Our 2025 Speakers

FWD50 2025 Speakers

Malka Older

Executive Director, Global Voices

Dorothy Eng

CEO, Code for Canada

Maigen Thomas

Founder, Level 11 Technology

Hossein Shafeghati

Director of Municipal Public Works

Andrew McAfee

Principal Research Scientist, Initiative on the Digital Economy, MIT

Hilary Mason

Co-founder & CEO, playhiddendoor

Snehit Cherian

CTO, Global Nexis Solutions

Mitch Joel

Founder, ThinkersOne

Cedric Jean-Marie

Manager of Enterprise Architecture, Chief Information Officer Branch, Canadian Heritage

Lisa Yeung

Director, Strategic Initiatives, Labour Relations Solutions

Kristo Vaher

CTO, CupOfCoffeeAI

Miska Têtu

Manager, Issues Management, Digital and Creative Marketplace Frameworks, Canadian Heritage

Justin Alerta

Manager, Labour Relations Information Bureau, Strategic Initiatives Branch, Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development

Hillary Hartley

Former Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Digital Response

Alistair Croll

Co-founder & Chair, FWD50