Megan Smith Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) has announce that Megan Smith, former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the U.S. under President Barack Obama, will be a keynote speaker on day two of this year’s Discovery conference.
Smith is an award-winning tech entrepreneur who served as the third U.S. CTO, helping the President harness the power of technology, data, and innovation. Prior to this role, Smith was vice president at Google, leading new business development by managing partnerships across the company’s engineering and product teams.
While at Google, Smith led acquisitions of Google Earth, Maps, and Picasa, steered the shift of Google.org to include more direct engineering impact, such as Google Crisis Response, and later served on the leadership team of GoogleX. Through her career, she has founded and co-created a wide range of social programs and initiatives focused on technology, including the public-private program TechHire, the Computer Science for All initiative, Solve for X, and Women Techmakers. Smith is currently CEO of shift7, a social tech company that focuses on using innovation and inclusion to collaborate and solve local, national, and global challenges.
Smith is a proponent of STEM education, innovation, and inclusivity, serving on the board of MIT and the advisory boards for the MIT Media Lab, MIT Technology Review, Vital Voices, and the Malala Fund, which she co-founded.
Discovery will be held on April 30 and May 1 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The annual conference and showcase attracts more than 3,500 attendees and 500 exhibitors.
Exhibitor and attendee registration for Discovery is open at www.ocediscovery.com.
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