AccelerateGOV FAll 2024 - Ottawa | Global Government Forum | 21 October 2024 | Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1N, Ottawa, ON K1N 9J2, Canada

This event brings together national and departmental digital chiefs from across the globe for open, informal discussion of the opportunities and challenges facing public sector digital transformation.

Digital transformation is not a technology project: to realise the power of digital, public servants from a huge range of disciplines and specialisms must work in partnership. Organised by Global Government Forum, AccelerateGOV serves all those public service leaders and managers with an interest in digital – exploring in panel discussions and audience Q&As how staff from different professions can best promote and deliver transformed public services.

The event will provide insights, ideas and explanations for leaders in fields including policy, HR, finance, legal, commercial, research and operational delivery, alongside the core audience of digital and data specialists.

2024 Speakers

Dominic Rochon
Deputy Minister and Chief Information Officer, Canada

Stephen Burt
Chief Data Officer, Canada and Assistant Deputy Minister of Data and Digital Policy, Canada

Christine Bellamy
Chief Executive, Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office, United Kingdom

Alex Benay
Associate Deputy Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Enterprise Pay Coordination, Public Services and Procurement Canada

Pierre Bilodeau
Vice President, Standards Council of Canada

Philip Bland
Global Government Advisor, Qualtrics

Martin Boucher
Director of Government Digital Communications, Ministry of Executive Council, Government of Québec

Martin Bowyer
Deputy Director, Securing Government Services, Central Digital and Data Office, United Kingdom

Cristina Caballe
Vice President and Senior Partner, IBM Global Public Sector

Stephanie Cadieux
Chief Accessibility Officer, Canada

Meagan Collins
(A)Chief, Enterprise Information Management, Corporate Services Sector, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Bob Conlin
Technology Managing Director, Canadian Federal Government, IBM

Chrysandre Courchene
Manager, Responsible Data and AI Centre of Expertise, Canada Border Service Agency

Jonathan Dewar
Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Information Governance Centre, Canada

Joyce Dimech
Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Home Affairs, Security and Employment, Malta

Wolfgang Ebner
Managing Section Head, Digitalisation and E-Government, Federal Chancellery, Austria

Dorothy Eng
Chief Executive Officer, Code for Canada

Brian Epley
Chief Information Officer, Department for Commerce, United States

Miquel Estape
Chief Executive Officer, Open Government of Catalonia, Spain and VP at ACGP

Jonathan Finch (Invited)
Director, Digital Experience, Office of Management and Budget, United States

Gabrielle Fitzgerald
Chief Data Officer, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Laura Gilbert
Chief Analyst, Director of Data Science, 10 Downing Street, United Kingdom

Dr. Melvin Greer
Fellow and Chief Data Scientist for the Americas, Intel

Eric Guimond
Chief Data Officer and Director General, Strategic Research and Data Innovation Branch, Indigenous Services Canada

Tara Holland
Government Data and Analytics, Industry Principal, SAS

Scott Jones
President, Shared Services Canada

Anssi Karkkainen
Director General of NCSC-FI, (Deputy Director General of Finnish Transport and Communications Agency)

Michael Langton
Senior Director of Advanced Analytics & AI, North America, Converge Technology Solutions

Elise Legendre
Chief Data Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Shamsul Izhan Abdul Majid
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)

Alexandra Mause
Head of Department New Work, Change Management, Project Management, Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, Germany

Chris Montgomery
Field CTO, Americas, Commvault

Clara Morgan
Director, Office of Public Service Accessibility, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Innocent Bagamba Muhizi
Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Information Society Authority, Rwanda

Karen Myers
Co-founder, President and CEO, Blueprint

Ima Okonny
Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Data Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada

Chris Penney
Director, Centre for Indigenous Statistics and Partnerships, Champion for Indigenous Employees, Statistics Canada

Ben Piercey
Chief Technology Officer, AffinitiQuest

Cordell Schachter
Chief Information Officer, Department for Transportation, United States

Paul Selby
Chief Information Security Officer and Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity, Department of Energy, United States

Charles Taillefer
Executive Director, Access to Information and Open Government Policy Division (AIOGPD), Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Raj Thuppal
Executive Vice President, Shared Services Canada

Jonathan Ouellet
Director General of Cyber Defence, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

Gayan Peiris
Head of Data and Technology, Chief Digital Office, United Nations Development Programme

Erica Ren
Chief Data Officer, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Tan Eng Pheng
Assistant Chief Executive, Economic and National Development Clusters, GovTech, Singapore

Mark Schaan
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet – Artificial Intelligence, Privy Council Office

Karl Andreas Sprenk
Director Digital Skills Coordination, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia

Po Tea-Duncan
Chief Information Security Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Paul N. Wagner
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Digital Service

Aminah Zawedde
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT and NG, Uganda

Dino Zuppa
Acting CEO, Accessibility Standards Canada

2024 Partner

PLATINUM KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS:
• Affinitiquest
• IBM

GOLD KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS:
• Appian
• Blueprint
• Commvault
• Aws
• Converge
• DellTechnologies
• Sas
• Workday
• Qualtrics

SILVER KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS:
• Dayforce
• Intel+Lenovo
• Ioteedom
• SAP

BRONZE KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS:
• BDO
• Bronson
• Canadian Bank Note
• Carahsoft
• Credivera
• Clicknetworks
• Deloitte
• Dun&Bradstreet
• Fortinet
• Gambit ID
• Infosys
• Info-Tech
• IT Intelligence Human Intelligence
• JML
• Jumpingelephants
• KPMG
• ManageEngine
• Xaro
• PAyments Canada
• Plural Sight
• SimpliCity
• Stellarx
• Systemscope
• Tanium
• Wiz
• WorkDynamics