Speakers
Canada-in-Asia Conference 2025
Leading multi-dimensional conference fostering collaboration between Asian and Canadian business and innovation leaders.
CIAC2025 speakers and panellists are leading minds and decision-makers in Asia and Canada, including dynamic business leaders, investors, government ministers, and senior researchers, and more!
Venkatachalam
Anbumozhi
Director of Research, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (Indonesia)
Jean-Louis
Arcand
President, Global Development Network (Canada/Switzerland)
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Otto Ardianto
Chairman, Pelindo Jasa Maritim (Indonesia)
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Vikas Arora
Chief Impact Investing Officer, AVPN (Singapore)
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Tatsuhiko Asami
General Manager Business Group 1, NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd. (Singapore)​​​​
Sanjay Bakshi
Group Director Digital & Innovation and Head of
Americas Market (Singapore)
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Jeff Barlow
Owner
Barlow Farms (Canada)
Maxim
Berdichevsky
Counsellor, Head of Agriculture Trade, Embassy of Canada in China (Canada/China)
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Hubert Bolduc
President, Investissement Québec International
(Canada)
Neil Bose
President and Vice-Chancellor Pro Tempore, Memorial University (Canada)
Laurel Broten
CEO, Invest in Canada
(Canada)​
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Benjamin
Cashore
Director,LKYSPP’s Institute for Environment and
Sustainability (Singapore)
Gautam Chadda
Head of Investment and
Portfolio Advisory, RBC Wealth Management (Singapore)
Devin Chan
Deputy Executive Director, Infrastructure Asia
(Singapore)
Lucy Chatburn
Principal Consultant,
Cleantech Group (Italy)
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John Cheng
Founder, Innovate 360 (Singapore)
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Marie Cheong
Founding Partner, Wavemaker Impact (Singapore)
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George
Christidis
Interim President & CEO,
Canadian Nuclear Energy Association (Canada)
Bill Collins
Founder and Director, Cascadia Seaweed (Canada)
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Mike Crawley
Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Northland Power Inc. (Canada)
Jennifer
Daubeny
Chargée d’affaires, a.i., High Commission of Canada to India
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Jan De Silva
Canada Co-Chair, Canada-ASEAN Business Council (Canada)
Lisa de Wilde
Bell Media Professor of Media Management, Schulich School of Business (Canada)
Jess Dutton
Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Indonesia
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Grace Fu
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment & Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations
Suzanne
Gaboury
Director General Private
Sector, Asian Development
Bank (the Philippines)
Helani Galpaya
CEO, LIRNEasia (Sri Lanka)
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Anja Geitmann
Vice-President (Global Engagement), McGill
University (Canada)
Charlotte
Gibson
Associate Department Head; Assistant Professor, Queen’s University (Canada)
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Nicole Giles
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (Canada)
Charles Goddard
Editorial Director, Economist Impact (Australia)
Kenneth Goh
Associate Professor of Strategy
& Entrepreneurship, SMU
(Singapore)
Lesly Goh
The Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Resident (Indonesia)
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Takashi Gojobori
Director-General, Marine
Open Innovation Institute (Japan)
Carla Gomez
Briones
Climate and Sustainability Specialist , UNDP Global
Centre (Singapore)
Luis Gonzalez
Chief Data & AI Officer,
Aboitiz Power
(Philippines/Singapore)
Gayathri Gopal
Venture Builder, Engie Factory (Singapore)
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Simone Grasso
Chief Investment Officer,
Vena Energy (Singapore)
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Michael Gryseels
Founder, Antares Ventures (Singapore)
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Martha Hall
Findlay
Director and Palmer Chair in Public Policy, University of Calgary (Canada)
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Cheryl Hamelin
Vice President of University Relations, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
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Yi Ng Han
Chief Transformation Officer,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Singapore)
Michael Harvey
Executive Director of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (Canada)
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Justine
Hendricks
President, Farm Credit
Canada (FCC) (Canada)​
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Samantha Hill
Head of Sustainability Integration, CPP Investments (Canada)
Shaun Hon
Founder and General Partner
Motion Ventures (Singapore)
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Dhritiman Hui
Managing Director, EPS Ventures (Singapore)
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Robert Hunter
CEO , Protein Industries
Canada (Canada)
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Goldy Hyder
President and CEO, Business Council Canada (Canada)
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Ramnath Iyer
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial
Analysis (Singapore)
Hon. Warren
Kaeding
Minister of Trade and Export Development, Government of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Ooi Kai Yong
Head of Technical Solutions
for Data Centres, Keppel
(Singapour)
Kapil Kapoor
Regional Director, Asia, International Development Centre (Canada/India)
Melissa Kennedy
Executive VP Chief Legal & Public Policy Officer, Sun Life Financial (Canada)
Lori Kerr
Chief Executive Officer,
FinDev Canada (Canada)​​
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Tiong Sieh
Kiong
Senior Professor, College of Engineering, Universiti
Tenaga Nasional (Malaysia)
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Andrea Kraj
CEO and President, CORE Renewable Energy (Canada)
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Anuj Kumbhat
Co-founder, CEO, Weather Risk Management Services (India)
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D.C. Kuo
AVP Group Sustainability,
PSA International (Singapore)
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Jan Kwak
Managing Director of
Climate Change/Thought Leadership, Hatch (Australia)
Alan Lai
Founder/CEO, ProfilePrint
(Singapore)
Casey Lau
Executive Vice President,
Asia Pacific Web Summit
(Hong Kong (SAR))
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Frederic Laurin
Senior Director of Partnerships,
Mila (Canada)
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Minh Le
Senior Data Scientist , FPT Software (Vietnam)
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Eduardo M.
Leaño
Director General, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (Thailand)
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David
Lederhendler
Founder and CEO, Yeji
Data Lab (Canada)​
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Wai Leng Leong
Managing Director and
Regional Head of Asia Pacific, CDPQ Global (Singapore)
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Clinton Libbey
Managing Director, Kumi Analytics Pte Ltd
(Singapore)
Anne Lochoff
Programme Director, Singapore Agri-food Innovation Lab (Singapore)
Kendra
MacDonald
Chief Executive Officer, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (Canada)
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James Mandigo
Provost, Vice-President Academic, University of the Fraser Valley (Canada)
Ellen Martin
Chief Impact Officer, Circulate Capital (Canada)
Mike Maté
General Partner , Kickstart Ventures (Philippines)
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Jennifer May
Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (Canada)
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Paul Mazerolle
President, Vice-Chancellor, University of New Brunswick (Canada)
Edward
McCauley
President, Vice-Chancellor, University of Calgary
(Canada)
Ian McKay
Ambassador of Canada to
Japan and Special Envoy for
the Indo-Pacific (Canada
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Krishan Mehta
Vice-President of University Advancement and Alumni Relations, TMU (Canada)
Gabriel Miller
President and CEO, Universities Canada (Canada)
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Shailendra
Mishra
Global Head of Sustainability (Food and Feed), Olam Agri (Singapore)
Bessma Momani
Associate Vice-President, Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Karl Moore
Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management
McGill University (Canada)
Maitreyee
Mukherjee
Chercheuse postdoctorale, National University of
Singapore (Singapour)​
Peter Mumford
Practice Head, Southeast Asia, Eurasia Group (Singapore)
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Vina Nadjibulla
Vice-President Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (Canada)​
Prasad Nair
Director Business
Development MDA Space (Canada)
Jeff Nankivell
President and CEO, Asia
Pacific Foundation of
Canada (Canada)
Nathan Andrew
Nelson
Regional Vice President,
Export Development
Canada (Canada)
Florence Neo
Director of Alumni Relations, Singapore Management University (Singapore)
Hon. Mary Ng
Minister of Export Promotion, Government of Canada (Canada)
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Sue Paish
Chief Executive Officer,
DIGITAL (Canada)
Shawna Pandya
Director, International Institute Astronautical Sciences' Space Medicine (Canada)
Stewart
Paterson
Senior Research Fellow,
Hinrich Foundation (Singapore/U.K.)
Janet Pau
Executive Director, Asia
Business Council (Hong
Kong (SAR))
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Geoff Payne
President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Northern British Columbia (Canada)
Kok Ping Soon
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Business
Federation (Singapore)
Joshua M.
Pearce
John M. Thompson Chair,
Thompson Centre (Canada)
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Hon. Pierre
Pettigrew
Chair of the Board, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
(Canada)
Penny Pexman
Vice-President (Research), Professor of Psychology,
Western University (Canada)
Beverley Postma
Executive Director, Grow Asia (Singapore)
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Art Robinson
Managing Director, Longbow Capital (Canada)
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Mark Schaan
Deputy Secretary to the
Cabinet – Artificial
Intelligence (Canada)
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Julia Scott
Vice-President, Member
Services Universities Canada
(Canada)
Vivek Sen
Director, Climate Policy
Initiative (India)
Haiguang Shi
President, RF Trading Co. Ltd (China)
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Anders Soh
Director, Programmes
Temasek Foundation
(Singapore)
Nuha Siddiqui
Co-founder, CEO, erthos
(Canada)
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Raj
Somasundaram
Founder and CEO,
Aquaconnect (India)
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Peter Stoicheff
President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Atsushi Sunami
President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan)
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Kathlyn Tan
Principal, Rumah Group;
Director, Rumah Foundation (Singapore)
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Keith Tan
Regional Head, S&P Global
Commodity Insights
(Singapore)
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Kelvin Tan
Programme Director, EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for
Energy (Singapore)
Matthew Tan
Chair for Sustainable
Development, APEC
(Singapore)
Bernice Tang
Impact Lead, Potato Impact Partners (Singapore)
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Paul Teng
Senior Consultant
NIE International Pte. Ltd.
(Singapore)
Robert Todd
Managing Director, Energy, Infrastructure & Transition,
CIBC (Canada/U.K.)
Stephen Toope
President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Advanced
Research (CIFAR) (Canada)
Milana Trifkovic
Engineering Professor,
University of Calgary
(Canada)
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Robert Trudeau
Managing Director for Global Corporate Sales, Air Canada (Canada)
Bala Venkatesh
Head of the Centre for Urban Energy, Toronto Metropolitan University (Canada)
Joseph Wong
Vice-President, International, University of Toronto (Canada)
Koichi Wakata
Astronaut & Chief Technology Officer, Axiom Space (Japan)
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Cynthia Xing
Managing Director and Head of Greater China, Public and Government Affairs, Edelman (China)
Yangfang
(Helen) Zhou
Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Business (Singapore)
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