Abdo Shabah – Humanitas
An experienced emergency physician, innovator and public-health specialist, Dr. Abdo Shabah founded HumanITas in 2013 to capture, organize, visualize and share organizations’ essential information through the most advanced distributed mobile technologies. He has participated in many humanitarian missions, conducts research in information technology in disaster settings and continues to serve in the International Emergency Response Unit […]
Massimo Comparini – Thales Alenia Space
Massimo Claudio Comparini, former CEO at eGeos since 2016 and Director Line of Business Geo Information at Telespazio, has a long and proven track record in space industry, from technology to services, and in the earth observation domain. Massimo holds a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering, Remote Sensing and Radar Systems, University of Rome La […]
Stewart Bain – NorthStar Earth & Space
Stewart is a seasoned executive of the aerospace industry. Since 1989, Stewart has been at the nexus of creating, developing, and commercializing leading edge technologies for aerospace applications. With a foundation in aerospace engineering and extensive experience in advanced composite materials and optical systems for satellite applications, Stewart has envisioned and transformed many ideas and […]
Giovanni D’Aliesio – MDA
Giovanni D’Aliesio joined MDA in 1999 as a Digital Engineer. During his first decade with MDA, Mr. D’Aliesio worked on many of the electronics designs on Canada’s flagship space programs. From PCB and FPGA design to lead unit engineer, Mr. D’Aliesio was involved in the end-to-end electronics design cycle from design and qualification to testing […]
Giovanni Beltrame – Polytechnique Montréal
Giovanni Beltrame obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, in 2006 after which he worked as microelectronics engineer at the European Space Agency on a number of projects spanning from radiation-tolerant systems to computer-aided design. In 2010 he moved to Montreal, Canada where he is currently Professor at Polytechnique Montreal with the […]
Gunes Karabulut Kurt – Polytechnique Montréal
Gunes Karabulut Kurt is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in New Frontiers in Space Communications and AssociateProfessor at Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada. She is also an adjunct research professor at Carleton University. Gunes received the B.S. degree with high honors in electronics and electrical engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkiye, in 2000 and the M.A.Sc. and […]
Isabelle Tremblay – Canadian Space Agency | Government of Canada
Pierre-Philippe Lortie – Computer Research Institute of Montreal (CRIM)
Before joining CRIM, Pierre-Philippe was director for Quebec at the Canadian Council of Innovators (CCI) where he helped both levels of government work more closely with innovation entrepreneurs with the aim of strengthening their access to talent, to capital and customers to gain momentum internationally. During his four years at the CCI, he developed the […]
Jarrod Morley – Aéro Montréal
