Theme: New Horizons

New Horizons is an intimate salon-style event featuring a trio of dynamic speakers who will take us deep on visions for Calgary's next horizons of ideas. Ranging from the future of the law as we know it, to the way we envision our personal data, to the ways our city can grow and thrive in a changing economy, our speakers will have through-provoking ideas to share. There also will be a unique opportunity to converse with other participants and a select group of Calgary business and community leaders, and to engage in rich interactions with other participants.

Nucleus/Odd Fellows Building
100 - 6 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta, T3E 5X6
Canada

Ian Holloway

Legal Futurist

Where is the law going, and how can it keep pace with our modern expectations? Spanning work and education in Canada and Australia, Ian Holloway has been thinking long and far-ranging on legal issues in our modern society. Currently serving as Dean of Law at the University of Calgary since 2011, he previously served as dean at the University of Western Ontario and as an associate dean at the Australian National University. Over the years, he has also held appointments at Cambridge and the National University of Singapore. He is a graduate of Dalhousie University, the University of California at Berkeley and the Australian National University. In 2013-14, Ian served as a team leader for the Canadian Bar Association's Futures project. In 2015, he was appointed to the Security Intelligence Review Committee, and made a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. Beyond the legal sphere, Ian served for twenty-five years in the Royal Canadian and Royal Australian Navies.

Mary Moran

City Connector

Mary became President and CEO of Calgary Economic Development in June 2015 and under her leadership there has been a focus on the broader sense of prosperity for businesses and individuals to build a more economically diverse and vibrant community. At Calgary Economic Development, Mary led teams that created the Calgary. Be Part of the Energy promotional brand adopted by all civic agencies, the award-winning flood recovery YYCisOPEN campaign, oversaw a refocusing of the Economic Strategy for Calgary: Building on our Energy, and the Hey Amazon campaign that earned global attention for Calgary. Mary earned an MBA from Royal Roads University and is active in the Calgary community. She is a director on several non-profit boards, including Sport Calgary, Calgary Sport Tourism Authority, Calgary Police Foundation, Beakerhead and Van Horne Institute. She is also a past president of Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta.

Sheelagh Carpendale

Data Visualization Guru

Sheelagh Carpendale is a full Professor in Computer Science at the University of Calgary where she holds a tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Information Visualization and NSERC/AITF/SMART Technologies Industrial Research Chair in Interactive Technologies. She has received many awards including the E.W.R. NSERC STEACIE Memorial Fellowship; a BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts Interactive Awards); an ASTech Innovations in Technology award; and the CHCCS Achievement Award, which is presented periodically to a Canadian researcher who has made a substantial contribution to the fields of computer graphics, visualization, or human-computer interaction. Other awards accruing to her group include: twice Best HCI PhD in Canada, a Digital Alberta Award, a finalist in the Canadian New Media Awards and IEEE VIS VPG Dissertation awards.