Taki Sarantakis

“Attended the ADM ELDP program in Washington D.C, from June 2-5, 2026.”

“Attending the Public Policy Forum`s Growth summit in Toronto, held on May 7, 2026.”

“The President alongside one of his VPs has been invited by York University to participate in a panel discussion at York University, in Toronto, to discuss Public Service, career pathways, skills for the future and other high-level subjects in front of students.In addition to the panel, they also met with the President of York University and PSC representatives to continue building on their existing partnerships.”

“To participate in the event "Digital sovereignty for middle powers in an age of AI and strategic competition" in England at Oxford University upon personal invitation.”

“To participate in the delivery of the ELDP BL Study Tour, which is a program from the School's Executive Learning team.”

“To participate to an event at Munk University, as a speaker.”

“Participation in Executive Council Meeting – Digital Governance Council”

“Participation in Panel Discussion – Faculty and Fellows Symposium, Canada: Strategies for a Turbulent Era”

“Presentation to a seminar class at the McGill Max Bell School”

“Judge for the Munk student competition with Munk faculty”

“The President and Vice-President undertook a visit to Albania to share Canadian good practices on public administration, meeting with government, international organizations and civil society working in this sector. The focus was on institutional integrity and ethics frameworks.”

“Participant at Killam Conversation on The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in enabling Canadian Prosperity”

“Participated as a speaker on several panels at the AI conference, as well as at Munk University”

“He attended to Cascade Institute Sessions with Thomas Homer-Dixon visit Simon Fraser University and AltaML Inc. in Vancouver, and subsequently participated in an in-person session with the Federal Prairies Council in Edmonton.”

“The President was invited to participate in a panel at Apolitical Day 2025 in London, in person.”

“The President delivered a presentation at the University of Toronto”

“Recording with Mr. Tellier for the Review and Reflections Series video series”

“The President led a in person session with Munk students.”

“The President attended an in-person event at the University of Toronto, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy”

“The President travelled to Toronto for in-person meetings with Coalition of Innovation Leaders Advancing Respect (CILAR) and Medical and Related Sciences, MaRS Board of Directors.”

“The President was invited to participate to a panel discussion at the Critical Insight into the public value of Hmanities and Social session (HSS). Canada’s future depends on talent that can navigate complexity, respond to societal needs, and contribute to the public good. This session will explore how HSS education supports these goals by equipping graduates with the skills and perspectives needed in public service, the labour market, and civil society. Panelists will consider how HSS can better align with changing workforce and societal priorities, while highlighting the civic infrastructure, systems thinking, and human-focused approaches that these disciplines offer to help Canada make full use of its talent.”

“The "How Washington Works Study Tour" is designed to provide ADM ELDP participants with and opportunity to increase their understanding of the inner-workings of the US system of government. This event will increase the preparedness and ability to provide advice to Ministers on complex and sensitive CAN-US matters and to advance Canadian interests in the US.”

“The President travelled to Salzburg, Austria on May 21-23 to attend as speaker the 2025 Retreat titled ‘Public Strategy in Transition’ organized by Salzburg Global “Public Sector Strategy Network'' in colaboration with Office of Development Affairs of the UAE . This session focused on Digital Public Infrastructure and examined how governments can adapt to rapid changes in global governance, technology, climate action, and societal expectations. The retreat delved into how public institutions must evolve to meet emerging challenges and foster resilience in a fastchanging world. Adhering to the Chatham House Rule to ensure privacy and free exchange, the retreat engaged participants in both plenary sessions and intimate breakout groups, diving deep into pressing issues like technological disruptions, demographic shifts, and evolving public expectations.”

“The objective of this travel was to attend an in-person leadership and coaching program for executives. The participants attending had an opportunity to make connections with other leaders from diverse organizations, shared best practices and lessons learned, and discussed actionable insights to support their organization to grow. This allowed them to be able to apply these skills as leaders at the School."”

“Public Policy Forum - Canada Growth Summit 2025: Unleashing Canada’s Potential in Turbulent Times and Annual Testimonial Dinner 2025”

“The President was invited as a speaker to the 2025 Annual Meeting of the OECD Network of Schools of Government hosted by the European University Institute School of Transnational Governance that took place in Florence, Italy on May 8-9, 2025 and connected with various colleagues from OECD on May 10”

“DemocracyXChange Event - Taki was a speaker to the Public Service Leadership panel”

“To attend as speaker the Seminar: Public Service in the Era of AI organized by Canada School of Public Service in conjunction with WatSPEED (University of Waterloo)”

“To attend as speaker to a DMs gathering on the Canada-US Border event organized by CSPS and University of Windsor”

“Career Fair - University of Alberta. Government of Canada visit to campus to heighten awareness among students of the opportunities within the Government.”

“CILAR Executive Member Activation event organized to bring together a dynamic group of leaders and anchor champions to advance our shared vision of inclusion, innovation, and productivity. Attended as a guest, did not have an active role in participation.”

“To attend the Digital Governance Council Dinner and meeting. In addition on January 23rd,he participated in a few recordings for Learning Moments series.”

“To attend the Executive AI Accelerator Program offered by the School in Toronto on Jan. 13-15”

“Taki participated as a judge for the Munk School Student Case Competition 2024. This required him to participate in-person in Toronto.”

“National Security Program - Taki participated in Module 2 for the Fundamentals of China Program. This was the 6th cohort of the program. The sessions took place at the Campbell Conference Facility in Toronto, ON and was an all-day, in-person program.”

“The CSPS delivered a learning program for the Montreal Ports Authority. This was an all-day, in-person learning program. Taki delivered and presented “Machinery of Government” to leaders at this retreat. While in Montreal, he also visited Digicast to get a tour of the potential new broadcasting equipment that are our department is adopting.”

“To participate in the workshop on "The role of Ministries of Finance in supporting Digital Public Infrastructures (DPI)", organized by UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. This is an in-person event. The workshop will also comprise high-level speakers and participants from other countries, such as Australia, Estonia, Georgia, the United States, and members of the African Union, as well as IMF’s staff. The panelists will share practical experiences and lessons on funding and steering DPI, and the workshop will focus on the possible roles and constraints that Ministries of Finance, Planning and Treasury can play in this space.”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - meetings: To attend the Executive Council Forum on Building Resilient Digital Ecosystems with the Digital Governance Council in Toronto.”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - meetings: Meetings with stakeholders in Washington to explore joint programming to support the development of, and collaboration among, public policy leaders in Canada, the United States and Mexico and to visit Johns Hopkins University.”

“Operational Activities - Meetings: These meetings on July 11-12 between the Cascade Institute and CSPS included a series of technical presentations and in-person demonstrations with a large number of experts, some from Cascade Institute as well as other external stakeholders from North America. These meetings served as a vital way to share information and discuss common issues to better enable the CSPS to educate the public service. Presentation to Via Rail, How Government Works.”

“Operational Activities - Meetings: He visited the CSPS Toronto Regional Office, met with TBS Ontario, had some external stakeholder meetings.”

“Operational Activities - Other: Presentation to Via Rail, How Government Works.”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - Events: Attending the annual retreat of the Public Sector Strategy Network and the bilateral conference between Canada and Germany holds significant value for the CSPS. The retreat provides a crucial opportunity to glean insights from senior public sector leaders on navigating the complex challenges of governance in an era of interconnected crises, enhancing our strategic planning processes and resilience to future disruptions. Similarly, our participation in the conference facilitates constructive dialogue and collaboration between Canada and Germany on key policy areas such as foreign affairs, climate action, election integrity, and sustainable food systems, reinforcing our commitment to international cooperation and fostering bilateral relations. These engagements enable us to exchange best practices, identify areas of synergy, and drive collective action, ultimately advancing our organizational objectives.”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - Meetings: Presentation at McGill University in Montreal "The machinery of Government".”

“Operational Activities - Meetings: Canada Growth Summit 2024: Fixing Productivity Once and For All / Meeting with CILAR (Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism) to develop partnership.”

“Other - Conferences: Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations”

“Operational Activities - Program Delivery : Advanced Leadership Pilot Program (ALPP)”

“Operational Activities - Meetings: Digital Governance Council”

“Refreshments provided to outside interlocutors hosted by President”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - Events: Competition Master-level study-1-YORK UNIVERSITY.”

“Other - Conferences: World Business Forum NYC 2023.”

“Operational Activities - Meetings: Artificial Intelligence Stakeholder Engagement”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement Meetings: Speaker to the ACOA Nova Scotia corporate day & Regional Green transition Summit”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement Other: Speaker to Emerging Leaders in Cybersecurity - National Security and Cyber Conflicts”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement Meetings: Visit of delegates of Estonia in Toronto”

“Participating in the user conference for D2L, getting updates on new products and features, networking with peers from other organizations, presenting on multitenancy.”

“Training - Conferences: International Public Policy Association.”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - Conferences: Innovation Governance Summit 2023.”

“Operational Activities - Program Delivery: Assistant Deputiy Ministers (ADM) Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP): Cohort G-Module 5: How Washington Works.”

“To attend Deputy Ministers’ Retreat.”

“May 2nd - Expert Discussion on Cybersecurity, Software Engineering and Applied Artificial Intelligence. May 3rd - Expert Discussion on Electrification of Society”

“Operational Activities - Program Delivery: How Washington Works module of the Advanced Leadership Pilot Program”

“key Stakeholder Engagement - Meetings: Ontario Global 100”

“key Stakeholder Engagement - Meetings: UBC Career Fair”

“Operational Activities - Program : Leadership Excellente Toronto - Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism (CILAR)/PPLA”

“Operational activities - Meetings : The Digital Governance Council is Canada’s only national body for delivering a coordinated national approach to digital governance. The Digital Governance Council works through its members across the public and private sectors to strengthen trust in Canada’s digital economy by collaboratively identifying, prioritizing, and acting on digital governance opportunities and challenges.”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - Conference : Speaker at National Security and Cyber Conflicts and Attend The Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism (CILAR) Power of One, Power of Us event”

“Operational activities - Meetings : Visit site office in Toronto”

“Operational Activities: Program Delivery: An in-person opportunity to meet, learn from, and mingle with leaders across our nation's capital. Enchance your understanding of public affairs from the Washington perspective this election season. This immersive tour will help you and your organization make sense of the inner working af policymaking, new trends in business and policy on the horizon, and how to make your public affairs strategy successful with knowledge and advice from inside the beltway experts. The nature of the relationship between government and business from representatives of government agencies, global corporations, law firms, embassies, media outlets, trade associations and more. Best practices on issues suc as diversity, equity, and inclusion, sustainability, digital advocacy, and government relations.”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - Conferences : D2L Fusion Executive Summit. Engage with peers in relation to such matters as policy, program or regulatory development or renewal.”

“Operational Activities -Program Delivery: Executive leadership development program for Assistant Deputy Ministers. Cohort F - Module 5: How Washington works.”

“Operational Activities - Meetings: Attend Coalition of Innovation Leader Against Racism”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - Conference: Taki Sarantakis travelled to Toronto from April 26 to April 29, 2022 to attend the Munk School Scholars symposium. Taki Sarantakis was apart of the panel.”

“External Advisory Committee”

“External Advisory Committee”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various meetings”

“External Advisory Committee”

“External Advisory Committee”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - Meetings”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various meetings”

“Deputy Ministers' Retreat”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various meetings”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - Meetings”

“Operational Activities - Conferences”

“Training - Conferences”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - Meetings”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various meetings”

“Key stakeholder Engagement - Meetings”

“Deputy Ministers' Retreat”

“Deputy Ministers' Retreat”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various meetings”

“Operational Activities - Conferences”

“Deputy Ministers' Breakfast”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Operational activities - Meetings”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various meetings”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement-Meetings”

“Deputy Ministers' Retreat”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various Meetings”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various meetings”

“Working lunch-Organizational information review”

“Working lunch-Organizational information review”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Key Stakeholder Engagement - Conferences”

“Internal Governance -Conferences”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various meetings”

“Operational Activities - Program Delivery”

“Meeting of the External Advisory Committee”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various Meetings”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various Meetings”

“Operational Activities - Program”

“Operational Activities - Interviews”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Deputy Minister's Retreat”

“Operational Activities - Interviews”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various Meetings”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various Meetings”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Operational Activities - Meetings”

“Operational Activities - Conferences”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Operational Activities - Meetings”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various meetings”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Operational Activities - Conferences”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Operational activities – meetings”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various meetings”

“Key stakeholder engagement – meeting”

“External advisory committee”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Bulk purchase of tea and coffee for various meetings”

“Various meetings”

“Training”

“Various meetings”

“Operational activities – meetings”

“Deputy Minister's Breakfast”

“Various meetings”

“Operational activities – meetings”

“Operational activities – meetings”