Ian is a BBC, CNN, Fox, Forbes featured technology futurist and a Future Readiness pioneer. A highly prolific thought leader who has worked with clients including Intel, ServiceNow, Microsoft, Telus and hundreds of leading organizations and is the creator of the Future Readiness Score.

Dr. Samantha Nutt is an award-winning humanitarian, bestselling author and medical doctor. She’s the founder of the renowned humanitarian organizations, War Child Canada and War Child USA, and has worked with children and their families at the frontline of many of the world’s major crises – from Iraq to Afghanistan, Somalia to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone to Darfur, Sudan. With a background in public health, she continues to put science at the forefront of her international work. A leading authority on current affairs, war, international aid, public health, and foreign policy, Dr. Nutt is one of the most intrepid and recognized voices in the humanitarian arena and is a highly sought-after public speaker in North America.

Doug has over 30 years of experience analyzing global economies and financial markets. As chief economist at BMO Financial Group, he oversees the macroeconomic and financial market forecasts and co-authors the firm’s weekly flagship publication, Focus. Doug manages the team that won the prestigious Lawrence Klein award for forecast accuracy of the U.S. economy, and was named by Bloomberg as top Canadian forecaster.

Nadim is responsible for the strategic growth and leadership of Canadian Commercial Banking within BMO. Nadim serves on the Board of BMO Life Insurance Company and BMO Life Assurance Company and is a voting member of the BMO Corporate Donations Committee. Externally, he serves on the Board of the Canadian Business Growth Fund, a $545 million fund dedicated to support Canadian entrepreneurs and is on the Board of the Providence Healthcare Foundation, including acting as Chair of the Silver Ball Gala.

Imran Amed is one of fashion’s leading writers, thinkers and commentators, and is founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Business of Fashion(BoF), a modern media company and the authoritative voice of the $2.5trillion global fashion and luxury industries. Headquartered in London, BoF receives more than 1.5million unique visitors per month and has more than 6million followers on social media.

Salima leads, partners with and enables the Other Bets, Alphabets Moonshot companies, to achieve equity, inclusion and diversity (EID) through systemic transformations. She came to Alphabet as an award-winning EID practitioner of 23 years having worked in the public, private, international and academic sectors. Over the decades, Salima has consistently stepped into her role as a social transformation leader, innovator and equity polymath, committed to human centered change.

With over 35 years of experience in retail, corporate and investment banking, Mr. Allana is also the Chairman of Habib Bank Limited (HBL), which is the largest bank in Pakistan with over 1,650+ branches serving 30 million customers worldwide. Since 1997, Mr.Allana has also been serving as a Director of the Tourism Promotion Services Pakistan Limited, the owners and the operators of the Serena Hotels in Pakistan. Mr. Allana holds Undergraduate and Post Graduate degrees from McGill University and the University of Wisconsin in Engineering and Management.

A true Canadian hero - Dr. Dave Williams is an emergency room specialist, former hospital CEO, Aquanaut, Astronaut and the only non-American to hold a Directorship at NASA. He has extensive experience leading organizations where uncontrolled risks can have significant consequences - offering unique insights to help tell the many stories he shares.

Asiff is the President of Figure, a company transforming financial services through blockchain technology. Asiff is focused on scaling the investing, banking and payment businesses, expanding internationally and launching new products. Asiff was formerly President & Chief Operating Officer of Coinbase, the world’s leading crypto currency company. Asiff serves on the boards of Nubank and Forge, is a former public board member of Advent Software and Citrix Systems Inc. and served on the boards of Saxo Bank, TES Global, RentPath, and Eze Software.

Dr. Adam Kassam works as a physiatrist — also known as a rehabilitation doctor — and is a clinical associate at Runnymede Healthcare Centre and Athlete’s Care in Toronto, while also holding privileges at Sinai Health and St. Joseph’s Health Care London. His clinical practice focuses on musculoskeletal and neurological rehabilitation of patients who have had muscle, bone or nerve injuries, including those with strokes, spinal cord injuries, brain injuries and amputations. Dr. Kassam is a faculty lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Department of Medicine – Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and has served as a board member on the Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Young Leaders Committee. Dr. Kassam is often called upon as a contributing writer and medical expert by both national and international publications and media outlets. His work has been featured in the CBC, CNN, Sydney Morning Herald, Chicago Tribune, CTV News and Globe and Mail.

Zayna previously led the Futures team with national home healthcare and aging non-proift, SE Health, as their Future Strategist. Zayna was previously the lead of health system innovation at MaRS Discovery District, a health innovation hub in Toronto. In 2017 she was seconded to the REshape Innovation Centre at Radboud university medical centre in the Netherlands. Zayna completed her Ph.D. in diabetes research from the University of Toronto (2001), followed by a career in strategy consulting, including as a Principal in the healthcare practice of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

TKS is a global human accelerator that aims to develop the potential of young innovators to impact tomorrow’s world by exposing them to problem solving in different disciplines of technology such as Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Nanotechnology, and Genetic Engineering. Prior to his role at TKS, Navid was the founder and CEO of Airpost, a cloud security company based in Silicon Valley which was acquired by Box (NYSE: BOX) in early 2015. Post-acquisition, Navid led the artificial intelligence and machine learning team.

Harvey is a writer, specializing in management and business issues. He writes two columns for the Globe and Mail – Managing on Saturdays and Power Points on Thursdays. He also writes The Leader’s Bookshelf column for Canadian Government Executive. In November, his next book will come out on Amazon, a series of letters on leadership, management and careers with retired tech CEO Sheelagh Whittaker, When Harvey didn’t meet Sheelagh.

Zulekha is an award winning broadcast and digital journalist based in the US. She contributes to several news outlets including the BBC, covering stories about culture and inequality. She also recently produced an in-depth podcast feature about COVID and grief. Zulekha has previously worked for the CBC in Toronto and Los Angeles as a national arts & entertainment correspondent. She has interviewed some of the biggest names in Hollywood including Angelina Jolie, Denzel Washington and Ryan Gosling. Zulekha also reported live from major events such as the Oscars, Grammy Awards and the Harvey Weinstein trial in New York.

Naila is an author. At just 15 years of age she is passionate about making impact in the sustainability sector. She is currently building transparent and flexible solar cells in a lab leveraging nanomaterial, as well as developing a bio-plastic from duckweed through interning at Pond Biomaterials. Her debut novel, "Chronicles of Illusions: The Blue Wild" was published when she was 14 and she is currently working on a sequel.