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"I always try to make people laugh during my talks, so they might not remember about the tech I talked about, but I made them feel good"
​~ Helen Kontozopoulos

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STEMpowered Leadership
2022 IEEE Women In Engineering International Leadership Summit, Toronto, September 2022, Speaker


Artificial Intelligence and biotech
MaRS Impact Health, Toronto, May 2022, Panelist

Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship
5th Annual Women in Data Science Conference and Awards, Toronto, April 2022, Moderator

My AI startup journey
Women in AI - 
https://ai.science/winai, Toronto, March 2022, Speaker

AI Startup journey in the pharmaceutical industry
CAiS | Canadian Ai Summit, Toronto, November 2021, Speaker https://theaisummit.ca/​ 


Demystifying Artificial Intelligence: Bringing Pharma’s Sales Professionals to the Next Level of Customer Engagement
The Council for Continuing Pharmaceutical Education (CCPE), October 2021, Speaker

Fireside Chat: Let the Data Tell the Story: Can AI bring you closer to the customer?
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NEXT Normal Pharma Summit, Online, September 2022, Moderator

The Future of Work. Session Focus: How do we plan for a challenging and changing workplace?
Dentsu Canada & Female Foundry, Toronto, March 2021, Moderator


Building a CRM Success
#SamplerTalks, Toronto, September 2020, Webinar guest

What AI Can Tell Us About Consumer Behaviour What AI Can Tell Us About Consumer Behaviour
Tribal Scale, Toronto, July 2020, Webinar guest

Spotlight UX
FITC, Toronto, July 2020, Emcee

SaaS Chats
L-Spark, Toronto, May 2020, Panelist

Customer Journey Maps in a Post-COVID-19 World
A.I. Socratic Circles (#AISC), Toronto, April 2020, Panelist

Women in Leadership: Creating a Vision for an Automated World
IEEE Women in Engineering - Toronto section and GYBO Robotics Network, March 2020, Keynote

Women in AI Social- Spring Edition
A.I. Socratic Circles (#AISC), Toronto, March 2020, Presenter

Making your Mark
Hellenic Heritage Foundation, Toronto, February 2020, Panelist

Advancing all Women in Tech
Move the Dial, Toronto, February 2020, Fireside chat


Creative Ways to Collect & Use Data for AI 
Toronto Machine Learning Symposium, November 2019, Panelist

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Ensuring Diversity & Inclusion in AI 
AI4Good, Element AI & Real Ventures, November 2019, Panelist

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Social responsibility
Course: MIE324 Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Guest Lecturer

Startup Ecosystem at UofT, Toronto and Canada
Course: CSC2702H Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Guest Lecturer

Math Men vs' Mad Men
Elevate, Toronto, September 2019, Lightning Keynote

Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence meet privacy law: An interactive when strategizing for clients
The Canadian Bar Association, Toronto, September 2019, Panelist


Why Math Men still need Mad Men
FITC, Toronto, September 2019, Speaker

Building AI Products For Humans
TechTO, Toronto, July 2019, Speaker

Put AI to Work: Get Ready for AI in Your Business
Society of Internet Professionals, Toronto, May 2019, Speaker


Demystifying Digital Ethics
RBC Future makers, Toronto, April 2019, Speaker

AI & Ethics in Enterprise

Rowe School of Business, Dalhousie University, April 2019, Speaker

Understanding & Creating stronger customer relationships in the age of AI
CATALYST: RBC Tech & Devops Expo, Toronto, September 2018, Keynote

Startups: Challenges and Opportunities in Data Science & AI
Fields Institute Industry day in Data Science & AI, Toronto, September 2018, Moderator

Social Impacts of Machine Intelligence
Return & Learn: Alumni Machine Intelligence Bootcamp, Division of Engineering Science, 
Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering,
​University of Toronto, September 2018, Panelist

Entrepreneurship: Building the future, the courage to be a founder
IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) International Leadership Summit (ILS), Toronto, September 2018, Speaker

Industry 4.0 Shop Floor IOT & AI
Driving Dreams call for IoMe, Toronto, June 2018, Panelist

Artificial Intelligence – Your Next Boss May Be An Algorithm
7th Annual, McRock IIoT Symposium 2018, Montreal, June 2018, Panelist

AI Startup Battle 2018
AI Toronto Conference 2018, Toronto, June 2018, Judge

"It's not you, it's the SCIituation"
Raw Talk Podcast, Faculty of Medicine Alumni, University of Toronto, May 2018, Panelist
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AI Industry Day: Regulatory Data Call-to-action 2018
Presented by SOSCIP and Treasury Board of Canada, Toronto, May 2018, 
Presentation & Workshop Facilitator

ICT4S's GreenHack 2018 
Part of 5th International Conference of Information Communication Technology for Sustainability, 
Toronto, May 2018, Presentation & Workshop Facilitator

Industry Innovation: Future Trends 
University of Toronto, "Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization as a Career Path" Graduate Studies Professional Skills Pathways Workshop, Toronto, April 2018, Presentation & Workshop Facilitator


A Framework for Thinking About AI: Future Innovation in Product Development & Design
Digifest 2018, Toronto, Speaker and Panelist

Practical Applications of AI
Connect the Bots, TWG, March 2018, Toronto, Panelist

Consumers in a New Age of Business: Having a say over data
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​Walter Gordon Symposium, March 2018, University of Toronto, Panelist

The AI Revolution: Creating a balanced viewpoint
TEDxUofT 2018, Toronto, Speaker

UX and AI basics
DCSIL - UofT, Toronto, May 2018, Workshop Facilitator 

Canadian Artificial Intelligence Mission, United Kingdom
London, Cambridge, Oxford, January 2018, 
Speaker

The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Design
DesignX's Holiday Party, December 2017, Toronto, Panelist


Hindsight is 20/20
Free Code Camp's Free Code Conference, November 2017, Toronto, Panelist

Creating Virtual Humans
AMD's 
Extravalanza, November 2017, Toronto, Speaker

Synthesis and fireside chat: the role of lawyers in helping society navigate AI
Norton Rose Fulbright's AI Summit, November 2017, Toronto, Panelist


Artificial Intelligence & Virtual Humans: Innovation in the classroom
AI WEEK, November 2017, Toronto,
Speaker

Opportunities in Artificial Intelligence
Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) Conference, October 2017, Toronto, October 2017, Moderator

Challenges and opportunities in commercializing IoT in Canada
NRC/NSERC and Ministry of Taiwan Workshop: Medical Devices Enabled by Internet of Things (IoT), October 2017, Ottawa,
Speaker

​Artificial Intelligence & Fintech 
BMO & Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Professionalism Training, Toronto, September 2017, Speaker & Panelist

Artificial Intelligence and User Experience
Plastic Mobile + UX/Design, Toronto, July 2017, 
Speaker & Panelist

Artificial Intelligence & Ethics
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Professionalism Training, Toronto, July 2017, 
Speaker & Panelist
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Canada's AI Future 
BetaKit150 Conference, Toronto, June 2017, 
Panelist

"Innovation & Collaboration with Canada & Greece" 
Tech Innovation Night, The Hellenic Canadian Board of Trade (HCBT), Toronto, June 2017, 
Speaker

Lightning Talk: Innovation in the classroom
Microsoft’s Canada Imagine Cup Finals, Toronto, May 2017, 
Speaker

Lightning Talk: Toronto Communities in Technology
Microsoft Community Day, Toronto, May 2017, 
Speaker

Investing in Innovation: Strategies for Success 
Wavefront Summit 2017, 
Toronto, May 2017, 
Panelist

Careers in The Internet of Things (IoT) 
Academic Advising & Career Centre, UTSC, March 2017, 
Speaker & Panelist

Winning competitions 
The Agency, Social Innovation at The University of Toronto, Conference, November 2016, 
Speaker

Women in Entrepreneurship 
Canadian Women in Technology (CAN-CWIC) Conference, Ottawa, February 2016, 
Panelist

Ideation and Innovation at Hackathons
University of Toronto, UTSC Fintech Hackathon, Toronto, 2016, Keynote 

Introduction to Pitching & Presenting your Idea 
Power-up: Startups & Pitching, New College, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2016, 
Speaker

Funding Disruptive Technologies 
GLOBAL SMARTWEEK 2015, Toronto, November 2015, Host & Moderator

Development of loT “In the Classroom: the Hardware Edition” 
GLOBAL SMARTWEEK 2015, Toronto, November 2015, Host & Moderator

Intellectual Property, New Technologies and Start-ups in Canadian Universities 
Statistics Canada, Ottawa, 2015, 
Speaker

Designing Thinking Workshop
Fashion Zone, Ryerson University, March 2015, Presenter & Facilitator


IoT Trends: Big Data & Consumer Wearables 
GLOBAL SMARTWEEK 2014, Toronto, October 2014, Moderator and presenter

Branding, Digital Marketing and Business Development 
Materials Department, OCAD University, 2014, 
Speaker & Facilitator


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