SPEAKERS

2018 SPEAKERS COMING SOON....VIEW THE 2017 LINE-UP

Catherine Clark
Emcee
@catherinejclark



Bruce Croxon
Partner
@bruce_croxon

Michele Romanow
Founder and CEO
@MicheleRomanow



Dax Dasilva
Founder & CEO
@daxdasilva





David Alston
Chief Entrepreneur
in Residence
@davidalston
Nicole Verkindt
Founder & CEO
@nicoleverkindt

Matt Switzer
SVP Strategy
& Corporate Dev.
@matthswitzer

Anthony
Lacavera
Founder & Chairman
@AnthonyLacavera


Jonathan Ortmans
President
@Jortmans


Kerlande Mibel
Présidente-fondatrice
@KerlandeMibel


Narjès Boufaden
Founder & CEO
@KeatextAI


Adam Blinick
Director of
Public Policy
@AdamBlinick



Catherine Cano
President & GM
@icicano


Komal Minhas
Founder & CEO
@komalminhas


Paul Whitney & Liz Connell
Founders
@AfricanBHoney


Alexandra Dagg
Manager of Public Policy
@Airbnb


Andrea Palmer
Founder & CEO
@aehpalmer


The Hon. Bardish Chagger
Minister of Small Business
and Tourism

Anne Whelan
President & CEO
BDC Board Director
@annemwhelan



Brian Lang
President
@langbma


Dr. Sean Wise
Professor of
Entrepreneurship
@seanwise


Dr. Ailish Campbell
Chief Trade
Commissioner @Ailish_Campbell


Jeff Cates
President
@jeff_cates1

Claudette Commanda
Algonquin First Nation
Knowledge Keeper



Scott Brison
President
The Treasury Board of Canada
@scottbrison


Jennifer Sloan
VP Public Policy
@MastercardCAnws


Eli Fathi
CEO
@mindbridge_ai


Jason Flick
Co-Founder & CEO
@jasonflick


Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder
@jonnystartup


Melloney Campbell
Community Leader
@MellFeurtado13


John Hamblin
Community Lead
Meghann Coleman
Startup Services
Manager
@voltaeffect




Maayan Ziv
Founder & CEO
@maayanziv


Michael Denham
President & CEO
@bdc_ca


Nyla Ahmad
SVP of
Enterprise Marketing
@RogersBiz


Michael Wernick
Clerk of the
Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
@Clerk_GC


Mike Lee
President
@Fundica
Nilufer Erdebil
@digitalNil


Nilufer Erdebil
CEO
@digitalNil

Rivers Corbett
Entrepreneur
in Residence
@RiversCorbett


Victoria LaBillois
Founder & President
@wejuseg



Phil Telio
Founder
@PTelio
Sergio Escobar
@SergiusEscobar


Sergio Escobar
Managing Director
@SergiusEscobar


Greg Dumont
Director of
Sourcing
@LockheedMartin


Rosemary
Chapdelaine
VP & GM
@rjclmc


Wendy Mayhew
CEO
@wendy_mayhew


Simon
d'Entremont
NS Deputy
Minister of Seniors

Alex Benay
Chief Information
Officer
@AlexBenay


Paul Gaspar
Director of Small Business
@UPS_SmallBizCA



John Buck
CEO
@CEDEC_QC

Almas Jiwani
AJ Foundation
@AlmasJiwani



Heather Galt
Director of Fierce
Founders
@headinoz

Andy Nulman
Founder
@AndyNulman



Camille McInnis
Acquisition & Marketing
@camillemcinnis


Patrice Mousseau
Founder
@MousseauPatrice


Kelly Lovell
Founder & CEO
@KellyALovell


Maria Locker
Founder & CEO
@MompreneurMaria




Sam Moonsammy
Publicist
@smoonsammy
Rick Spence
Entrepreneur Columnist
@RickSpence


Pamela Goldsmith-Jones
Parliamentary Secretary
@pgoldsmithjones

Steven McKinnon
Parliamentary Secretary
Minister of Public Services & Procurement



Brenda Halloran
Chair of the Startup
Canada Board
@BrendaHalloran1


Helen Joncas
Senior Leader

Donna Kinoshita
SVP Core, Digital and New Business Ventures
@MastercardCAnws



Rob Turk
Executive Director
StartupGov



Ambassador
Nimrod Barkan
Embassy of Israel in Canada
@IsraelinCanada


Heather Abbey
Founder & CEO



Christoph Atz
President
UPS Canada


Deirdre Bergin
Head, BMO Tech &
Innovation Sector

Chris Baird
Senior Program Director


Julia Fournier
President &
CEO


Shyra
Barberstock
President & CEO
Okwaho Equal Source
@shybarberstock


Jeff Lehman
Mayor of Barrie



Dr. Paul Chaput
President
Creative Consulting

