Event Details
Digital Health Canada MTL25
Details
- Date: October 23, 2025
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Time:
8:00 am - 11:30 am EDT
Venue
- Humaniti Montreal
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340 Rue De la Gauchetière O
Montreal, Quebec H2Z 0C3 Canada - View Venue Website
Organizer
- MEMBER PRICE / NON-MEMBER PRICE
- $119 / $183
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Digital Health Canada MTL25
Details
- Date: October 23, 2025
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Time:
8:00 am - 11:30 am EDT
Venue
- Humaniti Montreal
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340 Rue De la Gauchetière O
Montreal, Quebec H2Z 0C3 Canada - View Venue Website
Organizer
- MEMBER PRICE / NON-MEMBER PRICE
- $119 / $183
Join us for Digital Health Canada’s MTL25 Breakfast in Montreal on Thursday, October 23 for a busy, rewarding morning of learning and engagement with local digital health leaders and peers. Registration for Digital Health Canada Members is $151 for Individual Members and $48 for Student Members. Non-Members, register for $183. Register here. Bring your team and save with Member Bundle Tickets! 5 Tickets: $635/10 Tickets: $1,357/25 Tickets: $3,607/50 tickets $7,386. Register here. Tell others about the conference. Download one of the images below and post on LinkedIn.
Schedule
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. |
Networking Breakfast + Registration |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. |
Opening RemarksShelagh Maloney will set the stage for MTL25 and outline the day’s agenda, followed by welcome remarks from Knowledge Keeper Danika St-Laurent.
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| 9:05 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
From Concept to Clinic: Implementing Innovation and AI into Clinical PracticeHow are clinicians driving innovation and shaping the use of AI in real-world healthcare settings? Panelists in this session will share both user and innovator perspectives that highlight how new technologies are improving workflows, enhancing patient care, and supporting clinical decision-making. Through success stories and lessons learned, this session will uncover how AI and innovation are transforming clinical practice.
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| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Networking BreakTake this opportunity to connect with colleagues, share insights, and build new relationships over refreshments. |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. |
From Concept to ImplementationNew technologies are exciting and the outcomes can be compelling. However, implementation requires a thoughtful approach and a team effort. In this session, panelists will share implementation insights from real-world projects using new technologies to reduce administrative burden and improve care delivery. Expect an honest, experience-driven conversation on the challenges and lessons learned when designing, implementing, and scaling AI-driven projects.
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| 11:25 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Closing RemarksWrap-up of the morning’s key takeaways and next steps for the community.
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Speakers
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Shelagh Maloney
CEO, Digital Health Canada
Read MoreShelagh’s career has been defined by a passion for digital health and its transformative ability to improve the patient and provider experience. In her previous national executive leadership roles in both the public and private sectors, Shelagh earned widespread recognition for her business development, relationship management, consensus-building, and communication skills. Shelagh was named as one of the Women Leaders in Digital Health (2017) and a Digital Health Canada Fellow (2023). A dedicated advocate for innovation and equity through digital health, Shelagh has shaped policy and practice through influential volunteer roles. She is currently Vice -Chair, Vision Loss Rehab Canada and has served as Vice Chair of SNOMED International, Board Chair of Digital Health Canada, and Board Director, Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network (LHIN). Notably, she played a key role in hiring Digital Health Canada’s first CEO during her tenure as Board President (2006-2008). Shelagh holds a B.Sc. in Applied Health Sciences from the University of Waterloo and is a Certified Professional in Health Information & Management Systems (CPHIMS-CA).
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Danika St-Laurent
Muskowekwan First Nation, Saskatchewan | Cultural Worker & Community Advocate
Read MoreDanika St-Laurent is Anishnaabe from Muskowekwan (SK), who was born in Sherbrooke (QC) and who grew up and currently lives in Montreal (QC). As a descendant of the Sixties Scoop and Residential Schools, she did not grow up within culture, let alone in a community. She spent her childhood, adolescence, and young adult life searching for her indigenous calling as urban indigenous youth. She has made two short films with Wapikoni mobile, “We Are Not Speaking the Same Language” and “Where do I Belong?” which discuss connection, reconnection and disconnection to her Indigenous culture. In January 2020, Danika started beading again and began her small, beaded earrings business called Neebageesis Beadwork. Beadwork is a way to reconnect to her Indigenous identity and her maternal biological grandmother, who was also a beader.
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Samuel Gareau-Lajoie
Family Physician, Consultant in AI & Digital Health, Vetted Medical
Read MoreDr. Samuel Gareau-Lajoie is a family physician and clinical lecturer at the University of Montreal’s Faculty of Medicine, where he also serves on the committee for AI education in medical training. He co-developed an award-winning AI health application recognized with the Grand Prix Hippocrate. As a partner at Vetted Medical, the firm provides medical consulting for validation, training, and auditing of healthcare solutions powered by AI. A clinical leader at the Quebec College of Family Physicians and co-lead of the Soignons la Tech initiative, he bridges clinical expertise with technological innovation to promote responsible, evidence-based AI adoption in healthcare.
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Alexandre Hudon
Psychiatrist and Clinician Researcher, Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal
Read MoreDr. Alexandre Hudon is a psychiatrist, full-time researcher at the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal (IUSMM and CR-IUSMM), and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Addictology at the Université de Montréal as well as an IVADO professor (Institute for data valorization). Passionate about innovation and digital technologies, his research focuses on the integration of artificial intelligence into clinical psychiatry, on modeling violence and rare phenomena, as well as on the use of digital technologies in health sciences teaching and learning. He holds advanced training in psychiatry, addiction, and medical education (Université de Montréal, Université Laval), combined with a background in software engineering (Concordia University) and data science/machine learning (MIT), which uniquely positions him at the crossroads of clinical care, research, and technological innovation.
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Scott McMillan
President-CEO, Le Groupe Cercle
Read MoreWith more than 30 years of executive management experience and a detailed knowledge of the healthcare and technology markets in both Canada and the United States, Scott has developed and managed action plans and strategies to transition numerous North American community-based and acute care institutions from paper-based health records management to electronic health record (EHR) systems. He has also developed strategic planning and business transformation processes, performed market and competitive analyses, defined marketing plans, developed promotional materials and identified investment opportunities for medium and high-tech corporations. Scott’s knowledge of health records management combined with a proven talent in analyzing abstract information has assisted leading edge institutions in clearly understanding the ROI of future Electronic Content Management and Enterprise Imaging Systems. His project experience has been acquired during mandates with some of the most reputed corporations and healthcare institutions in both Canada and the United States where he has managed and facilitated the implementation of multi-million-dollar content management and EHR applications. Scott is a Certified Professional in Health Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS), has a certificate on Artificial Intelligence from MIT Sloan & MIT CSAIL, is a Certified Document Imagining Architect Plus (CDIA+), is fluently bilingual (English/French) and speaks functional Italian. Scott has been a long-time member of Digital Health Canada for more than 20 years and has participated on many Digital Health Canada committees, CHIEF advisory group, and led the e-Health Program committee for 10 years.
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Erin Cook, RN, MSN
Associate CEO, CIUSSS West-Central Montreal/Présidente Directrice Générale Adjointe, CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-L'ile-de-Montréal
Read MoreErin Cook is Associate CEO at CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, leading healthcare transformation through value-based care principles. A registered nurse with a Master's degree, she holds specialized certifications in Value-Based Healthcare, Agile methodologies, and completed Harvard's "Strategy That Will Fix Healthcare" program.
As co-developer of the pioneering hospital-at-home program, Erin bridges clinical expertise with strategic leadership to create innovative care models. Under her leadership, the organization has gained recognition for virtual care, command center operations that break down silos, and province-wide virtual care expansion.
Her approach focuses on building organizational agility and collaborative cultures that respond dynamically to healthcare challenges—a recognized voice in health system design, Erin contributes to national and international conversations on care integration and digital transformation. In line with her organization's vision to deliver ‘care everywhere’, Erin's leadership philosophy centers on creating conditions for local innovation while maintaining focus on patient-centered outcomes.
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Naomi Goldapple
SVP of Data & Intelligence, AlayaCare
Read MoreNaomi is currently Senior Vice President, of Data and Intelligence at AlayaCare. Her mandate is to drive value and leverage data to support the innovation strategy of AlayaCare. This is done through applied research in machine learning and optimization applications to make home care agencies more efficient and improve clinical outcomes. Naomi also has a wealth of experience as a start-up entrepreneur and a seasoned business executive.
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Vincent Dumouchel
Managing Partner, Vetted Medical
Read MoreDr. Vincent Dumouchel has extensive experience in the field of information technology in healthcare. After becoming a family physician, he took great interest in improving interfaces and user experience of electronic health records. Over the past decade, he contributed to the design, implementation and optimization of several platforms and applications deployed within the Quebec healthcare network. In his role as Director in Digital Health Transformation at KPMG, he addresses the complex challenges faced by healthcare systems through strategic planning and innovative technology journeys. Vincent recently launched a new physician-led firm called Vetted Medical providing enterprises and authorities with on-demand qualified physicians and structured vetting frameworks to safeguard the accuracy, safety, and trust of the next wave of AI medical models and AI products in patient care.
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