Federal Budget Symposium 2021
Apr 27 @ 12:00 pm - Apr 28 @ 5:00 pm
Tuesday April 27
12:00 – 4:30 pm EDT
12:00 – 1:00 Session I: Keynote Address: The Impact of Budget 2021 on the Performance of Canada’s National R&D/Innovation Ecosystem
David Watters, President & CEO, Global Advantage Consulting
1:15 – 1:45 Session II: Critical Analysis
Robert Asselin, Senior Vice President, Policy, Business Council of Canada
Irene Sterian, Founder, President & CEO, REMAP; Director, Technology & Innovation, Celestica
David Wolfe, Professor of Political Science, UTM, Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
2:00 – 3:00 Session III: Superclusters
Bill Greuel, CEO, Protein Industries Canada
Kendra MacDonald, CEO, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
Angela Mondou, President & CEO, TECHNATION
Jayson Myers, CEO, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)
3:30 – 4:30 Session IV: Business & Industry
Namir Anani, President & CEO, Information and Communications Technology Council
Karl Blackburn, President & CEO, Conseil du patronat du Québec
Tabatha Bull, President & CEO, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Karen Churchill, President & CEO, Ag-West Bio Inc.
Karimah Es Sabar, CEO & Partner of Quark Venture LP; Chair, Health/Biosciences Economic Strategy Table
Wednesday April 28
2:00 – 4:30 pm EDT
2:00 – 3:00 Session V: Universities and Colleges
Steven Liss, Vice-President, Research and Innovation & Professor of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science, Ryerson University
Madison Rilling, Project Manager, Optonique, Québec’s Optics & Photonics Cluster; Youth Council Member, Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada
3:30 – 4:30 Session VI: Non-Governmental Organizations
