9.00 AM Opening Remarks

Emcee, Rivers Corbett, Host, The Startup Canada Podcast Show

 

9.15 AM Scale-Up Opening Keynotes

Moderator: Kylie Woods, Host, #StartupChats and Founder, Chic Geek YYC

• Keynote - Tareq Hadhad, Founder and CEO, Peace by Chocolate

• Keynote - Aisha Addo, Founder and CEO, DriveHER

• Keynote - Sophie Boulanger, Co-Founder and CEO, BonLook

 

10.00 AM Scale Smart: A Guide to Protecting Your Business

presented by Intuit QuickBooks

Moderator: Jeff Cates, President and CEO, Intuit QuickBooks

• Megan Cornell, Founder and CEO, Momentum Business Law

• Rob Villeneuve, CEO, Rebel.com

• Darlene Carreau, Director General, Business Services Branch, Canadian Intellectual Property Office

• Kyle Larsen, Senior Advisor, PIPEDA Compliance Branch, Privacy Commissioner of Canada

 

10.40 AM Turbo Workshop: Privacy 101 for Startups presented by OPC

• Kyle Larsen, Senior Advisor, Privacy Commissioner of Canada

 

11.00 AM Turbo Workshop: Legal Aspects of Starting Up presented by Momentum Law

• Megan Cornell, Founder and CEO, Momentum Business Law  

 

11.30 AM Scale-Up Strategy Sell Anywhere, Anytime presented by Rogers

Moderator: Edwin Frondozo, Host, The Business Leadership Podcast

• Sukhmani Dev, Vice President of Market Product Management, Digital Solutions, Mastercard Canada

• Carolyn Loh, Sr. Director of Data Analytics and Insights, Rogers

• Heather Abbey, Founder and CEO, Indig Inc.

• Chris Crawford, Founder and CEO, Kick-Ass Media

 

12.00 PM Scale-Up Social Impact: Master Keynotes presented by Mastercard

Moderator: Katie Miller Managing Director, Impact Hub Ottawa

• Keynote - Craig Ryan, Director, CSR

• Keynote - Theresa Laurico, Founder, SociaLIGHT

• Keynote - Alain Ménard, Co-Founder and President, the Green Beaver Company

• Keynote - Toni Desrosiers, Founder and CEO, Abeego Inc

• Keynote - Bill Stewart, President and Co-Founder, terra20 and Steve Kaminski, Co-Founder, terra20

 

1.00 PM Skills for the Future presented by Mitacs

Moderator: Jason Daley, Portfolio Entrepreneur and Investor

• Iain Klugman, Board Director, Mitacs and CEO, Communitech

• Natasha Dhayagude, Founder and CEO, Chinova Bioworks

• Cameron Ritchie, Founder and CEO, HomeWurk

• Sophia Leong, Executive Director of Telfer Executive EMBA

 

2.00 PM Scaling Up Indigenous Entrepreneurship presented by BDC

Opening Remarks: Don Rusnak, Committee Member, Indigenous and Northern Affairs

Moderator: Tara Barnes, Vice President of Marketing, Manitobah Mukluks

• Sunshine Tenasco, Founder and CEO, HerBraids Founder and Pow Wow Pitch

• Shyra Barberstock, Startup Kingston and Co-Founder, Okwaho Equal Source

• Jennifer Harper, Founder and CEO, Cheekbone Beauty

• Keith McIntosh, Founder and CEO, PQA Testing

 

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS BOOTCAMP *Presented by BMO Financial Group

 

2.30 PM Expert Panel: Closing the Deal: Capital 101 for Women Entrepreneurs

Moderator: Julie Barker-Merz, Senior Vice President, South Western 
Ontario Division, BMO Financial Group

• Sheri Griffiths, Regional Vice President of Business Banking, BMO Financial Group

• Mike Lee, Co-Founder and CEO, Fundica

• Karen Greve Young, CEO, Futurpreneur

• Vicki Saunders, CEO, SheEO

• Eva Lau, Managing Partner, Two Small Fish Ventures

 

3.15 PM  Workshop: Making Your Company Profitable

• Blinda Campbell, Relationship Manager Business Banking, BMO Financial Group

SCALE-UP BOOT CAMP *Presented by UPS Canada and EDC

 

4.00 PM Scale-Up Strategies: Leveraging Canada to Scale presented by Innovative Solutions Canada

Moderator: Mélanie Carter, Knowledge Partnerships Lead, Export Development Canada

• Robert Smith, Executive Director of Innovative Solutions Canada

• Eric Fournier, Director General S&T Strategic Decision Support, ADM(S&T),
  Department of National Defence

• Darrell Schuurman, Co-Founder and CEO, Canadian LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce

• Miryam Lazarte, Founder and CEO, LatAm Startups

 

4.30 PM Keynote: Scaling Up Canada: Head in the Clouds and Feet on the Ground: What’s Next for Canada’s Entrepreneurship Community (UPS and EDC)

Moderator: Rivers Corbett, Host, The Startup Canada Podcast Show

• Keynote - Frank O'Dea, Order of Canada, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist

• Michelle Scarborough, Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives and Women in Tech ​

• Paul Gaspar, Director of Small Business, UPS Canada

• Sergio Escobar, Startup Canada Global Ambassador

 

5.00 PM Closing Remarks