SPEAKERS 2026 HEAR FROM THE MOST INFLUENTIAL VOICES Mr. Joe Exner CEO, Steele Foundation for Hope Hon. Huldah Hiltsley Minnesota State Representative H.E. Marilou McPhedran Senator Manitoba, Canada Hon. Tom Rackocevic Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario Shelagh Maloney CEO, Digital Health Canada Mrs. Suzanne Skinner Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade and International Engagement Dr. Steven Murphy President and Vice Chancellor, Ontario Tech University Maydianne Andrade Professor & Dean, York University MP. Arielle Kayabaga Member of Parliament, London West Elizabeth Hoffman Executive Director for North America, The ONE Campaign Anne Forsyth Director of Hospital Data Transformation, Canadian Institute for Health Information Hon. Vijay Thanigasalam Assistant Minister of Mental Health, Ontario Government Garrett Tone Life Sciences and Defence Director, Invest Ontario H.E Geoffrey Kaituko Deputy Head of Mission, Kenya High Commission in Ottawa, Canada Hon. Robert Oliphant Member of Parliament, Don Valley West, House of Commons of Canada Kerry Gibson VP Strategic Partnerships, ZiphyCare Hon. Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo Member of Parliament, Switzerland Ima Okonny Assistant Deputy Minister, Canada Hon. Maggie Chi Member of Parliament, Toronto Mr. Sunir Chandaria President & CEO, Chandaria Family Holdings Mr. Efosa Obano Founder, Black Founders Network Prof. Elijah Martim Songok Director General and CEO, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) H.E. Joseph Edward Sokoine High Commissioner for the United Republic of Tanzania to Canada Hon. Mary Muthoni Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health Kenya Hon. Mercy Wanjau Secretary to the Cabinet of the Republic of Kenya Sally So Global Chair of Ethos.Global Innovation Foundation H.E. Prosper Higiro Rwanda High Commissioner to Canada Khalid Hashi Founder & CEO, OGOW Health Prof. Betty Ombuki-Berman President BLACK Canada AI Society Chaitali Sinha Senior Program Specialist, Global Health Division, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Dr. Gelan Ayana Zewdie Research Fellow, University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Director (AI4PEP) Ethiopia Dr. Jude Kong Professor, University of Toronto Dr. Naomi Teshome Technical Advisor, Ministry of Health Ethiopia Dr. Saad Rais Senior Manager, Ontario Ministry of Health Dr. Yaovi M. Gildas Hounmanou Associate Professor of Microbial Genomics, University of Copenhagen Michael Greenberg Chief Executive Officer, Fionet Inc Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli President & CEO, ONE Campaign Alex Coleman Assistant Deputy Minister, Children, Youth, Social Services I&IT Cluster, Ontario Government Akin O. Alaga Various C-suite roles at Grand Challenges Canada BRIAN O’CONNOR Chair, Global Health Connector Dr. Elias Melly CEO, National Cancer Institute of Kenya Mr. Kizito Musabimana Founder & Executive Director, Rwandan Canadian Healing Centre Mr. Adrian Schauer CEO, AlayaCare Dr. Kakanfo Kunle CEO, Africa Hub for Innovation & Development Mr. Selah Getahun Executive Director, Ethiopian Association in the Greater Toronto Area Dr. Abdullah Saleh Founder & CEO, Innovative Canadians for Change Dr. Erick Rutto President, Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industries Steven Wanyee President, Pan African Health Informatics Association (HELINA) Angela Wamola Head of Africa, GSMA Ms. Heather McNeil Phd-Program Manager, AGE-WELL Efosa Ojomo Senior Research Fellow, Clayton Christensen Institute Folake Owodunni CEO, Emergency Response Africa Myriam Sidibe CEO, Brands on a Mission Ms. Ota Akhigbe Director Partnerships and Programs, eHealth Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet President & Chief Executive Officer, Vital Strategies Ms. Karlee Silver CEO, Grand Challenges Canada Ms. Nicole Althaus US Ambassador, Global Health Connector MPH. Rebkha Atnafou Boyer Researcher, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (USA) Dr. Chris Hobson Global Chief Medical Officer, Orion Health Lisa Schaffer Executive Director, Obesity Canada Yvonne Osagie Founder, MED Melanin Joachim Osur Vice Chancellor, Amref International University; Chair, Africa Health Collaborative Katherine Rouleau Professor, University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine; Director, WHO Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care Noorin Mawani Partner & Co-Head, Transform Health Fund, AfricInvest Chibby Dangana CEO & Founder, Data Factory Corine Maurice Ouattara-N’guesan CEO & Founder, MCM GROUP SAS Corinne Buchanan-Russell CEO, Culture Spark Solutions Ryan Wiley President, Shift Health Nicole Dekort President & CEO, Medtech Canada Emeka Anyaorah Co-Founder & CEO, PharmaServ Margaret Mutumba Director, Africa Institute and Frugal Biomedical Innovations, Western University James Lacefield Director, School of Biomedical Engineering, Western University Kato Hussein Biomedical Engineer, Ministry of Health Uganda Alice Lakati Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Community Extension, AMREF Health Africa Chaitali Sinha Senior Program Specialist, Global Health, IDRC Meseret Haileyesus CEO, Canadian Center for Women's Empowerment Stephanie Maltais Researcher, Université de Montréal Abdoulaye Touré Researcher, CERFIG (Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Infectiologie de Guinée) Saad Rais Senior Manager, Ontario Ministry of Health Gelan Ayana Zewdie Research Fellow, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Abas Hassen Executive Officer, Health Innovation and Quality, Federal Ministry of Health Ethiopia Maria Fernanda Sedeño Executive Director, RESPIPLUS Simran Kanda Executive Director, ÉlanTech Jesse Coleman Healthcare Portfolio Lead, DIGITAL Chenny Xia CEO, GotCare Sheila Wang Co-Founder, Swift Medical Edgar Akuffo-Addo MD & Swift Fellow, Swift Medical Aatekah Owais Technical Advisor, REACTS-IN Colleen Emary Senior Technical Advisor, Nutrition and Health, World Vision Atef Fawaz Executive Director, eHealth Africa Yeukai Mlambo Program Officer, Mastercard Foundation Jennifer Henderson Project Director, Voice AI Initiatives, Viamo Alliancé B. Daniels Manager, Government Relations Canada, ONE Campaign Ahmed Ogwell Ouma CEO & President, VillageReach Caitlin Goggin CEO, Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health (CanWaCH) Dave Fenton Chair, Health Entrepreneurship Pillar, Africa Health Collaborative Marci Rose Director, Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration, University Health Network Saima Zulqarnain Higher Education Leader, University of Toronto Gladys Olisaekee Doctor of Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Leah Ekbladh Global Health Innovation Leader, Madiro Marissa K. Fayer CEO, DeepLook Medical & HERhealthEQ Maria Drangova Professor, Medical Biophysics, Western University Pedro Velmovitsky Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto Annie Theriault Managing Partner, Cross-Border Impact Ventures Selena Lombardi Research Collaborator, University Health Network Sahr Wali Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto
