Humanitek

Humanitek is a one-day themed event designed to stimulate the mind through interdisciplinary conferences and workshops. Through this one-day event, we aim to better equip those who want to understand and prepare for the technologies of tomorrow.

To stimulate collective intelligence and strategic thinking, Humanitek offers:

• Conferences and panels of experts
• Interactive workshops
• Opportunities for sharing
• Sector-oriented networking

Our primary audience is innovators and curious minds of all kinds.

Who is Humanitek for?

• Business leaders (from large companies to start-ups)
• Government representatives (from all levels of government)
• Researchers
• Innovators from all sectors

Past Humanitek talks:

Humanitek 2024

• Dialogue partners: conversational AI and human needs – Larry McGrath – Senior Researcher, Amazon Prime Video
• Making our technologies more sustainable – Clifford Grosner – Director of Innovation, Open Compute Project Foundation
• Panel – Non-terrestrial communication networks
  • Bernard Bureau – Vice President – Wireless Strategy and 5G Services, Telus
  • Serge Legris, Eng – CTO and Vice President of Corporate Planning – Terrestar
• Bone conduction of sound: an opportunity to increase or decrease our reality – Andrea Gozzi – Founder, Mezzo Forte

Humanitek 2023

• Emerging technology trends in the coming years – Boston Consulting Group
• WEB3 and METAVERS: On the road to revolution? – Emmanuel Moyrand – President, Azteq – Vice-President, France Méta Association and author of the book ‘Métavers: Une vision pratique’
• Panel – The next generations of telecommunications networks: technologies, impacts and opportunities with
  • Marc Lyonnais – Director, External Research – Ciena
  • Benoit Pelletier – Director, NG-IA Research and Innovation Centre and Strategic Alliances – WMware
  • Daniel Bernier – Director, Technical – Bell Canada
  • Moderated by François Borrelli – President and CEO – Numana
• Humans and technology in the cities of the future – Carlo Ratti – MIT Senseable Lab

Humanitek 2022

• Space missions and the challenges of long-duration missions for astronaut health – David St-Jacques – Canadian Space Agency astronaut
• Panel: Technology, a solution to the current healthcare system for our seniors?
  • Emmanuelle Sansfaçon – Senior Partnership Manager at Dialogue
  • Geneviève Michaud – Director of Living Lab Lanaudière
  • Amanda Spilkin – Founder of the Space Health Division at Concordia University
  • Audry Larocque – Groupe Sélection
• Advancing the future with artificial intelligence – Sherry Tiao – Lead Product Marketing, Oracle AI, and Wes Prichard – Senior Principal Product Manager, Oracle AI and Data Science Cloud Services –
• Presentation of the study: Spatial data and the commercialisation of its applications – Martine Rioux – Editor and Digital Publishing Project Manager (L’école Branchée) and Lead of Numana’s Espace 4.0 study
• Panel: Spatial data and socio-economic impact in Quebec
  • Lucy Stojak – Executive Director, Mosaic-HEC Montréal
  • Jean-Denis Giguère – Vice-President, Anagraph.
• The future of next-generation networks – Ibrahim Gedeon – CTO, Telus
• Beyond open innovation: the Italian innovation model – Federated Innovation
• The Metaverse: between reality and illusion. What impact will it have on our lives? – Alexandre Teodoresco – Director of Strategic Development and Innovation, 7 Doigts de la main

Humanitek 2019

• How can we use space technology and artificial intelligence to make better decisions to protect our planet? – Jean-François Gadoury – Chief Technology Officer, NorthStar Ciel et Terre
• Smart and empathetic buildings in sustainable neighbourhoods – Dr Ursula Eicker – Chair of Excellence in Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Cities at Concordia University
• The future of buildings is empathetic! – Tomi Teikko – Founder of Empathic Building, Tieto
• Building empathy: human-centred physical spaces – Jeff Dungen – Co-founder and CEO of reelyActive
• The opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence in connected health – Kathy Malas – Deputy CEO – Innovation and Artificial Intelligence at CHUM
• AI for social good: Connecting cancer patients with clinical trials – Franco Amalfi – Director of Innovation, Public Sector, Oracle North America and Rebecca Laborde – Lead International Strategist, Healthcare and Precision Medicine, Oracle
• Continuously measuring community well-being: innovation or technological and social revolution? – Michel Chioini – Co-Founder and CEO of Inpowr