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2025 Speakers

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Humberly Gonzalez

MOCAP performer/VO artist at Ubisoft & Disney for Star Wars

Sheldon Carter

President at Digital Extremes

Celia Hodent

Freelance Game UX Strategist

Christopher Chancey

Founding Partner & President at Indie Asylum

Jason Della Rocca

Co-Founder at Execution Labs

Sophia (Akaane) Amara

French Esport Delegation

Drekken Pownz

Founder & Community Leader at VersusAI

Madeleine Brown

Founding Lawyer at MCB Legal Studio

Manon Salache

Product Marketing Manager at Game Rebellion

Ryan Black

Partner; Global Video Games Subsector Lead at DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

Jenny Windom

Communications & Community Director at Ivy Road

Tyson Gratton

Lawyer at DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

Shawn Fischtein

CEO at Gaggle

Krysta Yang

Co-Founder at Never A Minute

Charles Beauchemin

Programming Technical Director at Behaviour Interactive

Maria (Nina) Abila

Community Gaming Sponsorships & Events at AMD

Dr. Ewa Antczak

CEO at Felixa Gaming

Christian Fonnesbech

CEO & Head of IP at Leverage

Rabia Dincer

Partnerships Manager at CrazyGames

José-Maria (Bila) Rodriguez

French Esport Delegation

Dylan Boyd

Senior Manager, Digital Content at Entertainment Software Association of Canada

Dr. Poling Bork

Founder, researcher, coach at Vocal

Rafael Morgan

VP Marketing & Partnerships at CrazyGames

Stefan Jandl

Software Engineer at Sentry

Kristian Roberts

CEO at Nordicity

Christine Kev

Member of Board of France Esports & Women in France

Paul Fogolin

President & CEO at Entertainment Software Association of Canada

Lidia Nekozawa

Vtuber

Elyot Grant

CEO and Game Director at Lunarch Studios

Carl-Edwin Michel

Founder of the Canadian Game Awards

Jamie Hurcomb

Academic Advisor at Epic Games Education

Alexei Zenin

Senior Software Developer – Platform at Uken Games

Julie Arseneault

Trademark Agent at Agence Mintbox Inc.

Jack Cooney

Director at Nerd.

Jonathan Lo

Senior Global Esports Events Producer at Riot Games

Julien Coll

Codirection générale – Opération

Patrick Bourrie

Senior Manager, Global Partnerships at Overactive Media

Matthew Walach

Co-Founder at Insert Coin

Muddassir Mahmood

Co-Founder at Insert Coin

Mercedes Morris

Actress/ Executive VP at ACTRA Toronto

Justin Sacks

CEO at Nexus

Mary Sorrenti

Vice President at GAME PILL

Kathryn Davis

Actor

Matthew Persram

Director, Creative Industries at National Bank of Canada

Nazanin Moosavian

Partner, Government Funding and Incentives at MNP LLP 

Blair Dolson

Sales Director – Canada at Xsolla

Christopher Gallant

COO & Co-Founder at Iron Fox Games

Shelley Coultish

Deputy Director at Telefilm Canada

Ryan D Filsinger

CEO & Co-Founder at Iron Fox Games

Victoria Evans

Founder at Digital Vic Inc.

Joshua Labelle

Creative Director at Gameloft Montreal

Ryan Miller

Managing Director at Ontario Game Testers

Joshua Nilson

Founder at Maskwa

Esteban E. Maldonado Cabán

Sr. Developer Advocate at Unity

Agusia Krzywinska

Technical Director & Co-Founder at Adjective Noun Studios

Guha Bala

President at Velan Studios

Trang Nguyen

Head of Operations at Soft Rains

Tony Howard-Arias

Co-founder at Black Tabby Games

Yiyu Jiang

Head of Overseas Strategic Investment/Partnership at BOLTRAY GAMES

Mai Ao

Senior Technical Lead at SideFX Labs

Carle Côté

CEO at Paralog

Liko-Paul Pinsonnault

CEO at Soliton Interactive

Ylva Ferstl

Research & Development Scientist at Ubisoft

Richard Rispoli

Director of Innovation, co-founder at Back to the Game

Karan Singh

Professor at University of Toronto

Rémi Veilleux

Senior Programming Technical Director at Behaviour Interactive

Adam Saltsman

Director at Finji

Rebekah Saltsman

CEO at Finji

Tod Bouris

Developer Relations Engineer at RIVE

Dave Doherty

Strategic Account Executive at RIVE

More to be announced!