PROGRAM 2026
Friday Sept. 18
National Bank of Canada
800 Rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, QC H3C 1A3
3rd
Floor
3rd Floor | 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
REGISTRATION & WELCOME REFRESHMENTS
Get your badge, check in to the Summit & share a coffee among peers
3rd
Floor
3rd Floor - Room : Forum | 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
OPENING REMARKS


Amandeep Singh Gill
UNITED NATIONS
Under-Secretary-General
Special Envoy for Digital
& Emerging Technologies

Guy Dallaire
NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA
Vice-President,
Commercial & Private Banking
Dr. Delphine Le Serre
HUMANE.S. / EdHu2O5O FOUNDATION
Co-Founder & President /
Founder & President
3rd
Floor
3rd Floor - Forum | 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
OPENING KEYNOTE

Delphine Le Serre, PhD is an internationally recognized voice (G20, UN, UNESCO,..) on the impact of artificial intelligence on organizations and human capital. Engineer, researcher, and entrepreneur, she guides leaders through the profound transformation of work and the hybridization of intelligences - AI and human alike.
Author of The Future of Human Intelligence in the Age of AI, she decodes the new imperatives of performance and skills development for the leaders and institutions shaping tomorrow.
Founder of the Canadian Think Tank EdHu2050, the MOON Framework and the international HUMANE.S. - HUMAN Education Summit, she advises governments and major institutions on the design of agile learning ecosystems - turning the technological challenge into a sustainable engine of human growth and talent transformation.
Dr. Delphine Le Serre
HUMANE.S. / EdHu2O5O FOUNDATION
Co-Founder & President
Founder & President
3rd
Floor
3rd Floor - Forum | 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
3rd
Floor
3rd Floor Forum | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
ROUND TABLE : International Overview of the Learning Ecosystem Disruption over the Year

Noah Pickus
DUKE UNIVERSITY /
FUTURE UNIVERSITIES ALLIANCE
Head of Global Strategy & Partnerships and Senior Advisor to the Provost /
Founder & President
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Haif Bannayan
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
Director, EMEA & Canada
Former CEO of the
Queen Rania Teacher Academy
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Dr. Delphine Le Serre
HUMANE.S. / EdHu2O5O FOUNDATION
Co-Founder & President
Founder & President
3rd
Floor
3rd Floor Forum | 11:00 AM - 11:45 PM
KEYNOTE - Building AI at University Scale : How the University of Michigan Developed Secure Generative AI Tools for 57,000 Students, Faculty, and Staff
Ravi Pendsé
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Vice President for IT
Chief Information Officer

Ravi Pendse, Ph.D., is the Vice President for Information Technology (VPIT) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the University of Michigan. As an executive officer of the university, he provides university-wide leadership and strategic direction for information technology. In 2023, he was named U-M’s first-ever Special Advisor to the President of U-M for India. He is also a professor, researcher, teacher, and advisor to students.
Dr. Pendse spearheaded the development and launch of U-M’s custom AI services, making Michigan the first university in the United States to deploy a suite of generative AI tools broadly to faculty, staff, and students. His leadership has helped position U-M at the forefront of higher education’s thoughtful adoption of artificial intelligence.
36th Floor | 12:00 - 1:00 PM
NETWORKING BUSINESS LUNCH
Join us at the 36th Floor for the Business Networking Lunch.
Not sure if your lunch is included ? To access the 36th floor, Look for the green sticker in your badge.
36th
Floor
3rd
Floor
3rd Floor | 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
BREAK

PROGRAM 2026
Saturday Sept. 19
Bonaventure Hotel
900 Rue De la Gauchetière O, Montréal, QC H5A 1E4
GF
Floor
GF Floor - Room : Bonaventure - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
WELCOME REFRESHMENTS
GF
Floor
GF Floor - Room : Bonaventure - 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote : From Building New Universities to Renewing Existing Ones:
Lessons From Around the World: Universities have long balanced tradition with reinvention, but over the past two decades this tension has intensified: a new generation of universities has been created around the world, while established institutions have grappled with many of the same questions. Drawing on experiences captured in The New Global Universities and the creation of the Future Universities Alliance, Noah Pickus explores what these efforts reveal about the future of higher education and how universities can learn from one another more effectively in a period of rapid change.
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Noah Pickus
DUKE UNIVERSITY /
FUTURE UNIVERSITIES ALLIANCE
Head of Global Strategy & Partnerships Senior Advisor to the Provost /
Founder & President
GF
Floor
3rd Floor - Forum | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
-1 Floor - Room : St Laurent 7 - 9:00 - 10:30
CORPORATE LEARNING STRATEGIC WORKSHOP - PART 1/2
-1
Floor
Sophia Hammiche
ALTRIUM
Founder
Strategic Advisor to C-Levels
Gallup Certified Coach










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