Digital Impact Toronto

Agenda

Welcome

• Blair Dimock, Vice-President, Partnerships and Knowledge, Ontario Trillium Foundation
• Deb Matthews, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development, Government of Ontario

The Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Data 

• Lucy Bernholz, Senior Research Scholar, Stanford University

Culture Clash: How to Lead Data-Informed Organizations 

• Tom Cochran, Chief Digital Strategist and VP of Public Sector, Acquia
• Aamna Ashraf, Director, Peel Newcomer Strategy Group – Local Immigration Partnership for Peel Region
• Andrew Means, Head, Beyond.uptake
• Jason Shim, Associate Director, Digital Strategy and Alumni Relations, Pathways to Education Canada

The Data is Coming, the Data is Coming! 

• Andrew Benson, Transformation Specialist and Technology Solutions Architect, 211 Ontario
• Shannon Craig, Chief Marketing & Product Officer, CanadaHelps
• Daren Nordhagen, President, Foundant Technologies
• Woodrow Rosenbaum, CEO, With Intent

How Unlocking Administrative Data Will Improve Evaluation and Enable Social Finance 

• Allyson Hewitt, Senior Fellow, JW McConnell Family Foundation
• Robyn Blackadar, President & CEO, PolicyWise
• Tris Lumley, Director of Development, New Philanthropy Capital
• Anne White, Senior Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office

Beyond Dollars: How Funders are Opening up their Data for Impact 

• Michael Lenczner, Director, Powered by Data
• Benjamin McNamee, Acting Director of Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning, Ontario Trillium Foundation
• Rebeccah Mullen, Communications Manager for the Office of the President, Vancouver Foundation
• Jordan Zed, Treasury Board Secretariat – Government of Canada, Director of Open Government

Doing Data Ethically 

• Lucy Bernholz, Senior Research Scholar, Stanford University
• Tracey Lauriault, Assistant Professor of Critical Media and Big Data, Media Studies and Communication, School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University

 
Domesticating the SDGs 

• JP Bervoets, Community Foundations of Canada, Vice President of Partnerships and Public Engagement
• Helle Bank Jorgensen, President, Global Compact Network Canada (GCNC)
• Jean-Noé Landry, Executive Director, Open North
• Cara Williams, Chief Advisor of International Relations, Statistics Canada

Behind Closed Doors, Tales of Data Analysis 

• Michael Hall, Vice President, Program Research and Development, YMCA of Greater Toronto
• Heather Krause, CEO, Datassist
• Andrew Means, Head, Beyond.uptake

Collecting Data for Collective Impact 

• Joe Greenwood, Program Director, MaRS Data Catalyst
• Michael Ditor, Senior Analyst and Project Coordinator, Community Data Program and Community Analytics program, Canadian Council on Social Development
• Nick Falvo, Director of Research and Data, Calgary Homeless Foundation
• Liz Weaver, Vice-President, Tamarack Institute

Government as a Partner: Collaborating on Data Solutions for the Sector 

• Robin Wisener, Senior Policy Analyst, Social Innovation Unit at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• Anil Patel, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Grantbook
• Seema Taneja, Chief Measurer of Anything that matters, Taneja Consulting

What Will It Take to Get From Here to There? 

• Stephen Huddart, President and CEO, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
• Mariana Catz, Chief Program Officer, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
• Michael Lenczner, Director, Powered by Data
• Tris Lumley, Director of Development, New Philanthropy Capital

Closing Remarks

• Lucy Bernholz, Senior Research Scholar, Stanford University
• Andrew Means, Head, Beyond.uptake

Voices from Toronto