Summit 2019

Dr. Taddy Blecher

CEO Community Individual Development Association and Maharishi Institute

Dr. Taddy Blecher is part of the Singularity University South Africa faculty with a focus on the future of education.

Dr. David Bray

Impact & Disruption Faculty

Dr. David A. Bray has served in a variety of leadership roles in turbulent environments.

Denise Brosseau

CEO, Thought Leadership Lab

Denise Brosseau has the unusual expertise of being a thought leader about thought leadership.

Ananya Chadha

Machine Learning & AI Developer, The Knowledge Society (TKS)

Ananya Chadha is a 17-year-old Machine Learning developer from Toronto.

Dr. Divya Chander

Faculty Chair, Neuroscience, Singularity University

Dr. Chander is a physician, neuroscientist, and futurist who trained at Harvard, UCSF, UCSD and the Salk Institute. She is currently the Faculty Chair in Neuroscience and Faculty in Medicine at Singularity University.

Anupra Chandran

Innovator at The Knowledge Society (TKS)

Anupra Chandran is a 15-year-old human longevity and cell biology researcher at The Knowledge Society.

Anne Connelly

Blockchain Faculty

Anne Connelly is passionate about harnessing blockchain and decentralized technology to transform the lives of people in developing countries.

Neil Desai

Governance and Security Faculty

As Vice-President at Magnet Forensics, Neil leads strategic engagement with leaders from policing, national security and government agencies to support their digital transformations in the realm of cyber-investigations.

Nick Dechev

Biomedical System Design and Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Victoria

Nick Dechev is a Specialist in Engineering Design & Research with 18 years of experience in Mechatronic System Design.

Dr. Philip Marc Edgcumbe

Medicine Faculty

Dr. Philip Edgcumbe (PhD) is a Canadian scientist, biomedical engineer, medical innovator, doctor in training (MDPhD) and entrepreneur.

Pascal Finette

Chair, Entrepreneurship & Open Innovation

Pascal is Singularity University’s Chair for Entrepreneurship & Open Innovation and Co-Founder at radical Ventures.

Ryan Gariepy

Robotics Faculty / Chief Technology Officer, Clearpath

Ryan is the CTO of Clearpath. He drives research and development of the OTTO industrial self-driving vehicle software and guides the continued expansion of Clearpath's world-leading efforts in supporting robotics researchers.

Dr. Suzanne Gildert

AI Faculty / Robotics Faculty

Suzanne Gildert is founder and CEO of Sanctuary AI, a company with a mission to create ultra human-like robots – “synths” – that are indistinguishable from us physically, cognitively and emotionally.

Dr. Cynthia Goh

Nanotech Faculty

M. Cynthia Goh is Professor of Chemistry, cross-appointed to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the Institute of Medical Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs.

Shawn Kanungo

Disruption Strategist & Keynote Speaker

Shawn Kanungo is a disruption strategist. He has been recognized nationally and globally for his work in the innovation space after 12 years working at Deloitte.

Jane Kearns

Cleantech Faculty

Jane is a senior advisor with MaRS Cleantech. She is a recognized leader in sustainable innovation and has extensive experience growing successful companies at the intersection of business and sustainability.

Zayna Khayat

Future Strategist with SE Health

Zayna Khayat is Future Strategist with SE Health (formerly, Saint Elizabeth Health Care) a health and social impact enterprise with a major focus on keeping older adults healthy in their homes.

Dr. Sonny Kohli

Medicine Faculty

Dr. Sonny Kohli is a practising Canadian Internist and Critical care physician, and faculty at McMaster University.

Julie Legault

Executive Director, Amino Labs

Julie Legault is a designer-entrepreneur from the city of Montreal. Over the last decade, she has worked in design research and in the maker movement.

Jody Medich

Futurist, Product Designer

Jody creates superhumans, not supercomputers. Rather than teaching humans the right buttons to push, she uses cognitive computing (AI, AR/VR, robotics, sensors, etc.) to speak human.

Chad Park

Chief Innovation Officer of The Natural Step Canada, Director of the Energy Futures Lab

Chad Park is the Chief Innovation Officer of The Natural Step Canada and the Director of the Energy Futures Lab.

Krista Pawley

Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Impact, SingularityU Canada

Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt

Chief Innovation Evangelist, Google / Adjunct Professor, Stanford University

Frederik's passion is to develop the capacity to innovate in everyone and he believes creativity exists in all of us.

Jeffrey Rogers

Principal Facilitator, Singularity University

Jeffrey Rogers is a facilitator, speaker, and program designer who creates interactive educational experiences driven by storytelling, engagement, and play.

Gabrielle Scrimshaw

MBA/MPA 2018, Stanford GSB + Harvard Kennedy School

Gabrielle is an Indigenous professional with a passion for creating social impact. She has an MBA from Stanford and is a Gleitsman Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University.

Jack Sim

Founder of the Restroom Association of Singapore and World Toilet Organization

Jack Sim is the founder of the Restroom Association of Singapore and World Toilet Organization. Formerly in the construction industry, he left to found the Toilet Organization in 2001.

Lisa Kay Solomon

Chair of Transformational Practices and Leadership at Singularity University

Lisa Kay Solomon is a well-known thought leader in design innovation with a focus on helping leaders learn how to be more creative, flexible and resilient in the face of constant change.

Marco Tempest

Creative Technologist, Strategy Consultant, Keynote Speaker

Dr. Tiffany Vora

Faculty Director & Vice Chair, Singularity University Digital Biology and Medicine

Dr. Tiffany Vora is an educator, writer, research scientist, and entrepreneur who is excited to bring her diversity of experience to Singularity University as Faculty Director and Vice Chair of Medicine and Digital Biology.

Bill Whitelaw

CEO, JWN Energy

Bill Whitelaw is CEO of JWN Energy and Managing Director of Evaluate Energy, a London-based global energy intelligence firm.