Summit 2019 Speakers – Women’s Summit 2022

Dr. Brennan Spiegel
Director of Health Services Research, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Los Angeles
@BrennanSpiegel

Dr. Adam Gazzaley
David Dolby Distinguished Professor Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry - UCSF
Founder & Executive Director Neuroscape
Co-Founder & Chief Science Advisor Akili Interactive Labs
San Francisco
@adamgazz

Dr. Judy Illes
CM, Professor of Neurology and Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics
Director Neuroethics Canada UBC
Vancouver
@NeuroethicsUBC

Dr. Danny Goel
CEO
Precision OS
Vancouver
@PrecisionOSVR

Joy Johnson
VP Research & International
SFU
Vancouver
@drjoyjohnson

Vanessa Julia Carpenter
Designer for Meaningfulness
FORCE Design
Copenhagen
@DVInteractive

Maria Lantin
Director
Basically Good Media Lab
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Vancouver
@drmarypop

Loretta Todd
Cree. Metis. Director. Writer.
Indigenous Matriarch 4 (IM4) VR AR XR Lab
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Vancouver

Sylvain Moreno
Neuroscientist. Researcher. CEO.
Digital Health Circle
Surrey

Marie Johnson
Humanitarian. Disruptor. CEO.
Centre for Digital Business
Canberra
@mariehjohnson

Michael Fergusson
Entrepreneur. CEO. Philanthropist.
Ayogo
Vancouver
@fergusson

Dr. Claudia Krebs
Anatomist. Educator. VR Enthusiast.
UBC Medicine
Vancouver
@krebs_claudia

Dr. Brendan Byrne
Medical Director
Wellness Garage
White Rock
@ByrneWolf

Natalie Dakers
President & CEO
Accel-Rx
Vancouver
@NatalieDakers

Rich Osborn
Managing Partner
TELUS Ventures
Vancouver/Montreal
@RichOsbornVC

Naomi Van Halteren
Co-founder and CEO
Luna VR
Vancouver
@Naomi_VanH

Amir Bozorgzadeh
Co-founder & CEO
Virtuleap
Lisbon
@whiteboxamir

Andy Hartzell
Senior UX Designer
Google
Mountain View
@andrewhartzell

Jennifer McCarron
CEO
Atomic Cartoons
Vancouver
@atomiccartoons

Ohad Arazi
Chief Strategy Officer & VP
TELUS Health
Vancouver
@TELUSHealth

Garth Smith
Director Industry Relations
Ontario Brain Institute
Toronto
@OntarioBrain

Fred Rego
Director Commercialization
Rick Hansen Institute
Vancouver
@fredrego

Dr. Bechara Saab
Co-founder, Chief Scientist, CEO
Mobio Interactive
Toronto/Zurich
@beshsaab

Karina Hayat
President & Co-founder
Prizm Media
Vancouver
@PrizmMedia

Richard Smith
Director MDM
SFU/Centre Digital Media
Vancouver
@CentreDigiMedia

Balaji Gopalan
Co-founder & CEO
MedStack
Toronto
@BalajiGopalan73

Sarah Hamilton
Patient Advocate
Patient Voices Network
Vancouver
@womeninityvr

Michael Dowding
Series Director
Atomic Cartoons
Vancouver
@atomiccartoons

Scott Morrison
CTO
PHEMI Systems
Vancouver
@KScottMorrison

Olivia Wong
Partner
Prototype Thinking Labs
San Francisco
@prototype_labs

Dr. Thiago Bassi
Neurosurgeon
PhD Student
SFU
Vancouver
@neurobassi

Kevin Appelbaum
Co-founder & CEO
Better Therapeutics
San Francisco
@Better_Tx

Armin Mortazavi
Science Cartoonist
UBC Continuing
Professional Development
Vancouver
@UBCCPD

Dr. Gillian Siddall
President & Vice-Chancellor
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Vancouver
@SiddallGillian

Christopher Bennett
Head of Marketing
Vancouver Film School
Vancouver
@CiBennett

Celeste Martin
Dean Faculty of
Design + Dynamic Media
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Vancouver
@CelestMartin

Gene McDonald
Director Integrated Health Solutions
Medtronic Canada
Toronto
@MedtronicCA

Elliot Stone
CEO & Cofounder
Alavida
Vancouver
@elliotwstone

Dr. Robert McMaster
VP Research
Vancouver Coastal Health
Research Institute
Vancouver
@VCHResearch

Kirk LaPointe
Editor-in-Chief
Business In Vancouver
Vancouver
@kirklapointe

SPEAKERS INTERFACE 2019