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Decoding Tech | Zone

The
Tech Conference 2023

In-Person

2638 Steeles Ave E, Brampton, ON L6T 4L7

October 26, 2023

Welcome to Decoding
Tech | Zone

DecodingTech.Zone is a community focused on technology and its potential for individuals and businesses to thrive. The community aims to bring people together and encourage collaboration to help everyone understand the latest technology and its possibilities.
By exploring both new and established companies, the community hopes to inspire innovation and contribute to building a better future. The community’s name and goal are aligned in their focus on learning and sharing information about technology.
DecodingTECH.Zone is organizing its second conference in Canada, which is scheduled to take place on October 26-27, 2023. It’s exciting to see the community coming together to learn about the latest technological advancements and share ideas.

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PRODUCED BY

FOUNDING PARTNERS

Speakers

Adrian Mah

NATIONAL LEADER I4.0 OF PWC

Afshan Ahmad

FOUNDER OF NEURAVUE

Alan Smithson

Founder of MetaVRse

Aleksandar Prekajski

Chair of GSMA Drone IG

Alexia Cito

MD of Tao Academy

Alicia M. Aming

FOUNDING MEMBER OF NVISIONU

Alison González

CEO & Co-Founder of Lil Horse

Andrew El’Lithy

COO of Karrier One

Anes Rachid

Innovation Manager of Brampton

Arpit Joshipura

GM/SVP NW OF LINUX FOUNDATION

Asad Lesani

VP of Ouster

Ashek Mahmood

VP & Senior Partner of IBM

Bernard Duval

5G CONSULTANT OF MITACS

Clare Barnett

DIRECTOR ED OF BRAMPTON

Clark Lai

FOUNDER & CEO OF MOTIV

David Krauss

ARCHITECT, CIENA CTO GROUP

Drew MacNeil

CO-FOUNDER OF XPERTVR

Ehsan Shariati

COO OF FUNCTIONLAND

Emil Sylvester

Co-Founder of IRIS

Fawzia Khan

Founder of Woman That Give

George Efthimiopoulos

DIRECTOR, CIENA CTO GROUP

Gurpartap Singh Toor

Councillor at City of Brampton

Harold Dumur

FOUNDER & CEO OF OVA

Hazel Griffiths

FOUNDER OF REACH.XR

Huma Aslam

DIRECTOR OF DECODINGTECH.ZONE

Imanzi Kayitare

Advisor of Procurement Canada

Janelle Chalouhi

CEO & FOUNDER OF VENUSVERSE

Jeanette Irekvist

President of Ericsson

Jeh Daruvala

CEO of Yactraq Online

Julie Smithson

Co-Founder of MetaVRse

Kaaveh Shoamanesh

FOUNDER & CEO OF PLAICED

Kader Khan

SVP & GM OF WAVELABS

Kate Withers Hess, PhD

CO-FOUNDER OF FUNCTIONLAND

Landon Gardner

Founder of Web3TO

Lorne Sugarman

CEO OF METAVERSE GROUP

Mandeep Dhesi

FOUNDER OF ASPIRE GROUP EXP

Mandeep Singh

BD MANAGER OF OCI

Mansoor Khan

CEO OF WAVELABS

Melloney Campbell

BOARD MEMBER OF STARTUP CANADA

Michael Jonsson

CO-FOUNDER OF REACHXR.IO

Mike Ray

SR BD & INNOVATION OF UNITY

Milton Toledo

CEO OF 3DVR DESIGNS

Muqeeth Khan

FOUNDER & CEO OF METAGYM

Nahid Masad

CSO of Karrier One

Nav Gupta

FOUNDER & CEO OF CHAARMI

Neel Dayal

SR DIRECTOR INNOVATION OF ROGERS

Neel Dayal

SR DIRECTOR INNOVATION OF ROGERS

Osher Ari Frank

CEO OF METAVERSE ARCHITECTS

Pam Banks

Executive Director of Altitude

Patrick Brown

Mayor at City of Brampton

Perry Chappell

CEO OF ZING COMMUNICATIONS INC

Phil Kluba

FOUNDER & CEO OF PRESS IT

R. Michael Pickering

FOUNDER & CEO CLOUDCONSTABLE

Radu Selea

CTO OF BLINQ NETWORKS

Rajesh Kutty

CEO of U GOT GAME?

Rav Lekh

CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF BLINK

Robin Kaushik

VP CLOUD SOFTWARE SERVICES

Roger Perryman

Associate Director of Accenture

Rohan Pinto

FOUNDER & CTO OF TOKEN0X

Salim Ismail

FOUNDER OF OPENEXO & EXO WORKS

Samer Bishay

PRESIDENT & CEO OF IRISTEL

Sandeep Panesar

VICE-CHAIR OF LFN MAC

Sanjay Saini

PARTNERSHIPS OF DOUBLE PROTOCOL

Sathish Bala

FOUNDER & CEO OF SCHOOLIO

Usha Srinivasan PhD

DIRECTOR OF BVZ

Vandana Taxali

FOUNDER OF ARTCRYPTION

Vishal Chotai

CEO of Chotai Law

Agenda

05:00 PM - 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Registration

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Location: Main Hall, Hall C and Hall D

08:00 AM - 09:45 AM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Registration, Breakfast, and Networking

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Location: Main Hall, Hall C and Hall D

09:45 AM to 10:00 AM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Welcoming to Brampton's Innovation District

Patrick Brown Mayor at City of Brampton, Facilitated by Kader Khan of Wavelabs, Huma Aslam of DecodingTECH.Zone, Usha Srinivasan of Brampton Venture Zone and Alison González of Lil Horse

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Location: Hall A and Hall B

10:00 AM to 10:30 AM (EST), OCT 27 2023

DecodingTECH.Zone Opening Remarks

Kader Khan of Wavelabs, Alison González of Lil Horse, Vishal Chotai of Chotai Law, Usha Srinivasan of BVZ, Imanzi Kayitare of Procurement Canada

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Location: Hall A and Hall B

10.30 AM to 11.00 AM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Keynote: Innovation and Talent for Better Canada

Jeanette Irekvist of Ericsson, Facilitated by Kader Khan of Wavelabs

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Location: Hall A and Hall B

11.00 AM to 11.30 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Panel: Future Networks, Smart Cities taking it to the Next Level

By Neel Dayal of Rogers, Asad Lesani of Ouster, Emil Sylvester of IRIS, Radu Selea of Blinq Networks, and Moderated by Roger Perryman of Accenture

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Location: Hall A and Hall B

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Exhibits, Coffee, and Networking

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Location: Main Hall, Hall C and Hall D

12:00 PM to 12:30 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Panel: Industry X.0, The Convergence of Technologies

Adrian Mah of PWC, Robin Kaushik of Ericsson, George Efthimiopoulos of Ciena, Aleksandar Prekajski of GSMA Drone IG Moderated by Mansoor Khan of Wavelabs

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Location: Hall A and Hall B

12:30 PM to 01:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Keynote: Unlock Business Values with Generative AI

Ashek Mahmood of IBM Canada, Facilitated by Usha Srinivasan of Brampton Venture Zone

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Location: Hall A and Hall B

01:00 PM to 03:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Exhibits, Lunch, and Networking

Immersive Live Painting by Hazel Griffiths of Reach.XR

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Location: Main Hall, Hall A, Hall B, Hall C and Hall D

03.00 PM to 03.25 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Panel: Generative AI, The Infinite Possibilities

By Rajesh Kutty of U Got Game?, Michael Jonsson of ReachXR, and Moderated by R. Michael Pickering of Cloud Constable

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Location: Hall A and Hall B

03:25 PM to 03:50 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Panel: Metaverse, The Future of Immersive Experiences

By Drew MacNeil of XpertVR, Lorne Sugarman of Metaverse Group, Julie Smithson of MetaVRse, Osher Ari Frank of Metaverse Architects, and Moderated by Nav Gupta of Chaarmi

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Location: Hall A and Hall B

03:50 PM to 04:20 PM (EST) OCT 27 2023

Exhibits, Coffee, and Networking

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Location: Main Hall, Hall C and Hall D

04:20 PM to 04:45 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Panel: Web 3.0 and Blockchain, Democratizing the Future

By Andrew El'Lithy of Karrier One, Kate Withers Hess of FunctionLand, Rohan Pinto of OF TOKEN0X, By Vandana Taxali of Artcryption, and Moderated by Landon Gardner of Web3TO

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Location: Hall A and Hall B

04:45 PM to 05:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Thanking and Closing Remarks

Gurpartap Singh Toor of Brampton City and Kader Khan of Wavelabs

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Location: Hall A and Hall B

05:00 PM to 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Exhibits, Networking, and The DTZ Party

by Kader Khan of DecodingTECH.Zone

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Location: Main Hall, Hall A, Hall B, Hall C and Hall D

05:00 PM - 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Registration

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Location: Main Hall, Hall C and Hall D

08:00 AM - 09:45 AM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Registration, Breakfast, and Networking

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Location: Main Hall, Hall C and Hall D

10:00 AM to 05:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

BReady Platform: The Job Seekers and Employers Mash-up

Powerd by Brampton Venture Zone by TMU

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Location: Hall D

05:00 PM to 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Exhibits, Networking, and The DTZ Party

by Kader Khan of DecodingTECH.Zone

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Location: Main Hall, Hall A, Hall B, Hall C and Hall D

05:00 PM - 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Registration, Booth Setup and Networking

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Location: Main Hall, Hall C and Hall D

08:00 AM - 09:45 AM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Registration, Breakfast, and Networking

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Location: Main Hall, Hall C and Hall D

10:00 AM to 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Invest Brampton Showcase

Facilitated by Anes Rachid of Brampton Presented by Pam Banks of Altitude Accelerator

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Location: Hall C

10:00 AM to 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Immersiveness(AR/VR) Showcase

Facilitated by Osher Ari Frank of Metaverse Architects Presented by Nav Gupta of Chaarmi, Alan Smithson of MetaVRse, Michael Pickering of Ava Venue Ai, Drew MacNeil of XpertVR

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Location: Hall C

10:00 AM to 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Intelligence(AI/ML) Showcase

Facilitated by Michael Jonsson of ReachXR.io Presented by TBD of TBD

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Location: Hall C

10:00 AM to 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Future Networks (5G/6G) Showcase

Facilitated by Kader Khan of Wavelabs Presented by Nahid Masad of Karrier One, Perry Chappell of Zing Communications

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Location: Hall C

10:00 AM to 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Decentralization (Blockchain) Showcase

Facilitated by Vandana of ArtCryption Presented by Ehsan Shariati of Functionland, Alison González of Lil Horse

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Location: Hall D

10:00 AM to 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Canadian Community Showcase

Facilitated by Nav Gupta of Blockchainevents.ca Presented by Fawzia Khan of Women That Give

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Location: Hall D

10:00 AM to 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Strategic Supporters Showcase

Facilitated by Huma Aslam of DecodingTECH.Zone Presented by Master Sha of Tao Academy, Imanzi Kayitare of Procurement Canada

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Location: Hall D

05:00 PM to 09:00 PM (EST), OCT 27 2023

Exhibits, Networking, and The DTZ Party

by Kader Khan of DecodingTECH.Zone

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Location: Main Hall, Hall A, Hall B, Hall C and Hall D

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Welcome to Decoding Tech | Zone

By exploring both new and established companies, the community hopes to inspire innovation and contribute to building a better future. The community’s name and goal are aligned in their focus on learning and sharing information about technology.

DecodingTECH.Zone is organizing its second conference in Canada, which is scheduled to take place on October 26-27, 2023. It’s exciting to see the community coming together to learn about the latest technological advancements and share ideas.

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Decoding Tech | Zone

The Tech Conference 2023

In-Person

2638 Steeles Ave E, Brampton, ON L6T 4L7

October 26, 2023

Welcome to Decoding Tech | Zone

Learn more about our event!

PRODUCED BY

FOUNDING PARTNERS

NATIONAL LEADER I4.0 OF PWC

FOUNDER OF NEURAVUE

Founder of MetaVRse

Chair of GSMA Drone IG

MD of Tao Academy

FOUNDING MEMBER OF NVISIONU

CEO & Co-Founder of Lil Horse

COO of Karrier One

Innovation Manager of Brampton

GM/SVP NW OF LINUX FOUNDATION

VP of Ouster

VP & Senior Partner of IBM

5G CONSULTANT OF MITACS

DIRECTOR ED OF BRAMPTON

FOUNDER & CEO OF MOTIV

ARCHITECT, CIENA CTO GROUP

CO-FOUNDER OF XPERTVR

COO OF FUNCTIONLAND

Co-Founder of IRIS

Founder of Woman That Give

DIRECTOR, CIENA CTO GROUP

Councillor at City of Brampton

FOUNDER & CEO OF OVA

FOUNDER OF REACH.XR

DIRECTOR OF DECODINGTECH.ZONE

Advisor of Procurement Canada

CEO & FOUNDER OF VENUSVERSE

President of Ericsson

CEO of Yactraq Online

Co-Founder of MetaVRse

FOUNDER & CEO OF PLAICED

SVP & GM OF WAVELABS

CO-FOUNDER OF FUNCTIONLAND

Founder of Web3TO

CEO OF METAVERSE GROUP

FOUNDER OF ASPIRE GROUP EXP

BD MANAGER OF OCI

CEO OF WAVELABS

BOARD MEMBER OF STARTUP CANADA

CO-FOUNDER OF REACHXR.IO

SR BD & INNOVATION OF UNITY

CEO OF 3DVR DESIGNS

FOUNDER & CEO OF METAGYM

CSO of Karrier One

FOUNDER & CEO OF CHAARMI

SR DIRECTOR INNOVATION OF ROGERS

SR DIRECTOR INNOVATION OF ROGERS

CEO OF METAVERSE ARCHITECTS

Executive Director of Altitude

Mayor at City of Brampton

CEO OF ZING COMMUNICATIONS INC

FOUNDER & CEO OF PRESS IT

FOUNDER & CEO CLOUDCONSTABLE

CTO OF BLINQ NETWORKS

CEO of U GOT GAME?

CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF BLINK

VP CLOUD SOFTWARE SERVICES

Associate Director of Accenture

FOUNDER & CTO OF TOKEN0X

FOUNDER OF OPENEXO & EXO WORKS

PRESIDENT & CEO OF IRISTEL

VICE-CHAIR OF LFN MAC

PARTNERSHIPS OF DOUBLE PROTOCOL

FOUNDER & CEO OF SCHOOLIO

DIRECTOR OF BVZ

FOUNDER OF ARTCRYPTION

CEO of Chotai Law

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