IAPP Canada Symposium 2026
Privacy | AI governance | Cybersecurity law
TORONTO
4-7 May
Speakers
The IAPP is policy neutral. We see it as our responsibility to showcase a broad spectrum of voices and perspectives. Please enjoy the luminaries we have assembled from Canada and beyond as they speak about current issues in privacy, AI governance and cybersecurity law.
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Keynote speakers
Ashley Casovan
Managing Director, AI Governance Center, IAPP
Philippe Dufresne
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Peter Mansbridge
Journalist and Former Chief Correspondent for CBC News
Michael Serbinis
Chief Executive Officer, League
Melanie Woodin
President
University of Toronto
Session speakers at IAPP Symposium 2026
Helene Ammar
CIPP/C
Vice President, Enterprise Risk and Privacy Officer
Zafin Labs
Natasha Anzick
Director, Legal; Chief Privacy Officer
Wealthsimple
Ali Arasteh
Managing Director, Canada
Mandiant Consulting
Brent Arnold
Partner & Data Breach Coach / Counsel
INQ Law
Sharon Bauer
Founder, Privacy Consultant
Bamboo Data Consulting
Colin Bennett
Professor Emeritus
University of Victoria
Brian Bishram
Senior Specialist, Regulatory Affairs
Bell
Julie Blazevski
General Counsel
UBS Canada
Maxime Boutin
Chief of Operations
VARS Corporation
Alex Cameron
Co-Chair, Privacy and Cybersecurity Group, Partner
Fasken
Sonia Carreno
President
IAB Canada
Rosario Cartagena
Chief Privacy and Legal Officer
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Ashley Casovan
Managing Director, AI Governance Center
IAPP
Noemi Chanda
CIPP/C
National Leader, Digital Trust and Privacy
Deloitte
Sujoy Chatterjee
AIGP, CIPP/C, CIPM, FIP
Canada Privacy Officer
RSM
Marc Chénier
Deputy Commissioner and Senior General Counsel
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Sara Clodman
Chief Public Affairs and Governance Officer
Canadian Marketing Association
Anthony Cole
Co-lead Global Compliance and Investigations Group
Dentons
Brett Cook
CIPP/US, CIPT
Senior Privacy and Security Counsel
Motorola Solutions
Tristan Corry-White
Enterprise Architect
WestJet
André Côté
Executive Director
The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University
Laura Crestohl
CIPP/C
Manager, Policy and Research
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Elizabeth Denham
Chair
Jersey Data Protection Authority
Ashley Dent
Executive Director, Chief Privacy Officer and General Counsel
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Jonathan Dewar
Chief Executive Officer
First Nations Information Governance Centre
Preeti Dhawan
AIGP, CIPP/C
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager
McCarthy Tétrault
Jeff Doctor
Impact Strategist
Animikii
Alexandra Dostal
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of the Strategic Policy Sector
Science and Economic Development Canada
Marie Catherine Ducharme
Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Senior Associate
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Philippe Dufresne
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Christel Durand
Director, Digital Trust and Privacy
Deloitte
Khaled El Emam
Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Ottawa
Leo Espindle
CIPP/US, CIPM
Vice President Compliance
League
Deborah Evans
CIPP/C
Chief Privacy Officer
Rogers Communications
Darron Flagg
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP
Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer
PowerSchool
Shawn Ford
Partner
Ceiba Law
Anick Fortin-Cousens
CIPP/C
Director, Global Privacy & AI Policy and Compliance
TELUS
Gilles Fourchet
CIPP/C, CIPM, CIPT, FIP
Chief Privacy and Information Security Officer
Almaga Consulting
David Fraser
Partner
McInnes Cooper
Ibrahim Gedeon
Executive Director
Guardian SafetyNet; CTO Emeritus, TELUS
Isabelle Gervais
Deputy Commissioner, Compliance Promotion and Enforcement
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Sarah Goddard
Head of Product Management
Securiti AI
Robin Gould-Soil
CIPP/C
Principal
RGS Management Consulting
Eloïse Gratton
Partner, National Co-Chair, Privacy and Data Management
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
Stacey Gray
AIGP
Senior Director for U.S. Policy
Future of Privacy Forum
Antoine Guilmain
CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Partner, Co-leader, Cybersecurity and Data Protection
Gowling WLG
Shreya Gupta
Director, Legal Counsel - Technology, AI and Privacy
Loblaw Companies Limited
Angelique Hamilton
CIPP/C
Independent Privacy Consultant
Michael Harvey
Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
Anne-Marie Hayden
Privacy Consultant
nNovation, Hayden PR
Patrick Hayden
Physics Professor
Stanford University
Joel Heft
Chief Executive Officer
BreachLink
Grace Hession David
Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner
Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner
Matthew Holland
AIGP, CIPM, CIPT
Director
TELUS Data & Trust Office
Kristen Holman
Senior Counsel
Sephora Canada
Frédérique Horwood
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPT
Senior Counsel, Privacy and AI Regulation
Cohere
Tayyaba Iftikhar
Senior Technology and Policy Advisor
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Jennifer Jin
AI and Data Policy Analyst
Centre for Information Policy Leadership
François Joli-Coeur
AIGP, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US
Partner
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
Roland Kahl
Lead Solutions Consultant
OpenText
Simeon Kanev
Privacy Officer and Business Lead
Alliance for Healthier Communities
M. Imtiaz Karamat
CIPP/C
Associate Lawyer
Deeth Williams Wall
Constantine Karbaliotis
AIGP, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP
Counsel
nNovation
Tyler Kempt
IT and Cybersecurity Lead
Community Health Centres of Northumberland
Brian Kennedy
Senior Privacy Counsel
OpenAI
Brandon Kerstens
CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer
Match Group
Lyall King
Director General Cyber Resilience
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Courtenay Kipp
Associate General Counsel, Employment and Privacy
WestJet
Kris Klein
CIPP/C, CIPM, FIP
Country Leader, Canada, IAPP; Partner
nNovation
Patricia Kosseim
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Jason S.T. Kotler
CEO, Founder
CyberSteward
Lynn Larson
AIGP, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPM
Counsel
Medcan Health Management
Mandy Lit
AIGP, CIPP/C, CIPM, FIP
Director, Information Governance and Privacy
IQVIA
Vance Lockton
CIPP/C, CIPM
Senior Technology Policy Advisor
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Stephan Luciw
Assistant Commissioner, Tribunal and Dispute Resolution Division
Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner Ontario
Andrea Maciejewski
Associate Attorney
Greenberg Traurig
Michael Maguire
Executive Director, Compliance Promotion & Engagement
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Cassandra Maldini
AIGP, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Vice President of Privacy and AI Governance
Veeam
Gabe Maldoff
Associate
Goodwin Procter
Peter Mansbridge
Journalist and Former Chief Correspondent for CBC News
J. Ruth Marks
Access and Privacy Analyst
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Newfoundland and Labrador
Ellie Marshall
CIPP/C
Associate
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Karen McGee
CIPP/E, CIPP/US
former Chief Privacy Officer
Levi Strauss
Sarah McIntosh
Policy Analyst
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
Nicole Minutti
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Suzanne Morin
Vice President, Chief Privacy and Data Ethics Officer
Sun Life
Sean Mullin
Senior Fellow
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
Chelsea Nakogee
Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer
Wabusk Data Solutions
Savion Nakogee
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer
Wabusk Data Solutions
Birinder Narang
President Elect
BC Family Doctors
Dera Nevin
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Managing Director, Digital Insights & Risk Management
FTI Consulting
Christopher Parsons
Director of Research and Technology Policy
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Michael Pascu
Senior Manager, Artificial Intelligence
INQ Consulting
Caitlin Pencarrick Hertzman
CIPP/C, CIPM, FIP
Privacy Consultant
Lisa Pilgram
Postdoctoral Fellow
Electronic Health Information Laboratory and Ottawa Medical AI Research Institute, University of Ottawa
Maciej Piszcz
AIGP, CIPP/C, CIPP/E
Director, Privacy & AI Governance
TrustArc
Ethan Plato
CIPP/C
Legal Counsel
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
Jordan Prokopy
Partner, Data Trust and Privacy
PwC
Alexandra Quigley
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright
Alexander Rau
Partner, Cybersecurity Services
KPMG
Jen Rees-Jones
Global Privacy and Data Policy Manager
Meta
Ojas Rege
CIPP/E, CIPM
Senior Vice President, Privacy and Data Governance
OneTrust
Erica Ren
Chief Data Officer
Shared Services Canada
Andréa Rousseau
Chief of Staff
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Sharon Russell
CIPM, CIPT
Senior Advisor, Governance, Risk and Compliance
WestJet
Tina Saban
Associate, Privacy and Data Management
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
Teresa Scassa
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy
University of Ottawa
Michael Serbinis
Chief Executive Officer
League
Ariane Siegel
General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer
OntarioMD
Pamela Snively
Vice President, Chief Data and Trust Officer
TELUS
Florence So
AIGP
Counsel
nNovation
Divya Sridhar
Vice President, Global Privacy Division and Privacy Initiatives Operations
BBB National Programs
Colin Stairs
Chief Transformation Officer, Information & Technology Command
Toronto Police Service
Julia Szadkowski
General Counsel
Equifax
Nada Tamim
Advisor, Information Security Governance
RAMQ
Po Tea-Duncan
Chief Information Security Officer of the Government of Canada
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Kirsten Thompson
Partner and National Lead, Privacy and Cybersecurity Group
Dentons
Karen Tsang
Vice President, Privacy
OMERS
Jeannette Van Den Bulk
Deputy Commissioner
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, British Columbia
Paula Vargas
CIPM
Director of Privacy Policy, Latin America and Canada
Meta
Nic Wall
CIPP/C
Senior Associate
Torys
Melanie Woodin
President
University of Toronto
David Young
Principal
David Young Law
Hubie Yu
CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US
Senior Technology and Privacy Counsel
Arc'teryx Equipment