2026 Climate Solutions Prize Festival
Speakers
Marché Bonsecours325 De la Commune Street East, Montréal (QC) CA H2Y 1H2
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Jeff Hart
Climate Solutions Prize Executive Chair
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Galith Levy
Climate Solutions PrizeCEO
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Amr Addas
Farm Credit Canada Senior Director, Sustainable Finance
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Vikram Agrawal
American Resilience PartnersCo-Founder & CEO
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Lauren Alcorn
One Drop FoundationSenior Director, Strategic Partnerships & Government Relations
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Zeeshan Ali
Wittington Ventures Innovation Fund
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Grégoire Baillargeon
BMO Financial GroupPresident, BMO Financial Group, Quebec, Vice Chair of the BMO Climate Institute, Vice Chair, BMO Capital Markets
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Jonathan Barcant
IAMovement / Vetiver TT Chairman and Technical Director
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Alain Beauséjour
Groupe MISAGeneral Director
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Matt Beck
DelphiSr Director, Sustainability and Data Intelligence
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Guy Bérard
DuGrisAuVertPresident
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Guillaume Béland
Zone AgtechDirector – Direct Investments
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Eric Bellefroid
BreklandCEO & Co-founder
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Yossef Ben-Meir
The High Atlas FoundationPresident
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Mathieu Bourbonnais
University of British ColumbiaAssistant Professor
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Graham Boyd
EvolutesixCEO & Founder
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Carsten Brinkschulte
Dryad Networks GmbHCEO
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Craig Buntin
RiseExecutive Advisor
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Victoria Burrows
Kompas VCStrategic Partnerships & Insights
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Geoffrey Burt
Consecon FoundationCEO
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Maxime Camerlain
Groupe DanuChief Experience Officer
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Leo Carvalho
SolinftecChief Global Strategy Office
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Adan Olivares Castro
Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance Regional Lead
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Jean Charest
Government of Quebec| Therrien Couture JolicoeurFormer Premier Quebec | Partner
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Roy Chartier
Computing for HumanityFounder
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Matthew Cohen
Climatetech VCPrincipal
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Nick Copeland
ArupAssociate, Canada Digital Water Lead
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Anthony Cortese
Ponderosa VenturesPrincipal
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Lynn Côte
Canada Cleantech AllianceExecutive Director
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Colin Deacon
Government of CanadaSenator
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Phil De Luna
CURACo-founder & CTO
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René Demers
National Bank of CanadaSVP, Commercial Banking & Private Banking, Real Estate
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Anthony DeOrsey
Cleantech GroupResearch Manager
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Pascale Déry
Government of QuebecMinister of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks
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Mary Dimou
Nadarra VenturesManaging Partner
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Rachel Doran
Clean Energy CdaExecutive Director
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Constance Drilhon
CAE Inc.Senior Director
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Olivier Dufresne
Exterra TechnologiesCEO and cofounder
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Ernenek Duran
One Drop FoundationPresident & CEO
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Ursula Eicker
Concordia UniversityCanada Excellence Research Chair
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Katherine Festeryga
MaRSManager, Climate Programs (AgTech)
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Mark Fisher
Canada Water AgencyPresident
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Sophie Flak
EURAZEOMember, Executive Board | Managing Partner, Sustainability, Impact and Technology
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Catarina Fonseca
Pulsing TideWater and Sanitation Economist
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Bruce Friedrich
Good Food InstituteCEO
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Phillipe Gachon
RIISQDirector of RIISQ | Prof. Hydroclimatology at UQAM
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Patrick Gagné
Cycle MomentumCEO
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Stephane Germain
GHG SatPresident
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Marco Gartenhaus
Cano CompanyFounder
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Jeremy Groeteke
Syngenta GroupGlobal Head of IT & Digital Strategy
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Claude Guay
House of CommonsMember of Parliament
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Maria Guercio
Chubb Senior Vice President and North America Climate Tech Industry Practice Leader
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Tom Heintzman
CIBCVice-chair energy and climate finance
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Niels Hagège
Cycle MomentumDirector, Business Development and Partnerships
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Tyler Hamilton
MaRS Discovery DistrictSenior Director, Climate
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Kat Hartwig
Living Lakes CanadaFounder/ Executive Director
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Emily Lorra Hines
FLOWDirector
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Amanda Horn
Shower ThoughtsFounder
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Travis Inlow
Sitka FoundationDirector of Investments
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Maxime Julien
Solid State of MindCEO, Founder
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JC Jung
Anywhere Ventures/GSFManaging Partner
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Étienne Lapierre
AlvéoleCo-founder
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Patrick Lapierre
National Bank of CanadaSenior Change Management and Deployment Advisor
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Morgan Lehtinen
RXN HubExecutive Director
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Sage Lenier
FuturelineFounder & CEO
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Michelle Leslie
DeloitteExecutive Advisor
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Meaghan MacDougall
Weston Family FoundationSenior Director, Conservation
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Pam Marrone
Invasive Species Corporation Co-founder & Executive Chair
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Poonam Madan
Madan Solutions Advisory
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Paul Manias
Diagram ClimateTech FundGeneral Partner & Co-Head, Diagram ClimateTech Fund | Special Advisor to The Co-operators, Climate Resilient Infrastructure
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Jo Marini
Mothership MaterialsCEO
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Patrick Martel
Zone d'Innovation MinièrePresident
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David McInnes
DMci StrategiesFounder & Senior Fellow
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Craig McLellan
ThinkOnFounder & CEO
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Michael J. Meneer
Pacific Salmon FoundationPresident & CEO
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Na'im Merchant
Carbon Removal CanadaExecutive Director
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Douglas Monticciolo
Brevet CapitalCEO, CIO and Cofounder
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Scott Moore
EDCExecutive VP Finance and Chief Operating Officer
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Frédérick Morency
Schneider Electric Canada inc.VP, Sustainability, Strategic Initiatives & Innovation
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Jason Morrison
Pacific Institute/CEO Water MandatePresident & CEO | Head
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Simon Olivier
Cycle H2O FundLead
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Joanna Osawe
Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE)President & CEO
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Nicholas Parker
CleanAI InitiativeFounder
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Leah Perry
Wittington VenturesSenior Associate
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Dr. Paige Peters
Rapid Radicals Technology, Inc.Founder and CTO
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Chris Peterson
Anthesis GroupDirector at Anthesis Group and Executive Director SSCA
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Eric Pitt
Emergent ClimateChief Commercial Officer
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Gina Potvin
Fonds de solidarité FTQ, BioénergieAssociate - Investments
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Ben Rabinovitch
Rally AssetsHead of Relationship Management
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Eric Rashi
PSP InvestmentsDirector, Cleantech Investing
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Geneviève Roy
PomerleauVP, Environment and Sustainable Development
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Guy Saint-Jacques
Former Ambassador of Canada to ChinaConsultant/Speaker
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Nate Salpeter
Quantum Leap EnergyCTO
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Dean Segell
Sun LifeVP, Sustainability & Climate, Strategy & Performance
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Ori Shaashua
GigablueCEO
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Elad Shamir
Kinneret Innovation CenterCEO
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Paul Shapiro
The Better Meat Co.CEO
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Chloé Soucy
Gi Quo VadisVP of Leasing and Operations at GI Quo Vadis
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Katherine Sparkes
Enwave Energy Corporation Vice President, Grid Solutions
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Marilyn Spink
Critical Minerals & Materials AllianceExecutive Director
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Henry Stern
State of CaliforniaState Senator
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Emily Thorn Corthay
Thorn AssociatesFounder & CEO
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Dan Tchernov
Kadas Nexus, Leon H Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of HaifaHead of School, Marine Sciences & Scientific Director, Kadas Nexus
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Berend van de Kraats
XploritCo-founder
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Tuyen Vo
National Bank of CanadaVP Technology
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Bryan Watson
CleanTech NorthManaging Director
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Kevin Webb
SuperorganismManaging Director
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Emma Weisbord
SUEZ in North AmericaManaging Director
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Dennis Wilson
Saint-Gobain North AmericaVP, ESG & MD, Circular Economy Solutions
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Casey Witkowicz
GDI/Ainsworth Founder & President
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Leon Wurfel
Bueno SystemsFounder
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Kaan Yalkin
AmazonIndustry Relations, Advocacy & External Engagement
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Roman V. Yampolskiy
University of LouisvilleProfessor
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Ana Carolina Zimmermann
JLS AgroBoard Chair & Rural Producer
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Dilip Krishna
DeloitteManaging Director, Global CTO Sustainability
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Nivatha Balendra
Dispersa CEO & Founder
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Kelly Grieves
Atura PowerVice President Energy Markets & Growth
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Gadi Benjamini
FireDomeCo-founder and CEO
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Julian Smith
JLLVP, Climate & Decarbonization Practice Director
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Bala Gnanam
Building Owners and Managers Association of CanadaVP - Sustainability, Advocacy & Stakeholder Relations
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Joe Darnall
Raptor GeothermalSenior Director of Business & Development
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Peter Villani
FaskenPartner
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Joseph Sumberg
GalvanizeHead of Real Estate
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George Sutherland
Bank of MontrealSenior Advisor, Sustainable Finance
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Candice Dial
Rockefeller Capital ManagementDirector of ESG
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Christian Zabbal
Spring Lane Capital Vice Chairman of CREO and Managing Partner
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Cory Pruett
Qarlbo BiodiversityCountry Manager
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Diana Virgovicova
XatomsFounder & CEO
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Fred Lalonde
HopperFounder & CEO
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Kassandra Linklater
Linklater GroupFounder
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Lucy Baird
Baird Family Office Director
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Olivier Desmarais
Power Sustainable Chairman
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Rowan Finnegan
Regenerative GroupFounder & Managing Director
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Alex Hill
DunksyPartner
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Robert Allen
Orogenyx
