Naz Ali

Naz Ali is the Senior Manager for Location Intelligence at CBRE Canada with over 20 years of experience in the GIS field, specializing in commercial real estate applications. She provides comprehensive market analysis across various commercial property types, including retail, industrial & logistics, and office leasing. Naz’s expertise lies in developing data-driven methods that empower […]

Viêt Cao

Viêt Cao is Director of Innovation & Data Analytics at Synapse C, an NGO dedicated to the valorization of data in arts and culture. He is actively involved in projects to develop public knowledge through the individual and/or collective valorization of data from cultural partners, as well as partnership research projects. He also supervises the […]

Julian Villafuerte Diaz

Julian Villafuerte Diaz is an urban development and transportation planning professional based in Montreal. His background in regional economic development, housing, and transportation includes leading key research and tool development projects centered around open data. As an avid user of open data and a believer in democratized and participatory social systems, he is eager to […]

Karen Parker

As Manager of Data Analytics at the City of Edmonton, Karen oversees a team that manages the City’s Open Data and Internal Data Portals, offers data literacy training to staff, and provides self-serve data analysis and visualization tools. She has been instrumental in advocating for increased data-driven decision making by the City of Edmonton, as […]