Sustainable Finance World Forum 2026

Friday, November 6th 2026 – Monday, November 16th 2026

Saturday, November 7th 2026

Richard Tuck

CEO of Wakopa Financial & Co-Founder of the Indigenous Venture Challenge

11:00am EST Virtual Fireside

Brock Hart

Co-Founder Overlap Associates

1:00pm EST Virtual Fireside

Brian Smith

Managing Director, Boann Social Impact

2:00pm EST Virtual Fireside

Aimee Boulanger

Executive Director of IRMA, Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance

3:00pm EST Virtual Fireside

Holly Ajecoutay

Head DEI & Director, Indigenous & Northern Entrepreneurs at Futurpreneur

4:00pm EST Virtual Fireside

Ada Maxwell-Alleyne

Assistant Dean, EDI at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law

5:00pm EST Virtual Fireside

Sunday, November 8th 2026

Marlene Ogawa

Country Director for Synergos in South Africa

11:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Jonathan Lapalme

Principal at Les Interstices & Co-founder/fondateur: Dark Matter Labs Canada

Noon EST - Virtual Fireside

Adaline Zaman

Advisor & Communications & Business Development at DigiGra

1:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Heather Watson

Executive Director of Farm Management Canada

2:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Professor Adegboyega Ojo

Professor & Canadaian Research Chair (Governance & AI), School of Public Policy & Administration at Carleton University

3:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Monday, November 9th 2026

Efosa Obano

Founder of Black Founders Network & African Impact Initiative

8:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Mesi (Meseret Haileyesus)

Founder & Executive Director of the Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE)

9:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Adil Hassan

Vice President & Head of Community Banking

10:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Sarah Saso

Vice President, ESG & Social Impact at Meridian Credit Union

11:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

James Lavallee

Acting Programs Manager at National Association of Friendship Centres

12:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Danny Ankle

CEO, Tropicana Community Services

1:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Heather McDonald

President & CEO at United Way Greater Toronto

2:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Curtis Whiley

Founder & President of the Upper Hammonds Plains Community Land Trust

3:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Tara Williams

Founder of GIA Consulting Co-operative

4:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Meaghan Burkett

Founder of GIA Consulting Co-operative

5:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Tuesday, November 10th 2026

Liz Weaver

Former CEO of Tamarack Institute

8:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Ismael Kherroubi Garcia

Founder & CEO of Kairoi

9:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Chris Bunio

Founder of Theory Mesh

10:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Coryell Boffy

Vice-President, Impact and Innovation Policy at Axelys

11:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Amr Addas

Senior Director, Sustainable Finance and Insights at FCC

Noon EST - Virtual Fireside

Jodene Baker

Vice President, Research, Advocacy & External Relations at Imagine Canada

1:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Dr. Umar F. Moghul

Adjunct Faculty at Boston Islamic Seminary

2:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

JP Bervoets

Chief Strategy Officer at Community Foundations of Canada

3:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Wednesday, November 11th 2026

Rusul Alrubail

Founder of Canada Innovates

9:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Arsene Ngombe

Chief Enabler at Riahsah

10:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Hailey Hetchman

Executive Director of Unsinkable

11:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

James Chan

Co-Executive Director at Impact United Academy

Noon EST - Virtual Fireside

Shahid Parwez

Founder & Managing Director at Climate Investment Services

1:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Mike Fotheringham

Chief Executive Officer Taproot Community Support Services

2:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

David Betty

President of the JCA

3:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Thursday, November 12th 2026

Aaron Binder

Director of Better Way Alliance

8:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Victor Adejoh

Country Director of Synergos Nigeria

9:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Elizabeth Chick

CEO of Buy Social Canada

10:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Curtis Carmichael

Co-Founder & CEO of Shurii

11:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Tanya Smith

Senior Manager of Social Purpose Ecosystem at Coast Capital Savings

Noon EST - Virtual Fireside

Amanda Sayfy

Executive Director of Dress for Success Vancouver

1:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Tricia Williams

Director, Research, Evaluation and Knowledge Mobilization at Future Skills Centre

2:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Darian Rodriguez Heyman

Founder & CEO of Helping People Help

3:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Friday, November 13th 2026

Mike Bulthuis

Community Co-lead, Tools for Community-First Community Campus Partnerships Working Group

8:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Nader El Nakib

Chief of PSP MENA at The United Nations High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees (UNHCR)

9:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Terry Gray

Executive Director, Impact Bridges Group

10:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Micah Adlder

Driving Impact with AI, Salesforce & Sustainability | Innovating for Nonprofits | Founder & CEO, ACF | Deloitte Alum

11:00am EST - Virtual Fireside

Cheralyn Chok

Co-Founder & Executive Director of Propel Impact

Noon EST - Virtual Fireside

Michelle Arnold

Policy Manager, Social Capital Partners

1:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Njamba Koffi

Manager at Vancouver Foundation

2:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside

Douglas Nelson

President & Managing Director at The Discovery Group

3:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside