Event Overview
Building a Smart Public Sector with Data Collaboration and Automation
At the Data & AI Showcase hear first-hand, how data is being used to streamline internal operations and drive innovation while putting the security and privacy of citizens first. Also, take advantage of practical advice on how to leverage automation and digitalization to improve service delivery and the everyday lives of citizens.
This 1-day conference is packed with practical case study sessions, interactive panels and round table discussions to help you design a blueprint to harness data and AI to optimize internal processes and service delivery. Join us to debate and compare innovative strategies and techniques and drive citizen-first processes.

Benefits of Attending
Your Inspiring Speakers

Renu Kulendran
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Public and Service Delivery

Christos Sarakinos
Director, Data Science Division
Statistics Canada, Government of Canada

Elise Legendre
Director General, Data Policy and Transformation & Chief Data Officer
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Antoine Bedward
Director, Policy Development, Security Policy Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada

Chris Allison
Chief Data Officer
Public Health Agency of Canada

Jaspreet Singh Gulati
Project Director – Business Intelligence & Analytics
City of Ottawa

Ima Okonny
Chief Data Officer
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

Benoit Deshaies
A/Director Data and Artificial Intelligence
Treasury Board of Canada

Somaieh Nikpoor
A/Lead- AI Strategy and Data Science
Transport Canada

Frederic Larose
Director, Data Science and AI
Shared Services Canada

Robert Conlin
Managing Director, Canadian Federal Government
IBM Canada

Marc Beaulieu
Senior Solution Architect
Tricentis

Celia Wanderley
Chief Technology Officer
AltaML

Paul Moxon
SVP Data Architectures &
Chief Evangelist
Denodo

Steve Heibein
Public Sector AI Chief Technologist
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Derek Bouius
Software Compute Product Manager
AMD Inc.

Martin McGarry
President & Chief Data Scientist
Bronson Analytics
Key Sessions
Opening Keynote
Renu Kulendran, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Public and Service Delivery
Creating a Data Driven Culture to Drive Collaboration, Innovation and Growth
Elise Legendre, Director General, Data Policy and Transformation & Chief Data Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Lessons to Learn from StatCan’s Data Science Strategy
Christos Sarakinos, Director, Data Science Division, Statistics Canada, Government of Canada
Technologies to Support a Better User Experience
Antoine Bedward, Director, Policy Development, Security Policy Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada
Beyond Tech – Data Ethics, What Is It and How to Ensure Best Practise?
Ima Okonny, Chief, Data Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
The Brave New World of Data and AI – Challenges and Opportunities
Martin McGary, President & Chief Data Scientist, Bronson Analytics
AI in the Public Sector
Steve Heibein Public Sector AI Chief Technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Derek Bouius, Software Compute Product Manager, AMD Inc.
AI for Innovation and Growth in the Public Sector
Celia Wanderley, Chief Technology Officer, AltaML
Accelerate Your Cloud-first Strategy with an Agile Architecture
Paul Moxon, SVP Data Architectures & Chief Evangelist, Denodo
Data Analytics Toolkits, a Comparative Analysis: Which Tools/Types, When?
Chris Allison, Chief, Data Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada
Jaspreet Singh Gulati, Project Director – Business Intelligence & Analytics, City of Ottawa
Building a Solid Foundation for AI Enabled Service Delivery
Benoit Deshaies, A/Director Data and Artificial Intelligence, Treasury Board of Canada
Frederic Larose, Director, Data Science and AI, Shared Services Canada
Somaieh Nikpoor, A/Lead- AI Strategy and Data Science, Transport Canada
Robert Conlin, Managing Director, Canadian Federal Government, IBM Canada
Roundtable 1
Unleashing the Power of Digital Workflow Innovation
Roundtable 2
Predictive Analytics for Citizen Centric Service Delivery
Roundtable 3
Data Analytics and Visualization
Roundtable 4
Leveraging AI/Machine Learning to Promote Citizen Wellbeing
Roundtable 5
Achieve Trustworthy AI Data Curation and Delivery with Automated Data Integrity
Roundtable 6
Increasing Data Usage and Agility in a Decentralized Data world
Roundtable 7
Data Governance – the good, the bad and the ugly
Roundtable 8
Big Data for Smarter, More Efficient Service Delivery
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Event Location Information
Ottawa Conference & Event Centre
200 Coventry Road, Ottawa, ON, K1K 4S3
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Marriott Courtyard Ottawa East
200 Coventry Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1K 4S3
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Phone Number: +1 613-741-9862