#GOOD24
Unlocking Innovation Together
- Breaking Barriers, Building Futures

Conference Agenda

Friday May 10, 2024
Communitech, Roddenberry Room
Kitchener

The world is rapidly changing with many opportunities for innovation. GOOD24 will provide knowledge transfer and open dialogue focused on Unlocking Innovation Together - Breaking Barriers, Building Futures.

Morning sessions

Registration

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

In person registration from 8:00 am onwards.

For virtual participants, registration is not required. Simply login with your Zoom access information.

If you have any issues, please contact us at connect@go-opendata.ca

Conference opening

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Master of Ceremonies (MC)
Sameer Vasta

  • Indigenous welcome
    Jean Becker,     Associate Vice President Indigenous Relations
    University of Waterloo

  • Welcome from the Host City of Kitchener

    Mayor Berry Vrbanovic

  • Board of Directors Welcome to GOOD 24
    Jury Konga (he/him), Executive Director and Board Chair
    GO Open Data Association

  • Provincial welcome and update
    John Roberts    , Associate Deputy Minister
    Chief Digital and Data Officer, Chief Privacy Officer and Archivist of Ontario
    Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery

  • Jean Becker

    Associate Vice President Indigenous Relations
    University of Waterloo

  • Mayor Berry Vrbanovic

    Mayor, City of Kitchener

  • Photo of Jury Konga

    Jury Konga (He/Him)

    Executive Director and Board Chair
    GO Open Data Association

  • John Roberts

    Associate Deputy Minister
    Chief Digital and Data Officer
    Chief Privacy Officer and Archivist of Ontario

    Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery

  • Sameer Vasta

    Master of Ceremonies

Keynote speakers

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

  • Photo of Rudi Borrmann

    Kevin Tuer

    Chief Technology Officer
    Communitech

  • Tova Davidson

    Executive Director
    Sustainable Waterloo Region

  • Sameer Vasta

    Moderator

Break - 30 minutes

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Open Data Innovations

11:00 AM - 11:45AM

The open data ecosystem is maturing and we enjoy innovative work that continues to provide positive impacts on the use of open data. Join the panel discussion on new portal access, community collaboration and edgy data analytics.

Moderator: Sameer Vasta

Panelists

  • Nathan Childs, Open Data Lead
    Niagara Region

  • Bob Lytle, CIO
    Rel8ed Analytics

  • Jean-Noé Landry, Lead
    Climate Data Hub, Concordia University

  • Sameer Vasta

    Moderator

  • Nathan Childs

    Niagara Region

  • Bob Lytle

    Rela8ed Analytics

  • Jean-Noé Landry

    Lead, Climate Data Hub

Innovating with AI

11:45AM - 12:30 PM

AI has been with us for quite some - but today, AI has grown exponentially. Join the panel in discussing current applications of AI in our communities.

Moderator: Sameer Vasta

Panelists

  • Renee Sieber, Co-Chair
    Municipal AI Community of Practice

  • Ibrahim El-chami, IoT Infrastructure Architect
    Information Technology, City of Burnaby, B.C.

  • Sameer Vasta

    Moderator

  • Renee Sieber

    McGill University

  • Ibrahim El-chami

    City of Burnaby, B.C.

  • Jonathan Brown

    Sustainable Cobourg

Lunch break, Open Mic & Birds of a Feather table discussions
- 90 minutes

12::30 PM - 2:00 PM

Surviving Change - Transforming your world

2:00 PM

Each of our worlds is constantly changing and people have a hard time “keeping up”. This panel discussion will have some insights into change from several perspectives including climate change, digital transformation and organizational change.

Moderator: Jury Konga, GOOD Executive Director

Panelists

  • On Climate Change
    Christine Tu, Director
    Office of Climate Change and Energy Management
    Region of Peel

  • On Digital Transformation
    Dan Murray    , Director of Technology Innovation and Services
    City of Kitchener

  • On Organizational Change
    Merlin Chatwin    , Executive Director
    Open North

  • Jury Konga Moderator

  • Christine Tu

    Peel Region

  • Dan Murray

    City of Kitchener

  • Merlin Chatwin

    Open North

Lightning talks

2:45 PM

Moderator: Kevin Farrugia, Business Intelligence Analyst, Hamilton Police Service

Presenters

  • Open Government and Building Public Trust in Canada
    Charles Taillefer, Executive Director, Access to Information Policy and Performance
    Treasury Board of Canada

  • Green Innovation
    Lily Viggiano
    GreenHouse Senior Project Manager

  • CODS-GOOD Collaboration and Events
    Paul Connor, Executive Director
    Canadian Open Data Society (CODS)

Speakers

  • Kevin Farrugia

    Moderator

  • Charles Taillefer

    Treasury Board Secretariat, Canada

  • Lily Viggiano

    University of Waterloo

  • Paul Connor

    Canadian Open Data Society

BREAK

3:15 PM

Open Futures Panel

3:30 PM

Moderator: Connie McCutcheon, GOOD Director of Communications

Panelists

  • Open Data Futures
    Stefaan Verhulst, Co-Founders and Director of Data Program
    The GovLab

  • AI Futures
    Nastaran Saberi, Co-Founder & CTO
    GeoMate

  • Societal Futures
    Dr. Ashleigh Weeden, Research Associate
    Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • Connie McCutcheon

    GOOD Director of Communications

  • Stefaan Verhulst

    The GovLab

  • Nastaran Saberi

    GeoMate

  • Dr. Ashleigh Weeden

    Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Closing remarks

4:15 PM

Sameer Vasta, Master of Ceremonies

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