BFUTR Global Tech Summit 2022 | OBSIDI | 19 October 2022 | Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5H 2M9, Canada
Venue
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5H 2M9, Canada
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| Event Date | Wed Oct 19 EDT - Fri Oct 21 EDT (about 2 years ago) |
| Location |
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
123 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5H 2M9, Canada |
| Region | Americas |
Details
With 20,000+ Black professionals from around the world, 100+ speakers, and 60+ corporate partners coming together in Toronto, the BFUTR Global Tech Summit 2022 is the moment for the global Black tech community!
Speakers
2022 Speakers
Trevor Noah
Host of The Daily Show
KEYNOTE:
Rick Ross
Platinum recording artist, VIP After Party Concert
Tim Clark
SVP, Commercial Platforms, Architecture and Engineering, TD
Alana Cheeks-Lomax
Head of Inclusion & Diversity and People Strategy, Cash App/Block
Howard Ekundayo
Director of Engineering, Netflix
Perry Chuinkam
VP Tech Business Management, Morgan Stanley
Aja Brown
Senior Director, Design Operations, Chief of Staff, Jordan Brand, Nike Inc
Searit Huluf
Shorts Director, Pixar
Sonia Oblitey
Senior Director of Global Marketing, OkCupid/Match Group
Shontay Lundy
Creator & Founder, Black Girl Sunscreen
Mina McCullom
President & CEO, SynEnergy LLC
Amber Avery
Co-founder & Managing Partner, JXN Tech District
Andrew Alleyne
Partner, Fasken
Netta Jenkins
Founder, Holistic Inclusion Consulting & Dipper
Cristina Jones
Chief Marketing & Engagement Officer, Salesforce.org
Lise Birikundavyi
Managing Partner, BKR Capital
Franella Ngaboh-Smart
Head of Ads Integrity Strategy, Tik Tok
Rustum Southwell
Founding & Interim CEO, Black Business Initiative
Danny Guillory
Chief Diversity Officer, Dropbox
Nkechi Nwafor-Robinson
AVP, Technology, Solution Train Engineer, TD
Letecia Rose
VP of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Canadian Tire Corporation
Deborah Service
VP, Service Management, Scotiabank
Nazia Shahrin
Sr Product Manager - Tech, Amazon
Shubber Ali
CEO, Founder, eLZee Technologies
Candace Mitchell Harris
Co-Founder & CEO, Myavana
Rob Kabera
President and COO, Sync Energy
Racheal Awe MBA
VP, Chief of Staff | Board of Governors and Directors, Canadian Tire Corporation
Dexter Turner
CEO, OpConnect
George Robertson
VP Group Customer Technology, Canada Life
Kay-Ann Evans
Distinguished Solution Train Engineer, TD
Gabriel Ramos
Engineering Director, Yelp
Strive Mazunga
Director, Product Strategy, Scotiabank
Elfreda Pitt-Hetherington
MD Business Enablement and Strategy, BMO
Yonatan Yohannes
MD, Fraud Strategy & Business Consulting, BMO
Sponsors & Partners
2022 Partners
TITLE PARTNER:
• TD
FOUNDING PARTNERS:
• RBC
• BMO
• Intuit
LEADERSHIP PARTNERS:
• Rogers
• PwC
• Fasken
• Capital One
COLLABORATING PARTNERS:
• Salesforce
• Deloitte
• Canada Life
• Yelp
• Scotiabank
SUPPORTING PATRNERS:
• Rakuten Careers
• Fiix
• interac
• Geotab
• Xero
• Loyalty One
• Loopio
• Uber
• Attentive
• Zapier
• Callistomedia
• Telesign
• Crowdriff
• Manulife
• hootsuite