The Voices Shaping What’s Next
A First Look at Our November 2026 Lineup
An exceptional lineup of leaders and voices shaping the future of AI is coming together in Vancouver this November. Here’s a first look at just some of the speakers joining us, with many more names to be revealed.
Andrej Zdravkovic
AMD
Senior Vice President & Chief Software Officer
Bas Brekelmans
Microsoft
Former CTO, Microsoft Copilot Studio丨Founder, M365 Copilot Cowork
Diane Gutiw
CGI
Vice President AI Research
Christopher Lennon
Empowered Startups
President & General Counsel
Hilary Kilgour
Audaxa Ventures
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Jacob Colker
AI House
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Ray Wu
Alumni Ventures
Managing Partner
Bülent Uyanıker
DataSpeckle
Founder
Past Speakers
April 2026 Speakers
Meet some of the leaders, researchers, founders, investors, and industry experts who joined our April summit.
Alvin Wang Graylin
Standford HAI丨MIT
Digital Fellow丨Lecturer丨ex-President, HTC
Jamie Ulrich
Head of AI Services
Fateme Mirshahi
Electronic Arts
Technical Director (AI & Machine Learning)
Marc Low
KPMG
Partner, Advisory (Innovation and Emerging Tech)
Stella Lin
Microsoft
Principal PM Lead, Microsoft Teams AI
Colin Knight
City of Vancouver
CFO
Sam Hashemi
Prenuvo
Vice President
Arun Gomatam
Bain & Company
Expert Associate Partner
Mark Schmidt
Canada CIFAR AI Chair丨UBC
Professor, Computer Science
Jacob Colker
AI2 Incubator
CoFounder
Gayathri Narayana
SAP
Lead Product Manager
Adina Gray
PurpleOwl AI
Founder
Kris Krüg
BC + AI Ecosystem
Executive Director
Jeremiah Marble
Playbook Work
CTO
Krista Richmond
Electronic Arts
Director of Analytics
Gokhan Basaran
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Strategic Advisor
David Niu
Delight Labs PR
Founder
Andrea Barrios
Sandpiper Ventures
Senior Associate
Diraj Goel
GetFresh Ventures
Founder & CEO
Fernanda Ave
Upskill Marketing AI
CEO
Ke Li
SFU
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Vivian Wang
VEF
Board Member
Elizabeth Thorsen
Elle Thorsen Consulting
Founder