Kelly Lendsay is a social entrepreneur who is internationally recognized as one of Canada's foremost innovators and organizational development experts in workplace models, corporate/Indigenous partnerships and Indigenous inclusion strategies. His dynamic communication style and social entrepreneurial success has earned him the reputation as an engaging thought leader and effective bridge-builder, fostering trusted partnerships for workforce and economic development across Canada and abroad.

A proud Canadian Indigenous leader of Cree and Métis ancestry, he moves seamlessly between both worlds, fostering economic inclusion, well-being and prosperity for Canada. He was honoured by the University of Saskatchewan (U of S), as one of their "100 Alumni of Influence" in the last century whose accomplishments have been recognized for influencing the growth and development of the University, the province, and the world during the last century.

The Chief Digital Officer at Ingenium - Canada's museum of Science and Technology, Ryan has over 15 years of digital engagement experience in the arts and culture sector with stops at the Royal Ontario Museum, CBC, the Canadian Museum of History, and the Canadian War Museum. Ryan holds a BA in History from Dalhousie University and an MA in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University. His professional interests and practise are focus on the connection between physical and digital museum experiences and he works to ensure museums can use technology as a tool to not only engage communities, but have a lasting and positive impact on their lives.

You can connect with Ryan on Twitter and Instagram - @wrdodger

Dana has led web and social media efforts at the National Archives, National Gallery of Art, Ogilvy Public Relations, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Dana holds a B.A. in English from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and an M.A. in Museum Studies from George Washington University. She has taught graduate museum studies courses for Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and Tufts University and served on the boards of the Museum Computer Network (MCN) and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM).

Samantha Yammine is a Neuroscientist and popular Science Communicator better known as Science Sam. She earned her PhD from the University of Toronto studying how stem cells build and maintain the brain, and then went on to found Science Sam Media, a science-based digital production agency.

She is passionate about empowering people to explore science by making it more familiar, accessible, and inclusive. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, she's been sharing the science behind the headlines as @science.sam on Instagram and Tik Tok, garnering millions of views to better help people assess risk, spot misinformation, and have informed discussions with their friends and family.

You can catch her talking about science as a guest expert on a variety of shows on Netflix, TVO Kids, CBC GEM, Discovery UK, CBC Radio, and AsapSCIENCE.

Twitter: @heysciencesam

Danielle Nadin graduated with an MSc in Neuroscience from McGill University in 2021, where she studied brain networks to predict recovery in patients with severe brain injuries. Danielle now wears many hats, all of which allow her to push for more inclusive spaces in science and health research. As Co-Director of SciComm Collective, Danielle develops resources and workshops to help researchers learn to communicate and contextualise their science in a way that integrates principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice. During the summer of 2020, she co-founded Black In Neuro, a global initiative which connects, celebrates and support Black scholars studying the brain. Danielle is also the Science Strategy Lead at the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health.