus Councilor, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan Things & Systems
SESSION 1 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
AGILE INFRASTRUCTURES; Evolution of Connectivity: The Future of Networks & the Cloud
Chair
• John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA
Debate & Introduction
• John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA
• Wladimir Bocquet, Director of Spectrum Management & Policy, Eutelsat, France
Moderator
• Jean-Pierre Chamoux, Professor Emeritus, Université Paris Descartes, France
Speakers
• Adiel Akplogan, Vice President Technical Engagement, ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Extension TLD in DNS
• Tim Nickerson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer – Shared Enterprise Services, Great-West Life, Canada Agile Infrastructures
• Joel Ogren, Board Member, NxtVn, The Netherlands
• Nagaaki Ohyama, Professor Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Jason Olson, Director – International External Affairs, AT&T, USA
Keynote Session 2:00 pm- 2:30 pm
Keynote Speakers
• Julia Glidden, General Manager, Global Government Industry, IBM, USA Digital Government Transformation
• Anja Wyden Guelpa, Chancellor of State, Republic and Canton of Geneva, the Switzerland Trust & Confidence
SESSION 2 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
SAFETY, SECURITY, & PRIVACY In An HYPERCONNECTED SOCIETY & ECONOMY
Chair
• Lewis Shadle, Member of the Board of Directors, NxtVn, USA
Moderator
• Steven Lafosse Marin, CEO, Dgt4leaders, France
Speakers
• Gulshan Kisoona, Manager, IT Security, Risk and Compliance, Air Canada, Canada Cyber Security in the Aviation Industry
• Michael Nelson, , Public Policy, CloudFlare, USA
• Eikazu Niwano, Research Professor, Secure Platform Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Japan IoT Security with Trusted Secure Module
• Dan Shoemaker, Principal Investigator and Senior Research Scientist, University of Detroit Mercy – UDM’s Center for Cyber Security and Intelligence Studies, USA Why I Sleep Like a Baby
• Colin Williams, Director SBL, United-Kingdom Homo Sapiens Cyborgia
• Sarah Zhao, Partner, Faegre Baker Daniels, China China Cybersecurity Law
SESSION 3 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
FUTURE TRENDS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA
Chair/Moderator
• Annette Trimbee, President & Vice-Chancellor, University of Winnipeg, Canada
Speakers
• Philip Armstrong, Executive Vice President & Global Chief Information Officer, Great-West Life, Canada Convergence Automation, Robotics & AI
• Don Davidson, Acting Director Cybersecurity Risk Management, Office of the Deputy DOD-CIO for Cybersecurity (CS), US Department of Defense, USA Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity
• Grady Johnson, Senior Solution Architect, CGI Federal, USA Adaptive Artificial Intelligence
• Guy Levesque, Vice-President, Programs and Performance, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Innovation.ca view
• Herve Rannou, President, Items International & CEO Cityzen Data, France Connection from Big Data to AI
• Sebastian Stoessel, Big Data and Business Intelligence Strategy, Audi of America, USA Audi
SESSION 4 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
PUBLIC POLICY & REGULATION
Chair/Moderator
• Andrew Lipman, Chair Media and Technology Practice, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, USA
Speakers
• Stuart Brotman, Howard Distinguished Endowed Professor of Media Management and Law and Beaman Professor of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
• Christopher Mondini, Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, North America and Global Business, ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
• Jason Olson, Director – International External Affairs, AT&T, USA
• Alice Pezard, Attorney at Law and Arbitrator, France
• Gérard Pogorel, Professor of Economics and Management-Emeritus, Telecom ParisTech, France
• Jurgen van de Kemenade, Co-Founder, Board Member & Member Senior Leadership & Strategy Team, NxtVn, The Netherlands
Welcome Cocktail 7:00 pm & Gala Dinner 7:45 pm to 10:30 pm at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights
• Sylvie Albert, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Winnipeg, Canada Keynote Video
• Bruno Burnichon, Honorary Consul of France Keynote video
• Olin Wethington, President, Wethington International, USA Keynote video
DAY 2: TUESDAY OCTOBER 3rd, 2017
KEYNOTE OPENING 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Chair/Moderator
• Jay E. Gillette, Professor Emeritus of Information and Communication Sciences, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University, USA Evolve the Kownledge
Keynotes
• Walid el Abed, Founder & CEO, Global Data Excellence, the Switzerland Data Excellence Science
• Dylan Jones, Deputy Minister, Western Economic Diversification, Canada
• Samia Melhem, Chair, eDevelopment Group Information and Communication Technologies Sector Unit, World Bank Group Transport & ICT Global Practice
SESSION 5 10:00 am – 11:30 am
INNOVATION FOR SOCIETY
Chair
• Randy Zadra, Director, Government and International Relations; Senior Advisor Eureka Clusters, National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Canada Innovating Innovation
Moderator
• Jeremy Millard, Senior Consultant, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
Speakers
• Ted Hewitt, President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canada
• Charles Lemoine, Senior Project Analyst, CSA – Canadian Space Agency, Canada Space Projects and Open Data as Innovation Drivers & Video
• Steven A. MacLaird, Senior Vice President, Government & Industry Strategy, OMG – Object Management Group, USA Object Management Group
• Joel Semeniuk, Laudato Si’ Challenge Mentor; Imaginet Cofounder, Global Microsoft Regional Director, Fresco Capitol Impact Partner, Horizon Three Founder & Executive Director, Canada Horizons of Innovation
• Jurgen van de Kemenade, Co-Founder, Board Member, & Member Senior Leadership & Strategy Team, NxtVn, The Netherlands
• Bert van den Berg, Acting Vice President, Research Partnerships, NSERC-Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Innovating Innovation
SESSION 6 10:00 am – 11:30 am
INTELLIGENT CITIES, REGIONS & COMMUNITIES
Chair
• John Jung, Chairman & Co-Founder, ICF – Intelligent Community Forum, USA
Moderator
• Hugo Kerschot, Founder & Managing Director, Is- Practice, Belgium
Speakers
• Karl-Filip Coenegrachts, Chief Strategy Officer, City of Gent; President of the Executive Committee of Eurocities, Belgium
• Wayne Kelly, RPLC Project Coordinator, Brandon University, Canada
• Rob McCann, Founder and President of Clearcable Networks; Owner & Operator, Hamilton Technology Centre, Canada
• Michael Legary, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Winnipeg, Canada
• Sehl Mellouli, Full Professor, Department of Information System, University of Laval, Canada
• Alan Shark, Executive Director & CEO, PTI – Public Technology Institute, USA
• Catherine Warren, President & Board Director, Centre for Digital Media; Founder & President, FanTrust, Canada
SESSION 7 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
DIGITALIZATION IN HEALTHCARE
Chair/ Moderator
• Mariane Cimino, CEO, Hoa-Ora, France Better Coordination of Health and Social Services for Fragile Persons at Home
Speakers
• Eyal Bloch, Cofounder & Co-director, Institute Education for Sustainability & Social Change, Israel & Philippe Scheimann, Co-Founder & CTO, TOPGlobal.org, Israel Improve Health in Developing Countries
• Ryan C.N. D’Arcy, Professor and Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation BC Leadership Chair in Multimodal Technologies for Healthcare Innovation Faculty of Applied Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Canada Digital Health NeuroTechnology
• Joe Jarzombek, Global Manager, Software Supply Chain Solutions, Synopsys, USA Enabling Cybersecurity Assurance for Network-Connectable Medical Devices
• Josh Payne, Executive Director, Sales & Enterprise Solutions, Powerland, Canada Digitization within Healthcare
• Michele Thonnet, eHealth European & International Affairs Executive, Ministry of Solidarities and Health, France Digitalisation Healthcare: A National Strategy
• Paul Wormeli, Executive Director Emeritus, Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute, USA Trust in Data
SESSION 8 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
INDUSTRY 4.0
Chair/Moderator
• Gérard Pogorel, Professor of Economics and Management-Emeritus, Telecom ParisTech, France
Speakers
• Namir Anani, President & CEO, ICTC – Information and Communications Technology Council, Canada
• Alan Elias, Senior Manager Global Public Policy; Member eBay Public Policy Lab, USA Industry 4.0 & eBay
• Jeremy Millard, Senior Consultant, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark Shift to Distributed Manufacturing, Mass Customisation and the Future of Work
• Nitya Karmakar, Professor, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, Australia Emerging Issues Challenges in Managing Global Supply Chains
• Michaël Stankosky, Research Professor, George Washington University, USA Industry 4.0
SESSION 9 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
DIGITAL AGRI-BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM
Chair/ Moderator
• Danny Blair, Director of Science, Prairie Climate Centre, University of Winnipeg, Canada Agri-Business Introduction
Speakers
• Ali Kone, COO & Co-Founder, Coders4Africa Inc, USA Affordable Technolgies to Empower Rural Economies
• Louis Longchamps, Research Scientist in Precision Horticulture, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Big data: Role of Public Organizations for a Proper Use of Agricultural Data
• Maurice Moloney, Executive Director & CEO, GIFS – Global Institute for Food Security, Canada Agri-Tech and Big Data & Video
• Pascal Poitevin, Digital Strategy Consultant, ITG, France Role of Public Organizations for a Proper Use of Agricultural Data
• Mitch Rezansoff, Integrated Solutions Manager, ENNS Brothers, Canada Rules of Agriculture are Changing
• Philippe Scheimann, Co-Founder & CTO, TOPGlobal.org, Israel representing Emmauel Simiyu, Co-Founder & CEO, GOIP GROUP, Kenya Digital Agriculture Extension Services Support System
SESSION 10 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
WOMEN IN DIGITAL SERVICES
Chair/Moderator
• Lisa Zellers, Director Agile Enablement Group, CGI Federal Emerging Technologies Group, USA
Speakers
• Marta Arsovska-Tomovska, Former Minister of Information Society & Administration of the Republic of Macedonia; Digital Transformation Strategist & Business Development Consultant, Macedonia
• Beth Bell, Vice President & Partner, Canadian Public Sector Leader, IBM Global Business Services, Canada
• Martine Delannoy, Chief Foresight Officer of Digipolis, the IT organisation of the cities of Ghent and Antwerp, Belgium
• Kathy Knight, CEO, ICTAM – Information & Communication Technologies Association of Manitoba, Canada
• Tamara Shoemaker, Director University of Detroit Mercy – UDM’s Center for Cyber Security & Intel Studies; Operations Manager for CISSE (Colloquium for Information System Security Education), USA