Host: Naouel Hanani, Public Funding Specialist – McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship

8:30 h  Opening Doors & Identifications

9:00 h Welcome Words
ServiceNow Welcome Words
Eva Diaz, CEO & Founder of Global STEM Women and STEM Women Congress
Sonia Montserrat, President Canada Chapter of the STEM Women Congress | Associate Vice President – AI solutions – Videns, propulsée par COFOMO
Diana Varela, Conseillère de la Ville de l’Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles du district La Pointe-aux- | On behalf of Soraya Marisel Martínez Ferrada, Mayor of Montreal, Quebec

9:15 h The STEM Women Annual Report – Canada
Longfei Wang, Research Assistant – University of Ottawa

9:30 h Talk 1 – Milking Clouds: How Permalution’s Technology is Unlocking a New Water Source to Solve Global Scarcity
Tatiana Estevez, Founder CEO at Permalution

9:45 h The Ethics Courtroom: Amara’s algorithm
Judge: Sylvie Leduc, Servant project leader, author, AI explorer

Jury
Dr. Stefania Pecore, AI Ethics Expert (AIEB program) Appointed by UNESCO
Costanza Conti, Scientific Attachèe, Embassy of Italy to Canada
Geneviève Abbott, Ambassador of the Global STEM Women – Canada Chapter and Executive Director at Catalonia Trade & Investment

Team A
Abdul Basheer Arifi, Director of Institutional Relations, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) Canada | University of Toronto
Giulia Di Lollo, Research Analyst – The Plakhov Group
Temitope Bolaji-Jegede, Executive and Leadership Coach at Maxwell
Álvaro de Travesedo, Counsellor of the Embassy of Spain in Canada

Team B
Rocío Tutillo, Full Stack Developer at Connect Education Inc.
Laura Marsal, Ph.D. Candidate at Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University
Xavier Peich, Founder of Peich Technologies
Elodie Meyer, Co-founder & GC of Ceiba Law

10:30 h Coffee break & Networking

11:00 h From Impostor to Impact: Thriving Authentically in STEM
Moderator: Sonia Montserrat, President Canada Chapter of the STEM Women Congress | Associate Vice President – AI solutions – Videns, propulsée par COFOMO
Asma Ghali, Senior Director- Microsoft Azure & data practice, Alithya
Joan Ofulue, Management Consulting Senior Manager for Data & AI at Deloitte Canada
Tania Ramos, Founder & CEO of Strominnate Therapeutics AB

11:30 h Talk 2 – Créer des possibilités grâce à un approvisionnement inclusif
Nancy MacDonald, Responsable, relations et engagement stratégiques / Strategic Stakeholder Engagement Lead at WBE Canada

11:45 h STEM MEN Allies
Moderator: Naouel Hanani, Public Funding Specialist – McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship
Jean-Philippe Pelletier, Vice-President, TramCité Project, CDPQ Infra
Samir Mounir, Senior Director -Market Development – IT, Technology, Healtcare, AI, IoT, Life Sciences, Innovation, Desjardins

12:30 h Lunch & Networking

Hosts: Gaia D’Elia & Oriol Caro, Volunteers of the STEM Women Congress Canada

13:30 h Inspiring STEM Leaders Across Generations: Leadership, Legacy & Impact
Moderator: Nancy De Santis, Ambassador of the Global STEM Women – Canada Chapter and President of Expertis Solutions
Lauren Sevack, Vice President at Tripar Inc
Stéphanie Jecrois, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Technovation Montréal
Ieman Elmowafi, Founder and CEO of EviDara – Senior Consultant at World Health Organization

13:50 h Cybersecurity: securing the future.
Moderator: Darren Jones, Executive Vice-President, Cibersecurity and Risk Advisory Services at Valencia Risk
Marsha Bazile, IT Auditor – Bureau du vérificateur général de la Ville de Montréal
Patricia Moreno, IT / OT Security Program Manager at Metrolinx
Spandana Gella, Research Lead at ServiceNow Research, Adjunct Professor at McGill University

14:15 h STEM Awards Canada – First Edition
President of the Awards: Hanna AbdelHamid, Head of Sigma Software Canada

Ethics Courtroom
Sylvie Leduc, Servant project leader, author, AI explorer

Ecosystem Recognition – Inspiration
Hortensia Sanz, Conseillère Experte en Gestion de patrimoine clientèle entrepreneur et professionnelles en affaires chez Desjardins

Ecosystem Recognition – Professional Career
Thais Collado, Consejero Económica en la Embajada de Panamá en Argentina

STEM Teacher Award
Renée Connors, Occasional Teacher at Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) | Teach for Canada

STEM Woman Award
Sonia Montserrat, President Canada Chapter of the STEM Women Congress | Associate Vice President – AI solutions – Videns, propulsée par COFOMO

14:30 h Closing