CGI and Public Sector Network Present:

Healthcare Roadshow

Transforming Healthcare Horizons Through Technology and Innovation

April 9 – May 3, 2024

ON | AB | BC | NS

Event Partner

400+

Projected registrations in 2024

30+

inspiring speakers

18

CASE STUDIES

Transforming Healthcare Horizons Through Technology and Innovation

Canada’s healthcare future grapples with ageing demographics, workforce shortages, inequities, infrastructure upgrades, and data management. These pressing challenges require more dynamic and innovative solutions that pave the way for effective and efficient service delivery to citizens. 

The Healthcare Roadshow is a dynamic platform that brings together technology and healthcare experts, key stakeholders, and decision-makers to explore innovative uses of existing and emerging healthcare technologies to benefit patients, healthcare providers, government regulators, research institutions and other healthcare stakeholders.  

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Who Should Attend

Chiefs | Directors | Heads | Managers of

Nursing

Consumer & Patient Experience

Medical & Clinical

Data Analytics & Governance

Digital & Transformation

People & Culture

Health & Medical Informatics

IT & Innovation

Benefits of Attending

Innovative Insights:

Gain valuable insights into cutting-edge technologies and strategies driving the transformation of healthcare providers into smart, connected, and sustainable organizations.

Strategic Thinking:

Explore how healthcare leaders are shifting from traditional organizational processes to technology-driven approaches, creating a paradigm shift in the healthcare sector.

Practical Solutions:

Discover actionable solutions and best practices to address industry challenges and enhance healthcare delivery to citizens.  

What Your Peers Had To Say

“Very informative and examples
made things understand easily.”

Ontario Health

“Everyone was very good and
informative.”

Independence Centre and Network (Ican-cerd)

A Sneak Peek of Our Speakers

Lucas Chartier
Vice President, Quality and Safety, Chief Patient Safety Officer
University Health Network

Peter Bak
Chief Information Officer
Humber River Hospital

EMERSON RAJARAM
CISO
Wellington-Dufferin- Guelph Public Health

Ted Scott
Vice President Innovation and Partnerships
Hamilton Health Sciences

Tania Tajirian
Chief Health Information Officer,
Asst. Prof., Department of Family and Community medicine
University of Toronto

Dr. Sarah Muttitt
Vice President & CIO
The SickKids and University Health Network

Mike Savage, Mayor, Halifax Regional Municipality

Dr. Kyle Wilson
Vice President, Information Systems and Digital Innovation, CIO / CPO
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health

Tania Tajirian
Chief Health Information Officer,
Asst. Prof., Department of Family and Community medicine
University of Toronto

Dr. Tania Tajirian
Chief Health Information Officer,
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Toronto

Lucas Chartier
Vice President, Quality and Safety, Chief Patient Safety Officer
University Health Network

Lucas Chartier
Vice President, Quality and Safety, Chief Patient Safety Officer
University Health Network

EMERSON RAJARAM
CISO
Wellington-Dufferin- Guelph Public Health

Emerson Rajaram
Chief Information  Security Officer & Corporate Director of Technology
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health

Mike Savage, Mayor, Halifax Regional Municipality

Jeff Curtis
Chief Privacy Officer
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

EMERSON RAJARAM
CISO
Wellington-Dufferin- Guelph Public Health

Paul Pirie
A/Director, Digital Health Program Branch, Digital and Analytics Strategy Division
Ministry of Health of Ontario

Tania Tajirian
Chief Health Information Officer,
Asst. Prof., Department of Family and Community medicine
University of Toronto

Avery MacLean
Director, Research IT & Enterprise Data Architecture
The Hospital for Sick Children

RAJA MITA
Executive Director, Health
Innovation
Alberta Innovates

Tommaso Lorenzo C|CISO, CISM, SSCP
Manager Cyber Security & Network, Information & Communications Technology
Niagara Health

Mike Savage, Mayor, Halifax Regional Municipality

Daniela Sabatini
Director Management Services for Seniors Services and Long Term Care
City of Toronto

Tania Tajirian
Chief Health Information Officer,
Asst. Prof., Department of Family and Community medicine
University of Toronto

Ben Goldberg
Global Industry Lead, Health and Life Sciences
CGI

Mike Savage, Mayor, Halifax Regional Municipality

Peter Jones
Industry Lead – Canadian Healthcare, WW Health
Microsoft

Tania Tajirian
Chief Health Information Officer,
Asst. Prof., Department of Family and Community medicine
University of Toronto

Kyle Schilke
Sr. Healthcare Sr. Enterprise Account Manager
AWS Canada

RAJA MITA
Executive Director, Health
Innovation
Alberta Innovates

Andrew Norton Mitchell
Principal Solution Architect
Iron Mountain

RAJA MITA
Executive Director, Health
Innovation
Alberta Innovates

Karam Bains
Consulting Expert – Healthcare
CGI

Tania Tajirian
Chief Health Information Officer,
Asst. Prof., Department of Family and Community medicine
University of Toronto

Kellie Scott
Vice-President of Consulting
CGI

Mike Savage, Mayor, Halifax Regional Municipality

Rob Piccolo
Regional Sales Manager
Crowdstrike

Tania Tajirian
Chief Health Information Officer,
Asst. Prof., Department of Family and Community medicine
University of Toronto

Hashim Hussein
Regional Sales Manager, Public Sector
Netskope

RAJA MITA
Executive Director, Health
Innovation
Alberta Innovates

Jean Aouad
eVP Buisness Development
Petal

"Gina Johar
Vice President & Chief Digital Officer
Chief Privacy Officer
Quinte Health"

Emmanuelle Lamoureux
Director General,
Strategic Policy Branch
Health Canada

GLEN GEIGER
Chief Medical Information
Officer
The Ottawa Hospital

Glen Geiger
Chief Medical Information Officer
The Ottawa Hospital

"Mari Teitelbaum Cybersecurity lead
Chief Innovation Officer
Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario"

Mari Teitelbaum
Cybersecurity Lead, Chief Innovation Officer
Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario

"Gina Johar
Vice President & Chief Digital Officer
Chief Privacy Officer
Quinte Health"

Gina Johar
Vice President & Chief Digital Officer, Chief Privacy Officer
Quinte Health

MEGAN HARRIS Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Transformation Taskforce, PSSG Government of British Columbia

Melanie Henderson
Vice President, Clinical and Support Services
Pembroke Regional Hospital

MEGAN HARRIS Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Transformation Taskforce, PSSG Government of British Columbia

Kara Kitts
Director Digital Innovation
The Ottawa Hospital

"Gina Johar
Vice President & Chief Digital Officer
Chief Privacy Officer
Quinte Health"

Dr. Jonathan Fitzsimon
Medical Lead, Renfrew County Virtual Triage and Assessment Centre, Medical Lead, Renfrew County Integrated Virtual Care, Clinical Digital Lead, Ottawa Valley Ontario Health Team, Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa Department of Family Medicine, & Clinician Researcher, Institut du Savoir Montfort

MEGAN HARRIS Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Transformation Taskforce, PSSG Government of British Columbia

Joy Ardanaz, MBA, PMP
Healthcare Subject Matter Expert
CGI

MEGAN HARRIS Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Transformation Taskforce, PSSG Government of British Columbia

Nadine Repple
Director, Consulting Services
CGI

"Gina Johar
Vice President & Chief Digital Officer
Chief Privacy Officer
Quinte Health"

Mike Tremblay
President, IT and Cyber Solutions
Calian Group

MEGAN HARRIS Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Transformation Taskforce, PSSG Government of British Columbia

Alkin Gorgun
Senior SASE Leader
Canada Cloudflare

MEGAN HARRIS Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Transformation Taskforce, PSSG Government of British Columbia

Julian Wong
Director of Strategic Relationships
Petal

Mark Scheffer
IT Executive Director – Health Information Exchange
Alberta Health Services

Mark Scheffer
IT Executive Director – Health Information Exchange
Alberta Health Services

Christie Sharun MHS, BSc, CLSSGB
Executive Director, Kaye Edmonton Clinic/ Acute Ambulatory Care EDM Zone
Alberta Health Services

Tim Murphy
Vice President, Health
Alberta Innovates

"Conny Avila
Chief Innovation Officer
Covenant Health"

Kim Simmonds
ADM Strategic Policy and Performance
Alberta Health

Lori Apostal
Executive Director
Wood Buffalo Primary Care Network

Lisa Laferriere
Vice President, Strategy
Health Cities

"Conny Avila
Chief Innovation Officer
Covenant Health"

Conny Avila
Chief Innovation Officer
Covenant Health

RAJA MITA
Executive Director, Health
Innovation
Alberta Innovates

Antonio Bruni
Director of Health System Transformation
Alberta Innovates

Lori Apostal
Executive Director
Wood Buffalo Primary Care Network

Leeca Sonnema
Executive Director
Primary Care Network, Edmonton North

Christie Sharun MHS, BSc, CLSSGB
Executive Director, Kaye Edmonton Clinic/ Acute Ambulatory Care EDM Zone
Alberta Health Services

Brinda Narayan
Vice President, Consulting Services
CGI

Christie Sharun MHS, BSc, CLSSGB
Executive Director, Kaye Edmonton Clinic/ Acute Ambulatory Care EDM Zone
Alberta Health Services

Dr. Lyle Oberg
Executive Board Chair
Alberta Health Services

RAJA MITA
Executive Director, Health
Innovation
Alberta Innovates

Mark van Engelen
Vice President Consulting Services
CGI

Lori Apostal
Executive Director
Wood Buffalo Primary Care Network

Adam Elwi
Director Consulting Services
CGI

Christie Sharun MHS, BSc, CLSSGB
Executive Director, Kaye Edmonton Clinic/ Acute Ambulatory Care EDM Zone
Alberta Health Services

Ken Martelli
Senior eHealth Consultant
CGI

Lori Apostal
Executive Director
Wood Buffalo Primary Care Network

Elden Jahnke
Solutions Architect
AWS

Christie Sharun MHS, BSc, CLSSGB
Executive Director, Kaye Edmonton Clinic/ Acute Ambulatory Care EDM Zone
Alberta Health Services

Stephanie Chicoine
Healthcare Lead, Western Canada
Microsoft

RAJA MITA
Executive Director, Health
Innovation
Alberta Innovates

Jean Aouad
eVP Buisness Development
Petal

Jyoti Gondek, Mayor, The City of Calgary

Ian Rongve
Assistant Deputy Minister (Strategic Innovation Division)
Ministry of Health

Karen Wall
Director, Strategic
Recruitment
People Department,
Providence Healthcare

RAJA MITA
Executive Director, Health
Innovation
Alberta Innovates

Noor Esmail
Chief Project Officer
& Executive Director,
Burnaby Hospital
Redevelopment Project
Fraser Health Authority

Katie Black, General Manager, Community Services, City of Calgary

Andrew Yiu
Director, Financial Planning & Business Support
Vancouver Coastal Health

HEIDI GIESBRECHT
Executive Director, Health
IT Strategy, BC Ministry of  Health

Heidi Giesbrecht
Senior Executive Director
Provincial Health Services Authority in partnership with BC Ministry of Health

NOOR ESMAIL
Chief Project Officer
& Executive Director,
Burnaby Hospital
Redevelopment Project
Fraser Health Authority

Mohammad Mehdi Ghotboddini
Director, Advanced
Modelling and
Optimization
Providence Health

Katie Black, General Manager, Community Services, City of Calgary

Benjamin Wan
Director, Architecture
Services
Provincial Health
Services Authority

CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT
PETER TEWFIK
Officer in Charge of
Community Safety and
Wellbeing
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police

Christopher Talusan
Director Clinical Informatics
Providence Health Care

CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT
PETER TEWFIK
Officer in Charge of
Community Safety and
Wellbeing
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police

Diane Gutiw
Global AI Research Centre Lead
CGI

Katie Black, General Manager, Community Services, City of Calgary

Sarah Malerby
Director of Consulting Expertise
CGI

CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT
PETER TEWFIK
Officer in Charge of
Community Safety and
Wellbeing
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police

Cheryl Walker
Director of Consulting
CGI

CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT
PETER TEWFIK
Officer in Charge of
Community Safety and
Wellbeing
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police

Stephanie Chicoine
Healthcare Lead, Western Canada
Microsoft

Katie Black, General Manager, Community Services, City of Calgary

Elliot Desilets
Director of Business 
Development
Petal

CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT
PETER TEWFIK
Officer in Charge of
Community Safety and
Wellbeing
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police

Alkin Gorgun
Senior SASE Leader, Canada
Cloudflare

CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT
PETER TEWFIK
Officer in Charge of
Community Safety and
Wellbeing
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police

Todd Smith
Sr. Principal Account Technology Strategist
Citrix

CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT
PETER TEWFIK
Officer in Charge of
Community Safety and
Wellbeing
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police

Alex Mendelev
Solutions Architect, Public Sector Canada
Google
Cloud

"Eric Beaulieu
Deputy Minister
New Brunswick Department of Health"

Dylana Arsenault
Executive Director, Hospital Services and Patient Flow
Health PEI

"Krista Jangaard
President & Chief Executive Officer
IWK Health Centre "

Krista Jangaard
President & Chief Executive Officer
IWK Health Centre 

JOSHUA LEE
Executive Director
Nova Scotia Department
of Health

Matthew Murphy
Senior Director, Strategy and Performance and Chief Data Officer
Nova Scotia Health Authority

JOSHUA LEE
Executive Director
Nova Scotia Department
of Health

Joshua Lee
Senior Executive Director, Planning, Performance, and Digital
Nova Scotia Department
of Health

Andrea DeJong, Deputy Fire Chief, City of St.Catharines

Steve Carrigan
Director, Analytics, Strategy and Performance
Nova Scotia Health Authority

Andrea DeJong, Deputy Fire Chief, City of St.Catharines

Ashley Miller
Chief Medical Information Officer
Nova Scotia Health and IWK

Andrea DeJong, Deputy Fire Chief, City of St.Catharines

Andy French
Applied AI Lead
CGI

JOSHUA LEE
Executive Director
Nova Scotia Department
of Health

Robyn Stewart
Director of Consulting Services for Health and Life Sciences
CGI

Andrea DeJong, Deputy Fire Chief, City of St.Catharines

Dave Coady
Vice President of Consulting Delivery
CGI

Andrea DeJong, Deputy Fire Chief, City of St.Catharines

Neil McFarlane
Principal Healthcare Solutions Architect
AWS

Andrea DeJong, Deputy Fire Chief, City of St.Catharines

Kyle Schilke
Sr. Healthcare Sr. Enterprise Account Manager
AWS Canada

JOSHUA LEE
Executive Director
Nova Scotia Department
of Health

Jeremy Young
Lead Strategic Development Executive, Health Network – Federal & Canada
Oracle Health

Andrea DeJong, Deputy Fire Chief, City of St.Catharines

Elliot Desilets
Director of Business 
Development
Petal

Registration

LIVE PRESENTATIONS

Hear from public sector leaders about the latest trends and explore how to instantly apply these insights and gain unique perspectives

NETWORKING

An opportunity to engage with your peers from across the state in dedicated networking sessions, interactive roundtable discussions and meal breaks

TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Hear  from leading solutions providers in the government space as they explore key technologies to improve citizen services

ON-DEMAND

Receive on-demand access to session content on the complimentary Public Sector Network social learning platform

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– London Family Health Team

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