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