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The Information and Communications Technology Council BELGIAN-CANADIAN BUSINESS LUNCHEON ON THE DIGITAL ECONOMY March 13, 2018 | Rideau Club 99 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1P 1H4 www.ictc-ctic.ca
WELCOME
It is my pleasure to welcome you to our
Belgian-Canadian Business Luncheon on the
Digital Economy. This extended discussion is
intended to foster a bilateral innovation
exchange, identifying areas of potential
collaboration between key business
stakeholders of our two nations. It is an
opportune time for us to explore where
interests converge, as the Canada
European-Union Comprehensive Economic
and Trade Agreement (CETA) promises to
reduce barriers, making trade and business
relations easier.
Today’s diverse digital economy is seeing a
growing need for talent and knowledge
exchange, with advancements and
innovations shaping FinTech, Artificial
Intelligence & Robotics, Blockchain,
Autonomous Vehicles, Industry 4.0, 5G
wireless, amongst many others. The
possibilities for avenues of collaboration are
extensive, including: research &
development, commercialization, talent, as
well as policies and regulations to advance
mutual economic objectives.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONWELCOME
ICTC aims to facilitate expansion and
industry collaboration to further Canadian
partnerships with Belgium and across
Europe.
It is our hope that through this meeting we
can forge new relationships and find
opportunities to move both of our digital
economies forward. Following our discussion,
ICTC intends to work with participants to
identify high level synergies and promote
them across its community in Canada.
Namir Anani
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONBIENVENUE
Je suis heureux de vous accueillir à notre
déjeuner d’affaires sur l’économie numérique
de la Belgique et du Canada. Cette
discussion approfondie vise à favoriser
l’échange bilatéral d’innovations et à cerner
des secteurs de collaboration potentielle
entre les intervenants commerciaux clés de
nos deux pays. C’est un moment opportun
pour nous d’explorer où nos intérêts
convergent, alors que l’Accord économique
et commercial global entre le Canada et
l’Union européenne promet de réduire les
obstacles, facilitant ainsi le commerce et les
relations d’affaires.
L’économie numérique diversifiée
d’aujourd’hui connaît une demande
croissante pour des talents et l’échange de
connaissances, les avancées et les
innovations façonnant notamment la
technologie financière, l’intelligence
artificielle, la robotique, la chaîne de blocs,
les véhicules autonomes, l’industrie 4.0 et le
sans-fil de cinquième génération.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONWELCOME
ICTC aims to facilitate expansion and
industry collaboration to further Canadian
partnerships with Belgium and across
Europe.
It is our hope that through this meeting we
can forge new relationships and find
opportunities to move both of our digital
economies forward. Following our discussion,
ICTC intends to work with participants to
identify high level synergies and promote
them across its community in Canada.
Namir Anani
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONPROGRAM
11:30 AM
Introductory remarks by
Alexandra MacEachern
11:35 AM
Welcoming address by Namir Anani
11:45 AM
Brief roundtable introductions of each
delegate
12:00 PM
Open discussion
1:15 PM
Closing Remarks by Jeremy Depow
1:20 PM
Networking
1:30 PM
Conclusion
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONABOUT THE VENUE
The Rideau Club is located at:
99 Bank St. 15th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
K1P 6B9
Tel: (613) 233-7787
Email: genman@rideauclub.ca
• Please note that you can only access the
Rideau Club via a special elevator. This
elevator will have the Club’s crest and will
only go to the 15th floor.
• Coat room is to the right as you exit the
elevators.
• Our event will take place in the
MacDonald Room.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONATTIRE
Casual Business Attire
For men: smart, casual tailored trousers or pants;
jacket optional but recommended; shirts with
collars and sleeves and turtleneck sweaters.
For women: smart, casual tailored trouser or
pants; skirts; collared shirts; collarless shirts;
blouses and sleeveless summer dresses.
Not permitted anywhere in the club
Faded, torn or worn casual trouser/pant or any
trouser/pant that sits below the natural
waistline, cargo pants, t-shirt, shorts, sweatshirts,
athletic shoes, opened toed shoes for men,
casual sandals (ie. flip flops) for women, any
apparel with slogans or commercial messages.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONALLERGIES OR DIETARY
RESTRICTIONS
Please advise Alexandra MacEachern if you
have any dietary restrictions or allergies which
the Rideau Club should be aware of.
She can be reached at
a.maceachern@ictc-ctic.ca
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONCANADIAN GUESTS
Namir Anani - ICTC
Namir Anani is the President and CEO of the Information and
Communications Technology Council (ICTC). Before joining
ICTC, Mr. Anani previously led Policy Development &
Research at the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). He has also held
several executive leadership roles in both the private and
public sectors including the Department of Canadian
Heritage (Director General & CEO), CGI consulting, Nortel,
and Novartis (Switzerland).
Robert Asselin - Blackberry
Robert Asselin joined BlackBerry in 2017 as Senior Global
Director, Public Policy. He was recently appointed Senior
Fellow at the School of Public Policy and Governance at the
University of Toronto and at the Public Policy Forum in
Ottawa. For the last two years, he served as Policy and
Budget Director to Canada Finance Minister. From 2007 to
2015, Mr. Asselin was the Associate Director of the Graduate
School of Public and International Affairs at the University of
Ottawa. In 2014, he was a Visiting Public Policy Scholar at
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in
Washington, D.C.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONCANADIAN GUESTS
Michael Cardy - Redhat
Michael Cardy (MSc.), Chief Technology Strategist for Red
Hat Canada, is primarily responsible for formulating
strategies to drive growth and gain market share by
investments in modern, innovative approaches to technology
and organizational capabilities. Mr. Cardy brings over 20
years experience in building enterprise class cloud services,
organizational development, technology vision, and business
leadership. As the former Global CTO, Mr. Cardy worked with
many Fortune 500 companies to formulate IT-enabled
business strategies supporting B2B and B2C digital
commerce.
Bob Conlin - SAP
Bob Conlin is SAP Canada’s Vice President of Public
Services. He leads a national team focused on the strategic
industries of :
Public Sector
Government Owned (Crown Corporations)
Healthcare
Education
Defence and Safety
Ottawa has the highest density of SAP customers in the country.
SAP Canada has multiple software development locations
working on our most strategic products.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONCANADIAN GUESTS
Jeremy Depow - ICTC
Jeremy Depow is Vice President of Policy and Research for
ICTC. He works to support ICTC’s objectives of strengthening
Canada’s digital advantage with the aim of enabling a
globally competitive and inclusive digital economy. Prior to
joining ICTC, Mr. Depow served as Executive Director of
Canada’s Digital Policy Forum, a national think-tank, which
he founded to intensify dialogue and collaboration on
building digital policy in Ottawa. Mr. Depow has served in the
corporate affairs offices of Pfizer Inc., Intuit, and
BIOTECanada, and was an information and communications
technology industry analyst for the Boston based Yankee
Group.
Jaime Leverton - Cogeco Peer 1
Jaime Leverton is Vice President and General Manager,
Canada and Asia Pacific (APAC), at Cogeco Peer 1 and is
responsible for creating and driving revenue programs in
Canada and APAC. Her wealth of business experience has
re-energized Cogeco Peer 1's growth objective to
substantially expand their existing business and develop new
indirect sales strategies through a network of partners. Over
the past 15+ years, Ms. Leverton has worked in various
executive roles with National Bank, BlackBerry, Bell Canada,
and IBM Canada. In her role with Cogeco Peer 1, Ms. Leverton
oversees sales, customer management, and the delivery of
the full suite of ICT solutions to medium and enterprise
customers across Canada and APAC.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONCANADIAN GUESTS
Rodney MacDonald - Intuit
With more than 10 years in public policy and advocacy,
Rodney MacDonald began his career in the Office of the
Prime Minister in 2007, and went on to serve in policy roles
for the Ministers of ESDC and Industry Canada. In 2010, Mr.
MacDonald left the political arena for the private sector,
holding senior public policy roles with Visa Canada and
Toyota Canada. Rodney works with authorities in the United
Kingdom, France and Canada to look at ways to foster digital
adoption among small businesses, and encourage tax
compliance through innovative public-private partnerships
with the tech sector.
Alexandra MacEachern - ICTC
Alexandra MacEachern is a lawyer with a passion for
technology. She is currently the director of policy and
outreach at the Information and Communications Technology
Council, an independent research organization which focuses
on technology issues. She has worked previously as a legal
policy advisor to the Ministers of Justice, Public Safety, and
Industry. Her policy experience ranges from combating human
trafficking, to intellectual property, to the digital economy.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONCANADIAN GUESTS
Iliana Oris Valiente - Accenture
Iliana Oris Valiente is widely credited for being a trailblazer
in the blockchain space, having been among the first to
recognize the tremendous impact of this traditionally
"hacker" technology on the enterprise world. Her focus has
been on exponential technology, entrepreneurship and
bridging the gap between the corporate world and the start-
up communities. At Acenture, Ms. Valiente is responsible for
strategy initiatives and overseeing projects to conceptualize
and build blockchain solutions across industries, with a focus
on FSI, supply chain, healthcare and the public sector.
Patrick Robert - Amazon
Patrick Robert is Manager of Public Policy at Amazon.ca
since 2017. Originally from Gatineau, Quebec, he obtained a
Political Science degree and a Law degree from the
University of Ottawa. Patrick practiced public policy at Fraser
Milner Casgrain LLP and Gowling WLG. He was recognized by
The Hill Times as a Top 100 Government Relations experts.
Patrick he was an advisor for Minister of the Environment and
Press Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board. From
2011 to 2016, Patrick was a member of the Board of Directors
of Camp Trillium, an Ontario based program that offers year-
round recreational experiences to bring children with cancer
and their families together.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONCANADIAN GUESTS
Nathalie Rochefort - DeGama
Dire que Nathalie Rochefort est impliquée est un euphémisme
! Nathalie a fait de l’engagement social une norme, une règle
de vie. Élue députée libérale de Mercier de 2001 à 2003, elle
a laissé sa marque par sa présence, sa disponibilité et la
diversité de ses champs d’intérêts. Depuis son passage à
l’assemblée nationale, la Tornade Rouge poursuit sa mission :
favoriser la création de liens durables entre les entreprises et
les organismes communautaires dans le but d’accroître la
cohésion sociale, tout en favorisant l’atteinte de leurs
objectifs respectifs.
Christophe Villemer - Savoirfairelinux
Christophe Villemer has worked for more than 10 years in the
field of international cooperation and development in
Iceland, Vietnam and Canada. From 2004 to 2009, he was
the IT Director of the Agence Universitaire de la
Francophonie, where he led an open source IT policy that led
him to work in innovative technological environments in
Africa, Central Europe and Southeast Asia. In 2009, he joined
Savoir-faire Linux as the Executive Vice-President to help the
develop the company. Arrived in Canada in 2014 and now
Canadian, Mr. Villemer is an entrepreneur involved in the
community. He served on the Board of Directors of the
Université du Québec à Montréal for 5 years and he is a
founding member and Vice-president of the Board of
"BleuBlancTech", the French Tech Hub in Montreal.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONCANADIAN GUESTS
John Weigelt - Microsoft Canada
John Weigelt leads Microsoft Canada’s strategic policy and
technology efforts. Mr. Weigelt helps business and
governments innovate with technology while avoiding the
unintended consequences that might arise. He leads
Canadian outreach for a variety of technology policies
including: Economic Development, Privacy, Security,
Government 3.0, Accessibility, Environmental Sustainability
and Interoperability.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONBELGIAN GUESTS
Jonathan Berte - Robovision
ROBOVISION develops deep learning based AI solutions. We
excel at reducing training times of large datasets, and
industrializing academic state of the art knowledge, while
designing the right deep architecture.
We currently focus on 3 verticals:Agriculture, Manufacturing
and Media/Security.
Ronald Broekx – e-Point
E-POINT strives to create a clear, understandable and unique
visualization of data from point of care devices. e-Point
specializes in back-end services (cloud services) and clinical
data visualization for chronic disease management. Data
is collected both by wireless devices and patient-reported
through online questionnaires. Functionalities also include
interfaces for professional clinicians’ feedback, so the tele-
monitoring processes can be adjusted and refined. e-Point
has recently started a project with the Faculty of Medicine of
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
monitoring 125 pregnant women with diabetes.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONBELGIAN GUESTS
Jozef Clijsters – Belfius Bank
BELFIUS is the only integrated bank andinsurance company
that is 100% Belgian and present everywhere in Belgium.
Belfius is a solid financial group wholly owned by the Belgian
federal state, operating through a simple business model,
with strong local anchoring and decision center in Belgium.
Belfius aims to be a sustainable and profitable financial
player, supporting all segments of the Belgian economy.
Belfius has committed to strive for reaching the highest
customer satisfaction and put sustainability and social
engagement at the core of its values.
Paul Van Coillie - Arco Information
ARCO INFORMATION is specialised in digital transformation
of documents/data. We capture data from all kind of
sources, (scanned paper, websites, databases,
sensors), transform this data to be used in a back-end
application (including big data), and then deliver it again to
users in a way they need it on the platform they want:
print, mail, DOCCLE, POM, etc.
Areas we cover: Invoice handling (both paper and EDI) across
industries; local and federal government, banking, insurance,
construction, health care and smart cities.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONBELGIAN GUESTS
Hans Constandt – Ontoforce
ONTOFORCE was founded in 2011 to help find the right data
for children with learning disorders and disabilities. In 2013,
this technology got directed towards the Healthcare and Life
sciences industry, bringing data from patients and research
together. Now it enters new markets as finance, cleantech,
education, food... The fast-growing company has a
pioneering semantic data integration, AI and analytics online
platform, DISQOVER, that allows everyone to mine vast
amounts of data faster, smarter and simpler, integrating
unlimited amounts of internal, external and third-party data
bringing simplicity to the growing ‘Big Data’ complexity.
Lieselot Declercq – D-Teach
D-TEACH stands for Digital Teaching and offers personalized
online learning via virtual classes and experienced teachers.
All you need is a webcam, a device and the Internet. D-Teach
is a bridge organization between Belgium and abroad and
enables rapid integration into the local or foreign life for
families who move.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONBELGIAN GUESTS
Eddy Duquenne – Kinepolis Group
KINEPOLIS Group NV was formed in 1997 as a result of the
merger of two family-run cinema groups and was first listed
on the stock exchange in 1998. Kinepolis offers an innovative
cinema concept which serves as a pioneering model within
the industry. Today, Kinepolis Group NV has 48 multiplexes
spread across Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain,
Luxembourg, Switzerland and Poland. In 2017, the Group
announced the acquisition of the Canadian cinema group
‘Landmark Cinemas’, which operates 44 Canadian cinema
complexes. Upon completion of the acquisition, Kinepolis
Group will operate 92 cinemas (42 of which it owns), with a
total of 802 screens and more than 180,000 seats.
Bernard Gilliot – FEB
The Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB) is the only
multisector employer organisation representing companies in
Belgium’s three regions. FEB represents more than 50,000
companies, accounting for 75% of employment in the private
sector.
FEB promotes and defends the interests of those companies
in nearly 150 federal, European and international bodies, with
a view to creating an optimum business and investment
environment.
FEB’s activities are underpinned by its thorough knowledge of
the sector – thanks to the expertise of its member federations
– and by key values such as the social market economy,
sustainable development, business ethics, good governance,
dialogue and self-regulation.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONBELGIAN GUESTS
Caroline Levrau - FIT
Caroline Levrau works for Flanders Investment and Trade
(FIT), the external governmental agency from the government
of Flanders (Belgium) dealing with economic affairs, as
Deputy Director Inward Investment for Latin America, Canada
and Germany. Caroline has previous experience as
underwriter at Credimundi (formerly Delcredere NV), a
Belgian credit insurance company. After graduating from her
Master in Commercial Sciences in 2003, she gained her first
experiences in the Belgian Banking world. Caroline speaks
Dutch, French and English and has also some basic
knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese.
Frank Meyers – Licquid
LICQUID is a cloud-based Enterprise App Store with an
integrated development environment. The platform enables
nontechnical users to produce highly graphical, complex
business applications without any technical knowledge.
Licquid reduces the necessary time to produce functionalities
for the business to an absolute minimum. Non-technical
business users can produce results 10 times faster than their
technical development counterparts. It is the first solution on
the market that really eliminates the role of the developer in
the software development process. Licquid puts the business
and the customer in charge of the development process!
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONBELGIAN GUESTS
Jane Murphy – EDPO
EDPO’s mission is to enable non-European companies to
comply with the new European Union (EU) General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will come into effect on
25 May 2018. The GDPR extends to non-European companies
that regularly provide goods or services to persons in the EU or
that monitor the behaviour of persons in the EU. The GDPR also
requires that non-European companies appoint a
representative in the EU to act as a point of contact for
customers in the EU and for EU data protection authorities.
EDPO was established in Brussels to respond to this new legal
framework and to provide services to non-European companies
Frank Murari - Consulate of Belgium
Mr. Murari has extended experience in trade before taking on
his first post in Turkey. He relocated to Toronto in 2013. In
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan he has also organized AWEX
(and tri-regional missions in Turkmenistan) every year. In 2012
a princely mission was organized in Istanbul and Ankara
involving his trade office for B2B meetings, seminars, events.
Currently, since July 2013, Mr. Murari has been working in
Toronto with geographic jurisdiction in Ontario and Manitoba
for export promotion, and for all of western Canada in
investment promotion. Since 2013, he has had the opportunity
to be involved in the organization of AWEX, FIT, BIE missions,
ministerial visits, Ontario and Manitoba. Mr. Murari speaks
French, Italian, English, Dutch, German, and basic Turkish.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONBELGIAN GUESTS
Benoît de Nayer – Actito (Citobi)
ACTITO is a European leading provider of Cloud-based
Marketing Automation solutions based in Louvain-la-Neuve
(Belgium) with offices in France,Netherlands and Canada.
ACTITO counts more than 70 highly skilled employees and
serves demanding marketers worldwide to help them
personalize communications with their customers.
Jean-François Nivart – Image Matters
IMAGE MATTERS develops innovative highperformance
hardware and software tools for extreme imaging
applications. In order to support all audio-visual challenges,
Image Matters paves the way toward efficient image
compression (HEVC, JPEG 2000, TICO,...) and easy image
transport over internet. Image Matters provides electronics
and software platforms to help audio-visual equipment
manufacturers to jump faster and more easily into new video
dimensions. Using a modular approach, Image Matters’
Origami product range splits the electronics into pre-
validated subsystems and provides an easy-to-use software
environment to customize and build complete systems.
The Information and Communications Technology Council
116 Lisgar St. Suite 300
Ottawa, ONBELGIAN GUESTS
Olivier Willocx – BECI
BECI (Brussels Enterprises Commerce & Industry) is a
partnership between the Chamber of Commerce and the
Union of Enterprises in Brussels. BECI represents two thirds of
jobs in Brussels and over 35,000 companies. It is a non-profit
association, which is private, impartial and bilingual (French
and Dutch). It is managed and funded by its members. As a
natural partner of all active companies in Brussels, BECI
offers them three lines of support: it represents their
individual and collective interests, provides advice and
assistance through a wide range of services, and helps them
to build and maintain their networks of contacts. Among
other services, BECI helps companies in Brussels to develop
their international activities, as well as assisting foreign
companies wanting to invest in Brussels. BECI regularly
participates in economic missions and is part of the
Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). It also helps businesses
handle international formalities.
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