PDS 2023 Conference Agenda                                                              

Tuesday April 25, 2023
Saint Mary's University
 Note: Program and Schedule is subject to change

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7:30 - 8:30​

​Registration, Breakfast & Networking​

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8:30 - 8:35

PD Summit Welcome - Michelle Murray PDS Chair

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8:35 - 9:00

Opening Address - Scott McKenna - NS Health CIO

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​​9:00 - 10:00

Keynote: Shawn Kanungo - Strategy in a World of Disruption

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10:00 - 10:30

Refreshments/Networking

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10:30 - 12:00

Keynote Workshop: Shawn Kanungo - The 'Disrupt Yourself' Competition
Loyola Conference Hall (1st Floor)

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12:00 - 12:50

Lunch

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12:50 - 1:00

​Travel Time to Breakout Sessions in Classrooms

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1:00 - 2:00

Management & Leadership
Session 1a
Room 171
Employer Panel
Jonathan Feindel
Kathleen Jay
​Victor Zhu
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Management & Leadership
Session 1b
Room 173
Juliet Turpin
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility in Talent Architecture

Technology & Innovation
Session 1c
Room 174
Chris Keevill
Fast Tracking Technological Innovation through Builder Studios

Technology & Innovation
Session 1d
Room 175
Ross Saunders
Cybersecurity and Privacy Governance

Technology & Innovation
Session 1e
Room 176
Natalie Ripp
Digital Transformation & Innovation

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2:00 - 2:20

Travel Time/Networking

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2:20 - 3:20

Technology & Innovation
Session 2a
Room 171
Women in Technology Panel
Chantal Brine
Akira Evans
Claire Quirion

Moderator:
Emily Boucher

Management & Leadership
Session 2b
Room 173
Susan Power
Leadership Presence: Transforming 
Communication Through Storytelling

Management & Leadership
Session 2c
Room 174
Robert Newcombe
The 8 barriers that are ruining your
 team's productivity (and how to overcome them)

Technology & Innovation
Session 2d
Room 175
Greg Kirczenow
How can we trust black box AI models

Management & Leadership
Session 2e
Room 176
Zafar Muhammad
Optimizing your On-Prem to Cloud Transformation

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3:20 - 3:40

Travel Time/Networking

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3:40 - 4:40

Management & Leadership
Session 3a
Room 171
Agile Panel 
Pallavi Sen
Andrew Mitchell
Kavitha Raveendaran
Katie Wright

Moderator:
Brenda Fay

Management & Leadership
Session 3b
Room 173
​Carlo Carandang
Building Data Science Capacity at Your New Job as an Enterprise Data Scientist

Technology & Innovation
Session 3c
Room 174
Angela Arsenault
Managing Privacy Risks, Ensuring Legislative Compliance

Technology & Innovation
Session 3d
Room 175
Jessica Reid
Data integrity, and the importance of not treating it as an afterthought or "part-time job"

Technology & Innovation
Session 3e
Room 176
Graham MacDougall
Product development, Service Design, UX, Strategy

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4:45 - 5:45

Network Cocktail Reception & Door Prizes

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Presenting Sponsor Network Reception Deluxe Platinum Deluxe Gold Gold Deluxe Silver Silver In-Kind

Presenting Sponsor

Network Reception

Deluxe Platinum

Deluxe Gold

Gold

Deluxe Silver

Silver

In-Kind