Tahseen was a cybersecurity consultant for firms like IBM, Royal Bank of Canada, Fortune 60 Telco, a North American Government and more. He was the lead developer of AppScan Source on Cloud - a SAST tool used by many Fortune 500 firms. AppScan was a leader on Gartner's Magic quadrant. Tahseen graduated from the UWaterloo in Electrical Engineering and holds 3 awards from UWaterloo and 2 awards from IBM.

Prof. Hassan completed his PhD from UWaterloo in Cybersecurity. Hassan has over 24 published research papers within Security, Systems and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at top journals like ACM MobiCom, ACM CCS, and ACM CHI. Hassan was the Co-founder of xFlow Research, where he built state of the art software-defined networking solutions for companies such as Marvell, Netgear and Dell.

Chandler was previously the co-founder and CTO of HodlBot, a customizable cryptocurrency trading platform, which recently got acquired. The HodlBot team was able to capture significant traction within months of inception. Chandler also holds degrees in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of Waterloo.

Rachel is a graduate of Queen’s University and has extensive experience partnering with enterprise businesses and high-growth technology companies in the B2B and B2C space through her past work at Michael Page. She has focused on generating new business and nurturing existing client relationships to create long-term partnerships, which contributed to her receiving 2 awards from Michael Page. In addition, Rachel is a recipient of the Dean's special award at Queens University.

Debajit is highly experienced in software development, systems integration and consulting with blue-chip corporations like PwC, IBM, Intel and Tata. He has successfully led multi-geo teams to deliver complex technology projects in different industry domains. Most recently, he has been managing Enterprise programs for top five Canadian banks in Cybersecurity and Digital space. Debajit also holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering.

Madeleine is a JD and MBA candidate at the University of Toronto. She previously worked as a law student at Osler, Hoskin, and Harcourt. She also worked at the Heart and Stroke Foundation in business development and marketing for implementing Canada's first health social impact bond as well as at Blue J Legal as a legal research analyst.

Kate is a research scientist at DeepMind. She is a professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo and is affiliated with the AI group. Kate also currently holds a University Research Chair and the Pasupalak AI Fellowship. She completed her PhD in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

Larry is a professor at the University in Waterloo, an expert in the areas of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Forecasting. Specializing in forecasting and the economics of innovation, he has worked with governments, financial institutions, professional associations, and companies developing new markets or new products. He has also mentored many of his students on start-up business management and career development. The most notable start-up he advised in its infancy is Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry.

Eldon is a founder & Chief Innovation Officer of eSentire. He specializes in Continuous Monitoring as a Service Methodologies (Managed Detection and Response), Hedge Fund Security, Internet Security Analysis, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Incident Response Methodologies, Red Team Security Analysis, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessments. Eldon holds a Bachelor of Mathematics, Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo.