Canada’s research, education, and innovation communities to come together in Ottawa
[Ottawa, ON]
CANARIE today announced the final program for its annual CANARIE Summit, focused on opportunities for optimism beyond today’s headlines. Promising visionaries, innovators, and changemakers are leading the charge with groundbreaking innovations and sustainable solutions aimed at addressing the most pressing challenges of our time. The theme of the 2024 CANARIE Summit is Transformative Innovation for Good and the final program is now available.
The Summit will be held in Ottawa from October 9 – 10, with guests representing organizations in research, education, the private sector, not-for-profit, and government coming together to learn how leaders from the private, public, and academic sectors are mobilizing to change the course of our shared future for good.
CANARIE is grateful for the ongoing support and collaboration of all Summit sponsors, with CIRA as this year’s Premier Partner sponsor.
“At CIRA, we believe cybersecurity is a team sport. Building communities of trust allows us to share information, tools, and expertise which ultimately increases security and resilience. CIRA is proud to secure the Higher Education community against cyberthreats with CANARIE and our NREN Partners across Canada.” – Jon Ferguson, Vice President, Cybersecurity & DNS, CIRA
Summit sessions include the following, in order of appearance:
- Hacking for Good
Ted Harrington | Executive Partner, Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) - AI for Good: Dr. Sasha Luccioni | AI & Climate Lead, Hugging Face
- Digital Healthcare for Good
Dr. Kumanan Wilson | Chief Scientific Officer, CANImmunize - Epigenetics for Good
Dr. Moshe Szyf | Geneticist, Chief Executive Officer, & Chief Science Officer, epiMedTech - CANARIE Collaborations for Good
Gary Miller | Vice President, Cybersecurity Programs and Services, CANARIE
Mark Wolff | Chief Technology Officer, CANARIE - Space Tech for Good
Dr. Danielle Wood | Associate Professor and Director, Space Enabled Research Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Connectivity for Good
Jennifer Lane | Chief Information Officer & Executive Consultant, Nunavut Arctic College - The Future is Bright
Dan Riskin | Biologist, Science Journalist, Author, and Television Host
The Summit has almost reached capacity, but limited seating is still available. More information is available at https://canariesummit.ca.
For more information, please contact:
Lesley McElroy
Director, Communications
CANARIE
[email protected]