Founder & President

SECTION 1

B.A., M.A., LLB., BCL.

- Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law

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Peter Biro is the Founder and President of SECTION 1 and a multidisciplinary expert in constitutional law and democracy.

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A senior fellow at Massey College and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, he teaches constitutional law at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.

 

Following two decades as a prominent litigation attorney and leadership as CEO of Newcon Optik, Peter now champions liberal democracy and human rights.

 

He serves as Chair Emeritus of the Jane Goodall Institute, Global, and has edited significant works on constitutional democracy published by McGill-Queen's University Press.​​

Co-Founder & CEO

InGenius Prep.

Yale Law School, J.D.

Dartmouth College, B.A

- Featured in Forbes Magazine for his entrepreneurial achievements and leadership

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Joel Butterly founded InGenius Education while at Yale in 2013, building it into a global leader in educational consulting with 150+ former admission officers.

 

Under his leadership, InGenius has helped thousands of students worldwide secure admission to elite institutions.

 

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth with highest honors in Government and International Studies, Joel furthered his education at Yale Law School where he served on the Journal on Regulation Executive Board.

 

His entrepreneurial achievements and educational expertise have earned recognition in Forbes Magazine.

Founder & CTO

OTICS Advanced Analytics Inc.

University fo Calgary, Ph.D.

University of Alberta, M.A

University of Calgary, B.Sc

University of Ottawa, B.A

- A pioneer in the future of AI and Transactional Machine Learning

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Dr. Sebastian Maurice has nearly 25 years of experience delivering AI strategy and solutions across multiple industries. He has led global machine learning initiatives and holds Canadian and U.S. patents for pioneering work in oil production optimization and machine learning for data streams.

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Currently, Sebastian is the Founder and CTO of OTICS, a pioneer in Transactional Machine Learning (TML) for real-time data streams and author of the seminal book on the subject published by Apress in 2021.

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​​Sebastian also teaches machine learning and data science at the University of Toronto and Seneca Polytechnic, contributes to AI curriculum development, and is active as a researcher, blogger, speaker, coder, and mentor in the AI community.