2025 Plenary Speakers
Honourable Diana Gibson
Minister of Citizens’ Services, Government of British Columbia
Shannon Salter
Deputy Minister to the Premier, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the BC Public Service, Government of British Columbia
Douglas Scott
Deputy Minister of Finance and Secretary to Treasury Board, Government of British Columbia
Cynthia Johansen
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health, Government of British Columbia
Kevin Jardine
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment & Parks, Government of British Columbia
Hayden Lansdell
Associate Deputy Minister & Government Chief Information Officer, Connected Services BC – Ministry of Citizens’ Services, Government of British Columbia
David Telka
Partner, Government & Public Sector Tech Strategy & Transformation, PwC Canada
Rob Richards
BC Public Sector Client Services Director, PwC Canada
Rehan Qureshi
Vice President, Technology Consulting Services, Maximus
2025 Connected Services Speakers
Alexander Ritchie
Assistant Deputy Minister & Ministry Chief Information Officer, Ministry of Transportation and Transit, Government of British Columbia
Christina Dentzien
Executive Director, Ministry of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction, Government of Alberta
Andy Calarco
Assistant Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship and CIO for the Natural Resource Sector, Government of British Columbia
Susan Stanford
Assistant Deputy Minister of Connectivity & ICT, Government of British Columbia
Alex MacLennan
Associate Deputy Minister & Chief Executive Assessment Officer, Environment Assessment Office, BC Public Service
Genevieve Lambert
Senior Executive Director, Ministry of Citizens’ Services, Government of British Columbia
Greg Froh
Executive Director & Chief Technology Officer, Information Services Division, B.C. Social Sector, Government of British Columbia
Blair Neufeld
Director General, Client Experience Office, Service Canada
Dorothy Eng
Chief Executive Officer, Code for Canada
2025 IT Modernization & Data Analytics Speakers
Michael Harvey
Information and Privacy Commissioner, Government of British Columbia
Dean Sutton
Manager, Policy and Legislation, Ministry of Citizens’ Services, Government of British Columbia
Denise Evdokimoff
Executive Lead, Deal Management Office, Ministry of Citizens' Services, Government of British Columbia
Danielle Lemon
Legal Counsel, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General, Province of British Columbia, Government of British Columbia
Christina Dentzien
Executive Director, Ministry of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction, Government of Alberta
Chris Spicer
Executive Director and CIO, Connected Services BC, Serving the Ministry of Transportation and Transit, Ministry of Citizens’ Services
Jordan Samis
Executive Director, AI Adoption, Government of British Columbia
Jeff Card
Strategic Lead, AI & Enterprise Architecture, Ministry of Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship, Government of British Columbia
Rebecca Stevenson
Senior Product Manager, Mines Audits and Strategic Services, BC Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals
Christopher Gillespie
Chief Privacy Officer and Director of Privacy & Access, University of Victoria
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