Workshop

WEB3 Toronto Summit Workshop - March 1st

IOT, People First Summit
IOT, PEOPLE FIRST SUMMIT / MAY 26 & MAY 28, 2021

Canada is one of the most diverse countries in the world. In November 2015, Canada captured global headlines with the unveiling of a diverse cabinet that “looks like Canada”. While this was a tremendous milestone, it is important that we do not rest on our laurels and continue to work towards diversity, equity, culture, and engagement at every level of the public sector.

Statistics Canada projects that by 2031 close to 1 in 3 Canadians (31.0%) will be members of a visible minority and almost 1 in 2 (44.2% to 49.7%) will be either an immigrant or a child of an immigrant by 2036. In 2016 the recruitment of people with disabilities to the federal public service decreased from 3.5% to 3.3%. Over the past decade, the overall proportion of women in the public service has increased by 18%, and the overall proportion of visible minority employees increased by 279%.

While we do see significant progress, much work remains to be done across every aspect of inherent diversity (ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, different abilities, etc.), especially as we increasingly step into the digital world and develop the future of work.

The 2021 People First Summit will bring together government leaders in talent and human capital, along with technology and solution providers to discuss the way forward for the public sector.

Why attend?

  • Be a part of productive conversations as leaders discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead in the public sector
  • Connect with thought-leaders and technology providers from across Canada and the world
  • Discover some of the latest tools and techniques being used successfully through case studies
  • Build your own highly personalized agenda, as one ticket gives you access to content from four different summits!

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

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DAY 1 – MAY 26, 2021

DAY 2 – MAY 27, 2021

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “FazAhmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “FazAhmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

10:15

Shawn Slack, Chief Information Officer, City of Mississauga
ABC, Designation, Company name

10:00

More Challenging Climate Change and Extreme Weather Risk: Is Canada prepared?
ABC, Designation, Company name

10:30

Impact of infrastructure planning on smart city deployments
ABC, Designation, Company name

10:30

Digital Government: A Federal Government Perspective
ABC, Designation, Company name

11:00

Panel: Intelligent Urban Governance and Management
  • The five dimensions of urban governance, and where technology can unlock potential
  • “Intelligent” capabilities for Civic engagement in decision-making structures
  • Urban Living Labs – What are they and do they work?
ABC, Designation, Company name

11:00

Panel: Resilient Cities
  • Lessons Learnt
  • How to create intelligent and effective solutions?
  • What role can IoT play in rethinking the livable, sustainable, and resilient city of the future?
  • The COVID-19 Test
ABC, Designation, Company name

11:30

Smart Waste Management: Expectations vs. Reality
Rohit Shanker
, CEO & President, Inovex Inc.
Lindsay Kelly, Data & Analytics Team Lead, City of Vancouver
An Integrated and Architectural Approach to IoT
ABC, Designation, Company name

11:30

Panel: Building Intelligent Assets
  • How to Utilize Intelligent City-wide Infrastructure
  • Integration, connection, collaboration, learning
  • You have gathered the data, now what can you do with your Big Data?
  • Multi-use infrastructure planning
ABC, Designation, Company name

12:00

Panel: Does Size Matter? Developing Intelligent Smaller Municipalities
  • Regional collaboration and IoT Solutions to bring smaller communities together
  • Deurbanization and its impacts
  • Being prepared for De-Urbanization and Work From Home Culture
ABC, Designation, Company name

12:00

Panel: Data-Driven Planning
  • How can machine learning, AI, and Big Data improve planning?
  • Are projects scalable, transferable, repeatable?
  • Technology as an aid to planning
ABC, Designation, Company name

12:30

Panel: The 21st Century Workforce
  • How will increased working from home shape the urban future?
  • What are the impacts on mobility, retail, property, and municipal taxes?
ABC, Designation, Company name

12:30

Panel: The Modern Mobility Movement
  • Mobility as a catalyst to unlock and multiply gains from other smart city initiatives
  • What trends are we seeing in mobility? In urban mobility?
  • How can we leverage Big Data from our IoT mobility data?
  • The power of Smart Mapping and Geospatial Technology to address our transport needs
ABC, Designation, Company name

13:00

Panel: Data-Driven Governance – Information
  • What is data used for, and how does it benefit citizens?
  • How to enhance decision-making and citizen’s experience?
  • How can tech improve youth civic engagement?
ABC, Designation, Company name

13:00

Panel: What Does the Future Hold for Us?
  • Adapting Ecosystems, Organizations, and People
ABC, Designation, Company name

13:30

Panel: Data-Driven Governance – Privacy
  • How is data collected and managed?
  • What are the privacy concerns of digital identities?
  • How must we ensure that citizen data is protected?
Sylvia Kingsmill, Partner, Privacy, Regulatory & Information Management (PRIM), KPMG
Mike Shapiro
, Chief Privacy Officer, Country of Santa Clara
Moderator: Garry Scobie, Deputy CISO, The University of Edinburgh
ABC, Designation, Company name

13:30

Recruit like a Marketer
ABC, Designation, Company name

14:00

Leading a Respectful Workplace: diversity, inclusion, civility and respect in  workplace
ABC, Designation, Company name

14:00

IOT, PEOPLE FIRST SUMMIT / MAY 26 & MAY 28, 2021

Canada is one of the most diverse countries in the world. In November 2015, Canada captured global headlines with the unveiling of a diverse cabinet that “looks like Canada”. While this was a tremendous milestone, it is important that we do not rest on our laurels and continue to work towards diversity, equity, culture, and engagement at every level of the public sector.

Statistics Canada projects that by 2031 close to 1 in 3 Canadians (31.0%) will be members of a visible minority and almost 1 in 2 (44.2% to 49.7%) will be either an immigrant or a child of an immigrant by 2036. In 2016 the recruitment of people with disabilities to the federal public service decreased from 3.5% to 3.3%. Over the past decade, the overall proportion of women in the public service has increased by 18%, and the overall proportion of visible minority employees increased by 279%.

While we do see significant progress, much work remains to be done across every aspect of inherent diversity (ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, different abilities, etc.), especially as we increasingly step into the digital world and develop the future of work.

The 2021 People First Summit will bring together government leaders in talent and human capital, along with technology and solution providers to discuss the way forward for the public sector.

Why attend?

  • Be a part of productive conversations as leaders discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead in the public sector
  • Connect with thought-leaders and technology providers from across Canada and the world
  • Discover some of the latest tools and techniques being used successfully through case studies
  • Build your own highly personalized agenda, as one ticket gives you access to content from four different summits!

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

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2 PM - 4 PM

Roundtable: Women in Web 3
Speaker TBA
IOT, PEOPLE FIRST SUMMIT / MAY 26 & MAY 28, 2021

Canada is one of the most diverse countries in the world. In November 2015, Canada captured global headlines with the unveiling of a diverse cabinet that “looks like Canada”. While this was a tremendous milestone, it is important that we do not rest on our laurels and continue to work towards diversity, equity, culture, and engagement at every level of the public sector.

Statistics Canada projects that by 2031 close to 1 in 3 Canadians (31.0%) will be members of a visible minority and almost 1 in 2 (44.2% to 49.7%) will be either an immigrant or a child of an immigrant by 2036. In 2016 the recruitment of people with disabilities to the federal public service decreased from 3.5% to 3.3%. Over the past decade, the overall proportion of women in the public service has increased by 18%, and the overall proportion of visible minority employees increased by 279%.

While we do see significant progress, much work remains to be done across every aspect of inherent diversity (ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, different abilities, etc.), especially as we increasingly step into the digital world and develop the future of work.

The 2021 People First Summit will bring together government leaders in talent and human capital, along with technology and solution providers to discuss the way forward for the public sector.

Why attend?

  • Be a part of productive conversations as leaders discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead in the public sector
  • Connect with thought-leaders and technology providers from across Canada and the world
  • Discover some of the latest tools and techniques being used successfully through case studies
  • Build your own highly personalized agenda, as one ticket gives you access to content from four different summits!

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

9:55

Opening remarks by Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events; Welcome message by Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga

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Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 | EST

9:25

Day 1 Recap
Hifazat “Faz” Ahmad, CEO & President, IoT Events

👤 Hifazat ‘Faz’ Ahmad, President, WEB3 Toronto

9:30

Panel: Why Blockchain is important for businesses
  • Benefits and impact of Blockchain technology
  • Possibilities and obstacles in the current set up
Speaker TBA

👤 Moderator: Soufia Trabelsi, Head of Gamefi, Ledgerlink Labs

👤 Ehsan Shariati, CTO, Functionland

👤 Mohamed El Kandri, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, IR4LAB

10:00

Panel: Security and Data Protection on Blockchain
  • Securing the blockchain
  • Using public and private key
Saleha J. Khan Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Peel Regional Police
Cheryl Copage Gehue, Indigenous Community Engagement Advisor, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Halifax Regional Municipality

👤 Moderator: Mohamed El Kandri, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, IR4LAB

👤 Vandana Taxali, Blockchain Lawyer | Founder & CEO, Artcryption

👤 Harrison Jordan, NFT Lawyer, Harrison Jordan Law Professional Corporation

👤 Jonathan Bench, Attorney, Harris Bricken

10:30

Networking Break

11:00

Panel: Blockchain: The Chain of Applications
  • Tools for developing and organizing on Blockchain
  • Buying and selling on Blockchain
  • What major players do that others don’t
Speaker TBA

👤 Moderator: Ehsan Shariati, CTO, Functionland

👤 Pramod Gopalakrishna, Global Product Manager, EY

11:30

Speaker TBA
Innovation Showcase

12:00

Speaker TBA
Networking Break

13:00

Panel: Peeling Metaverse layers
Sharon Fleming, Director, Calgary Transit, The City of Calgary
  • The idea behind Metaverse
  • Functionality, benefits and challenges and opportunities
  • The long term outlook of and in Metaverse

👤 Moderator: Raza Jafri, CEO & Founder, MetaWorldX

👤 Ganesh Verma, Founder & Director, Moogle Labs

👤 Jason Yim, Founder & CEO, TriggerXR

👤 Lorne Sugarman, CEO & Director, Metaverse Group

13:30

Virtual: Panel: Blockchain, Token and Metaverse
  • Understanding the difference and dependency
  • Realm of tokens in Metaverse in post-COVID scenario
  • Unleashing the VR marketplace
  • Major industry-wide switchover inevitable
Alexandra Cutean, Chief Research Officer, Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

👤 Zaf Chow, Director, Digital Strategy and Partnerships, Animoca Brands

👤 Andrew Kiguel, CEO & Co-Founder, Tokens.com

14:00

Panel: Blockchain for Content Creators
Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library
Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario
  • Blockchain & Social Media Alliance
  • Power Dynamics with Accountability
  • Getting the Well-Deserved Recognition

👤 Jay Harris, Founder, Web3 Podcast Network

14:30

Panel: Monetizing Metaverse
Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library
Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario
  • Paid games
  • Becoming Real Estate agent of prime properties
  • Paid NFT Artist
  • Paid Marketing Services

👤 Moderator: Nav Gupta, Founder, Chaarmi Worlds

👤 Vandana Taxali, Blockchain Lawyer | Founder & CEO, Artcryption

👤 Joseph Raczynski, Futurist, Thomson Rueters

👤 Soufia Trabelsi, Head of Gamefi, Ledgerlink Labs

15:00

Panel: Building Future in Metaverse
Christina de Castell, Chief librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library
Todd Kyle, CEO, Brampton Library in Ontario
  • How will metaverse change our lives
  • Difference between now and future

👤 Raza Jafri, CEO & Founder, MetaWorldX

👤 Siju Ramakrishnan, Product Leader, Metalynx

👤 Nav Gupta, Founder, Chaarmi Worlds

15:30

Closing Remarks