2026 Climate Solutions Prize Festival
Speakers
Marché Bonsecours305 De la Commune Street East, Montréal (QC) CA H2Y 1H2
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Amr Addas
FCC Senior Director, Sustainable Finance and Insights
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Vikram Agrawal
American Resilience PartnersCo-Founder & CEO
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Lauren Alcorn
One Drop FoundationSenior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Government Relations
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Zeeshan Ali
Wittington Ventures Innovation Fund
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Alain Beauséjour
Groupe MISAGeneral Director
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Matt Beck
Battery Metals Association of Canada / DelphiBoard Member / Sr Director, Sustainability and Data Intelligence
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Guy Bédard
DuGrisAuVertPresident
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Jonathan Barcant
IAMovement / Vetiver TT Ecological Engineering Solutions LtdChairman and Technical Director
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Eric Bellefroid
BreklandCEO & Co-founder
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Guillaume Béland
Zone AgtechDirector – Direct Investments
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Mathieu Bourbonnais
UBC Center for Wildlife CoexistencePrincipal Research Chair in Wildfire Management, Co-Director
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Graham Boyd
EvolutesixCEO & Founder
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Craig Buntin
RiseExecutive Advisor
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Geoffrey Burt
Consecon FoundationCEO
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Victoria Burrows
Kompas VCStrategic Partnerships & Insights
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Sahil Chaini
TranscendUK&I Client Director
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Graham Carey
Emerald Technology VenturesInvestment Director
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Leo Carvalho
SolinftecChief Global Strategy Office
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Jean Charest
Therrien Couture JolicoeurPartner
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Emily Charry Tissier
Whale SeekerCEO
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Nick Copeland
ArupGlobal Water Leader
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Lynn Côte
Canada Cleantech AllianceExecutive Director
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Marilou Cyr
Zone AgtechGeneral Manager
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Colin Deacon
Government of CanadaSenator
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Phil De Luna
CURAChief Technology Office
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René Demers
National Bank of CanadaSenior Vice-President - Commercial Banking and Private Banking, Real Estate
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Sarah Derdowski
National Laboratory of the RockiesGroup Manager
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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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Kathryn Festeryga
MaRSManager, Climate Programs (AgTech)
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Sophie Flak
EURAZEOMember of the Executive Board and Managing Partner responsible for Sustainability, Impact and Technology
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Bruce Friedrich
GFICEO
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Patrick Gagné
Cycle MomentumCEO
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Stephane Germain
GHG SatPresident
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Marco Gartenhaus
CanoCircular economy & waste reduction strategist
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Jeremy Groeteke
Syngenta GroupGlobal Head of IT & Digital Strategy
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Claude Guy
Government of CanadaParliamentary Secretary / Member of Parliament
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Tyler Hamilton
MaRS Discovery DistrictSenior Director, Climate
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Ahmed Hanafy
Dunsky EnergyPartner Growth and Innovation Lead
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Tom Heintzman
Vice-chair energy and climate financeCIBC
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Emma Lorra Hines
FLOWDirector
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Ali Hoss
ColliersHead of Sustainability & Asset Optimization
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Maxime Julien
Solid State of MindCEO, Founder
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Jean-Christian Jung
Climate Tech PartnersVenture Scout/Executive Circle
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Étienne Lapierre
AlvéoleCo-founder
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Sage Lenier
FuturelineFounder & CEO
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Galith Levy
Climate Solutions Prize OrganizationCEO
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Pam Marrone
Invasive Species Corporation Co-founder & Executive Chair
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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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Michael J. Meneer
Pacific Salmon FoundationPresident & CEO
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Katie Millette
GEO BONExecutive Secretary
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Nick Moloney
Canada Ocean RacingCEO
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Douglas Monticciolo
Brevet CapitalCEO, CIO and Cofounder
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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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Nate Salpeter
Quantum Leap EnergyCTO
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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 VadisVice President of Leasing and Operations at GI Quo Vadis
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Katherine Sparks
enWaveVice President, Grid Solutions
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Marilyn Spink
Canadian Critical Minerals & Materials AllianceExecutive Director
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Henry Stern
State of CaliforniaState Senator
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Pavan Sukhdev
GIST ImpactFounder and CEO
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Emily Thorn Corthay
Thorn AssociatesFounder & CEO
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Natalie Voland
GI Quo VadisPresident, Chief Vision Officer
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Bryan Watson
CleanTech NorthManaging Director
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Emma Weisbord
SUEZ in North AmericaManaging Director
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Leon Wurfel
Bueno SystemsFounder
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Ana Carolina Zimmerman
JLS AgroBoard Chair & Rural Producer
