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Speakers
Canada-in-Asia Conference 2025
Leading multi-dimensional conference fostering collaboration between Asian and Canadian business and innovation leaders.
CIAC2025 speakers and panellists are leading minds and decision-makers in Asia and Canada, including dynamic business leaders, investors, government ministers, and senior researchers, and more!
Christine Allen
Professor, University of Toronto (Canada)
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Venkatachalam
Anbumozhi
Director of Research, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (Indonesia)
Jean-Louis
Arcand
President, Global Development Network (Canada/Switzerland)
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Vikas Arora
Chief Impact Investing Officer, AVPN (Singapore)
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Sowmya
Balendiran
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer, Sea6 Energy (India)
Laurel Broten
CEO, Invest in Canada
(Canada)​
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Benjamin
Cashore
Director,LKYSPP’s Institute for Environment and
Sustainability (Singapore)
Devin Chan
Deputy Executive Director, Infrastructure Asia
(Singapore)
John Cheng
Founder, Innovate 360 (Singapore)
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Bill Collins
Founder and Director, Cascadia Seaweed (Canada)
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Mike Crawley
Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Northland Power Inc. (Canada)
Jan De Silva
Canada Co-Chair, Canada-ASEAN Business Council (Canada)
Joseph Fung
Managing Partner, Saltagen Ventures (Hong Kong (SAR))
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Suzanne
Gaboury
Director General Private
Sector, Asian Development
Bank (the Philippines)
Helani Galpaya
CEO, LIRNEasia (Sri Lanka)
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Charlotte
Gibson
Associate Department Head and Assistant Professor, Queen’s University (Canada)
Carla Gomez
Briones
Climate and Sustainability Specialist , UNDP Global
Centre (Singapore)
Charles Goddard
Editorial Director, Economist Impact (Hong Kong (SAR))
Lesly Goh
Bellagio Resident, The Rockefeller Foundation (Indonesia)
Takashi Gojobori
Director-General, Marine
Open Innovation Institute (Japan)
Simone Grasso
Chief Investment Officer,
Vena Energy (Singapore)
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Michael Harvey
Executive Director of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (Canada)
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Justine
Hendricks
President, Farm Credit
Canada (FCC) (Canada)​
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Samantha Hill
Head of Sustainability Integration, CPP Investments (Canada)
Shaun Hon
Founder and General Partner
Motion Ventures (Singapore)
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Goldy Hyder
President and CEO, Business Council Canada (Canada)
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Ramnath Iyer
Lead for Sustainable Finance, The Institute for Energy Economics (Singapore)
Hon. Warren Kaeding
MLA for Melville-Saltcoats - Saskatchewan (Canada)
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Kapil Kapoor
Regional Director, Asia, International Development Centre (Canada/India)
Melissa Kennedy
Executive VP Chief Legal & Public Policy Officer, Sun Life Financial (Canada)
Lori Kerr
Chief Executive Officer, FinDev Canada (Canada)​​
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Tiong Sieh
Kiong
Senior Professor, College of Engineering, Universiti
Tenaga Nasional (Malaysia)
D.C. Kuo
AVP Group Sustainability,
PSA International (Singapore)
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Jan Kwak
Managing Director of
Climate Change/Thought Leadership, Hatch (Australia)
Alan Lai
Founder/CEO, ProfilePrint
(Singapore)
Casey Lau
Executive Vice President,
Asia Pacific Web Summit
(Hong Kong (SAR))
Eduardo M.
Leaño
Director General, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (Thailand)
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David
Lederhendler
Founder and CEO, Yeji
Data Lab (Canada)​
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Wai Leng Leong
Managing Director and Regional Head of Asia Pacific, CDPQ Global (Singapore)
Anne Lochoff
Programme Director, Singapore Agri-food Innovation Lab (Singapore)
Kendra
MacDonald
Chief Executive Officer, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (Canada)
Mike Maté
General Partner , Kickstart Ventures (Philippines)
Gabriel Miller
President and CEO, Universities Canada (Canada)
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Peter Mumford
Practice Head, Southeast Asia, Eurasia Group (Singapore)
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Vina Nadjibulla
Vice-President Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (Canada)
Prasad Nair
Director Business
Development MDA Space (Canada)
Jeff Nankivell
President and CEO, Asia
Pacific Foundation of
Canada (Canada)
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Sue Paish
Chief Executive Officer,
DIGITAL (Canada)
Shawna Pandya
Director, International Institute Astronautical Sciences' Space Medicine (Canada)
Nicholas Parker
Father of Cleantech, Founder
of CleanAI (Canada)
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Stewart
Paterson
Senior Research Fellow,
Hinrich Foundation (Singapore/U.K.)
Janet Pau
Executive Director, Asia Business Council (Hong Kong (SAR))
Kok Ping Soon
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Business
Federation (Singapore)
Joshua M.
Pearce
John M. Thompson Chair,
Thompson Centre (Canada)
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Beverley Postma
Executive Director, Grow Asia (Singapore)
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Vivek Sen
Director, Climate Policy
Initiative (India)
Raj
Somasundaram
Founder and CEO, Aquaconnect (India)
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Peter Stoicheff
President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Atsushi Sunami
President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan)
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Kathlyn Tan
Principal, Rumah Group; Director, Rumah Foundation (Singapore)
Robert Todd
Managing Director, Energy, Infrastructure & Transition,
CIBC (Canada/U.K.)
Stephen Toope
President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) (Canada)
Bala Venkatesh
Head of the Centre for Urban Energy, Toronto Metropolitan University (Canada)
Joseph Wong
Vice-President, International, University of Toronto (Canada)
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