CDAO Canada Public Sector
Speakers 2025
Michael Lam
Chief Data Officer
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Dr. Ranjana Sharma
Chief Scientist
Natural Resources Canada, Government of Canada
David K. Lee
Chief Regulatory Officer
Health Products and Food Branch
Scott McKenzie
Chief Technology Officer
Fort Vermilion School Division
Meagan Collins
(A)Chief, Enterprise Information Management
Corporate Services Sector Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Andrew Churchill
Vice President of Public Sector
QLIK
Étienne Pelletier
Data Virtualization Expert
DENODO
Nish Anjaria
Vice President - Technology Innovation, Strategy & Enterprise Architecture
Canada Post
Aneesh Joshi
Director - Technology Advisory
Infrastructure Ontario
Ian Stewart
Director, Analytic Environment & Data
Bank of Canada
Anna Wong
Executive Director
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Dr. Charu Chandrasekera
Founder & Executive Director
Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods
Fabio Onesi
Director General of Talent and Workforce Culture Directorate
Health Canada
Maher Mamhikoff
Director, Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Data
Global Affairs Canada, The Grants and Contributions Transformation Initiative
David Dunwoody
CAF Advisor on AI
Department of National Defence
Dr. Marc Avey
Director of Standards
Canadian Council on Animal Care
Dr. Yadvinder Bhuller
Director of Review and Science Integration
Health Canada
Dr. Valerie H. Taylor
Department Chair, Psychiatry
University of Calgary, Departmental Science Advisor, Health Canada
Ahmed Shalaby
Executive Director Enterprise Information Management
ESDC
Xavier Girard
Director Business Systems & New Initiatives
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Ben Dick
Senior Data Analytics Strategist
City of Ottawa
David Collister
Manager, Data Governance
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Dr. James Lindsay
Senior AI Architect and Engineer
Department of National Defence
Alexis Bruneau
Senior Data Scientist
Transport Canada
Karem Elsayed
Senior Advisor, Planning & Analysis
Government of Canada
Jerry M. Maniate
Associate Professor | Division of General Internal Medicine
The Ottawa Hospital / University of Ottawa
Dr. Lyn Sonnenberg
Professor Emeritus
University of Alberta
Celio Oliveira
AI and Data Governance Expert
Michael Mohammed
Manager, Policy & Legislation
Government of Canada
Marianela Pereira
Director, Analytic Services
Canada Post