Shaping the future of Canada’s digital government
December 9, 2025
Rogers Centre, Ottawa
IBM is proud to be a Platinum Knowledge Partner at AccelerateGov, Canada’s premier public sector innovation summit, taking place on December 9 at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa. This high-impact event brings together senior government leaders, technology experts, and industry partners to explore the future of sovereign digital public infrastructure and transformative service delivery.
Join us in shaping the future of digital government. IBM’s sessions will explore how true digital transformation can enable timely, accessible, and high-quality services that meet users’ evolving needs. We’ll also dive into how AI orchestration can evolve automation strategies into powerful catalysts for innovation and growth.
We invite you to visit IBM’s booth to experience cutting-edge solutions designed to help governments engineer for speed, scale, and trust. Discover how technologies like Watsonx, Instana, and FinOps are driving smarter operations and more resilient infrastructure across the public sector.
As technology rapidly reshapes the public sector, governments are exploring new ways to deliver secure, efficient, and citizen-focused services. In this fireside chat, Deb Pimentel, President of IBM Canada, and Scott Jones, President at Shared Services Canada, will discuss how organizations can responsibly integrate AI, leverage hybrid cloud, and strengthen collaboration to drive meaningful outcomes for Canadians. The conversation will highlight practical lessons, emerging opportunities, and the leadership needed to accelerate digital transformation in government.
True digital transformation of government can ensure timely, accessible, and high-quality services that meet user’s needs. However, transformation goes beyond new tools: it requires reshaping the processes, mindsets, and incentives embedded in public institutions. This session will explore how to redesign policy, operations, and organisational architecture to make the most of the potential for technology to unlock lasting change. Drawing on international best practice and the Canadian government’s own transformation initiatives, speakers will examine what it takes to drive whole-of-government agility, and how to leaders can accelerate reform.
With:
Charlie Cattran, Client Partner, Canada Federal Public Sector, IBM
Emily Middleton, Director General, Digital Centre Design, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, United Kingdom
Juan Jesús Torres Carbonell, Director of the State Agency for Digital Administration, Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Spain
Marc Brouillard, Chief Digital Officer, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Kim Steele, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Transformation Officer Human Capital Management, Public Services and Procurement Canada
