Who will you meet?

Explore the thinkers, doers, and disruptors who will join us this year to shape the future of food, community, and innovation.

  • Atif Rashid

    Founder, Inspire1 IV Consulting (Canada)

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  • Mystery Furtado

    Founder, Diabeat‑It (Canada)

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  • Tom Cho

    Writer and editor, Community Food Centres Canada

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  • Stu Greenoff

    HeadCase

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  • Ujjwal Kumar

    Founder, Quantum Alliance (USA)

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  • Laura Aguirre Polo

    Amal Unite & Empower, Manager

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  • Veronika Sherova

    Digital Agriculture Specialist at FAO (UN)

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  • Jasmine Jesso

    Newfoundland Naturals

    (Newfoundland & Labrador)

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  • Joshua Smee

    CEO, Food First NL

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  • Abu Saeid

    Senior Lecturer (Dept. of Nutrition and Food Engineering)

    Daffodil International University, Bangladesh

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  • Tammy Snook

    Founder, Rising Tide Consulting (Newfoundland & Labrador)

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  • Mehnaz Tabassum

    CEO, CogniCo AI Consulting & Executive Director of Operations and Partnerships, NL Eats

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  • Saif Ahmed

    Co‑founder and Chief Innovation Officer, NL Eats

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  • Dean MacIsaac

    Co-Founder, HeadCase

    Client Success Manager, Genesis

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  • Bassel Daher

    Assistant Director for Sustainable Development, Microsoft AI Economy Institute

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  • Tuna Dipçin

    Co-Founder, AgriGo.ai

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  • Tulin Akin

    Co-Founder
    Tabit

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  • Momodou Barry (virtual)

    Global Ambassador for Human Rights and Peace (Gambia)

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  • Jennifer Crowe

    Executive Director, Choices for Youth (Canada)

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  • Alison Snow

    Chairperson, Food Producers’ Forum

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  • Sandra Baer

    President, Personal Cities (USA)

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  • Dan Rubin

    Founding Chair, Food Producers Forum (Canada)

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  • Honourable Jamie Korab

    Minister Responsible for the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation
    Minister of Seniors
    Member for Waterford Valley

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  • Marie-José Mastromonaco

    Directrice des Opérations, Second Harvest

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  • Leticia Ama Deawuo

    Executive Director
    Environmental Leadership Canada

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  • Kendra MacDonald

    Chief Executive Officer
    Ocean Supercluster

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  • Darlene S.

    Assistant Deputy Minister

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  • Suman Roy

    Chief Executive Officer

    Scarborough Food Security Initiative

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  • Maude Parent

    Employment Support facilitator

    Amal Child and Youth Centre

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