SXSW Canadian Speakers
Discover the Canadian speakers at SXSW this year!
Click on the conference title for more or go to www.sxsw.com for the full lineup.
Conferences
SXSW Track | Speaker | Company | Title |
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VR/AR/MR | Mike Jarrell, Usman Mir, Lou Pushelberg | Circuit Stream | Chalk Talk: Developing for VR, AR & MR Group 1 |
VR/AR/MR | Mike Jarrell, Usman Mir, Lou Pushelberg | Circuit Stream | Chalk Talk: Developing for VR, AR & MR Group 2 |
Social & Global Impact | Alaa Murabit | United Nations | The Economics of Equality |
Making & Marketing Music | Alain Dagher | Montreal University | Where Does Creativity Come From? |
Music Industry & Culture | Amy Terrill | Music Canada | Passport to Music Cities: Music Tourism |
VR/AR/MR | Andrew MacDonald | Cream VR | Expeditions Into the Uncanny Valley |
Film & TV Industry | Andria Wilson | Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival | We're Here, We're Queer & Changing the Film World |
Cannabusiness | Anne Forkutza | Cova | Exploring the Future of Dispensaries |
Intelligence Future | Ashley Casovan | Government of Canada | Bias in, Bias Out: Building Better AI |
Special Event | Avni Patel Thompson | Poppy | Growing Companies While Growing Humans |
Social & Global Impact | Carey Nieuwhof | Carey Nieuwhof Communications, Ltd. | The 7 Success Killers Even Top Leaders Miss |
Social & Global Impact | Carleen Pickard | Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics | Business & Social Justice in the Trump Era |
VR/AR/MR | Chris Bobotis | Adobe | Immersive Tech: Hold On, Things Are Getting Real |
Design | Clarissa Peterson | Clarissa Peterson | Code Is Not Neutral: Ethics of Creating Software |
Food | Darren Anderson, Ph.D. | Vive Crop Protection | Ag Tech Shaping the Future of Farming |
Music Industry & Culture | Darryl Ballantyne | LyricFind | Music Publishing Meet Up |
Experiential Storytelling | Diane Quinn | Cirque du Soleil | Defining Awe: The Science Behind Cirque du Soleil |
Blockchain & Cryptocurreny | Shirley Dieter | Dapper / CryptoKitties | CryptoKitties: Craze, Community, and What's Next |
Style & Retail | Dr. Chantelle D. Murnaghan, PhD | Lululemon | The Future of Performance Apparel |
VR/AR/MR | Dr. Helen Papagiannis | Augmented Stories Inc. | Augmented Reality: Amplifying Human Intelligence |
Style & Retail | Elizabeth Stefanka | Stefanka | Hype or Reality? Sustainability in Fashion |
Tech Industry & Enterprise | Jean-François Gagné | Element AI | Dear Gov't: Regulate Us! Sincerely, AI Industry |
Game Design & Development | Jeff Vanelle | BioWare | The Technical Art of BioWare's Anthem |
Health & MedTech | Jennifer Gardy | School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia | Big Data + Genomics = Earlier Disease Detection |
Future Workplace | Jennifer Jackson | Capital One | Take Control of Your Career Through Self-advocacy |
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency | John Lyotier | RightMesh | Combating Global Poverty on the Blockchain |
Entrepreneurship & Startups | Jordan Jocius | Rebels of Design Inc. | Canada Meet Up |
Future Workplace | Julie Hubert | Workland | HR to Bots: Job Displacement in the Age of AI |
Design | Lana Sutherland | Tealeaves | The Language of Aroma: Designing for Inclusivity |
Entrepreneurship & Startups | Laura Kilcrease | Alberta Innovates | SXSW Pitch: Hyper-Connected Communities Technology |
Making Film & Episodics | Lola Landekic | Art of the Title | Designing Binge-Worthy Title Sequences for TV |
Entrepreneurship & Startups | Manny Padda | New Avenue Capital | SXSW Pitch: Blockchain Technology |
Future Workplace | Manpreet Dhillon | Veza | Women of Color & Leadership: Overcome Culture Bias Meet Up |
Touring & Live Experience | Michael McCarty | SOCAN | Unclaimed: Get Your Live Performance Royalties |
Music Industry & Culture | Nardwuar | Nardwuar The Human Serviette | Nardwuar’s Video Vault |
Media & Journalism | Nathan Griffiths | Freelance | Immersive Journalism: Any Future? |
Social & Global Impact | Neil Pasricha | The Book of Awesome | Featured Session: Building Trust in Distrustful Times |
Making & Marketing Music | Ola Kowalewski | Ola Labs | SETI, Earthling & the Collective Musical Voice |
Making & Marketing Music | Pablo Samuel Castro | Where Does Creativity Come From? | |
Making & Marketing Music | Pascal Pilon | LANDR | The Impact of AI on Music Creation |
Music Industry & Culture | Raquel Mann | Edmonton Public Library | Public Libraries: Your New Source for Local Music |
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency | Roham Gharegozlou | Axiom Zen and CryptoKitties | CryptoKitties: Craze, Community, and What's Next |
VR/AR/MR | Ryan Andal | Secret Location | Blockchain is Shaping the Future of Content |
Cannabusiness | Sarah Hanlon | What Are You Smoking? | |
Making & Marketing Music | Shane Gill | BroadbandTV Corp | Hip Hop Goes Indie: Distribution to Promotion |
Future Workplace | Shane Vitaly Foran | Vitaly Design Ltd. | Remote Entrepreneurship in the Digital World |
Social & Global Impact | Shaun Frankson | The Plastic Bank | Solving Humanitarian Issues Through Blockchain |
Film & TV Industry | Sophie Ferron | Media Ranch | Round Tables: Sales, Acquisitions, and Distribution |
Touring & Live Experience | Shawn Wilson | Muzooka | Unclaimed: Get Your Live Performance Royalties |
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency | Stephen Ibaraki | REDDS Capital/Venture Investment Partners | Around the (Global) Block – Blockchain for Impact |
Cities, Government & Politics | Stephen MacKenzie | Windsor-Essex Economic Development Corporation | Robot Xing: Border Security in the Age of Autonomy |
VR/AR/MR | Travis Wu | LumiereVR | VR Content Distribution In East and West |
Cannabusiness | Bruce Linton | Canopy Growth | The Global Cannabis Industry Explosion: Can U.S. Entrepreneurs Ride the Wave? |
Intelligent Future | Hannah Le | The Knowledge Society (TKS) | Reversing Aging with CRISPR-Cas |
Music Industry & Culture | Kate Cooper | Shutterstock | Money Talks: Return of the Middle-Class Musician |
Style & Retail | Kerry Liu | Rubikloud Technologies Inc. | The Future of Supermarkets and Retail |
Intelligent Future | Samarth Athreya | The Knowledge Society (TKS) | Going Small To Make Big Change: Future Of Nanotech |
Intelligent Future | Shalev Lifshitz | The Knowledge Society (TKS) | Reforming Civilization With AI |
Film & TV Industry | Sophie Ferron | Media Ranch | Round Tables: Sales, Acquisitions, and Distribution |
Intelligent Future | Tommy Moffat | The Knowledge Society (TKS) | Transforming Civilization With Quantum Computing |
Cities, Government & Politics | Robert Beaudry | City of Montréal | Survival of the Fittest: Mobility in Cities |
Tech Industry & Enterprise | John Tory | City of Toronto | Toronto’s Tech Sector: Not Just Bros and IPOs |
Canadian Mentors
Jeff Beaulieu | Hopeful Tragedy Records | Mentor |
Cara Gresser | Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts | Mentor |
Philip Kalin-Hajdu | Media Ranch | Producers Mentor |
Brontë Jane | Third Side Music | Mentor |
Laura Mingail | Entertainment One | Mentor |
Matt Orenstein | ABMO Films | Sales, Acquisitions and Distribution Mentor |
Jameson Parker | Brightlight Pictures | Producers Mentor |
Curtis Woloschuk | Vancouver International Film Festival | Programming Mentor |
Melissa Woods | Third Side Music | Mentor |