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Dr. RADHIKA DIRKS, The Age of AI: What it Means for Your Industry


  • The Age of AI: What it Means for Your Industry

    No one is better equipped than Radhika Dirks to answer both the big questions and the practical considerations about generative AI. She’s been a crucial voice in the AI conversation for years, was named to Deloitte’s top women in the AI world, and has been featured everywhere from Fast Company to the BBC (and many more). She founded and led the only other moonshot factory that exists outside of Google.

    In uniquely human, powerfully hopeful talks, she places generative AI in the context of what’s already happened in the AI space and what’s on the horizon, then breaks it down into the strategy and tactics that every leader needs to gain an edge in the AI future. She shows you how the rapid advance of this technology has brought moonshots—our biggest, most ambitious ideas—within reach for everybody. It has never been easier or faster to make your dreams a reality, and Radhika can show you how.

    With powerful leadership, Radhika’s Artificial Intelligence includes co-founding Seldn, an AI start-up that accurately predicted the rise of ISIS two weeks before The New York Times coined the term, and her work as CEO and co-founder of XLabs, a moonshot factory for Artificial Intelligence innovations that is already solving huge problems—like getting closer to the cure for cancer. At Ribo AI, her technology found potential cures for 11 cancers within its first 1.5 years.

    Radhika was also a founding member of Shell’s $1.5B venture capital group and was COO of Rotary Gallop, a game theory-based fintech firm. Her work on quantum computing and Artificial Intelligence has been cited hundreds of times. She holds a Ph.D. in Quantum Computing and an M.S. in Nanotechnology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

OLIVER BURKEMAN, Time Management for Mortals and the Power of Negative Thinking


  • Time Management for Mortals and the Power of Negative Thinking

    Oliver Burkeman is a best-selling author and keynote speaker. His books include Four Thousand Weeks, Time Management for Mortals [Penguin Vintage, 2021] as well as The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking [Penguin Vintage, 2012] and Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done [Penguin Vintage, 2011]. For many years Oliver wrote a popular weekly column on psychology for the Guardian, This Column Will Change Your Life. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Psychologies and New Philosopher. He has a devoted following for his writing on productivity, mortality, the power of limits, and building a meaningful life in an age of bewilderment. He has also presented a number of programmes for BBC Radio 4, including Oliver Burkeman is Busy, Why Are We So Angry? and Living with the News.

    Four Thousand Weeks the title is a reference to the average lifespan of a human – is a New York Times best-seller and named one of the best books of 2021 by the Financial Times, The Times, The Observer, Audible, Time and Barnes & Noble. Here, Oliver explores why the central challenge of time management isn’t becoming more efficient, but deciding what to neglect; why, in an accelerating world, patience is a superpower and why, in conditions of limitless choice, burning your bridges beats keeping your options open.

Featured Panelists

  • Mr. McCracken has served as President & CEO of Ovintiv since 2021. With over 25 years of industry experience, he has played a significant role in defining and executing company strategy, positioning Ovintiv for success. Mr. McCracken is a member of APEGGA and The Business Council. He is Vice-Chair of the American Exploration and Production Council, and is a Board member of CAPP and the Permian Strategic Partnership. He is also a member of the Champions Board at Classroom Champions, which helps students thrive through mentorship.

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  • Iggy Domagalski is President & CEO of Wajax, one of Canada’s longest standing and most diversified industrial products and services company.  With a diverse background spanning industrial equipment, finance, and acquisitions, he has led organizations of all sizes including national publicly traded, mid-market private, small business, and non-profit. He has been named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and one of Canada’s 50 Most Inspirational Entrepreneurs.

  • Jenna Kaye is the Founder and CEO of Odyssey Trust Company, a North American transfer agent and trust company based in Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto and Denver, CO. She is also the Co-Founder and Chair of Tetra Trust, Canada’s first regulated crypto custodian, a Co-Founder of Axis Connects, a Calgary-based non-profit committed to increasing diversity on boards and in the c-suite, and a Principal of Icebook Investments, a family run office that’s focused on early-stage businesses across a wide range of industries including renewable energy, real estate and fertility. 

  • Judy Fairburn is Board Director of Petronas Canada, VEERUM (industrial tech), and Business Council of Alberta Vice-Chair. She is Co-founder and General Partner of The51’s women-led venture funds. Her career includes energy senior executive roles as well as Visiting Executive to the Canadian federal government. She also co-founded Evok Innovations’ inaugural cleantech fund and led the consolidation and modernization of Alberta Innovates as Board Chair. Ms. Fairburn holds an MSc (Chemical Engineering), an MBA and ICD.D designation. She was named one of Canada’s Top 50 Change-makers in 2023. She has been been the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2020 Calgary Influential Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award.

  • Jeff Jolton is a distinguished organizational psychologist and leader of Advisory Data and Insights at Spencer Stuart in New York. He partners with senior executives to turn complex organizational and talent data into strategic insights that drive measurable business performance.

    With over 20 years of consulting experience, Jeff has advised Fortune 500 companies across industries on how to navigate change, elevate leadership effectiveness, and build resilient cultures. He is one of the architects behind Spencer Stuart’s Engine Room—a solution designed to accelerate the readiness and impact of leaders just below the C-Suite, enabling them to execute strategy and lead transformation at scale. Jeff’s expertise spans employee experience, workforce planning, leadership development, and organizational culture. 

  • Mr. Setoguchi is President & Chief Executive Officer of Keyera. He has over 30 years of senior leadership experience in the energy industry, is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CA) and holds a Bachelor of Management (University of Lethbridge).

    Mr. Setoguchi has served on the boards of several public companies, and the Board of Governors of the University of Lethbridge. He currently serves on the Boards of Keyera Corp., Business Council of Canada, and Calgary Food Bank.

  • Brook is a co-founder and CEO of Orennia where he works with operators, investors and business leaders in the renewables, decarbonization and energy transition sectors as they transform their strategies to leverage advanced analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Prior to Orennia he was managing director with RS Energy Group (now Enverus). He joined RS Energy Group in 2010 after four years at an engineering consulting firm focused on renewable technologies. Brook managed dozens of advisory projects for private equity and corporate clients, incorporated the use of alternative data sources in investment analysis, helped executives manage digital transformation and, more recently, focused on how to utilize greenhouse gas data to differentiate performance by oil and gas producers.

  • Manuj Nikhanj is CEO of Enverus, the most trusted energy-dedicated SaaS and generative AI company. Since joining Enverus in 2019 with the acquisition of RS Energy Group, he has been vital in shaping the company’s strategy and driving its growth. In 2023, Manuj’s vision helped Enverus surpass $500 million in annual recurring revenue. Manuj has more than 20 years of experience in energy and has completed hundreds of evaluations of public and private producers, plays and assets as a trusted advisor to multiple company boards and executive teams. Prior to Enverus, Manuj was an original partner and co-CEO of RS Energy Group and its predecessor companies, which he helped build from a start-up into the leading provider of energy software, analytics, and insights for corporate and institutional customers.