the data effect Toronto:

Health Care’s AI Revolution

November 15, 2023
lennox hall | 8:30AM - 1:30PM ET

Toronto can be a world-leading center for the application of AI in health. 

By combining its strengths in AI research and discovery, advanced medical discovery and digital government, the region can lead the world in using AI to improve people’s lives. 

Ontario has the opportunity to focus its formidable resources in machine learning, biotechnology and computational medicine to accelerate discovery and applied innovation. This will drive exciting breakthroughs in drugs, genomics, precision medicine and management of health resources to benefit the world. 

But to do that, we must understand precisely where we lead and advance targeted investments in technology, partnerships and the attraction of human talent to lead health care’s AI revolution.

Join us at The Data Effect in Toronto to be at the nexus of AI and health to help keep Canada a leader in public health care. 

Tickets

EARLY BIRD

$395.00 CAD + Taxes

$295.00 CAD + Taxes

Early Bird Ticket sales end October 15, 2023

Each ticket receives:

  • Light Breakfast & Coffee
  • Admission to all Keynote and Panel Discussions
  • Networking Opportunities
  • Live Q & A Session
  • Lunch

Tickets

EARLY BIRD

$195.00 CAD

Group Ticket sales end May 2023

Each ticket receives:

  • Light Breakfast & Coffee
  • Admission to all Keynote and Panel Discussions
  • Networking Opportunities
GENERAL ADMISSION

$295.00 CAD

General Admission ticket sales end May 2023

Each ticket receives:

  • Light Breakfast & Coffee
  • Admission to all Keynote and Panel Discussions
  • Networking Opportunities

SpeakerS will Include:

Rick Leary

CEO,
Toronto Transit Commission

Ehren Cory

CEO,
Canada Infrastructure Bank

Ben Almond

CEO,
Engineering Services Canada,
SNC Lavalin

Kealy Dedman

Commissioner, Public Works,
Regional Municipality of Peel

Ramtin Attar

CEO & Co-Founder,
Promise Robotics

Heather Grey-Wolf

Chief Development Officer,
Infrastructure Ontario

Peter Hass

Associate Partner,
Maverix Private Equity

Stuart McLaren

Global Director of Net Zero Innovation,
SNC Lavalin

Laura Miller

Head of Public Policy and Communications, Canada,
Uber  

Michael Norton

Chief Development Officer,
Metrolinx

Derek Goring

Executive Vice President, Development, Northcrest Developments

Ilse Treurnicht

Managing Partner,
TwinRiver Capital

Leslie Woo

CEO,
CivicAction

James Perttula

Director,
Transit and Transportation Planning,
City of Toronto

Jag Sharma

President and Chief Executive Officer,
Toronto Community Housing

Graham Carr

President & Vice-Chancellor,
Concordia University

Heili Toome

Chief Marketing Officer,
SHIFT Transit

Louis Tremblay

President & CEO,
Flo

Emma Jarratt

Executive Editor,
Electric Autonomy Canada

Mark Salsberg

Co-Principal, WGD Consulting and Chair,
TRACCS Transit &
Rail Association

Catherine Murray

Event MC

with more to be announced soon

the data effect series

The Data Effect is headed to Toronto to bring together the ideas, technologies and people who can show us how to better use and share data to solve some of our most daunting challenges.

TDE Toronto Focus

Data platforms: how to drive timely access to high-quality health data that fuels innovation and improved services

Advanced research & discovery: how to integrate insights from across vertical data silos through federated models

Building data governance and privacy models: so that AI/ML can be applied to accelerate research, and that data can be shared among research and clinical use cases

Data Partnerships: how to build effective data partnerships across major research institutions and government

Speakers will include:

Aaron Leibtag

CEO,
Pentavere

Mara Lederman

Co-founder and COO,
Signal 1

Muhammad Mamdani

Vice President - Data Science and Advanced Analytics,
Unity Health Toronto

Laura Rosella

Education Lead,
Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM)

Steven Tam

Former General Counsel,
Chief Data Governance and
Privacy Officer at Vancouver Coastal Health

Elissa Strome

Executive Director,
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy,
CIFAR

Peter AP Zakarow

President,
Alexynn Group

Mohamed Nofal

Customer Engineer - Public Sector & Healthcare,
Google Cloud

Joyce Drohan

Chief Technology Officer,
Government of Ontario

Anne Nguyen

Chief Health Data Officer,
CHUM

Marc Fiume

Co-Founder and CEO,
DNAstack

Roxana Sultan

Chief Data Officer and Vice President,
Health,
Vector Institute

Devin Singh

CEO Hero AI and
Clinical Lead for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine at SickKids

NASIR KENEA, PhD

Vice-President and CIO,
Canadian Institute for Health Information

Evdokia Anagnostou

Vice-President of Research,
Holland Bloorview Institute

Colleen M. Flood

Dean of Law,
Queen's University

Gordana Maric

Senior Manager,
Health & Life Sciences,
Deloitte

Carly Weeks

Health Reporter,
The Globe and Mail

Karl Martin

Chief Technology Officer,
integrate.ai

James Anderson

Bioethicist,
Department of Bioethics,
SickKids

NAOMI PARNESS

Anchor, CityAge
Founder, The Narrative Agency

The Venue

77 Adelaide St. West, First Canadian Place, Ste 350
Toronto, ON M5X 1C1
Lennox Hall was named after Edward James Lennox, a Toronto-based architect who designed several of the city’s most notable landmarks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From Old City Hall to Casa Loma, he designed over 70 buildings in the city of Toronto. Lennox also served as commissioner of the TTC from 1923 to 1929.
Business casual attire is suggested.

The Event Agenda

8:00 AM

Arrival Coffee

8:30 AM

Welcome by Conference MC

  • Naomi Parness
8:45 AM

Opening presentation: Governing Data for Velocity: Moving at the Speed of Trust

  • Steven Tam, Former General Counsel, Chief Data Governance and Privacy Officer at Vancouver Coastal Health
9:00 AM

Panel 1: The Power of Shared Insights - The Leap Forward Health Care Needed

Years of emphasizing 'data-sharing' hindered health progress and collaboration. Join our panel to explore how 'insights-sharing' and cutting-edge federation technology are reshaping global health care, from precision care to a new health economy.

  • Marc Fiume, Co-founder and CEO, DNAstack
  • Evdokia Anagnostou, VP Research at Holland Bloorview Institute
  • Karl Martin, Chief Technology Officer, integrate.ai
  • Moderator : Peter AP Zakarow, President, Alexynn Group
9:35 AM

Presentation:  Improving Health Care with Interoperability and Machine Learning

This session will focus on interoperability and on leveraging pre-built AI/ML tools to deliver valuable insights quickly throughout the patient care journey.

  • Mohamed Nofal, Customer Engineer - Public Sector & Health care, Google Cloud
9:55 AM

Presentation: Charting Ontario's Path to Global Leadership in Health AI through Data

Enabling AI to support the public sector is a major undertaking that requires system-wide collaboration. This presentation will discuss the necessary elements to bring AI to scale in the public sector.

  • Joyce Drohan, Chief Technology Officer, Government of Ontario
10:15 AM

Break #1

10:35 AM

Panel 2: AI in Health Care: Successes, Failures, and Lessons for the Future

Scientists, start-ups and researchers have been working with AI to change the health care system for some time now. This panel addresses what we can learn from practical use cases to succeed in the future.

  • Muhammad Mamdani, Vice President - Data Science and Advanced Analytics, Unity Health Toronto 
  • Aaron Leibtag, CEO, Pentavere
  • Roxana Sultan, Chief Data Officer and Vice President, Health, Vector Institute
  • Moderator: Gordana Maric, Senior Manager, Health & Life Sciences, Deloitte
11:10 aM

Presentation: Implementing and scaling AI in a Health Care enterprise

Despite growing interest in AI for health care, deployment in the field remains limited. This presentation discusses some of the necessary ingredients for hospitals to be able to responsibly deploy, manage and scale AI across their organization.

  • Mara Lederman, Co-Founder and COO, Signal 1
11:25 AM

Fireside chat: How do we regulate AI in health?

  • Colleen Flood, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
  • James Anderson, Bioethicist, Department of Bioethics, SickKids
  • Moderator : Carly Weeks, Health Reporter, Globe and Mail
11:45 AM

Break #2

12:05 pM

Table-side Breakout Discussions

12:40 pM

Presentation: The Role of Data and Artificial Intelligence in Learning Health Systems

Various forms of data and applications of artificial intelligence play a pivotal role within a learning health system. This presentation showcases its potential for improvement in patient outcomes, population health and hospital operations.

  • Laura Rosella, Education Lead, Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM)
1:00 PM

Panel 3: AI in Health Care: Incentives, Integration, and Social Acceptance

How can we bridge the gap between the potential of AI in health care and its implementation and use by health care professionals? Join us as we explore how to create social acceptance of AI use within the community to improve the quality of work and of care.

  • Elissa Strome, PhD - Executive Director, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, CIFAR
  • Anne Nguyen, Chief Health Data Officer CHUM 
  • Devin Singh, Staff Physician & Lead Clinical AI & ML at SickKids; Co-Founder & CEO Hero AI
  • Moderator : Nasir Kenea, PhD, Vice-President and CIO, Canadian Institute for Health Information
1:30 PM

Closing comments and luncheon

All times ET, Subject to change

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