DiscoveryX 2026

April 29 - May 5, 2026

Enercare Centre 100 Princes’ Blvd, Exhibition Place, Toronto

2026 keynote speakers

Dr. Geoffrey Hinton

Nobel Prize Laureate and "Godfather of AI"

Natasha Walji

Managing Director

Google Canada

Christian Weedbrook

CEO

Xanadu Quantum Technologies

Sean Silcoff

Technology Reporter

The Globe and Mail

2026 Speakers

Hemant Agrawal

Director of Product - TELUS AI Factory

TELUS

Zeeshan Ali

Partner

Wittington Ventures

Menelaos Argiropoulos

Policy Manager, Buy Canadian and Digital Solutions Sector

Public Services and Procurement Canada, Ontario Region

Gillian Batcher

Founder, Goldsmith

Jewel Envy

Shreyas Becker

Co founder/ COO

KatalyzeAI

Udit Bhatnagar

Partner

McRock Capital

Neil Blackburn

Senior Dir PS&AD

OmniaBio

Simon Bourgeois

CEO

nmbr.co

Ferhan Bulca

Director of the Board

Maple Leaf Angels

Jenny-Lou Campbell

Executive Director

Indigenous Centre of Excellence for Mineral Development

Maura Campbell

President and CEO

Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®)

Vincent Caron

Vice President, Policy

Ontario Chamber of Commerce

Shevonne Chin

CEO

FLIK FX

Shivani Chotalia

Founding Partner

CleanAI Initiative

Glenda Crisp

President and CEO

Vector Institute

Igor Cunha

Business Development and Commercialization Manager

Ontario Centre of Innovation

Pina D'Agostino

Board Chair

Ontario Centre of Innovation

Peter Dal Bianco

CEO/Founder

Palusa Investments

Sabyasachi Dasgupta

Head of R&D Data Platforms & Products

Sanofi

Angelo Del Duca

Investor/Board Member

Angel Investors Durham

Daniel Duplessis

Field CTO

Amazon Web Services

Hon. Victor Fedeli

Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

Government of Ontario

Ania Geerts

CEO

Paloma Software

Onkar Gill

CEO

Yobo AI

Cheryl Hart

CEO

ONTASK Strategies

Youssef Helwa

CEO

FluidAI Medical

Donna Heslin

Manager, Small Business, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

IDEA Mississauga powered by Invest Mississauga

Christine Hill

Vice President, Business Unit Director - Water

Arcadis

Louisa Ho

Senior Program Analyst

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

Hadi Ismail

CEO

Swift Racks

Kanwar Johal

CSO

Superwake

Geoff Johnstone

Director, GM Defense Canada

GM Defence Canada

Jaquelyn Jones

Initiatives Officer

Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor)

Michael Jones

Business Development and Commercialization Manager

Ontario Centre of Innovation

Fatima Khamitova

Director, Startups

Vector Institute

Neha Khera

Managing Partner

IRV Fund

Jeff King

Manager, Regional Outreach

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FEDDEV)

Jackie Korecki

Chief Operating Officer

Supply Ontario

Claudia Krywiak

President and CEO

Ontario Centre of Innovation

Pieter Kwakernaak

General Manager

Hoogendoorn

Ian Lane

Executive Director

Northern Ontario Angels

Ms. Sarah Larose

Manager, Outreach & Engagement

Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS)

Mr. Greg Layson

Digital and Mobile Editor

Automotive News Canada

Ryan Lipcsei

Northern Development Advisor

Ministry of Northern Economic Development and Growth

Chitman Lochab

Business Development & Commercialization Manager

Ontario Centre of Innovation

Stephanie Loureiro

Chief Strategy Officer

Speer

Robert Luke

Chief Executive Officer

eCampus Ontario

Rishan Lye

Partner, Consulting Leader

BDO Canada

Melissa Maloney

Co-Founder

AWL Parnters

Uriel Marantz

Senior Policy Advisor

Department of National Defence

Jovan Matic

Director, Health Innovation Policy Branch

Ontario Ministry of Health

Kyle McCall

Director, Commercialization Services

CEMI/MICA

Todd McCleave

Supply Chain Project Lead

Supply Ontario

Nevin McDougall

Board Chair

Agricultural Research and Innovation Ontario (ARIO)

Michael Millar

CEO

Verto Health

Rainee Mistry

Investor

BDC

Rimaz Mohamed

Lead, Platforms and Product Development

eCampus Ontario

Nanda Nagarajan

Outreach and Engagement

Scientific Research and Experimental Development Program

Ivan Nayda

Portfolio Development | Energy, Chemicals & Infrastructure

Siemens Industry Software

Jeff Nelson

President

Nelson Industrial

Cheryl Nicholson

Chief Operating Officer

Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON)

Adam Nicolaou

Manager, Ontario Technology Industry

BDC

Greg Ogiba

CEO

Windmill Farms

Dumitru Olariu

Intellectual Property Advisor

Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)

Paul Paolatto

Interim CEO

Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON)

Laura Payne

CEO

White Tuque

Theresa Quick

CRO

Novamera Inc.

Arshia Raafat

Director, Health Innovation and Technology Assessment

Ontario Health

Tarek Rahim

CEO/Co-founder

Mirsee Robotics Inc.

Diego Ramirez P.

Senior Manager, Cyber Intelligence Center

Bell Cyber

Anuj Rastogi

Managing Director

Backstretch

David Rich

General Partner

Archangel Network of Funds

Claude Rivet

Northern Development Advisor

Ministry of Northern Economic Development and Growth

Moe Sabbaghi

COO

TISC

Nastaran Saberi

Co-Founder and CTO

GeoMate

Jude Sacramenthas

VP Ecosystems

Graphite Ventures

Raghavender Sahdev

President & CEO

Nuport Robotics

Josh Scott

Reporter

BetaKit

Gordana Slepcev

CEO & President

Lomiko Metals Inc.

Matt Stevens

President

Finite Robotics

Hon. Nina Tangri

Associate Minister - Small Business

Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade

Craig Tavares

President and COO

BUZZ HPC

Suba Thirumalaisamy

Production Manager

Veoneer

Steven Thornton

Strategic Advisor

PwC Canada

Fatema Valji

Director, Stakeholder Management

Supply Ontario

Sandra-Marie Virgili

Manager, Operational Communication & Vendor Outreach

Supply Ontario

Diana Virgovicova

CEO & FOunder

Xatoms

Christina Visser

CEO

Ionic Technology Group

Adrienne Walls

Senior Legal Counsel, Privacy

BDO Canada

Pauline Walsh

Industrial Technology Advisor

National Research Council - Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP)

James White

President & CEO

Wellmaster

Daniel Wigdor

CEO

AXL

Jad Yaghi

CTO and Cofounder

Baseline

Geri Yin

Vice President, GRE&T Centre

Alectra Utilities

Brad Zalischuk

Director, Digital Innovation and Transformation

Eclipse

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