FORUM FINTECH CANADA 2023
September 25 • 27, 2023
OPENING WORDS
Jacques Deforges, Chief Executive Officer, Finance Montréal
WELCOMING WORDS
Anthony G. Ostler, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Bankers Association
INTRODUCTION
Alexander Mohelsky, Tech Strategy Leader and Chief Innovation Officer | Financial Services Consulting, EY Canada
GUEST SPEAKER 1
Deborah Orida, President and Chief Executive Officer, PSP Investments
GUEST SPEAKER 2
Frank Bisignano, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fiserv
CHAIR
Paul Desmarais III, Chairman and Chief Executifve Officer, Sagard
OPENING WORDS
Sebastian Boisjoly, Vice-President, Fintech and Technological Innovation, Finance Montréal
WELCOMING WORDS
Éric Caire, Minister of Cybersecurity and Digital Technology, Government of Quebec
DAY OPENING
Dominique Samson, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Flinks
GUEST SPEAKERS
JD St-Martin, President, Lightspeed Commerce
Jordan Huck, Chief Executive Officer, Notch
Kathryn Petralia, Co-Founder and Chief Keeper, Keep Financial
Steph Choo, Partner, Portage
MODERATOR
Matthew Parker-Jones, Senior Vice-President and Head of Products and Operations, Global Business Payments, Scotiabank
GUEST SPEAKERS
Krista Broughton, Open Banking Lead, Mastercard Canada
Peter Hazlehurst, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Synctera
Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Flinks
Patrick Raimondi, Managing Director, Strategy and Consulting and Banking Lead, Canada, Accenture
MODERATOR
Philippe Daoust, Vice-President and Managing Director, NA Ventures, National Bank of Canada
GUEST SPEAKERS
Hélène Falchier, Partner, Portage
Mélisa Muraca, Vice-President, Technology Product, SunLife USA
David Nault, Co-Founder and General Partner, Luge Capital
Renée Walkom, Chief Operating Officer, Foxquilt
MODERATOR
Félix Deschatelets, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Emma
CONFÉRENCIERS
Krista Broughton, Lead, Open Banking, Mastercard Canada
Mathieu Desrosiers, Senior Director, Omnicanal Solutions, Desjardins Group
Franck Descubes, Vice-president, Business Consulting, CGI Expert
Stéphane Bousquet, Leader, Open Banking and Digital ID, National Bank of Canada
OPENING WORDS
Saba Shariff, Senior Vice-President and Chief Strategy, Product and Innovation, Symcor
GUEST SPEAKER
Surinderjit (Jeet) Kaur Bhatti, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Fathom4sight
GUEST SPEAKERS
Rob Khazzam, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Float
Alice Reimer, Chief Executive Officer, Fillip
Mahima Poddar, Senior Vice-President and Group Head, Personal Banking, EQ Bank
MODERATOR
Chris Ferron, Head of Digital Partnerships and Fintech, Visa
GUEST SPEAKERS
Nayla Chebli, Investment Director, VC and Technologies, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
Devon Kirk, Partner, Portage and Co-head, Portage Capital Solutions
Anne No Delaide, Managing Director, RBCx, Royal Bank of Canada
David Schwartz, Chief Financial Officer, Nuvei
MODERATOR
Laviva Mazhar, Principal, Luge Capital
OPENING REMARKS
Jacques Marchand, Managing Director, Private Large Capitalizations, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Phil Fayer, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nuvei
INTERVIEWER
David Nault, Co-founder and General Partner, Luge Capital
Presented by iA Financial Group
GUEST SPEAKERS
Charles Richard, Vice-President, Consulting Services, CGI
Vanessa Taddei, Vice-President, Consulting Services, CGI
GUEST SPEAKERS
Christine Day, Chief Technology and Information Officer, Questrade
Julie Lévesque, Executive Vice-President, Technology and Operations, National Bank of Canada
Malik Yacoubi, Co-Founder and Chief executive officer, Nesto
MODERATOR
David Marotte, Quebec Leader, Data and Artificial Intelligence, KPMG
GUEST SPEAKERS
Sophia Bennaceur, Regional and Technology head, Morgan Stanley
Valérie Bergeron, Vice-President and Managing Director, Business Solutions and Technology, PSP Investments
Simon De Baene, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Workleap
Nathalie Francisci, Executive Regional President - Eastern Canada, Gallagher
MODERATOR
Alexandre Hovette, Vice-President, Capgemini Invent
*This session is presented in French (Simultaneous translation towards English is provided)*
GUEST SPEAKERS
Caroline Bergeron, Global Head, ESG and Impact Solutions, Innocap
Damien Charbonneau, Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer, Nesto
Émilie Hamel, Senior Vice-President, Operations, GhGSat
MODERATOR
Stephan Marois, Director, Private Equity and Impact Investments, Services - Technologies, Fonds de solidarité FTQ
*This session is presented in French (Simultaneous translation towards English is provided)*
GUEST SPEAKER
Alex Tapscott, Entrepreuneur and Business Author
GUEST SPEAKERS
Melissa Bernardino, Head of Risk and Compliance, Finix
Rachel Jolicoeur, Director, Fraud Mitigation and Strategy, Interac
Manoj Verma, Founder and Chief Revenue Officer, Tabapay
Mark Hines, Canada Connectivity Lead, Plaid
MODERATOR
Corey B. Davis, Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets
GUEST SPEAKERS
Jean-François Bérubé, Vice-President, Quantitative Strategies and Data Science, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
Alain Bergeron, Senior Vice-President, Information Technology (CIO), iA Groupe Financier
Daniel Grossi, Chief Technology and Operations Officer, Desjardins Group
MODERATOR
Zlata Huddleston, Partner, Practice Leader, IBM Consulting Sustainability Services Canada
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Malcolm deMayo, Global Vice-President, Financial Services Industry, NVIDIA
Diederik Van Liere, Chief Technology Officer, Wealthsimple
MODERATOR
Ravy Por, Partner and Leader, Omnia, Deloitte
GUEST SPEAKER
Sarah Mjidou, Senior Director, Digital Transformation, Ivanhoé Cambridge