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, CMM, 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
Dr. David Perry
President
Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Michael Binnion
CEO
Questerre Energy
Dr. Susan Skone
Professor of Geomatics Engineering and Associate Vice-President Research
University of Calgary
Joseph Schow
Ministry of Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration
Government of Alberta
Craig Watt
Vice President, Operations
Enserva
Bryan Helfenbaum, P.Eng MBA
Vice President, Clean Energy
Alberta Innovates
Joy Romero
Executive Advisor, Innovation
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Dr. Jonathan M. Morris
Professor in the Departments of Radiology, Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy
Mayo Clinic
Jeff Griffiths
Director of Research
Canada West Foundation
Stefanie Beck
Deputy Minister of National Defence
Government of Canada
Chris Lohmann
Innovation and Market Development for Aerospace Energy Systems and Sustainability
Boeing Canada
Jushua J. Potter
CEO
Kalashnikov USA (KUSA)
Jeff LaFrenz
President
VizworX Inc.
Brigadier-General L.W. (Wade) Rutland, OMM, MSC, MSM, CD
Commander, 3rd Canadian Division
Royal Canadian Armed Forces
Darren Brewer, Ec.D
Economic Development Officer – Engineering and Development Services
City of Cranbrook
Rob Huebert Ph D.
Professor – Department of Political Science
University of Calgary
Dr. Emma Spanswick
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Geospace Dynamics & Space Plasma Physics
University of Calgary
Jim Welsh
Northern Operations Specialist, Deputy Conservation Officer, and Sergeant
Canadian Rangers (Whitehorse, Yukon)
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