Speakers

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DriveHER

CEO
Aisha Addo

Validere

CEO & Co-Founder
Nouman Ahmad

IRYStec Software

Co-Founder and CTO
Tara Akhavan

Conversica

Chief Sales Officer
Gregg Ames

Georgian Partners

Partner
Tyson Baber

Government of Canada

Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Navdeep Bains

Real Ventures

Partner
Janet Bannister

Jenifer Bartman Business Advisory Services

Founder & Principal
Jenifer Bartman

Baanto International Ltd.

CFO
Dushan Batrovic

Silicon Valley Bank

Managing Director
Win Bear

LevelJump Software Corp.

Founder & CEO
David Bloom

Financial Data and Technology Association (FDATA) of North America

Executive Director
Steve Boms

BuildDirect

Co-Founder
Jeff Booth

White Star Capital

Principal
Christophe Bourque

TDF Ventures

Principal
Matthew Bressler

Fintech Growth Syndicate

CEO & Founder
Sue Britton

Bridgit

Co-Founder
Mallorie Brodie

Yaletown Partners

Partner
Eric Bukovinsky

Relay Ventures

Associate Partner
Jake Cassaday

Ryerson University

Distinguished Expert-in-Residence, Privacy by Design Centre of Excellence
Dr. Ann Cavoukian

Myant

CEO
Tony Chahine

Ontario Securities Commission

Deputy Director, LaunchPad
Pat Chaukos

Sampler

Founder
Marie Chevrier

London & Partners

CEO
Laura Citron

Phaze

Co-founder and CEO
Kyle Collier

Shopify

Associate Legal Counsel
Meghan Connolly

Revolution Growth

Vice President
Patrick Conroy

Samsung NEXT

Business Development Specialist
Deborah Conway

Muse

Chief Revenue Officer
Jacqueline Cooper

Ryerson Futures Inc./Zone Startups

Director, Zone Startups Sports + Media
Michael Cotton

The Upside Foundation

Executive Director
Jennifer Couldrey

Solve for Interesting

Founder
Alistair Croll

Mistral Venture Partners

Managing Director
Code Cubitt

Highline BETA

Founding Partner
Marcus Daniels

Questrade Financial Group

Chief Technology & Information Officer
Christine Day

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Partner, Head of Technology & Innovation, Canada
Anthony de Fazekas

Helpful.com

Co-founder and CEO
Dan Debow

GTC Law Group & Affiliates

Shareholder
Anthony Decicco

Clearbanc

General Manager, eCommerce Financial Services
Tanay Delima

Coinsquare

CEO
Cole Diamond

Whitecap Venture Partners

Partner
Shayn Diamond

EQ Bank

Chief Digital Officer
Dan Dickinson

Azure Capital Partners

Vice President, Canada
Andrea Drager

Draper Associates

Founder/Managing Partner
Tim Draper

Zighra

CEO
Deepak Dutt

TWG

Managing Partner
Chris Eben

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

Investor
Connor Edwards

CIBC

VP, Enterprise Innovation & Wealth Digital
Greg Elcich

Portag3 Ventures

CEO
Adam Felesky

iGan Partners

Partner
Joel Finlayson

TSX Venture Exchange

Managing Director & Head
Brady Fletcher

Brightspark Ventures

Managing Partner
Sophie Forest

Chatter Research

Founder & CEO
Simon Foster

Mavennet

Co-Founder
Kesem Frank

LDV Partners

Partner
Winston Fu

Kiite

CEO
Joseph Fung

National Bank of Canada

SVP Artificial Intelligence, Venture Capital and Blockchain
David Furlong

GWP Brand Engineering

President and Co-Founder
Philippe Garneau

MaRS Discovery District

Managing Director
Barry Gekiere

Sanctuary.ai

Founder and CEO
Suzanne Gildert

OMERS Ventures

Associate
Mark Goad

Nudge Rewards

Co-Founder & CEO
Lindsey Goodchild

MaxSold Incorporated

Founder
Barry Gordon

Amazon Web Services

Chief Architect
Glenn Gore

Borrowell

CEO
Andrew Graham

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Partner
Vanessa Grant

Careteam Technologies

Founder, CEO and Chief Medical Officer
Alexandra Greenhill

Susquehanna Growth Equity

Investor
Tony Grelli

Alberta Securities Commission

Senior Legal Counsel
Danielle Grover

Fast Future

Executive Producer, Host
Michael Hainsworth

inkbox

CEO
Tyler Handley

Hamilton Lane

Managing Director
David Helgerson

BDC Capital

VP Market Development
Neal Hill

Sheerly Genius

CEO
Katherine Homuth

Vendasta

CTO
Dale Hopkins

Backyard Media Inc.

CEO & Publisher
Steve Hulford

iGan Partners

CEO & President
Sam Ifergan

CIC Capital Canada

Principal
Eric In

thinki3

Managing Partner
Lina Ismail

Fenox Venture Capital

Senior Analyst
Justin Jackson

TribalScale

Founder and CEO
Sheetal Jaitly

Paycase

Chief Corporate Development Officer
Zach Justein

Conversation Health

Chief Product Officer
Lexi Kaplin

skritswap

Founder & CEO
Melissa Kargiannakis

Wealthsimple

Co-founder and CEO
Michael Katchen

Presidio Ventures, Inc

Senior Director
Tim Kazurayama

Salesforce Ventures

Principal
Robert Keith

Stash Energy Inc

CEO
Jordan Kennie

Uber Canada

General Manager
Rob Khazzam

Island Water Technologies

CEO
Patrick Kiely

Fundingportal

Founder & CEO
Teri Kirk

Needls Media Inc.

COO and Co-Founder
Michael Koral

M12

Managing Director
Samir Kumar

Cyclica

President and CEO
Naheed Kurji

Bridgit

Co-Founder
Lauren Lake

Two Small Fish Ventures

Managing Director and Co-founder
Eva Lau

Flinks

CEO
Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf

CIBC

Managing Director, Technology & Innovation, Mid-Market Investment Banking
Daniel Lee

Nexchange

Founder and CEO
Juwan Lee

Western Technology Investment

Investment Partner
Patrick Lee

Plaza Ventures

General Partner
Matthew Leibowitz

Epstein Enterprises Inc

President
Oded Levi

Smooch Technologies

Co-Founder & CEO
Warren Levitan

Tencent Investment

Managing Partner
Jeffrey Li

Intel Capital

Investment Director
Elana Lian

Pillcheck

CEO
Veronika Litinski

Vidyard

CEO
Michael Litt

Rubikloud

Co-Founder and CEO
Kerry Liu

Ecobee

Founder and CEO
Stuart Lombard

Ryerson Futures Inc./Zone Startups

COO & Managing Partner
Alan Lysne

Plum.io

Co-Founder and CEO
Caitlin MacGregor

Real Ventures

General Partner
Alan MacIntosh

SurePath Capital Partners

Founder
Mark MacLeod

HarbourVest Partners, LLC

Senior Associate
Sophia Maizel

Canvass Analytics

Founder and CEO
Humera Malik

Envestnet | Yodlee

Vice President, Data Strategy
Lori Martel

Thinking Capital

President, Co-Founder
Peter Mazoff

MaRS IAF (Investment Accelerator Fund)

Senior Investment Director
Michelle McBane

Communitech

Manager, Rev & Fierce Founders
Kelly McGregor

CIBC Innovation Banking

President & Executive Managing Director
Mark McQueen

Frontier Capital

Director
Mason McVerry

eSight

President & CEO
Brian Mech

Bowhead Health

Co-Founder & CEO
Rhea Mehta

VERTU Capital

Founder
Lisa Melchior

Relay Ventures

Investment Analyst
Nabeela Merchant

Radian Capital

Associate
Chad Mitchell

Blue Book Ventures

Managing Partner
Richard Moran

Lendified Technologies

CEO
Monique Morden

Intuitive AI

Co-Founder
Hassan Murad

Wavecrest Growth Partners

Managing Partner
Vaibhav "V" Nalwaya

Microsoft

Managing Director, Canada - Microsoft for Startups
Adam Nanjee

Roadmunk

Co-Founder & CEO
Latif Nanji

BDC Capital

Vice President Fund Investments and Global Scaling
Alison Nankivell

Kensingston Capital Partners

Managing Director
Rick Nathan

AngelList

Canadian Partner
Alexander Norman

BDC Capital

Executive Vice President
Jérôme Nycz

Black Duck by Synopsys

GM, Black Duck On-Demand
Phil Odence

CIBC Innovation Banking

Executive Director
Amy Olah

Telus Ventures

Managing Partner
Rich Osborn

OMERS Ventures

Managing Partner
Sid Paquette

Government of Canada

Manager of Outreach and Engagement, Build in Canada Innovation Program, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Éric-Aimé Patry

Delphia

Co-Founder & COO
Andrew Peek

RBC

Vice President, Innovation
Alexander Peh

Swift Medical

Founder and CEO
Carlo Perez

Autorité des Marchés Financiers

Lawyer, Analyst, Corporate Finance Department
Gabriel Perras

Generation Ventures

Associate
Hamilton Petropoulos

Xtreme Blockchain Labs

Founder and Managing Partner
Mark Petrov

Mariner Partners

Chairman and Co-Founder
Gerry Pond

The Globe and Mail

Financial Services Reporter
Alexandra Posadzki

Progressa

SVP Marketing
Philipp Postrehovksy

Kabbage

International Technology & Platform Policy
Richard Prior

RightMesh

Director, Corporate Strategy
Melissa Quinn

Vanedge Capital

Principal
Amy Rae

Kensington Capital Partners

Principal
Nagar Rahmani

Coconut Software

CEO & Founder
Katherine Regnier

Citizen Hex

Co-Founder & CEO
Ben Roberts

Highline BETA

Partner, Highline BETA
Lauren Robinson

Hurt Capital

Managing Director
Claudio Rojas

Daisy Intelligence

Founder & CEO
Gary Saarenvirta

The Hospital For Sick Children

Chief of Research
Michael Salter

7 Gate Ventures

Associate
Shahab Samimi

Whitecap Venture Partners

Partner
Russell Samuels

Grow

CEO
Kevin Sandhu

Plantiga Technologies Inc.

CEO
Quin Sandler

Feminuity

Co-Founder and CEO
Dr. Sarah Saska

BDC Capital

Managing Director, Strategic Investments and Women in Tech
Michelle Scarborough

Dialogue

General Manager
Steve Schlesak

Purpose Investments

Founder and CEO
Som Seif

Techstars

Managing Partner, Toronto Accelerator
Sunil Sharma

BDC Capital

Senior Managing Partner, IT Venture Fund
Robert Simon

GM Ventures

Investment Manager
Sean Simpson

VentureKids

Founder
Takara Small

Klue

CEO
Jason Smith

Royal Bank of Canada

Director, RBC Capital Partners
Mark Smith

Metavrse

CEO
Alan Smithson

Vexo

Chair and Strategic Advisor
Robert Smuk

Carrot Insights

Founder & CEO
Andreas Souvaliotis

OMERS Ventures

Managing Partner and Global Head of Venture Capital
Damien Steel

TribalScale

President & Chief Revenue Officer
Kirstine Stewart

Round13 Capital

Partner
Craig Strong

MaRS Discovery District

Managing Director, Health Ventures
Ying Tam

Founder Catalyst

Founder and Executive Coach
Cherry Rose Tan

EDBI

VP Investments
Terence Teo

BTV- Business Television

CEO, Executive Producer
Taylor Thoen

InFounders

CEO
Aiko Thurlow

Government of Canada

Senior Economist, Sectoral Policy Analysis, Economic Development and Corporate Finance
Saskia Tolsma

Information Venture Partners

Venture Investor
Alex Tong

NestReady

Co-Founder and CTO
Frederick Townes

The Globe and Mail

Senior Editor, Report on Business
Rita Trichur

Roar Ventures

Managing Partner
Peggy Van De Plassche

Intuitive AI

Co-founder
Vivek Vyas

Slalom

Chief Technology Officer / General Manager
Steve Walintschek

TWG

VP, Product
Tom Walsham

CITIC Capital

Senior Managing Director
Fanglu Wang

Susquehanna Growth Equity

Managing Director
Ben Weinberg

Version One Ventures

Founding Partner
Boris Wertz

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Partner
Blair Wiley

Thrive Savings

Founder
Jordan Wimmer

Ryerson University

Associate Professor
Sean Wise

BMO Capital Markets

Managing Director
David Wismer

SkyChee Ventures

Managing Partner
Ray Wu

TokenFunder

CEO and Chief Token Officer
Alan Wunsche

Classcraft Studios Inc.

CEO
Shawn Young

Baidu Changcheng Investment

U.S. Representative
Nan Zhou

White Star Capital

Associate
Sanjay Zimmerman

The Big Push

Founder/CEO
Sharon Zohar

VarageSale

Founder
Tami Zuckerman

HarbourVest Partners, LLC

Principal
David Zug

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