The Canadian Telecom Summit 2024 | Macgregor Communications | 17 June 2024 | The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto, ON M5J 1A6, Canada

This event will deliver thought-provoking presentations from the thought leaders of the industry. This is your chance to hear from and talk with them in both a structured atmosphere of frank discussion and high-octane idea exchange and networking in a more relaxed social setting of genial conversation.

2024 Speakers

Namir Anani
President & CEO, Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

Adam Balkovec
Senior Legal Counsel, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

Jodi Baxter
Vice President, 5G and Industry Solutions, TELUS

Marc Bellini
CTO - Canada Market Team, Nokia

Nazim Benhadid
CTO, TELUS

Samer Bishay
CEO & Founder, Iristel Inc.

Bryan Borzykowski
Journalist and Founder, Editorial Director at ALLCAPS Content

Stephanie Cadieux
Chief Accessibility Officer (CAO)

Dan Cobian
Principal Technologist - Canada, Pure Storage

Christopher Dean
SVP & GM Media & Communications, Salesforce

Jason Elliott
Head of Technology and Business Thought Leadership – Corporate Affairs, Nokia

Robert Ghiz
President & CEO, Canadian Telecommunications Association

Michael Gottheil
Accessibility Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission

Umang Handa
Partner, National Leader, Cyber as a Service Cybersecurity & Privacy, PwC

Ryan Horsefield
Global Leader Customer Solutions Consulting, CSG

Yasir Hussain
CTO Ericsson Canada, Ericsson

Gudie Hutchings
Minister of Rural Economic Development, Government of Canada

Jeanette Irekvist
President, Ericsson Canada

Sachin Jayapalan
Partner, Deals Value Creation, PwC Canada

Richard Jirka
Event Director, Macgregor Communications

Jeff Jones
Journalist, Globe and Mail

Ben Jovkovic
Director, Wireless Carriers, Canada, Ericsson

Meaghan Kappel
Partner, Deals Value Creation, PwC Canada

Robin Kaushik
Vice President, Cloud & Enterprise, Ericsson Canada

Sean Kennedy
VP Bell Labs, AI Research Lab, Nokia Bell Labs

James Lau
Chief Product Officer, Hiya

Jason Lee
Director, Strategic Programs, Ontario Centre of Innovation

Anne Lee
Senior Technology Advisor, Nokia

Harry Lew
Manager of R&D, Neil Squire Society

Vanessa Little
Global Chief Technology Officer, FinSana

Patrick Lopez
CEO, Core Analysis Inc.

Cameron MacLean
Senior Director of Solution Engineering and Chief Architect, Salesforce

Dan Mazier
Shadow Minister for Rural Economic Development & Connectivity and as the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development

Mike Murphy
CTO for North America, Ericsson

Tram Anh Nguyen
Co-founder, Centre For Finance Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE)

Joe Ozorio
Senior Managing Consultant

Paul Park
Reporter, The Wire Report

Roger Perryman
Principal Director Communications and Media, Accenture

Sohayla Praysner
Country Manager, Canada, Intelsat

Pierre Karl Péladeau
President and CEO, Vidéotron

Joe Ryan
Director of Customer Experience, CSG

Amber D. Scott
Co-Founder & CEO, Outlier Solutions Inc. aka Outlier Compliance Group

Sashieka Seneviratne
Director of Sustainable Technologies, Ericsson

Jasmeet Sethi
Head of ConsumerLab, Ericsson Research, Ericsson

Mark Sieglock
EVP, Product & Engineering, eero

John Simcoe
National Media & Telecom Leader, Assurance Partner, PwC Canada

Scott Smith
CFO, Sasktel

Ashley Stephenson
CTO, Corero Network Security

Daniel Stern
Associate General Counsel, TELUS

Christian S. Tacit
Founder and Principal of Tacit Law and External Counsel to CNOC, Tacit Law

Ken Takagi
Business Development Director, Intelsat

Tara Tokatly
Vice President, Solution Engineering, Salesforce

Jason Trembley
VP Business Development, Terrestar Solutions Inc.

Cindy Varga
Partner, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Deliotte

Piotr Wierzcholski
Head of Telco OSS Inventory Subdivision, Comarch

Peter Wilcox
Director Enterprise Solutions (5G, IoT, PMN & Edge), Bell Canada

Katherine Winchester
VP of Operations, Canadian Telecommunications Association

Marcia Yale
National President, Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians

2024 Sponsors

PRESENTATION SPONSOR:
• Canadian Telecommunications Association

MEDIA CENTRE SPONSOR:
• TELUS

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Ericsson

REGISTRATION SPONSOR:
• Rogers

AUDIO / VISUAL SPONSOR:
• Vidéotron

PREMIUM SPONSOR:
• Accenture

BUSINESS HUB SPONSOR:
• TerreStar Solutions Inc.

WIFI SPONSOR:
• PricewaterhouseCoopers

BREAKFAST SPONSORS:
• Nokia Canada
• Salesforce

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE SPONSOR:
• Geartech Technologies

PANEL SPONSORS:
• Corero
• Pure Storage
• Intelsat

EXHIBITOR & SPEAKING SPONSOR:
• Comarch

EXHIBITOR SPONSORS:
• Hitron
• Fiber Broadband Association

KEYNOTE SPONSOR:
• Hiya

GENERAL SPONSOR:
• Quantum Lifecycle

ASSOCIATION PARTNERS:
• Ontario Centre of Innovation
• Opensignal
• The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)
• Cartt