Past Conferences

WAC 2025 - WAC To The Future

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Speaker Profiles

Dr. Sebastian Maurice

Dr. Sebastian Maurice

Plenary Speaker
Global AI/ML Leader
Bill Weir

Bill Weir

Keynote Speaker
CNN Chief Climate Correspondent
Keith Pelley

Keith Pelley

Keynote Speaker
Former CEO of PGA European Tour, Current President & CEO of MLSE
Dr. James Orbinski

Dr. James Orbinski

Keynote Speaker
Former President of Doctors Without Borders & Nobel Prize Winner
Dr. Justina Ray

Dr. Justina Ray

Plenary Speaker
President and Senior Scientist at Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
Dr. Jeremy Wang

Dr. Jeremy Wang

Plenary Speaker
Aerospace engineer and COO of Ribbit
Emma Lozhkin

Emma Lozhkin

Plenary Speaker
2012-17 Junior Olympian & Member of the Canadian National Gymnastics Team, Branksome 2017 Graduate, Software Engineer
Sylvia Torres-Guillen

Sylvia Torres-Guillen

Plenary Speaker
General Counsel of the California ALRB, Executive director of Disability Rights Legal Center, social justice advocate
Curtis VanWalleghem

Curtis VanWalleghem

Plenary Speaker
Founder and CEO of Hydrostor
Shirley Blumberg

Shirley Blumberg

Plenary Speaker
Founding partner of KPMB Architects and activist for social transformation and change through architecture
John Smol

John Smol

Plenary Speaker
Canadian ecologist, limnologist and paleolimnologist
James Suh

James Suh

Plenary Speaker
CFO of Florida Panthers
Michael Kaufman

Michael Kaufman

Plenary Speaker
Co-Founder: White Ribbon Campaign, Author: The Guy's Guide to Feminism
Wolfgang Schwan

Wolfgang Schwan

Plenary Speaker
Ukraine War Journalist & Photographer
Yan Boechat

Yan Boechat

Plenary Speaker
Conflict Journalist & War Correspondent
John Sitilides

John Sitilides

Plenary Speaker
Geopolitical Strategist & Diplomacy Consultant for Bush, Obama and Trump
Dr. Andrew Healey

Dr. Andrew Healey

Plenary Speaker
Medical Director/Chief, Chief of Critical care at St. Joseph's Hamilton