GLOBAL SMARTWEEK 2014, 2015

GLOBAL SMARTWEEK TORONTO Conference and Learning Series Explores disruptive Internet of Things (IoT) & Machine Intelligence (MI) technologies.

GLOBAL SMARTWEEK was created and powered by RED2i  a not-for-profit co-operative which integrates research, education, design, development and innovation to drive technological advancement in Canada and worldwide.

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HIGHLIGHTS: SMARTWEEK 2014
Three exceptional days which bring together the top IoT (Internet of Things) thought leaders from industry, startups, inventors, and academia whose collective ingenuity is redefining the entire human experience. SMARTWEEK 2014 partnered with the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto and MaRS Discovery District.
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October 2014
Location:
​University of Toronto & MaRS Discovery District
Executive director: 
Helen Kontozopoulos, University of Toronto​

2014 SPEAKERS
Michael Wekerle, CEO, Difference Capital
Amir Ansari, Chief Technology Officer + Co-Founder, Prodea Systems
Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director, Ryerson University Institute for Privacy + Big Data.  
V. Kumar Murty, Chair of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Dr. Kaivan Kirimi, VP & GM Connectivity,  Atmel
Moe Tanabian, VP, Head of Smart Things IoT Innovation Lab, Samsung
Peter Semmelhack, Founder/CEO, Bug Labs
Dr. Balamuralidhar P, Principal Scientist and Head of TCS Innovation Lab, Tata Consultancy Services
Graham Churchill, IBM MobileFirst & IoT Solutions Leader, IBM
Mark Gelsomini, Corporate Director Information Technologies, Dundee Precious Metals
Scott Amyx, Founder, Amyx+McKinsey, WIRED + IEEE
Rick Huijbregts, VP, Industry Transformation, Cisco
Daniel Peloquin, President of Schneider Electric Canada
Frank Diana, Principal, Business Evolution, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Stephen Buckley, General Manager of Transportation Services, City of Toronto
Srinivasa Raghavan Venkatachari, Head for Intelligent City Solutions, TCS
John Longbottom, Country Executive Smarter Cities Strategy, IBM
Rawy Iskander, CEO & Founder, SPIMESENSE Technologies
Bill MacGowan Director, Smart Connected Real Estate, Cisco
Richard Cavanagh, CEO/Funding Officer, Broadcasting Accessibility Fund
Glen Paulley Professor, Information Technology, Conestoga College
Dan Boucher Utility Segment Director, Schneider Electric
Clarke Stevens, Principal Architect of Advanced Platforms & Services, CableLabs, UPnP Technical Committee Chair
Andre Boysen EVP Marketing & Digital Identity Evangelist, SecureKey
Kerry Maletsky, Sr. Product Line Director, Atmel
Paul Barter, VP, Research, T4G
Joseph Zaloker, Director of Technical Marketing, Arrow
Mark Barfoot, Managing Director, Hyphen
Karan Singh, Professor, University of Toronto
Ian Pilon Lead Facilitator, IoT Waterloo 
Wayne Pau, Development Architect, SAP
Helen Kontozopoulos, Co-Founder, RED2i
Damian McCabe, Co-Founder & VP, Connected Lab 
Trevor Bingham, General Manager, Arrow
Jean-Luc David, Technology Executive
Vitor Pereira, Smart Cities Tourism, Portugal

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November 2015
Location: 
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Executive director: 
Helen Kontozopoulos, University of Toronto

​2015 SPEAKERS
Joy Weiss, President, Dust Networks, Linear Technology
Philip Poulidis, Sr. VP & General Manager, Marvell Semiconductor
Caroline Jay, University of Manchester
Whitney Rockley, Co-founder, McRock Capital: 
​Madalin Mihailescu, Senior Technology Analyst, Georgian Partners 
Rick Lisa, Group Sales Director, WW IoT &  M2M Business Dev, Intel
Jason Foster, Professor, University of Toronto
Wayne Pau, Development Architect, SAP
Sheila Mcilraith, Professor, University of Toronto
Greg Dashwood, Product Lead IoT & Adv Analytics, Microsoft
Trevor Bingham, General Manager, Arrow Electronics
Frank Aloe, Senior Field Application Engineer, Microchip
Feisal Hirzook, CTO, Archronix
​Graham Churchill, Canadian Business Leader for Bluemix, IBM
Terry Dietrich, Principal FAE, Arrow Electronics Inc.
Rick Power, Canadian Healthcare Industry Leader, IBM 
Aiden Mitchell, Vice President, Semiconductor Marketing,
​Arrow Electronics
Lila Adamec, Canadian Ecosystem Development Leader, IBM
Mario Christian Lavaroto, Co-Founder & Designer, Daniel Christian Tang & Joseph Nogucci.
Renn Scott, Independent Design Leader & Prolific Inventor
Ravinder Saini, President, BioSensive Technologies
Arvind Karir, Co-Founder,Cleanopy
Andrej Bondarenko, Director of Sales, IICIE
Hao Xin, Senior UX Architech, ecobee 
Richard Thomas, Principal & Head of Insight & Foresight, Kinetic Café
Jordanne Pavao, Product Manager, Flybits
Katherine Roos, Imagination Catalyst, OCADU
Adriana Ieraci, Founder, Conveyor Built, Co-Founder Get Your Bot On! Robotics Hackathon​
Ramy Nassar, Director, Service Innovation, Architech
Dan Webster, Solutions Architect, FGL Sports Ltd 
Julie Cassidy, Senior Manager, Strategic Planning & Analysis, TD Canada Trust