Edutech
Canada
Wednesday, April 6th, 2022
Toronto | 8am ET
Event Overview
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant changes in the education sector. Overnight, educators and policymakers had to forge a plan to prioritize the health and safety of students across Canada and implement learning through virtual classrooms. This increased the demand on students, their families, and their educators to discard traditional in-person learning methods and adapt to virtual environments by developing digital literacy and efficiency. Schools have now shifted back to either in-person learning or have integrated hybrid models of learning with virtual environments as a continued option.
Nonetheless, the use of Education Technology has reached an all-time peak, and solutions are needed to ensure that students continue to have access to high-quality learning. They must also be optimally challenged and engaged to become resilient learners on pathways to success. Educators must feel empowered to increase standards of learning and innovate systems to produce higher learning outcomes.
Designed for education leaders overseeing primary and secondary students, EduTech Canada brings together education leaders, technology experts, and those who strive for innovative solutions for improving student and teacher learning outcomes in the digital era. EduTech Canada is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for education leadership teams to learn about the latest advancements in education technology and gain ideas to achieve classroom, school, and district-wide technology goals that are aligned with student success
Benefits of Attending
A Sneak Peek Of Your Inspiring Speakers
Nikki Martyn
Program Head, Early Childhood Studies
University of Guelph-Humber
Brent McDonald
Executive Superintendent of Education
Upper Grand District School Board
Gord Truffen
Superintendent of Education
Halton District School Board
Graham Shantz
Coordinating Superintendent of Human Resources and Equity Services
Waterloo District School Board
Balan Moorthy
Superintendent of Education
School District 78 Fraser-Cascade
Eric Ward
Assistant Commissioner Strategic Initiatives & External Relations
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Jason Dunk
Chief Technology Officer
Saskatoon Public Schools
Yael Ginsler
Assistant Deputy Minister, Student Achievement Division
Ministry of Education
Government of Ontario
Steve Camacho
Executive Superintendent, Technology, Data, and Strategic Transformation & Chief Information Officer
Toronto Catholic District School Board
Liz Holder
Superintendent of Education
Toronto District School Board
Lori DiMarco
Superintendent of Schools Superintendent, Curriculum Leadership & Innovation; and Academic Information & Communications Technology
Toronto Catholic District School Board
Peter Singh
Executive Officer, IT and IM Services
Toronto District School Board
Max Vecchiarino, PhD
Superintendent – Equity, Policy, Strategy, Research
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Brendan Browne
Director of Education
Toronto Catholic District School Board
Susie Lee-Fernandes
Superintendent of Education
Durham Catholic District School Board
Neerja Punjabi
Superintendent of Education – Acting, Louise Arbour, Harold Braithwaite & Judith Nyman Family of Schools
Peel District School Board
Lisa Leoni
Superintendent, System Transformation & Capacity Building
Peel District School Board
Lisa Hart
Coordinating Principal
Peel District School Board
Shawn Bredin
Superintendent of Research, Assessment and Evaluation
York Region District School Board
Ivana Macisaac
Senior Manager, Information Technology Services
Waterloo Region District School Board
Antoine Haroun
Chief Information Officer
Peel District School Board
Steven Reid
Associate Director of Education, Programs
York Region District School Board
Paulla Bennett
Chief Information Officer
York Region District School Board
Soussan Tabari
Chief Information Officer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Services I&IT Cluster
Ministry of Education
Dr Mirza Kamaludeen, P.Eng, CISSP
Architecture Lead for Network and Cyber Security in EDU-DSB
Government of Ontario
Wael Fathy
Public Sector Sales Lead
Zscaler
Matthew Edwards
Senior Sales Manager – Public Sector
CDW Canada
Theo van Wyk
Head of Cybersecurity and Solutions Development
CDW Canada
Alistair MacLeod
Education Strategist
CDW Canada
Wayne Cuervo
Director of Innovation
Cisco
Ben J. Abbey
Managing Director, Canada
SADA
Cameron Mair
Public Cloud Sales Specialist, Canada
Fortinet
Rob Piccolo
Senior, Regional Sales Manager for Public Sector
CrowdStrike
Hashim Hussein
Regional Sales Manager
Netskope
Key Sessions
The Government Innovation Series features the latest initiatives throughout Canada; sharing insights via keynote presentations, case studies, panel discussions, and fireside chats. To provide additional perspective – concurrent tracks will address more specific topics and challenges in the worlds of technology, people, data & process faced by public sector leaders today.
Modernizing Learning in Ontario – Preparing Students for the Future
Yael Ginsler, Assistant Deputy Minister, Student Achievement Division, Ministry of Education, Government of Ontario
The Evolution of Digital Citizen: How Online Learning has Changed Expectations and Practice
Peter Singh, Executive Officer, IT and IM Services, Toronto District School Board
Adapting to Change
Balan Moorthy, Superintendent of Education, School District 78 Fraser-Cascade
Redefining the Canadian Education Learning Landscape: a COVID-19 Leader Playbook for Surviving and Thriving
Shawn Bredin, Superintendent of Research, Assessment and Evaluation, York Region District School Board
Max Vecchiarino, PhD, Superintendent – Equity, Policy, Strategy, Research, Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Soussan Tabari, Chief Information Officer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Services I&IT Cluster, Ministry of Education
Building the Future of Learning
Chris Kennedy, Superintendent of Schools, West Vancouver Schools
Lori DiMarco, Superintendent, Curriculum Leadership & Innovation; and Academic Information & Communications Technology, Toronto Catholic District School Board
Neerja Punjabi, Superintendent of Education – Acting, Louise Arbour, Harold Braithwaite and Judith Nyman Family of Schools, Peel District School Board
Keynote Session
Ensuring a Strong Sense of Belonging Through Identify-Affirming Learning Environments
Lisa Leoni, Superintendent, System Transformation & Capacity Building,Peel District School Board
Lisa Hart, Coordinating Principal, Peel District School Board
Panel Discussion
Improving the Student Experience
Nikki Martyn, Program Head, Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
Susie Lee-Fernandes, Superintendent of Education, Durham Catholic District School Board
Steven Reid, Associate Director of Education, Programs, York Region District School Board
Keynote Session
Learning Lost/Learning Gained? How the Pandemic has Reset Priorities and Refined Programming for a Post-Covid World
Brendan Browne, Director of Education, Toronto Catholic District School Board
Panel Discussion
Improving the Experience of Educators and Administrators
Brent McDonald, Executive Superintendent of Education, Upper Grand District School Board
Gord Truffen, Superintendent of Education, Halton District School Board
Graham Shantz, Superintendent, Student Achievement and Well-Being, Waterloo District School Board
Keynote Session
Effective Data Governance for Changing Times
Eric Ward, Assistant Commissioner Strategic Initiatives & External Relations, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Panel Discussion
CIO Spotlight: Insights on Adapting to Crisis Learning
Jason Dunk, Chief Technology Officer, Saskatoon Public Schools
Steve Camacho, Executive Superintendent, Technology, Data, and Strategic Transformation & Chief Information Officer, Toronto Catholic District School Board
Paulla Bennett, Chief Information Officer, York Region District School Board
Keynote Session
How and Why a Sector Came Together: The Development of a Provincial Student Information System
Jason Dunk, Chief Technology Officer, Saskatoon Public Schools
Panel Discussion
IT Leadership: Proactive vs Reactive
Liz Holder, Superintendent of Education, Toronto District School Board
Ivana MacIsaac, Senior Manager, Information Technology Services,Waterloo Region District School Board
Antoine Haroun, Chief Information Officer, Peel District School Board
Ben J. Abbey, Managing Director, Canada, SADA
Partner Session
The Imperative for Inclusive Innovation
Wayne Cuervo, Director of Innovation, Cisco
Critical Areas of Success to an Infrastructure Upgrade
Hashim Hussein, Regional Sales Manager, Netskope
Rob Piccolo, Senior, Regional Sales Manager for Public Sector, CrowdStrike
Manish Raval, Senior Solutions Engineer, Okta
View the agenda for the full speaker lineup, sessions and event timeline
Your Registration
Beanfield Centre, Toronto,
Ontario
Keeping You Safe
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