Dr. Bixia Xu is an accounting professor and researcher whose work focuses on capital-market valuation dynamics, information environment, corporate disclosure, and corporate social responsibility. Her emerging research examines the evolving informational role of accounting, the deployment of AI in accounting, and economic and social consequences of AI. Her research has received support from the Social […]
Craig McLellan is the Founder and CEO of ThinkOn, a Canadian-owned cloud services provider recognized for its leadership in secure data protection and sovereign cloud infrastructure. With over 25 years of experience in technology innovation and data security, Craig is a respected voice in the industry and a leading advocate for data sovereignty in Canada.
Seanon Wong is an Associate Professor, Director of the BSSc Programme in Government and Public Administration, School of Governance and Policy Science, and Director of the International Affairs Research Centre, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2025-2026, he was the CUHK-Stanford Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford
Howard Stein is a Professor in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) and the Dept. of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. He is a development economist educated in Canada, the US and the UK. He has published more than a dozen books and edited collections and more than 150 journal articles, book
Dr. Rabe’s research examines the politics of short-lived climate pollutants, nuclear waste management, and pricing greenhouse gas emissions.
Ryan Williams is a former Member of Parliament and business leader whose work bridges public policy and entrepreneurship. He is recognized for advancing economic policies in competition, trade, digital governance, and open banking, while drawing on his experience as the third-generation leader of Williams Hotels and as founder of a rural innovation network. As MP
Natalie Raffoul is the managing partner of BRION RAFFOUL LLP and a world-renowned expert in the patenting of software, business methods, artificial intelligence and the legal issues surrounding such subject matter. She is consistently ranked among the world’s leading patent practitioners in the IAM Patent 1000 publication annually since 2014, and shortlisted as one of
Mulugeta F. Dinbabo is a Professor of Development Studies, at the Institute for Social Development (ISD), Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS), University of the Western Cape. He obtained his PhD degree in Development Studies from the University of the Western Cape. He also has two MA Degrees in Development Management and Development Studies,
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James Hinton is the founder of Own Innovation and a proud supporter of Canadian technology companies. In addition to being an IP lawyer, he is both a patent and trademark agent before the Canadian IP Office and works directly for Canadian companies with the US Patent and Trademark Office. He is also a fellow at
Brandon Mattalo is a lawyer and an assistant professor of Strategic Management at Wilfrid Laurier University. Brandon’s legal practice focuses on complex commercial litigation while his research focuses on the intersection of law and technology. He teaches both business law and the law and ethics of data analytics at the undergraduate and master’s levels. Brandon’s
Emma Brandt is an AMTD Global Talent Postdoctoral Fellow in Communication Arts at University of Waterloo; her work focuses on the global intersections of media, belief, and trust. Her research highlights what happens when shared information systems break down and aims to further our understanding of public spheres across cultural contexts, looking beyond North America
Dr. Cannon is researching transformative technologies and the governance of undersea cables.
