On the Mainstage

Shingai Manjengwa is a recognized leader in data science and artificial intelligence with extensive experience creating value with data, developing AI education curricula, and operationalizing the responsible use of AI across industries. 
An entrepreneur and technical expert, Shingai has led technical education at the Vector Institute for AI and is currently the AI Education Lead at the Mila Quebec AI Institute. She works with governments and organizations on AI policy, governance, and adoption and sits on multiple advisory committees and boards. She is the founder of Fireside Analytics Inc., a global leader in data science education whose programs have reached over 500,000 learners on platforms like IBM’s CognitiveClass.ai and Coursera. Shingai developed Canada’s first Ministry of Education-inspected high school data science course and has delivered impactful AI education programs for students, policymakers, professionals, and underserved communities.
Recognized with awards such as the DMZ Women of the Year and Public Policy Forum’s Emerging Leader, Shingai speaks globally on topics including bias, responsible AI, AI-driven innovation and productivity, and workforce disruptions due to AI. Shingai is a member of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat ‘Working Group on Public Service Productivity’.

Nicholas Fonseca has over 20 years of experience in both for-profit and non-profit private and public sector organizations holding positions of progressively increasing responsibility in the fields of management, risk consulting, information governance, information management and privacy. He serves in a leadership capacity providing strategic direction in information management, privacy and governance domains in municipal government.
Nicholas has served as president of ARMA International - Edmonton Chapter, and on the board of directors of ARMA Canada. Additionally, he has served as a Schools Council member at the University of Alberta (SLIS) where he has taught information governance at the master's degree level. He continues to serve as an executive council member of the Insurance Institute of Northern Alberta where he has held the Education Committee and Chair positions. He is the currently Executive 1st. Vice President, Academics and Symposium Chair
Mr. Fonseca teaches the newly developed and accredited Cyber Risk course offered nationally and available globally through the Insurance Institute of Canada.

In 2013, Jordan Uytterhagen founded Cadence Solutions, a leading Digital Transformation Services company. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Cadence Solutions was born on the customer side of an ECM implementation at a County that was not executed properly. Jordan Uytterhagen, an employee of “The County” at the time, realized that ECM implementations were not being delivered as promised and set out to deliver an implementation as expected by the customer and not the implementation vendors management.

Through Cadence, Jordan and his team have completed more than 80 implementations across North America in many industries such as energy, utilities, financial services, insurance and the public sector.

Over 18 years of comprehensive experience managing complex technology, operations and logistics functions through senior-level positions including Interim Executive Staff Officer, Executive Director of Operations, Director of Information Technology and Senior Technology Advisor. Senior-level management experience includes technology infrastructure, logistical fulfillment, marketing, sales, staff leadership, project management, strategic planning, process improvement, enterprise wide financial forecasting/projections/cashflow analysis as well as branding and communication strategies.

Drawing on over 40 years’ experience as a practising lawyer, business consultant, and federal government policy writer, Lewis Eisen, is a leading global authority on the use of respectful language in policy drafting. He shows people how to shift their policy writing culture from confrontational to cooperative; the 4th edition of his Amazon international bestseller, RULES: Powerful Policy Wording to Maximize Engagement, was released in June 2024.

Lewis's approach to drafting policies has been adopted at private, government, and not-for-profit organizations around the world. His work with the Government of Canada includes policy development groups at the RCMP, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Library and Archives Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, Global Affairs Canada, and First Nations Financial Management Board. He has also worked with the Inspection Office in the UK, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and a variety of provincial government organizations.

Darra Hofman is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator (Master of Archives and Records Administration) in the School of Information at San José State University, San José California, USA. Dr. Hofman received her Ph.D. in library, archival, and information studies from The University of British Columbia in 2020. She completed her M.L.I.S. from the University of Kentucky and her J.D. and B.A. (honors) from Arizona State University. Her research examines the intersection of archives, technology, and law, exploring how records support human rights and human thriving. She is the principal investigator of the Cross-campus Interdisciplinary Responsible Computing Learning Experiences (CIRCLE) project, a Mozilla Responsible Computing Competition awardee.