2024 CIX Speakers
At CIX, powered by Elevate, we understand that bringing visionary leaders and thinkers together is crucial to inspire, educate, and provoke discussions that shape the future. In 2024, we proudly welcomed Vinod Khosla, alongside Raquel Urstasun, Aidan Gomez, Dax DaSilva and many more.
2024 Speakers
Vinod Khosla
Founder | Khosla Ventures
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Aidan Gomez
CEO | Cohere
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Raquel Urtasun
Founder & CEO | Waabi
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Janet Bannister
Founder & General Partner | Staircase Ventures
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Kory Jeffrey
Principal and VP, Technology | Inovia Capital
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Alison Nankivell
Senior Vice President, Fund Investments | BDC Capital
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Laura Lenz
Partner | OMERS Ventures
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Dax Dasilva
Founder & CEO | Lightspeed Commerce
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Amber Kanwar
Host of BNN Bloomberg’s Morning Markets | BNN Bloomberg
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Chris Albinson
CEO & President | Communitech
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Debbie Gamble
Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer | Interac Corp
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Amy Ding
CEO | Requity Homes Inc.
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Viler Lika
Founder | SingleKey
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Bruce Hodges
Founder & CEO | Parachute
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Shalini Gupta
Founder and CEO | Asima Health Inc.
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Naveed Ahmad
CEO & Co-Founder | Cardea Health Inc
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Seamus Blackmore
Partner, Lighthouse | KPMG in Canada
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Saleh Zarandah
Co-Founder | Uobo
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Ilana Ben-Ari
Founder, CEO | Twenty One Toys
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Darian Shirazi
General Partner | Gradient Ventures
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Christopher Chen
Head of Investment Promotion | Invest Hong Kong (Canada)
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Jimmy Chiang
Associate Director-General | Invest Hong Kong
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Neha Khera
Early-Stage Investor
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Prateek Saxena
CEO and Founder | Hygge Energy Inc
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Melanie Morrison
Founder & CEO | BetterCart Analytics
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Mohannad El-Barachi
CEO | Wrk
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Amna Khan
Trade Commissioner | Trade Commissioner Service – Global Affairs Canada
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Naveeni Rasiah
Lead, Innovation Programs | Elevate
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Seun Sanni
co-founder/co-CEO | Payfi
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Kristina McDougall
Founder & Managing Partner | Artemis Canada
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Meni Mancini
Founding Partner | TradeWorks Environmental Inc.
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Rebecca Graham
People Practice Leader | BrightIron
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Blake Farquharson
Director, Innovation | Elevate
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Lisa Zarzeczny
Co-founder/CEO | Elevate
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Sam Mehrbod
Co-Founder and CEO | Roomvu
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Guru Singh
Founder & CEO | Scispot
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Craig Follett
Co-Founder and CEO | Peggy
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Ralph Christian Delos Santos
CEO and Co-Founder | Biofect Innovations
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Scott Larson
CEO | SpaceAlpha Insights
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Ishaan Kohli
CEO | SkyAcres Agrotechnologies Inc.
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Jason Robinson
Co-Founder and CEO | Evoco Ltd
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Maggie Adhami-Boynton
CEO and Co-Founder | ShopThing Inc.
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Yoseph West
Co-Founder & CEO | Relay
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Daniel Moll
Founder & CEO | EarthSuds
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Chee Hau Teoh
CEO | Nfinite Nanotechnology Inc.
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Maksym Korol
CEO | Skygauge Robotics
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Behdad Bahrami
Founder and CEO | Edgecom Energy
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Roy Pereira
CEO & Co-founder | Unified.to
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Dan Cohen
President | FLITE Material Sciences
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Keith Loo
Co-founder and CEO | Skinopathy
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Mahshid Yassaei
Co-founder and CEO | Tali AI
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Stephen Jones
Chief Business Development Officer | Ashored Inc.
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Niraj Mathur
Co-Founder | Blumind Inc.
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Ahmad Ghahreman
President & CEO | Cyclic Materials
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Sohaib Zahid
CEO & Co-Founder | Railz
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Amaan Banwait
Co-Founder & Chief Commercialization Officer | PurposeMed
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Hoi-Kwong Lo
Co-founder & CTO | Quantum Bridge Technologies
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Viridiana Perez
CEO & Co-Founder | NANOSentinel Technologies Corp.
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Tate Hackert
Co-founder & President | ZayZoon
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Carla Spina
CEO | Noa Therapeutics
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Kibby Pollak
CEO & Co-Founder | Enurgen
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Douglas Soltys
Editor in Chief | Betakit
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Sam Yang
Co-Founder & CEO | Xandar Kardian
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Vithu Vijay
Senior Manager, Innovation | Elevate
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Denis Tokarev
Founder & CEO | Cattle Scan
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Hanif Joshaghani
Co-Founder & CEO | Symend
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Melissa Allen
Executive Director | League of Innovators
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Serena Lewis
Investor | Pegasus Tech Ventures
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Derek Szeto
CEO | Walnut Insurance
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Daryl Johnston
Managing Director / Team Lead, Technology & Innovation Banking Group | National Bank of Canada – Technology & Innovation Banking
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Shirley Speakman
Senior Partner | Cycle Capital
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James Povitz
Principal | NA Ventures
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Matt Goldman
Vice President | HarbourVest Partners
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Lauren Harris
Managing Director | Northleaf Capital Partners
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Zachary McMahon
Co-Founder & CEO | LUCID
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Tahir Janmohamed
CEO | ManagingLife, Inc.
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Matt Cohen
Founder & Managing Partner | Ripple Ventures
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Michael Nessim
Managing Director, Investment Banking | Greenhill & Co.
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Amadeu Ferreira
CEO & Founder | Vambora Inc.
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Eliav Shaked
Co-Founder & CEO | RetiSpec
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Josh Rosen
Partner | Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
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Rubens Mendrone
Founder & CEO | LINDA Lifetech
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Mark Donaldson
Founder & CEO | Quantuity Analytics Inc.
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Luke Begley
CEO | CircuitIQ Inc
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Rosie MacLennan
Co-Founder & CEO | Trainwave
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Chris Bryson
Founder & CEO | New School Foods
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Sam Colby
EVP & Chief of Staff | SRTX
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Alanna Souza
Seed GM | Drive Capital
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Jenessa Olson
Founder & CEO | ecologicca
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George Yin
Co-Founder & CEO | VCycene
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Sep Assadian
VP, Founder Success | ventureLAB Innovation Centre
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Amy Ng
VP, Banking | RBCx
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Jennifer Arnold
Co-Founder & CEO | MinervaAI
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Michelle McBane
Managing Director | StandUp Ventures
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Emil Savov
Managing Director | MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund
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Megan Dover
Co-Founder & Principal | Cross Border Impact Ventures
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Judy Blumstock
CEO | Diamond Therapeutics
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Shannon Whitaker
Investor | ArcTern Ventures
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Brad Schmidt
Co-Founder & CEO | Panaxium
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Cathy Li
Assistant Commissioner | The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Office
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Garth Smith
VP, BD & Partnerships | Ontario Brain Institute
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Mathew Micheli
Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Viral Nation
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Mohannad El-Barachi
Co-Founder & CEO | Wrk
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Dave Teare
Co-Founder | 1password
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Ethan Choi
Partner | Accel
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Isabelle Hudon
CEO | BDC
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Ludovic Andre
Founder & Managing Director | CIC Capital Ventures
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John Baker
President & CEO | D2L
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Amit Kapoor
Manager, Investments | Vistara Growth
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Raquel Urtasun
Founder & CEO | Waabi
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Jeffrey MacDonald
Vice President | Warburg Pincus LLC
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Sam Gharegozlou
Director | Dapper Labs
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Kapil Venkatachalam
Partner | TCV
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Yasmin Razavi
General Partner, Growth | Spark Capital
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Amol Helekar
General Partner | TCV
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Kim Baker
Director of Innovation | Elemental Excelerator
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Paul Desmarais III
Chairman and CEO | Sagard Holdings
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Sid Paquette
Head, Technology & Innovation Banking | RBC
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Len Ferrington
Managing Director | Summit Partners
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Jonathan Lowenhar
Founder & Managing Partner | Enjoy The Work
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Asif Moosani
Investor | Gradient Ventures
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Colin Deacon
Senator | Senate of Canada
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Patrick Conroy
Vice President | Revolution Growth
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Dr. Chenxi Wang
Founder & General Partner | Rain Capital
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Ankur Saxena
Investment Manager | Cisco Investments
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Bob Nye
General Partner | JMI Equity
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Winston Fu
Partner | LDV Partners
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Will Fung
Investment Manager | Samsung Catalyst Fund
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Amy Molyneux
Co-Founder | Meta
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Kevin Callahan
Head of Global Business Development Strategy & Operations | Twitter
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