Speakers 2016
Massimo Bottura
Chef Patron, Osteria Francescana
Kate Darling, Dr.
Research Specialist, MIT Media Lab & Fellow, Harvard Berkman Center
Suroosh Alvi
Co-Founder, VICE Media
Nick Bostrom, Prof.
Professor of Philosophy, Oxford University & Director, Future of Humanity Institute
Tim Brown
CEO, IDEO
Paul Bennett
CCO, IDEO
Chad Dickerson
CEO, Etsy
Martha Stewart
Founder and CCO, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Emmy Award-winning television show host
David Suzuki, Dr.
Broadcaster, Author and Co-Founder, David Suzuki Foundation
Chip Conley
Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy, Airbnb
A.J. Paron-Wildes
National Architectural and Design Manager, Allsteel
Ali Velshi
Global and Economic Affairs Journalist
David Davies
Managing Director in Content, Lions Festivals
Beth Altringer, Dr.
Lecturer on Innovation and Design, Harvard University
Alex Fiance
CEO, Kairos Society
Hon. Bardish Chagger
Minister of Small Business and Tourism, Canada
Byron & Dexter Peart
Co-Founders and Creative Directors, WANT Les Essentiels
Christine Renaud
CEO and Co-Founder, E-180
David Johnston
Governor General of Canada
David Manela
CRO, Fiverr
Diane Bérard
Columnist, Les Affaires
Doreen Lorenzo
Director, Center of Integrated Design at University of Texas at Austin and Co-Founder, Vidlet
Elke Govertsen
Founder and CEO, Mamalode Magazine
Emily Chang
Chief Commercial Officer for Greater China, InterContinental Hotels Group
Estelle Métayer
President, Competia & Adjunct Professor, McGill University
Esther Song
SVP of Business Development and Head of North America, 123RF
Elizabeth Plank
Senior Producer and Correspondent, Vox.com
Elizabeth Tobey
Head of Community Engagement, Medium
Elora Hardy
Founder and Creative Director, Ibuku
Harley Finkelstein
COO, Shopify
Guy A. Lepage
Producer, Talk Show Host, Director, Writer & Actor
Guy Crevier
President and Publisher, La Presse
Hicham Ratnani & Ethan Song
Co-Founders and COO/CEO, Frank & Oak
Hugh Evans
CEO, Global Poverty Project and Global Citizen
Jake Barton
Founder and Principal, Local Projects
James Cooper
Head of Creative, Betaworks and Chief Creative Officer, Poncho
James Jackson
General Manager, Maker and Innovator Group at Intel
Joanna Peña-Bickley
Global Chief Creative Officer, IBM Interactive Experience
Joel Simkhai
Founder and CEO, Grindr
Jonathan Glencross
Head of Montréal Office, Purpose Capital
Justin Kingsley
Creative Strategist and Writer
Kimberly Bryant
Technologist and Founder, Black Girls Code
Lakshmi Pratury
Founder and CEO, INK
Marie-France Bazzo
Television and Radio Producer and Host
Marc Blanchard
Global Head of Experience Design, Havas Worldwide
Mark Brand
Social Entrepreneur and Co-Founder, Save on Meats
Dr. Maxwell Anderson
Executive Director, New Cities Foundation
Michel Laprise
Writer and Director, Cirque du Soleil
Mike Yapp
Founder and Director, The ZOO at Google
Muhammad Yunus, Prof.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder, Grameen Bank
Nadya Hutagalung
TV personality, Activist and Co-Founder, Let Elephants Be Elephants
Nanxi Liu
Co-Founder and COO, Nanoly Bioscience
Nyla Rodgers
CEO & Founder, Mama Hope
Olivier Royant
Editor-in-Chief, Paris Match
P.K. Subban
Professional Hockey Player and Philanthropist
Patrik Frisk
CEO, ALDO Group
Paul DeLong
President and CEO, car2go North America
Paul Gray
Director, Platform Services at Kik Interactive
Rangu Salgame
CEO of Tata Communications Growth Ventures and Service Provider Group
Ricky Solorzano
Co-Founder and CTO, BioBots
Sandy Speicher
Partner and Managing Director of Education, IDEO
Sébastien Turbot
Curator & Global Director, World Innovation Summit for Education
Stowe Boyd
Futurist & Head of Research, Gigaom
Tara Hunt
Principal, Truly Social Inc.
Tasha McCauley
Director of Business Development, GeoSim Systems
Tatiana Fraser
Ashoka Fellow and Co-Founder, Girls Action Foundation
Thomas John Muthoot
Chairman, Muthoot Pappachan Group
Wanjira Mathai
Director, wPower Hub
William Zhou
Co-Founder and CEO, Chalk
Will Travis
CEO, Sid Lee USA