Megan Spoore leads the Edelman Calgary office and is an Executive Vice President, Client Strategy, on Edelman’s Reputation team. Megan is a communications executive with a proven track record of delivering strategic, integrated communications programs that drive business results. With a focus on corporate communications, employee engagement, and issues management, Megan has led multifaceted projects for a range of clients including Fortune 500, public sector, private sector, and not-for-profit organizations.

Megan is a graduate of Edelman’s Leadership Academy, and has played a pivotal role in growing the Calgary office and diversifying its client base. Prior to joining Edelman, Megan worked at a leading Canadian public relations agency where she routinely provided strategic counsel to clients facing high-profile, rapidly evolving issues.

Haris is a Policy Analyst/Project Lead at the OECD’s Behavioural Science Unit where he provides governments with technical advice on behavioural public policy and helps foster an international community of behavioural experts in government. Previously, Haris served in various roles internationally and in the Government of Canada, including helping to set up behavioural science units in the Privy Council Office and Treasury Board Secretariat. Haris holds a Master of Public Policy and an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Economics, both from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Nicholas Diamond is a Senior Lead of Behavioural and Data Science in the Privy Council Office’s Impact and Innovation Unit. He oversees a research program using scientific and data-driven methods to improve policy, programs, and service delivery across the Government of Canada. This includes, for example, a national multi-year empirical study on Canada’s information ecosystem, public trust in institutions, and vulnerabilities in Canadian democracy. Nicholas holds a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Toronto and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kirstin Appelt is Research Director, Decision Insights for Business & Society, and Academic Director of the Advanced Professional Certificate in Behavioural Insights, both at the University of British Columbia. Her research explores how choice architecture can change behaviour toward an environmentally, financially, and socially sustainable future. With over two decades of experience in the field, she also serves as a behavioural science consultant for a number of organizations across sectors and is a Senior Research Affiliate with BIT. Kirstin holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University and a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College.