Schedule - July 18th, 2020
10:30 (EDT)
10:30 AM TO 10:55 AM
Stage
Opening Ceremonies & Mental Health in Tech
-
Nicole Shum
- Co-Chair
- CUTC
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Daniel Martinovic
- Co-Chair
- CUTC
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Eric Windeler
- Founder/Executive Director
- Jack.org
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Eric Rafat
- Founder/CEO
- FoundersBeta
Our Co-Chairs, Nicole and Daniel welcome
you to the largest
virtual Canadian technology conference! Kicking off the packed day with Eric
Windeler,
who will talk about tech’s influence on Jack.org’s story and Eric Rafat, who
will highlight the journey to building your own startup, as the founder of
FoundersBeta.
11:00 (EDT)
11:00 AM TO 11:30 AM
Stage
Opportunities as the Luckiest Students within the Past 25 Years
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Dave Rensin
- Sr. Director of Engineering
"The Really Big Changes™ -- the things we look
back on as important moments in our careers -- are usually only obvious in
retrospect. Dave will talk about what it means to live through a moment that we
immediately know is important and durable, what
opportunities it opens up, and how one might respond.
11:00 AM TO 11:30 AM
Session
Making the Most of your Twenties
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Phil De Luna
- Program Director
- National Research Council of Canada
Sharing his story going from academia to
carbontech co-founder to program director at the Government of Canada, Phil De Luna
will provide advice on how to make the most of your twenties. He will speak about
his journey of technology development especially around CO2 conversion, hydrogen
production, and using artificial intelligence to accelerate discovery – all in the
context of trying to decarbonize Canada.
11:35 (EDT)
11:35 AM TO 12:05 PM
Session
Exploring IoT for Social Good
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Sarah Maston
- Sr. IoT Solution Architect
- Microsoft
How do we build Internet of Things (IoT)
solutions that make
a profound difference in the world? Sarah explores IoT concepts and talks about how
Microsoft’s Project Edison turned into a huge animal welfare project called Project
15.
11:35 AM TO 12:05 PM
Session
Fireside Chat with Tina and Kathleen
-
Tina Eskridge
- Senior Director of Marketing
- Microsoft
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Kathleen Garcia-Manjarres
- Growth Architect
- BCG Digital Ventures
Tina, Senior Marketing Director at
Microsoft and Kathleen, Growth Architect at BCG DV, chat about defining moments in
their careers.
12:10 (EDT)
12:10 PM TO 12:55 PM
Session
IoT Workshop by Microsoft
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Daisuke Nakahara
- IoT Solution Architect
- Microsoft
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Sarah Maston
- Sr. IoT Solution Architect
- Microsoft
Double click on the foundational concepts of IoT Solutioning, following the pattern
of “things, insights, actions” how you connect the dots to create innovative
solutions. Daisuke will walk through concepts around data ingestion, event
processing & real time notification, storage and analytics. Using live demo examples
to illustrate the concepts, giving direction on how to get started, and how
architectures look out in the real world.
12:10 PM TO 12:55 PM
Session
Entrepreneurship Panel
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Riya Karumanchi
- CEO
- SmartCane
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Marianne Bell
- CEO
- Toxon Technologies
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Chris Hoquis
- Co-Founder
- Saber Blitz
-
Anna Pinol
- Co-Founder
- Jupiter
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Chris Schmidt
- Founder
- Pluto Ventures
From idea to exit, each startup and the
founders behind them
go through very unique experiences and challenges. With a well of knowledge to
share, our panelists are here to give you a better look into what it takes to be a
successful entrepreneur!
1:00 (EDT)
1:00 PM TO 1:20 PM
Session
Resume Critique with JobJunxion
-
Jack Litchfield
- Co-Founder
- JobJunxion
-
Sarah Gray
- Customer Success Lead
- JobJunxion
Join JobJunxion as they judge a series of
resumes
submitted by you! Gain key takeaways to use on your own resumes from a modern hiring
platform.
1:00 PM TO 1:20 PM
Stage
An Immigrant's Journey to Tech
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Martha Nino
- Senior Marketing Manager
- Adobe
An unconventional journey into tech.
Her past did not define her and most importantly did not stop her. Martha shares her
story on breaking into tech as an immigrant.
1:25 (EDT)
1:25 PM TO 2:00 PM
Breakout
Session
Social Entrepreneurship
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Ravina Anand
- Founder
- FLIK
Ravina Anand will be speaking about taking an
interdisciplinary approach to building social and mission-driven technologies. In
her talk, she will discuss her unconventional journey towards social
entrepreneurship. She will highlight her experience as a female founder, STEM
scholar, and curious polymath. With an emphasis on diversity and inclusion, Ravina
will engage in a meaningful discussion on leveraging your lived experiences and
skills to create tangible solutions to large problems that will leave a social
legacy.
1:25 PM TO 2:00 PM
Breakout
Session
Embracing Human-centred Design in Public Service
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Xiaopu Fung
- Rapid Prototyping Lead
- Ontario Digital Service
In an age where technology is disruptive, the
global digital
government movement is revolutionizing how people interact with their government.
New "digital front doors" are being built for all types of government services. To
do this well, public servants need to start with user research. Xiaopu will share
real-life examples of decisions made with and without user research.
1:25 PM TO 2:00 PM
Breakout
Session
A New Career Paradigm Where You Can Have It All
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Jonathan Kwan
- Managing Director
- Kwantum Leap Group
Are you aspiring to “have it all” in your
career, or has the
current environment made you wonder if you can even have “some”, or even “any”? In
this talk, we'll introduce a new career paradigm that will change your perspectives
on what is possible, and help you answer one of the toughest questions: what should
I do when I graduate?
1:25 PM TO 2:00 PM
Breakout
Session
Cloud Dev-Ops & Global Security Threats
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Jason Ezard
- Senior Manager
- SOTI
Developing and deploying a product has never
been easier. The advent of cloud has made entrepreneurial developers shine by
enabling them to focus on what they do best while paying for only the services they
consume.
However, the speed of delivery and the efficiency of defaults give rise to security
threats.
In this session, Jason will discuss the importance of following best practices,
explore interesting security incidents and help define overall success in the Cloud.
2:05 (EDT)
2:05 PM TO 2:35 PM
Stage
The Three Pillars of Product Decision Making
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Ravi Mehta
- Ex-Chief Product Officer
- Tinder
Learn about the fundamentals of Product
Decision Making from Ravi, previously the Chief Product Officer of Tinder, Product
Director of Facebook and VP of Consumer Product at TripAdvisor.
2:05 PM TO 2:35 PM
Session
Fireside with Karl Moore and Henry Shi
-
Karl Moore
- Associate Professor
- McGill University
-
Henry Shi
- Founder
- Snap Travel
Chat with Karl Moore, an associate professor
at McGill University, and Henry Shi, founder of
SnapTravel and listed Forbes 30 Under 30, about pushing through adversity and
finding their paths
to success from the ground up.
2:40 (EDT)
2:40 PM TO 3:30 PM
Session
RBC’s Women in Tech Panel
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Ella Hilal
- Director of Data Science
- Shopify
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Pennie Santiago
- Senior Director
- RBC
-
Sima Umathay
- Product Manager
- Splunk
-
Alyssia Jovellanos
- Product Manager
- Microsoft
-
Guenia Izquierdo
- Engineering Manager
- Flipp
-
Megha Sharma
- Technology Lead
- RBC
An insightful discussion on female leadership
in tech. Hear
how our panelists’ overcame obstacles in Data Science, Product Management, and
Software Engineering.
3:35 (EDT)
3:35 PM TO 4:20 PM
Session
Recruiter Session
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Armando Saldana
- Recruiter
- Uber
-
Michelle Reyes
- Recruiter
- Geotab
-
Christian Guirguis
- Recruiter
- RBC
AMA with recruiters from Geotab, Uber, and RBC!
3:35 PM TO 4:20 PM
Session
Recruiter Session
-
Carolynn Choi
- Recruiter
- Square
-
Kristina Stephan
- Recruiter
- Bank of Montreal
-
Dominique Pirolo
- Recruiter
- SAP
AMA with recruiters from SAP, Square, and
BMO!
4:25 (EDT)
4:25 PM TO 5:25 PM
Session
UX Research Workshop by Shopify
-
Sam Yuan
- Sr. UX Researcher
- Shopify
-
Rubén P. Huidobro
- Sr. UX Researcher
- Shopify
Work with a technique called
Assumption Slam to learn more about research and how it is used to support
product
development with Sam and Ruben from Shopify!
4:25 PM TO 5:05 PM
Session
An Introduction to Data Science and Statistics by RBC
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Supreet Takkar
- Data Scientist
- RBC
Learn about data science and
its applications in the real world by exploring topics such as data analysis &
manipulation, visualization techniques (Kaggle), validation, and more, with Supreet
from RBC! Psst a you will get the chance to view a small demo.
4:25 PM TO 5:05 PM
Session
Fireside Chat with Claudel and Jerry
-
Claudel Kamgang
- Product Manager
-
Jerry Lee
- Sr. Strategy & Ops Manager
A candid discussion between Claudel Kamgang, PM at Linkedin, and Jerry Lee, Sr.
Strategy & Operations Manager at Google.
5:10 (EDT)
5:10 PM TO 6:00 PM
Session
Life After Uni Panel
-
Jonathan Javier
- CEO
- Wonsulting
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Katherine Carras
- Product Designer
- Palantir
-
Tracy Cai
- UX Designer
-
Joshua Mendoza
- Founder
- Destined for X
-
Howard Tam
- Software Engineer
- Tally
-
Jonathan Ng
- Product Manager
- Waymo
A candid discussion moderated by Jonathan
Javier from
Wonsulting about what life after university looks like and how to hunt for and
secure new grad roles.
5:10 PM TO 6:00 PM
Stage
Top 5 Team Presentations for Microsoft Discover AI Challenge
The top 5 teams from the Microsoft/CUTC
Discover AI Upskilling journey will present to you (and judges) in hopes of winning
big prizes. TIP: Tune in and listen closely, because after the presentations there
will be a quiz, and one lucky viewer will win a Microsoft Surface Go!
6:05 (EDT)
6:05 PM TO 6:35 PM
Stage
The New Tomorrow – How a Pandemic will Change the World (again)
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Jeff Chan
- Senior Manager
- TD
And just like that, the world stopped. This
once-in-a-lifetime event is changing our habits and behaviours, leading to the
emergence of key societal shifts. Jeff discusses understanding the change that
allows brands like TD to
recognize ways to move forward in a post COVID world.
6:40 (EDT)
6:40 PM TO 7:10 PM
Stage
Closing Award Ceremonies
6:40 PM TO 7:10 PM
Expo
Maker Fair
Watch along as presenters from Design Teams to
personal Side Project show off what they've created, and be inspired to join or
build your own!