Age of AI Canada, 2025
June 17, 2025 · Globe & Mail, Toronto
A year of AI innovation packed into one day!
Dr. Cathy Zhang
Physician, Investor, Faculty Lecturer Advisor to Elyx Life
Dr. Cathy Zhang, MD,CM, CCFP is a Toronto-based, but globally oriented board-certified family physician. She currently also serves as an advisor to Elyx Life, a Singaporean concierge service for maximizing healthspan, powered by in-house health-tech & AI. She’s been supporting health startups as a Medical Advisor, Medical Director and an angel investor across biotech, medical device, digital health, consumer health and longevity startups in Silicon Valley, Europe, Asia, Canada. She also has an interest in global health which has led her to work at the World Health Organization HQ in Geneva, and to subsequently serve as a consultant in global health to academic institutions, and to help chair, organize, and lead international conference sessions endorsed by the United Nations (UN). Dr. Cathy Zhang is a clinical lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and earned her Medical Doctor and Master of Surgery (MD,CM) from McGill University.
Sessions
Brian Knight
11:00 AM – 11:40 AM
The Human + Machine Equation: Making AI Work for HCPs and Patients
- Create trust with AI: Discover co-design techniques and transparency levers that make AI recommendations understandable, ethical, and bias-checked, boosting HCP confidence and patient engagement.
- Prove the impact: See a fresh case study that quantifies AI’s impact, from concept to completion.
Brian Knight, President, KNIGHTLABS
Grant Larsen, CEO, Solarvest Bioenergy
Andrea Elliott, Head of Product, The Rounds
Dr. Cathy Zhang, Physician, Investor, Faculty Lecturer Advisor to Elyx Life
Panel Discussion