Announcing the full list of speakers for PACE: Impact Beyond Speed on October 25th!
Individual speaker profiles will continue to appear over the next couple of weeks, but here's the overview of our speaker line-up.
Top Row, Left to Right
Chad Lefevre
Transformational Changemaker
Julien LePage
Registered Social Worker (BSW, MSW Leadership), trauma specialist, and lifelong drummer
Dr. Kerry Black, PhD, PEng
Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair (Integrated Knowledge, Engineering & Sustainable Communities), in the Center for Environmental Engineering Research and Education (CEERE) and the Department of Civil Engineering, at the University of Calgary
Kate Thompson, Architect, AAA, FRAIC
President & CEO of Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC)
Middle Row, Left to Right
Dr. Chelsea Matisz, PhD, MSc
Gut-Brain Scientist and Science Communicator
Wish Bakshi
Founder & AI Systems Engineer | Specialist in Commodities Trading & Operations (OT) | Power, Nat Gas, Data Centers, LNG, SCADA
Shone Thistle
Calgary Poet Laureate, 2024-26, author, poet and multidisciplinary artist
George Damian
Philanthopist and Tech Investor
Bottom Row, Left to Right
Gayathri Shukla, PEng., MBA
Storyteller and founder of Campfire Kinship
Dr. Laleh Behjat, PhD, PEng (b. 328/423 ppm*)
Professor in Electrical and Software Engineering at the University of Calgary and the NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering – Prairies
Dr. Linah Kattan, PhD. P. Eng.
Professor in the Schulich School of Engineering, the Urban Alliance Professor in Transportation System Optimization, and program director of CREATE-Integrated Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities
The Honourable Leela Aheer
Former Alberta MLA and Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women (2019 - 2021)
*A personal measure of what the Earth's CO2 levels were at birth, compared to now. All of us should know this!
