Shaping Public Policy in Canada

September 22, 2025, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

The Westin Ottawa
11 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1N 9H4

Across North America and around the world, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders are facing decisions that will shape our future: how to lead in artificial intelligence, optimize our immigration systems for long-term growth, expand financial access through open banking, and rebuild the civic and social fabric that keeps communities strong.

Join us on September 22nd for Canada 2020’s Future Forward pre-summit dinner event with special guest Pete Buttigieg, former US Secretary of Transportation.

Future Forward: Pre-Summit Dinner
with special guest speaker
Pete Buttigieg
Monday, September 22, 2025
5:30pm Reception
6:30pm Dinner
The Westin Ottawa
Confederation Ballroom (4th floor)
Ottawa, ON

Buttigieg is a leading voice in a new generation of communicators, policymakers, and government leaders. He brings a distinctive perspective on navigating an era of rapid technological and social change, and on how democracies can strengthen civic trust at a time when democratic institutions face unprecedented challenges.

Featured Participant

Pete Buttigieg

Former US Secretary of Transportation
Biography

Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg served from 2021 to 2025 as U.S. Secretary of Transportation. During his tenure, he worked to launch over seventy thousand infrastructure projects across the country, improve transportation safety and technology, expand airline passenger protections, and resolve pandemic-related supply chain disruptions. Previously, Buttigieg served two terms as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, where he was elected at the age of 29 and led the city to its strongest period of economic and population growth in decades. He also served for seven years as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, taking a leave of absence from his role as mayor in 2014 to deploy to Afghanistan. A candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 2020, his historic campaign won the Iowa caucuses and finished second in the New Hampshire primary. He holds degrees in history and literature from Harvard and in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He lives in northern Michigan with his husband Chasten, their two children, Gus and Penelope, and their dog, Buddy.

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Featured Participant

Pete Buttigieg

Pete Buttigieg