Presented by: Gustavson School of Business

Panelists:

• SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO, Senate of Canada
• MR. JALOUL AYED, President of MED Confederation and Vice President of Euromed Capital Forum and former Minister of Finance of Tunisia
• DR. JUAN-JOSÉ DABOUB, CEO of The Daboub Partnership
• DR EVA BUSZA, VP Research and Programs, Asia Pacific Foundation (and an APF Youth Council representative)
• MR. DAVID USHER, Director General, Trade Negotiations at Global Affairs Canada (by video link)

Moderator: DR. DANIEL MUZYKA, President and CEO of The Conference Board of Canada, and Professor of Management at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business

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Panelists:

• MS. JUDITH SAYERS, Adjunct Professor, UVic, School of Environmental Studies
• DR. MICHAEL BYERS, Professor in Global Politics & International Law, UBC
• DR. SYBIL SEITZINGER, Executive Director, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, and Professor, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria

Moderators: DR. PETER ROBINSON, Retired CEO, David Suzuki Foundation

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Presented by: 

Dr. Norah McRae, Executive Director, Co-operative Education Program and Career Services, and Director, Office of Community-University

Panelists:

• DOUG HORSWILL, Retired Senior Vice President Sustainability, Teck Resources
• DR ELISSAR SARROUH, Professor of Practice on Governance & Sustainability at the Institute for the Study of International Development

Moderator: HILARY PEARSON, President, Philanthropic Foundations Canada

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Panelists discuss this topic from perspectives of social, economic, technology and communications, sustainability and social innovation: What makes cities smart? Are smart cities better places to live and are they more inclusive? How do new technology and the power of networking help eliminate the multiple divides in cities? Are smart cities more sustainable and do they promote preservation? What does it take for Victoria to become a smart leader for Canada and the world?

Presented by: TELUS

Panelists:

• MAYOR LISA HELPS, City of Victoria
• MR. JOHN LONGBOTTOM, Canadian Smarter Cities Strategy Leader at IBM Canada Ltd.
• Mr. DAN PONTEFRACT, TELUS, Speaker, Thinker and Chief Envisioner, TELUS
• Mr. ERIC SWANSON, Executive Director, Generation Squeeze
• Ms. EMILIE DE ROSENROLL, Chief Executive Officer, South Island Prosperity Project
• Mr. DAN RUSCHEINSKI, Director, ESRI Canada

Moderator: DR. DANIEL MUZYKA, President and CEO of The Conference Board of Canada, and Professor of Management at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business

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Panelists:

• LORD JOHN ALDERDICE , Director of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at Harris Manchester College (University of Oxford) and Chairman of the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building (Belfast)
• DR LORI BEAMAN, Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity and Social Change  University of Ottawa
• DR. EDE IJJASZ- VASQUEZ, Senior Director for the World Bank Group’s Social, Urban, Rural & Resilience Global Practices

Moderators:

• DR. OLIVER SCHMIDTKE, Director, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria
• MS. GIULIANA NATALE, Director of the Inclusion and Religious Freedom Division within the Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion at Global Affairs Canada

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 Keynote Speakers

• DR. SOPHIE PIERRE, OC, OBC, Elder advisor to the Ktunaxa Nation, and Mentor, Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation
• DR. JOHN BORROWS, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law, University of Victoria

Moderator: MR. MILES RICHARDSON, Director of National Consortium for Indigenous Economic Development, University of Victoria

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