Meet the speakers of MTL connecte
Discover the speakers, experts and leaders who will take the stage at this edition of MTL connect.
Intervenants 2026
Yacine Hanaya
CEO and Founder, ALEIA
Alain Marchildon
President, Eficio
Alain Saulnier
Author, speaker and digital giants and media expert
Alejandro Martinez-Ramos
Bold New Edge
Alexandra Marin
Director of the Living Lab in Immersive Environments, Society for Arts and Technology
Alfonso Hernandez
Temple Playgrounds
Anastasia Vaillancourt
Deputy Director General, Culture pour tous
Ariane Charbonneau
General Director, SPACQ-AE
Benjamin Guay-Marceau
VP Sales, Dialog insight
Benoit Domingue
President, Ursa Marketing
Caroline Julien
President and Founder, CREO inc.
Cédric Byl
Language, data and the real economy: turning diversity into a strategic advantage
Cindy Veilleux
Head of Digital Collection Dissemination Projects, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Cyusa Kamoso
Content Director, Local Heroes
Dave Hawey
Professor, NAD-UQAC School
David Langis
Lawyer, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Denis Deschamps
Co-executive chair of the Board of Directors, Drakkar
Elnathan Tiokou
CEO, Vraust.ai
Elsa Tannous
General Director, DigiWomen
Émilien Bel
Founder, Piwwop
Florian Strich
Associate Director, Co-founder, Persevere Consulting
Fouad Bousetouane
Lecturer in Generative AI, University of Chicago
Gauthier Bohyn
Co-founder, DiabHealth
Gautier Villette
Digital Development Agent, SPACQ-AE / RADN
Gisèle Henne
Digital Cultural Development Agent, RADN / Culture Laurentides
Guillaume Bouchard
Digital Development Officer, Culture Estrie
Guillaume Bourque
Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, McGill University
Guillaume Lajoie
Founder, Lajoie Conseil
IA setup
IA setup
Jihene Rezgui
General Director, ALIVEcode
Jonathan Lévesque
President and CEO, Utili-M
Laurane Raimondo
Data Protection Advisor & Digital Security, LR Conseils & Stratégies
Laurianne Lalonde
Agent, Association des galeries d'art contemporain / RADN
Laury-Layne Amanda Myrtild
Founder, INGLACT
Layla Nasr
CEO, Makila AI
Lyse Langlois
Executive Director, Obvia
Magalie Dumas
General Director, CyberCap
Magda Fusaro
Marika Laforest
Cultural Digital Development Advisor and Head of the ADN Network, RADN
Marine Corniou
Québec Science
Maude Desjardins
Digital Cultural Development Officer, Culture Lanaudière / RADN
Michel Bourque
Co-founder, CYBERDEFENSE AI inc.
Molly Richardson
Nairy Kazandjian
Co-founder, ESL-Interactive
Oz Gurtuna
Founder, Plumfind
Pascal McCarthy
Founder and CEO, Parados
Philippe Marcotte
CEO, Sterling North
Pierre-Antoine Gourraud
University Professor of Medicine, Nantes University
Pierre Le Calvez
Vice-President, Advisory Services, CGI
Ralph Francois
COO, Reelcruit
Ravy Por
Local heroes
Rokhaya Solange Ndir
General Director, FESTIC - Association of Senegalese Women in ICT
Sacha Jackson
Program Manager, La Piscine
Shirin Abu Shaqra
Assistant Professor, NAD-UQAC School
Simone D’Ambrosio
Audiotopie
Sophie Fallaha
General Director, CEIMIA
Sophie Giroux
Secondary school teacher, ESL-Interactive
Stephane Nepton
Coordinator - Digital Mediation and First Nations, Printemps numérique
Sylvain Martet
Researcher and Scientific Lead, Artenso
Tamara Vandersluis
VP Innovation, R2i
Tanguy Richard
Lead Trainer, Le Wagon
Valérie D’Amour
Director of the Database, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Véronique Godin
Deputy Executive Director, RADARTS inc.
Victoria Allen
President and CEO | Founder, N.I.Y.A. Foundation – New Initiatives for Autonomy
Amina Yagoubi
Research, Knowledge Sharing and Innovation Project Manager, Printemps numérique
Bruno Guglielminetti
Host / Producer, Mon Carnet
Chloé Sondervorst
Director, Radio-Canada
David Lamarre
Digital Cultural Development Officer, XN Québec
Destiny Tchhouali
Professor, UQAM
Emmanuel Durand
Co-founder, Lab148
François-William Croteau
CEO, The Institute for Urban Resilience and Innovation - IRIU
Géraldine Bueken
Director, XR4HERITAGE
Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne
CEO, GAINDE 2000
Jalal Charaf
Chief Digital Officer (CDO), UM6P - University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
Joëlle Tremblay
General Director, TechnoCompétences
Lamiae Azizi
Professor, Agrégée Professor and Scientific Director in charge of AI
Philippe Beaudoin
Principal Director, Research, LawZero
Philippe Bourque
CEO, Canopée Solutions Numériques Inc.
Thierry Warin
Professor of data science for global transformations and Director of the International Business Department, HEC Montréal
Thomas Van Heugen
Head of Sales, TIMi
Andrée Harvey
Digital discoverability strategist, LaCogency
Gwendolynn Heloua
Senior Analyst, Nord Ouvert
Marie Grégoire
President and CEO, BAnQ
Sven Buridans
Director of Innovation and Digital Partnerships, Fédération culturelle canadienne-française (FCCF)
Georges-Emmanuel Arnaud
Artistic Director, ANISOTROPIE
Manuela Valentino
UNESCO Heritage Conservator, City of Mons
Philippe Nadeau
Founder, Xoolink
Pierre-Philippe Côté
Orio
Samir Mounir
Senior Director, Desjardins Caisse des Technologies
Sandra Rodriguez
Multidisciplinary artist, Independent
Alexandre Teodoresco
City Councillor, Ville de Montréal
Pascal Leblanc
Founder, Mantle Technology
Stefan Timotijevic
Founder, AKBKO
Speakers who already took part
Previous editions
Pamela Tudge
PhD student, Concordia University
Rémi Blanchette
Engineering Director, Thales
Philippe Després
Full Professor, Université Laval
Alex Dos Santos
President, ISACA Montréal
Jeanne Perrin
Responsible for the transmission of technological knowledge, Petit Théâtre du Vieux Noranda
Marie-Gabrielle AYOUB
CEO, Le Wagon Canada
Richard Mulholland
Founder, Missing Link
Hélène Drainville
Rector, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Oumar Diallo
Founder, RegelWerk Strategies
Christl Baur
Director of the Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica Linz
Ivaylo Penev
CTO/Founder, VS Consulting
Alexandre Corbasson
Co-founder, La Fusée Inc
Anders Rojewski
Co-founder and President, Neatro
Nesrine Sedoud
CHUM
Jenny Tola Alabi
CEO, GreenFuel (Green Subsidiaries)
Anne-Laure Mathieu
Collaborative experience designer, Independent
France Lafleur
Professor-Researcher, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
Pierre-Majorique Léger
Co-director, Tech3Lab at HEC Montréal
Steeve Arnold Etienne
CEO, Vaistat Solutions Inc.
Yoshua Bengio
Scientific Director, IVADO
Thomas Bouabca
Data Science Department, Deezer
Hamza Debbarh
CEO, 3W Academy
Ghislain Samson
Rector, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Simon Beauchamp
President, AquaTech