John Kildea – CTO and co-founder of Opal Med Apps Inc.; Co-lead of the Opal Health Informatics research group at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
John Kildea is a medical physicist at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal and an assistant professor in oncology at McGill University. Dr. Kildea’s background is in astrophysics, with a PhD in high-energy astrophysics from University College Dublin and postdocs at McGill and at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He transitioned into Medical […]
Simon Savard – Analyst, Business Intelligence and Innovation, Montreal Port Authority
In July 2018, Mr. Savard joined the Montreal Port Authority and is now an Analyst in the Business Intelligence and Innovation team. His mandate covers such things as research, performance monitoring, business analytics, market intelligence, traffic forecasting and the development of decision support tools, as well as leading several innovation projects, including an innovation accelerator […]
Julien Bourque – Director, Strategic Initiatives, Investissement Quebec
As director strategic initiatives at Investissement Quebec, Julien Bourque plays a leading role to boost productivity and innovation within the manufacturing sector. Prior to his current role, he held various consulting positions in the metal and mining industry, including market analysis, project development and investors relations for private and publicly listed companies. Julien holds a […]
Marco Lovera – Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Marco Lovera is a Professor of Automatic Controls at the Politecnico di Milano. He received a PhD in Computer Science and Control Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 1998. After a one-year period in industry he joined the Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria of the Politecnico di Milano in 1999. Since 2015 he is […]
Marco Vianello – International Projects Manager, InfoCamere
International Projects Manager for InfoCamere (infocamere.it), the IT Consortium of the Italian Chambers of Commerce. Born in Padua, 49 yrs old, Marco Vianello has a degree in Economic and Business from Venice University. As an expert in marketing and network telecommunications, he spent his career first in the large-scale retail trade working for Vision Express […]
Luca Maria Sconfienza – Head of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Galeazzi
Luca Maria Sconfienza MD PhD is full professor of Radiology at University of Milano and Chair of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Unit of IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi in Milano, Italy. His main clinical and research activity are all aspects of musculoskeletal radiology, in particular diagnostic and interventional ultrasound and applications of artificial intelligence in this […]
Claudio Taffuri – Ambassador of Italy in Canada
Claudio Taffuri was appointed as the Ambassador of Italy in Canada on April 19, 2017. Mr. Taffuri received a Degree in Economics and Business at the University of Rome in 1985. After working in the private sector as a fiscal consultant, he joined the Italian Diplomatic Service in 1992. After a short assignment in Somalia […]
Fabio Galbusera – Director, LABS, IRCCS Galeazzi
Fabio Galbusera is the Head of the Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics (LABS) of the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, one of the top ranked Italian research hospitals for orthopedics. He received the degree in biomedical engineering at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy and the PhD at the Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center […]
Matteo Zanchi – Founding Partner and Managing Director, ENERSEM
Matteo Zanchi is an environmental engineer and former researcher at the Politecnico University, in Milan. He has gained over 20 years of experience in companies and institutions, public and private, as a manager of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, in Italy and abroad. Matteo Zanchi is the founder of ENERSEM, a spin-off of Politecnico […]
