Meet the speakers of MTL connecte
Discover the speakers, experts and leaders who will take the stage at this edition of MTL connect.
Yacine Hanaya
CEO and Founder, ALEIA
Pierre-Antoine Gourraud
University Professor of Medicine, Nantes University
Guillaume Bourque
Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, McGill University
Laurane Raimondo
Data Protection Advisor & Digital Security, LR Conseils & Stratégies
Alain Saulnier
Author, speaker and digital giants and media expert
Fouad Bousetouane
Lecturer in Generative AI, University of Chicago
Lyse Langlois
Executive Director, Obvia
Paul Allard
President and Co-founder, Données Souveraines Québec
Lamiae Azizi
Professor, Agrégée Professor and Scientific Director in charge of AI
Kathleen Jobin
Associate, GenerIA.ai
Intervenants 2026
Jihene Rezgui
General Director, ALIVEcode
Michel Bourque
Co-founder, CYBERDEFENSE AI inc.
Maude Desjardins
Digital Cultural Development Officer, Culture Lanaudière / RADN
Marine Corniou
Québec Science
Marika Laforest
Cultural Digital Development Advisor and Head of the ADN Network, RADN
Magda Fusaro
Magalie Dumas
General Director, CyberCap
Layla Nasr
CEO, Makila AI
Laury-Layne Amanda Myrtild
Founder, INGLACT
Laurianne Lalonde
Agent, Association des galeries d'art contemporain / RADN
Jonathan Lévesque
President and CEO, Utili-M
Molly Richardson
Guillaume Lajoie
Founder, Lajoie Conseil
Guillaume Bouchard
Digital Development Officer, Culture Estrie
Gisèle Henne
Digital Cultural Development Agent, RADN / Culture Laurentides
Gautier Villette
Digital Development Agent, SPACQ-AE / RADN
Gauthier Bohyn
Co-founder, DiabHealth
Florian Strich
Associate Director, Co-founder, Persevere Consulting
Émilien Bel
Founder, Piwwop
Elsa Tannous
General Director, DigiWomen
Elnathan Tiokou
CEO, Vraust.ai
Shirin Abu Shaqra
Assistant Professor, NAD-UQAC School
Victoria Allen
President and CEO | Founder, N.I.Y.A. Foundation – New Initiatives for Autonomy
Véronique Godin
Deputy Executive Director, RADARTS inc.
Valérie D’Amour
Director of the Database, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Tanguy Richard
Lead Trainer, Le Wagon
Tamara Vandersluis
VP Innovation, R2i
Sylvain Martet
Researcher and Scientific Lead, Artenso
Stephane Nepton
Coordinator - Digital Mediation and First Nations, Printemps numérique
Sophie Giroux
Secondary school teacher, ESL-Interactive
Sophie Fallaha
General Director, CEIMIA
Simone D’Ambrosio
Audiotopie
Denis Deschamps
Co-executive chair of the Board of Directors, Drakkar
Sacha Jackson
Program Manager, La Piscine
Rokhaya Solange Ndir
General Director, FESTIC - Association of Senegalese Women in ICT
Ravy Por
Local heroes
Ralph Francois
COO, Reelcruit
Pierre Le Calvez
Vice-President, Advisory Services, CGI
Philippe Marcotte
CEO, Sterling North
Pascal McCarthy
Founder and CEO, Parados
Oz Gurtuna
Founder, Plumfind
Nairy Kazandjian
Co-founder, ESL-Interactive
David Langis
Lawyer, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Alain Marchildon
President, Eficio
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
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
Benoit Domingue
President, Ursa Marketing
Thierry Warin
Professor of data science for global transformations and Director of the International Business Department, HEC Montréal
Philippe Bourque
CEO, Canopée Solutions Numériques Inc.
Philippe Beaudoin
Visiting Industrial Researcher, Vector Institute
Joëlle Tremblay
General Director, TechnoCompétences
Jalal Charaf
Chief Digital Officer (CDO), UM6P - University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne
CEO, GAINDE 2000
Géraldine Bueken
Director, XR4HERITAGE
François-William Croteau
CEO, The Institute for Urban Resilience and Innovation - IRIU
Emmanuel Durand
Co-founder, Lab148
Destiny Tchhouali
Professor, UQAM
David Lamarre
Digital Cultural Development Officer, XN Québec
Chloé Sondervorst
Director, Radio-Canada
Amina Yagoubi
Research, Knowledge Sharing and Innovation Project Manager, Printemps numérique
Bruno Guglielminetti
Host / Producer, Mon Carnet
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
Ian-Patrick Thibault
Chair of the Board of Directors, Coworking Québec
Philippe Pasquier
Professor, researcher and artist, Simon Fraser University
Jean-Michel Brault
BDO
Isabelle Dessureault
Head of Post, Oficina de Quebec en Barcelona
Abdé Essaidi
VP Exécutif, Axionable
Pascale Delcomminette
General Administrator, Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI)
Guillaume Bergeron
Strategic advisor on AI governance, Ministry of Cybersecurity and Digital Affairs
Claire Pennequin
Project Manager, Augmenta
Maxime Thibault-Vézina
Division Head - Montréal Urban Innovation Lab, City of Montréal
Mathieu Marcotte
Director, Ecosystem and Partnerships, CEIMIA
Saad Bennouna
Sales Director, Ewane
Damien Lefebvre
Executive Vice President North America, Valtech
Annabelle Pouliot
Director of Operations and Strategist, WOMA Marketing
Walter Bouvais
Co-founder, Open Lande
Guy Veilleux
Head of Partnerships, Qohash
Benoit FURET
Professor and Co-founder of a startup, University of Nantes / Batiprint3D
Antoine Lemay
Chief Scientific Officer, CYDEF
Maude Fraser
Editor of Signé Laval, Signé Laval - Culture Laval
Alexandre Naud
Digital Cultural Development Advisor, Ministry of Culture and Communications
Rola Araji
Rola Araji, Ing. Director General, Business Development - Public Sector and Enterprise Quebec Director, Business Development- Public Sector and Enterprise Quebec, TELUS
Lisa Loud
Founder and CEO, FLUIDEFI
Josianne Martel
Learning Manager - Digital Agility Specialist, Boostalab
Martin Bader
Assistant Professor, McGill University
Luc Lavergne
Creative Director, Dangers