Speaking Events
Key Past Speaking Engagements & News
October 10, 2024
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima receives AI award from Acquisition International Magazine as "AI Startup Founder of the Year 2024" for Alstari Corporation , which is focusing on AI Policing AI, and for having delivered 2 AI startups to successful exits with her teams and weathered market hurricanes. Her recently published book Entrepreneur - Heretic or Hero of Innovation?, has many lessons learned and a recipe for startup success, financings, customers, teams, and exits. You can get her book on Amazon, or come to one of her book launch speeches.
October 6, 2024
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima will speak at the AI Lessons Learned book event at Canada Women's
Expo at BMO Centre. Attendees of Universal Womens Network™ | Women-Owned Entrepreneurship UWN panel will receive a signed personalized copy.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada at 12:00pm
September 16, 2024
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima will be the AI keynote speaker at Rideau Club's Technology & Innovation evening on Monday, Sept 16, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario. Please contact reservations@rideauclub.ca to attend.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
June 19, 2024
Alstari CEO Book “Entrepreneur: Heretic or Hero of Innovation” to be Launched at INVEST OTTAWA Lunch
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Book available now from Amazon.com and RussellBooks.com
April 24-26, 2024
Book launch at Excelerate2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia, April 25th. Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima
will be bringing her expertise on AI and its relevance to SMEs at the EXCELerate24.com Peer
Advisory Boards - Gro Your Biz event sponsored by BMO. She will be speaking on April 25th.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
February 15, 2024
Security Summit Canada 2024 - How AI is Shaping Physical Security Systems
https://www.sptnews.ca/virtual-events/security-summit-canada-2024/
1:40pm - 2:10pm
January 23, 2024
International Women's Foundation (IWF) BC - What is the Responsible use of AI?
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima
Virtual from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
January 22, 2024
International Women's Foundation (IWF) OTTAWA - What is the Responsible use of AI?
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima
Virtual from Victoria BC
March 31, 2022
IWF Ottawa, IWF Ottawa Intensive to Bell Group Speech: "Entrepreneurship and how to navigate M&As"
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima
Virtual from Victoria, BC.
October 14, 2021
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Keynote Speech for annual IPIC Conference: " Lessons Learned: IP from Tech Entrepreneur in AI on Successful Exits"
Dr. Suhayya Abu-Hakima
Halifax, NS.
March, 2021
ASIS Ottawa Panel on Security Convergence
lead by Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima, Panel Chair
Virtual Ottawa, Canada.
February 25, 2020
Quorum Group M&A Panel. "Growth & Exit Strategies for Software & IT Companies: Women in Tech"
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima Panellist
Virtual from Vancouver, BC
October 30, 2019
Data Visionaries Panel, Simon Fraser University, "5G Can Enable Smart Cities but at What Cost?"
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima, Panellist
Vancouver, BC
September 10, 2019
ASIS Panels on AI? "Is Intelligence a Human Function? Synthetic Intelligence at Scale - Part 1 - Technology Perspective & Part 3 - Collision & Opportunity"
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima, Panellist
GSX 2019, Chicago, IL.
Global Affairs Panel "Making Entrepreneurship Global"
Ottawa, Canada
ISED Speech on "Startups and Entrepreneurship and the impact of Innovative Solutions Canada program"
Ottawa, Canada
Start-up Canada Day on the Hill – Policy Hackathons Moderator - How can the Trade Commissioner Service Better Support Entrepreneurs to Access Global Opportunities? & Tech Entrepreneurs Mentor Genius Lounge Event.
Ottawa, Canada
Upcoming Speaking Engagements & News
April 16-17, 2025
AI Education Panel including lessons learned from Dr. Abu-Hakima’s 2 AI startup exits and
captured in her book, OCI DiscoveryX 2025 - AI Stage.
Toronto, Ontario,Canada
