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
François Sauro
Founder, IMPROOV
Magda Popeanu
City Councillor, City of Montreal
Guillaume Blum
Professor, Research Chair in Creative Economy and Well-being, École de design de l'Université Laval
Simon Labbé St-Vincent
Analyst, Synapse C
William Simetin Grenon
Vice President of Operations, Explor.AI
Jean-François Barsoum
Executive Director, Innovation | Research, Innovation, Environment and Smart Cities, IBM
Andrés Cuéllar
Continuing Education Advisor, Compétence Culture
Mohcine Benachir
General Secretary, APEBI
Réjean Beaucage
General Director, Akousma
Jérôme Lankoadé
CEO, Yulcom
Eduardo Meneses
Director of Research at the Innovation Department, Society for Arts and Technology
Youssef Dahbi
Deputy Manager, 1337 Coding school
Samuel Babity
Co-founder and CEO, mTatt
Jean-Philippe Décarie-Mathieu
Cybersecurity Consultant, Self-employed
Steve Waterhouse, CD
Cybersecurity Speaker, INFOSECSW
Mohamed Hedi Mrad
General Management, Dynamix services
Vincent Berlemont
Director of Information Technology, BTLF Management Company
Melanie Gagnon
President, MGSI
Mathieu Lacombe
Minister of Culture and Communications, Ministry of Culture and Communications
Roberto Mazzolin
Chief Technology Strategist, RHEA Group
Josianne Martel
Learning Manager - Digital Agility Specialist, Boostalab
Dominique Benoît-Nault
Project Assistant, COlab social innovation and digital culture
Mahouton Marius Elvis DJOSSOU
Head of Decentralized Cooperation Service, COMMUNE DE PORTO-NOVO
Adil Lahlou
Vice-President and Co-Founder, Averna