Operational Excellence Week Canada 2023 | OPEX Events Group | 16 October 2023 | Pan Pacific Toronto, 900 York Mills Rd, North York, ON M3B 3H2, Canada

The global pandemic and economic crisis has put an even stronger emphasis on the importance of operational excellence. Yet as companies respond and adapt to the new normal, many are struggling to build resilient, efficient and sustainable operations on an enterprise level.

Exciting new opportunities are emerging to accelerate digital transformation, operationalize sustainability, improve supply chain agility and boost productivity - making it easier and quicker than ever for companies to capture this value.

2023 Speakers

Alison Burgess
Head of Operational Excellence - Base Metals, Vale

Les Cyfko
Director, Engineering & Continuous Improvement, PepsiCo

Walter Pesenti
Vice President, Manufacturing Excellence, NOVA Chemicals

Anu Pujji
Principal, Operational Excellence, Amazon

Leanne van Zwieten
AVP, Continuous Improvement, Global WAM Operations, Manulife Investment Management

Vineeta Maguire
Vice President Supply Management, Ovintiv

Andrew Thorne
VP Mining and Operational Excellence, Cameco Corporation

Shikha Mehta
Senior Director, Global Head Supply Chain Customer Fulfillment, Philips

David Haigh
Director of Continuous Improvement and Strategy Deployment, Wolseley

Biju Misra
Director, Operations - Enterprise Services, Enbridge

Reza Saljoughian
Process Improvement PMO Manager, TELUS

Frederic Brosseau
President & Founder, Akuting

Dr Vikram Jayaram
Head of Data Science and Advanced Analytics, Pioneer Natural Resources

John Pontarollo
Vice President, Sustainable Development and Innovation, Ash Grove Cement Company, North America

Grace Ooi
Business Consultant - Supply Operations, TELUS

Vincent Caron
Director, Policy & Ontario Government Relations, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

Lucyanna Yang
Senior Director, Operational Excellence & Innovation, Yamana Gold

Jose Pires
Founder and President, Global Excellence & Innovation

Rudina Holmqvist
Manager - Data Insights, TELUS

Mike Burgess
VP of Operations, Pace Industries

Mariana Filipic
Senior Director, Global Quality, Mold-Masters

Michael Engelhardt
Director - Factory Digitalization Program, Siemens

Konrad Konarski
Chairperson and Director of Operations, AI Innovation Consortium

Greg Pollack
Business Unit Executive, IBM Automation, IBM

Heather Wilcott
Upstream Digital Manager, Imperial Oil

Tim Henrion
Software Solutions Architect, Prolifics

Bryce Kuhlman
Founder and President, Experience Impossible

Peter Christou
President, Swirltex

Dave Gajadhar
Business Modernization and Optimization Advisor, Resultant Group

Salem Hadim
Vice President, Digital Automation and Cloud Solutions, Prolifics

William Aiken
PhD - AI CyberSecurity, University of Ottawa