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  Moderator: David Morgenstern ’90

  David Morgenstern ’90 is a member of UCC’s Board of Governors, who was appointed by the Association Council in 2021. An alumnus, UCC parent and active community member, he has served on the Association Council as chair of the Events and Engagement Committee. His involvement with the College also includes past roles as Founder’s Dinner co-chair, Annual Fund representative, member of the Principal Search Committee, and member of the Think Ahead Campaign’s Boarding Cabinet.

  
  

  David is president of Accenture Canada, a leading global IT and business services organization with more than 7,500 employees in Canada. He previously led Accenture’s consumer and industrial sectors, and is a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council and its Inclusion and Diversity Council. He also serves on the INSEAD NAA Board of Directors, Catalyst Canada’s Advisory Board, the Tech7/G7 Executive Council providing advisory on AI/cyber policy to Canada’s upcoming G7 presidency, and is a member of the Business Council of Canada.

  
  

  He received his BA from McGill University and his MBA from INSEAD. He has been based in Toronto since 2004, following a decade working in Asia and Europe.

  
  

  David and his wife, Caroline, have two sons, William ’23 and Matthew ’26.
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  Dr. Susan McCahan

  Susan McCahan is vice provost, innovations in undergraduate education, and vice provost, academic programs at the University of Toronto. She is also the special adviser to the provost on Artificial Intelligence. Her vice provost roles include strategic leadership on IT systems and data systems that support academic processes and teaching as well as leadership on key pedagogical initiatives such as experiential learning. Her office also oversees governance and quality assurance for the university’s many programs. 

  
  

  Her current research projects include analysis of technology use in active learning classrooms and investigation of the impact of emerging AI technologies on engineering curricula.
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  Dr. Beth Coleman

  Dr. Beth Coleman is associate professor of data and cities at the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology and Faculty of Information, University of Toronto. Working in the disciplines of science and technology studies and generative aesthetics, she conducts research that focuses on artificial intelligence and smart technology, urban data and civic engagement, and transmedia arts. 

  
  

  She is the author of Hello Avatar and Reality Was Whatever Happened: Octavia Butler AI and Other Possible Worlds, as well as many articles, including “Race as Technology” and “Technology of the Surround.” She has been a Google Brain and Responsible AI senior visiting researcher as well as a 2021 Google Artists and Machines Intelligence awardee. 

  
  

  Beth is a founding member of the Trusted Data Sharing group and research lead on AI policy and praxis at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. Her research affiliations have included the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University; Microsoft Research New England Lab; Data & Society Institute, New York; and expert consultant for the European Commission Digital Futures. 

  
  She served as the founding director of the U of T Black Research Network Institute Strategic Initiative. She is the co-founder of SoundLab Cultural Alchemy, an internationally acclaimed multimedia art and sound platform. She has a history of international exhibition and artist residencies at venues such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Récollets Paris and Pioneer Works, N.Y. She is currently working on the monograph, AI in the World: Perils and Possibilities of a General Purpose Technology.
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  Janet Krstevski

  Janet Krstevski is managing director of Accenture Canada’s Talent & Organization (T&O) practice, which is based in Toronto. A seasoned leader at Accenture, she is also the GenAI Talent and Learning lead and a key member of Accenture Canada’s Strategy & Consulting Leadership Team, as well as the North America T&O Leadership Team.

  
  

  With more than 30 years of experience, she has dedicated her career to driving transformative programs that enable organizations to leverage digital technologies and evolve their workforces. Her passion lies in the convergence of people and technology, and she is deeply committed to shaping the workforce of the future. Janet actively collaborates with clients to implement impactful GenAI solutions that enhance workforce capabilities, foster innovation, and redefine talent acquisition and development strategies.

  
  

  Her expertise spans a wide range of areas, including organization transformation; talent strategy and development; behaviour and culture change; and agile ways of working. She brings a wealth of knowledge and insights to her role, helping organizations navigate the complexities of digital transformation and unlock new sources of value.

  
  

  In addition to her work at Accenture, she advocates for inclusion and diversity and the advancement of women, and is active in her local community. Additionally, she is often quoted in the media and has authored thought leadership on GenAI and other workforce topics. She is an active speaker at various forums on how to transform mindsets, behaviours and skills for a digital world along with ways to encourage leadership behaviours to improve morale and performance.
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  Shelby Austin

  Shelby Austin is the founder and CEO of Arteria AI Inc., an award-winning fintech that was incubated and then spun out of the world’s largest consulting firm. Arteria works with large financial institutions around the world providing documentation infrastructure for them to complete and monitor deals with clients by managing their unstructured data. Recently, Arteria was recognized by Gartner as a “Cool Vendor” in AI for banking, and Arteria was named one of the 100 most promising AI companies in the world by CB Insights.

  Shelby was previously the managing partner of Growth & Investments and Artificial Intelligence at Deloitte. She had responsibility for the Canadian firm’s inorganic and accelerated growth investments through acquisitions, ventures, incubation, scale-up and asset development activities as well as its AI and data footprint.
  
  

  Prior to joining Deloitte, Shelby was the founder of ATD Legal, a high-growth startup, which was acquired by Deloitte. Prior to founding ATD, she was a partner at a large Bay Street “Seven Sisters” law firm, where her practice focused on complex corporate and commercial litigation matters.
  
  

  She is the recipient of several awards, including the Risings Stars award given by Lexpert magazine to Canada’s leading lawyers under 40, and the Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 award given by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). ATD was also named one of Canada’s Hot 50 companies by Profit magazine. More recently, Shelby was named part of the Fastcase 50 for her work as an innovator.