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IOT, People First Summit

IOT, PEOPLE FIRST SUMMIT / MAY 26 & MAY 28, 2021

Canada is one of the most diverse countries in the world. In November 2015, Canada captured global headlines with the unveiling of a diverse cabinet that “looks like Canada”. While this was a tremendous milestone, it is important that we do not rest on our laurels and continue to work towards diversity, equity, culture, and engagement at every level of the public sector.

Statistics Canada projects that by 2031 close to 1 in 3 Canadians (31.0%) will be members of a visible minority and almost 1 in 2 (44.2% to 49.7%) will be either an immigrant or a child of an immigrant by 2036. In 2016 the recruitment of people with disabilities to the federal public service decreased from 3.5% to 3.3%. Over the past decade, the overall proportion of women in the public service has increased by 18%, and the overall proportion of visible minority employees increased by 279%.

While we do see significant progress, much work remains to be done across every aspect of inherent diversity (ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, different abilities, etc.), especially as we increasingly step into the digital world and develop the future of work.

The 2021 People First Summit will bring together government leaders in talent and human capital, along with technology and solution providers to discuss the way forward for the public sector.

Why attend?

Be a part of productive conversations as leaders discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead in the public sector
Connect with thought-leaders and technology providers from across Canada and the world
Discover some of the latest tools and techniques being used successfully through case studies
Build your own highly personalized agenda, as one ticket gives you access to content from four different summits!

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9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

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DAY 1 – MAY 26, 2021

DAY 2 – MAY 27, 2021

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

10:15

Shawn Slack, Chief Information Officer, City of Mississauga

ABC, Designation, Company name

10:00

More Challenging Climate Change and Extreme Weather Risk: Is Canada prepared?

ABC, Designation, Company name

10:30

Impact of infrastructure planning on smart city deployments

ABC, Designation, Company name

10:30

Digital Government: A Federal Government Perspective

ABC, Designation, Company name

11:00

Panel: Intelligent Urban Governance and Management

The five dimensions of urban governance, and where technology can unlock potential
“Intelligent” capabilities for Civic engagement in decision-making structures
Urban Living Labs – What are they and do they work?

ABC, Designation, Company name

11:00

Panel: Resilient Cities

Lessons Learnt
How to create intelligent and effective solutions?
What role can IoT play in rethinking the livable, sustainable, and resilient city of the future?
The COVID-19 Test

ABC, Designation, Company name

11:30

Smart Waste Management: Expectations vs. Reality
Rohit Shanker, CEO & President, Inovex Inc.
Lindsay Kelly, Data & Analytics Team Lead, City of Vancouver

An Integrated and Architectural Approach to IoT

ABC, Designation, Company name

11:30

Panel: Building Intelligent Assets

How to Utilize Intelligent City-wide Infrastructure
Integration, connection, collaboration, learning
You have gathered the data, now what can you do with your Big Data?
Multi-use infrastructure planning

ABC, Designation, Company name

12:00

Panel: Does Size Matter? Developing Intelligent Smaller Municipalities

Regional collaboration and IoT Solutions to bring smaller communities together
Deurbanization and its impacts
Being prepared for De-Urbanization and Work From Home Culture

ABC, Designation, Company name

12:00

Panel: Data-Driven Planning

How can machine learning, AI, and Big Data improve planning?
Are projects scalable, transferable, repeatable?
Technology as an aid to planning

ABC, Designation, Company name

12:30

Panel: The 21st Century Workforce

How will increased working from home shape the urban future?
What are the impacts on mobility, retail, property, and municipal taxes?

ABC, Designation, Company name

12:30

Panel: The Modern Mobility Movement

Mobility as a catalyst to unlock and multiply gains from other smart city initiatives
What trends are we seeing in mobility? In urban mobility?
How can we leverage Big Data from our IoT mobility data?
The power of Smart Mapping and Geospatial Technology to address our transport needs

ABC, Designation, Company name

13:00

Panel: Data-Driven Governance – Information

What is data used for, and how does it benefit citizens?
How to enhance decision-making and citizen’s experience?
How can tech improve youth civic engagement?

ABC, Designation, Company name

13:00

Panel: What Does the Future Hold for Us?

Adapting Ecosystems, Organizations, and People

ABC, Designation, Company name

13:30

Panel: Data-Driven Governance – Privacy

How is data collected and managed?
What are the privacy concerns of digital identities?
How must we ensure that citizen data is protected?

Sylvia Kingsmill, Partner, Privacy, Regulatory & Information Management (PRIM), KPMG
Mike Shapiro, Chief Privacy Officer, Country of Santa Clara
Moderator: Garry Scobie, Deputy CISO, The University of Edinburgh

ABC, Designation, Company name

13:30

Recruit like a Marketer

ABC, Designation, Company name

14:00

Leading a Respectful Workplace: diversity, inclusion, civility and respect in workplace

ABC, Designation, Company name

14:00

IOT, PEOPLE FIRST SUMMIT / MAY 26 & MAY 28, 2021

Canada is one of the most diverse countries in the world. In November 2015, Canada captured global headlines with the unveiling of a diverse cabinet that “looks like Canada”. While this was a tremendous milestone, it is important that we do not rest on our laurels and continue to work towards diversity, equity, culture, and engagement at every level of the public sector.

Statistics Canada projects that by 2031 close to 1 in 3 Canadians (31.0%) will be members of a visible minority and almost 1 in 2 (44.2% to 49.7%) will be either an immigrant or a child of an immigrant by 2036. In 2016 the recruitment of people with disabilities to the federal public service decreased from 3.5% to 3.3%. Over the past decade, the overall proportion of women in the public service has increased by 18%, and the overall proportion of visible minority employees increased by 279%.

While we do see significant progress, much work remains to be done across every aspect of inherent diversity (ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, different abilities, etc.), especially as we increasingly step into the digital world and develop the future of work.

The 2021 People First Summit will bring together government leaders in talent and human capital, along with technology and solution providers to discuss the way forward for the public sector.

Why attend?

Be a part of productive conversations as leaders discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead in the public sector
Connect with thought-leaders and technology providers from across Canada and the world
Discover some of the latest tools and techniques being used successfully through case studies
Build your own highly personalized agenda, as one ticket gives you access to content from four different summits!

‍

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

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Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 | EST

8:00

Registration

Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events

9:25

Welcome Remarks

Hifazat ‘Faz’ Ahmad, President, WEB3 Toronto

Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events

9:30

Fireside Chat with Ben Earl

Speaker TBA

Ben Earl, Marvel Writer, NFT WorldBuilder

Hifazat ‘Faz’ Ahmad, President, WEB3 Toronto

10:00

Panel: Web 3.0: Why not yet?

The delay behind the launch of Web 3.0
Challenges when developing a foolproof platform
Are investors on the back foot?

Saleha J. Khan Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Peel Regional Police

Cheryl Copage Gehue, Indigenous Community Engagement Advisor, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Halifax Regional Municipality‍

Moderator: Andrea Iorio, Founder, AIK

Siju Ramakrishnan, Product Leader, Metalynx

Andres Florido, National Leader, Blockchain and Digital Assets, Deloitte Canada

Larry Lau, Co-Founder, Run As You Are

Mark Greenberg, Managing Director, Kraken Canada

10:30

Keynote: KYC - Know Your Community

Optimizing Web2 users to drive adoption of Web3 technology
Different strategies and user experiences
Avoid the hype: Building real products, solving real problems

Speaker TBA

Larry Lau, Co-Founder, RAYA

11:00

Networking Break

11:00

Virtual: Keynote: Future Symbiosis of Creativity and Technology

Alexandra Cutean, Chief Research Officer, Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

Sami Tauber, Chief Metaverse Officer and Founder, VNCCII

11:30

Panel: Digital Assets & DeFi

Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library

Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario

Breaking down Blockchain
Building DeFi Protocols
Digital Currencies beyond Investment
What after the Crypto-winter?

Moderator: Aviva Klein, VP, Digital Payments & Cybersecurity Solutions, Mastercard

Andres Florido, National Leader, Blockchain and Digital Assets, Deloitte Canada

Ashley Wright, Founder & CEO, The Wright Success & Crypto Strategy Academy

Anna Bittner, CEO & CMO, 5 Goats

Mark Greenberg, Managing Director, Kraken Canada

Tanya Lindsay, Co-Founder, Surge Distributed Protocols

12:15

Keynote: The Great Migration From Online To On-Chain

Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library

Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario

The fundamental changes to the internet with web3 technology
Why going on-chain is better for internet users
Why going on-chain is better for brands and businesses
Why Web3 is inevitable

Kyle Reidhead, Co-Founder, Web3 Academy

12:45

Networking Break

13:45

Keynote: Your Daily Life will change - Web3/Metaverse’s Impact on Your Daily Life

Iliana Oris Valiente, Managing Director (Partner), Canada Innovation & ESG Lead, Accenture

Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library

Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario

14:15

Panel: NFT - Jack of All Trades

Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library

Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario

NFT in Arts, Entertainment, collectibles, sports
Is the Louvre Museum for tokens a possibility?
Why fans are going ga-ga over sports based NFTs
Role of avatars in token space

Moderator: Carlita Cash, CEO & Founder, Carlita Cash Corp

Vandana Taxali, Blockchain Lawyer | Founder & CEO, Artcryption

Lorne Sugarman, CEO & Director, Metaverse Group

Aaron Wilcox, Independent Artist & NFT Expert

14:45

Roundtable: Women in Web3

Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library

Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario

Moderators: Huma Aslam, Web3 Strategist

Tania De Gasperis, Co-Founder, Abstrakta

Ashley Wright, Founder & CEO, The Wright Success & Crypto Strategy Academy

Carlita Cash, Crypto Expert

15:15

Roundtable: Web3 Technologies

Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library

Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario

Moderators: Marc LiJour, Co-Founder, DeFi Toronto

Ashley Wright, Founder & CEO, The Wright Success & Crypto Strategy Academy

Tania De Gasperis, Co-Founder, Abstrakta

Edward R. Zhu, Web3 Investor and Advisor

Stefan Rust, CEO, Truflation

15:45

End of Day 1

IOT, PEOPLE FIRST SUMMIT / MAY 26 & MAY 28, 2021

Canada is one of the most diverse countries in the world. In November 2015, Canada captured global headlines with the unveiling of a diverse cabinet that “looks like Canada”. While this was a tremendous milestone, it is important that we do not rest on our laurels and continue to work towards diversity, equity, culture, and engagement at every level of the public sector.

Statistics Canada projects that by 2031 close to 1 in 3 Canadians (31.0%) will be members of a visible minority and almost 1 in 2 (44.2% to 49.7%) will be either an immigrant or a child of an immigrant by 2036. In 2016 the recruitment of people with disabilities to the federal public service decreased from 3.5% to 3.3%. Over the past decade, the overall proportion of women in the public service has increased by 18%, and the overall proportion of visible minority employees increased by 279%.

While we do see significant progress, much work remains to be done across every aspect of inherent diversity (ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, different abilities, etc.), especially as we increasingly step into the digital world and develop the future of work.

The 2021 People First Summit will bring together government leaders in talent and human capital, along with technology and solution providers to discuss the way forward for the public sector.

Why attend?

Be a part of productive conversations as leaders discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead in the public sector
Connect with thought-leaders and technology providers from across Canada and the world
Discover some of the latest tools and techniques being used successfully through case studies
Build your own highly personalized agenda, as one ticket gives you access to content from four different summits!

‍

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

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Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 | EST

9:25

Day 1 Recap

Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events

Andres Florido, National Leader, Blockchain and Digital Assets, Deloitte Canada

9:30

Panel: Why Blockchain is important for businesses

Benefits and impact of Blockchain technology
Possibilities and obstacles in the current set up

Speaker TBA

Moderator: Soufia Trabelsi, Head of Gamefi, Ledgerlink Labs

Ehsan Shariati, CTO, Functionland

Mohamed El Kandri, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, IR4LAB

10:00

Panel: Security and Data Protection on Blockchain

Securing the blockchain
Using public and private key

Saleha J. Khan Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Peel Regional Police

Cheryl Copage Gehue, Indigenous Community Engagement Advisor, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Halifax Regional Municipality‍

Moderator: Mohamed El Kandri, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, IR4LAB

Vandana Taxali, Blockchain Lawyer | Founder & CEO, Artcryption

Harrison Jordan, NFT Lawyer, Harrison Jordan Law Professional Corporation

Jonathan Bench, Attorney, Harris Bricken

10:30

Networking Break

11:00

Panel: Blockchain: The Chain of Applications

Tools for developing and organizing on Blockchain
Buying and selling on Blockchain
What major players do that others don’t

Speaker TBA

Moderator: Ehsan Shariati, CTO, Functionland

Pramod Gopalakrishna, Global Product Manager, EY

Tanya Lindsay, Co-Founder, Surge Distributed Protocols

11:30

Speaker TBA

Virtual: Keynote: Future Symbiosis of Creativity and Technology

Sami Tauber as VNCCII Avatar, Futurist

12:00

Speaker TBA

Networking Break

13:00

Panel: Peeling Metaverse layers

Sharon Fleming, Director, Calgary Transit, The City of Calgary

The idea behind Metaverse
Functionality, benefits and challenges and opportunities
The long term outlook of and in Metaverse

Moderator: Raza Jafri, CEO & Founder, MetaWorldX

Ganesh Verma, Founder & Director, Moogle Labs

Jason Yim, Founder & CEO, TriggerXR

Lorne Sugarman, CEO & Director, Metaverse Group

13:30

Virtual: Panel: Blockchain, Token and Metaverse

Understanding the difference and dependency
Realm of tokens in Metaverse in post-COVID scenario
Unleashing the VR marketplace
Major industry-wide switchover inevitable

Alexandra Cutean, Chief Research Officer, Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

Moderator: Melissa Li, Head of Community and Managing Partner, Dorm Room Fund

Zaf Chow, Director, Digital Strategy and Partnerships, Animoca Brands

Andrew Kiguel, CEO & Co-Founder, Tokens.com

Sara Guisto, Producer, Aww Inc.

Boris Pevzner, CEO and Co-Founder, LiveArt

14:00

Panel: Blockchain for Content Creators

Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library

Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario

Blockchain & Social Media Alliance
Power Dynamics with Accountability
Getting the Well-Deserved Recognition

Marc Lijour, Co-Founder, DeFi Toronto

Aaron Wilcox, Independent Artist

Sergio Pedemonte, Co-Founder, Ugly Bros

14:30

Panel: Monetizing Metaverse

Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library

Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario

Paid games
Becoming Real Estate agent of prime properties
Paid NFT Artist
Paid Marketing Services

Moderator: Nav Gupta, Founder, Chaarmi Worlds

Vandana Taxali, Blockchain Lawyer | Founder & CEO, Artcryption

Joseph Raczynski, Futurist, Thomson Rueters

Soufia Trabelsi, Head of Gamefi, Ledgerlink Labs

Iliana Oris Valiente, Managing Director (Partner), Canada Innovation & ESG Lead, Accenture

15:00

Panel: Building Future in Metaverse

Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library

Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario

How will metaverse change our lives
Difference between now and future

Moderator: Anna Bittner, CEO & CMO, 5 Goats

Raza Jafri, CEO & Founder, MetaWorldX

Siju Ramakrishnan, Product Leader, Metalynx

Nav Gupta, Founder, Chaarmi Worlds

Melissa Li, Head of Community and Managing Partner, Dorm Room Fund

15:30

Closing Remarks