Canada-in-Asia Conference 2025
Leading multi-dimensional conference fostering collaboration between Asian and Canadian business and innovation leaders.

Director of Research, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (Indonesia) 

President, Global Development Network (Canada/Switzerland) 

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Chairman, Pelindo Jasa Maritim (Indonesia)  

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Chief Impact Investing Officer, AVPN (Singapore)

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General Manager Business Group 1, NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd. (Singapore)​​​​

Group Director Digital & Innovation and Head of

Americas Market  (Singapore)

Owner 

Barlow Farms  (Canada)

Counsellor, Head of Agriculture Trade, Embassy of Canada in China (Canada/China)

President, Investissement Québec International 

(Canada)

President and Vice-Chancellor Pro Tempore, Memorial University (Canada)

CEO, Invest in Canada

(Canada)​

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Director,LKYSPP’s Institute for Environment and

Sustainability   (Singapore)

Head of Investment and

Portfolio Advisory, RBC Wealth Management (Singapore) 

Deputy Executive Director, Infrastructure Asia

(Singapore) 

Principal Consultant,

Cleantech Group (Italy) 

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Founder, Innovate 360 (Singapore)

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Founding Partner, Wavemaker Impact (Singapore) 

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Interim President & CEO, 

Canadian Nuclear Energy Association (Canada)

Founder and Director, Cascadia Seaweed (Canada) 

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Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Northland Power Inc. (Canada)  

Chargée d’affaires, a.i., High Commission of Canada to India

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Canada Co-Chair, Canada-ASEAN Business Council (Canada)

Bell Media Professor of Media Management, Schulich School of Business (Canada)

Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Indonesia 

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Minister for Sustainability and the Environment & Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations

Director General Private

Sector, Asian Development

Bank (the Philippines)

CEO, LIRNEasia (Sri Lanka)

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Vice-President (Global Engagement), McGill

University (Canada)

Associate Department Head; Assistant Professor, Queen’s University (Canada)

Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (Canada)

Editorial Director, Economist Impact (Australia)

Associate Professor of Strategy

& Entrepreneurship, SMU

 (Singapore)

The Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Resident (Indonesia)

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Director-General, Marine

Open Innovation Institute  (Japan) 

Climate and Sustainability Specialist , UNDP Global

Centre  (Singapore) 

Chief Data & AI Officer,

Aboitiz Power

 (Philippines/Singapore)

Venture Builder, Engie Factory (Singapore)

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Chief Investment Officer,

Vena Energy (Singapore)

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Founder, Antares Ventures  (Singapore)

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Director and Palmer Chair in Public Policy, University of Calgary (Canada)

Vice President of University Relations, University of Saskatchewan  (Canada)

Chief Transformation Officer, 

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Singapore)

Executive Director of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (Canada) 

President, Farm Credit

Canada (FCC) (Canada)​

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Head of Sustainability Integration, CPP Investments (Canada) 

Founder and General Partner 

Motion Ventures  (Singapore)

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Managing Director, EPS Ventures (Singapore)

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CEO , Protein Industries

Canada (Canada)

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President and CEO, Business Council Canada (Canada)

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The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial

Analysis (Singapore)

Minister of Trade and Export Development, Government of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Head of Technical Solutions

for Data Centres, Keppel  

(Singapour)

Regional Director, Asia, International Development Centre (Canada/India)

Executive VP Chief Legal & Public Policy Officer, Sun Life Financial (Canada) 

Chief Executive Officer,

FinDev Canada (Canada)​​

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Senior Professor, College of Engineering, Universiti

Tenaga Nasional (Malaysia)  

CEO and President, CORE Renewable Energy (Canada)

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Co-founder, CEO, Weather Risk Management Services (India)

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AVP Group Sustainability,

PSA International (Singapore)

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Managing Director of

Climate Change/Thought Leadership, Hatch (Australia) 

Founder/CEO, ProfilePrint 

(Singapore)

Executive Vice President,

Asia Pacific Web Summit

(Hong Kong (SAR))

Senior Director of Partnerships,  

Mila (Canada)

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Senior Data Scientist , FPT Software (Vietnam)

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Director General, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (Thailand) 

Founder and CEO, Yeji

Data Lab (Canada)​

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Managing Director and

Regional Head of Asia Pacific, CDPQ Global (Singapore)

Managing Director, Kumi Analytics Pte Ltd

(Singapore)

Programme Director, Singapore Agri-food Innovation Lab (Singapore)

Chief Executive Officer, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (Canada)

Provost, Vice-President Academic, University of the Fraser Valley  (Canada)

Chief Impact Officer, Circulate Capital (Canada)

General Partner , Kickstart Ventures (Philippines)  

Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (Canada)

President, Vice-Chancellor, University of New Brunswick  (Canada)

 President, Vice-Chancellor, University of Calgary 

(Canada)

Ambassador of Canada to

Japan and Special Envoy for

the Indo-Pacific (Canada

Vice-President of University Advancement and Alumni Relations, TMU (Canada)

President and CEO, Universities Canada (Canada) 

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Global Head of Sustainability (Food and Feed), Olam Agri (Singapore) 

Associate Vice-President, Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo (Canada)

Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management 

McGill University (Canada)

Chercheuse postdoctorale, National University of

Singapore (Singapour)​

Practice Head, Southeast Asia, Eurasia Group (Singapore)

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Vice-President Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (Canada)​

Director Business

Development MDA Space (Canada)

President and CEO, Asia

Pacific Foundation of

Canada (Canada)

Regional Vice President, 

Export Development

Canada (Canada)

Director of Alumni Relations, Singapore Management University  (Singapore)

Minister of Export Promotion, Government of Canada  (Canada)

Chief Executive Officer,

DIGITAL (Canada)
 

Director, International Institute Astronautical Sciences' Space Medicine (Canada)

Senior Research Fellow,

Hinrich Foundation (Singapore/U.K.) 

Executive Director, Asia

Business Council (Hong

Kong (SAR)) 

President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Northern British Columbia (Canada)

Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Business

Federation (Singapore) 

John M. Thompson Chair,
Thompson Centre (Canada)

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Chair of the Board, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

(Canada)

Vice-President (Research), Professor of Psychology,

Western University (Canada)

Executive Director, Grow Asia (Singapore)

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Managing Director, Longbow Capital  (Canada)

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Deputy Secretary to the

Cabinet – Artificial

Intelligence (Canada)

Vice-President, Member

Services Universities Canada 

(Canada)

Director, Climate Policy

Initiative (India) 

President, RF Trading Co. Ltd (China)

Director, Programmes  

Temasek Foundation

(Singapore)

 Co-founder, CEO, erthos 

(Canada)

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Founder and CEO,

Aquaconnect (India)

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President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan)

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Principal, Rumah Group;

Director, Rumah Foundation (Singapore)

Regional Head, S&P Global

Commodity Insights

(Singapore)

Programme Director, EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for

Energy (Singapore)

Chair for Sustainable

Development, APEC

(Singapore)

Impact Lead, Potato Impact Partners (Singapore)

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Senior Consultant 

NIE International Pte. Ltd.  

(Singapore)

Managing Director, Energy, Infrastructure & Transition,

CIBC (Canada/U.K.)

President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Advanced

Research (CIFAR) (Canada)

Engineering Professor, 

University of Calgary

(Canada)

Managing Director for Global Corporate Sales, Air Canada (Canada)

Head of the Centre for Urban Energy, Toronto Metropolitan University (Canada)

Vice-President, International, University of Toronto (Canada)

Astronaut & Chief Technology Officer, Axiom Space (Japan)

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Managing Director and Head of Greater China, Public and Government Affairs, Edelman (China)

Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Business (Singapore)