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June 6: Symposium

9:00am – Emcee: Shaheen Nanji, Director, International Community Engagement, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚInternational

Welcome & Indigenous Land Acknowledgment
Joy Johnson, Vice-President Research and International

Symposium Framing 
, Executive Director, British Columbia Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC)

9:30am – Introduction to DevLab Process
, Facilitator, PeopleStuff

9:45am – Panel Discussion: Collaboration & Partnerships and Engaging the Private Sector

Collaborations & Partnerships

• Eva Busza, Vice-President, Research and Programs, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
• Valerie Langer, former Strategic Projects Director, Stand.earth (FKA ForestEthics) 

Engaging the Private Sector

• Andy Wright, Willow Grove Foundation, Vancouver
• Andy Hira, Professor, Department of Political Science

Moderator: Zafar Adeel, Executive Director, Pacific Water Research Centre, Faculty of Environment, SFU

10:45am – DevLab Collaborative Ideation
, Facilitator, PeopleStuff

12:15pm – LUNCH & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Patricia McCullagh, Canadian Ambassador to Algeria

1:45pm – Panel Discussion: Big Data & Information Technology and Project Delivery & Impact

Big Data & Information Technology

• Renee Black, Executive Director, PeaceGeeks
• , Scientific Director, Key, SFU's Big Data Initiative

Project Delivery & Impact

• Kristina Henriksson, Professor, Beedie School of Business, SFU
• Cherie Enns, Associate Professor, Geography & Environment, University of the Fraser Valley

2:45pm – Collaborative Concept Development 
, Facilitator, PeopleStuff

4:15pm – Funding Tips & Tools
Tools for proposal development

• Darcy Riddell, Director of Strategic Learning, McConnell Foundation
• Vis Naidoo, Chief Global and EdTech Officer, Cell-Ed
• Ralph Turfus, Investor, Mentor and Chair of Redlen Technologies

Moderator: Mark Brockman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU 

4:45pm – Closing
Darren Schemmer, Executive Director, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚInternational

5:00pm – Networking & Reception  

June 7: DevLab

9:00am – Technological Innovation: Impact Stories
Challenges & opportunities

• , Professor, University of Nairobi 
• Katherine Reilly, Professor, School of Communication, SFU
• Janet Longmore, Founder and CEO, Digital Opportunity Trust
• Judith Kasiama, Coordinator, Anhart Global Villages Society

10:00am – Interactive Session: What makes a good pitch? 
, Executive Director, British Columbia Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC)

10:15am – DevLab Pitch Development
Finalizing proposals/ideas
, Facilitator, PeopleStuff

12:30pm – MC:  Co-Founder, Changemakers

LUNCH & Introduction of the DevLab Judges

1:30pm – Pitch Presentations
Presentations from teams

2:45pm – Feedback and DevLab Winner(s) 
Judges announce winner(s) of competition

• Janet Longmore, Founder and CEO of Digital Opportunity Trust
• Ralph Turfus, Investor, Mentor and Chair of Redlen Technologies
• Donovan Woollard, Co-Director of RADIUS Ventures
• Patricia McCullagh, Canadian Ambassador to Algeria
• Darcy Riddell, Director of Strategic Learning at the McConnell Foundation

3:45pm – Closing
Darren Schemmer, Executive Director, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚInternational

4:00pm – Networking & Reception