ConvergX®
2025 Conference Speakers
Conference Host
Kimberley Van Vliet
Founder & CEO – WaVv and ConvergX®;
Director Aerospace Innovation Hub;
CDN Del NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG);
Deputy Chair CoI NIAG-ACT(Innovation,C4ISR,L&S,MDO, DT);
NATO SPACENET;
Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Congress 2022 Alumni
Keynote Speakers
Coming Soon
Mark Norton
Executive Director, Northwest I90 Manufacturing Alliance
Principal, Norton Strategic Consulting
Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, SMM, MSM, CD
Commander
Royal Canadian Navy
Speakers
Arjun Grewal
CEO, Veteran, and Founder
Arctic Training Centre
Dr. Ahmed Khorchid
Director of R&D Innovation Operations
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
David Millar
Accounts Director, (Americas Region)
Fugro
Commodore J.S. Armstrong, MSM, CD
Director General
Naval Force Development
Bryan Helfenbaum, P.Eng MBA
Vice President, Clean Energy
Alberta Innovates
Joy Romero
Executive Advisor, Innovation
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Jushua J. Potter
CEO
Kalashnikov USA (KUSA)
Jeff LaFrenz
President
VizworX Inc.
Brigadier-General L.W. Rutland, OMM, MSC, MSM, CD
Commander, 3rd Canadian Division
Royal Canadian Armed Forces
Moderators
Kevin Wong
SR&ED / R&D Tax Credit Lawyer and Consultant
BGen (Ret’d) RCAF Sylvain Bedard
Director Global Strategic Relations
WaVv
Aufel Tabora
Founder, CEO/CVO:
PhilCan Industries, Liethall Inc;
Managing Principal WE R4 Environmental Solutions,
Co-Founder LVBCOE, VP BD SAEN