Speakers

Chris Messina

Hashtag Inventor | Product Designer

Kat Manalac

Partner | Y Combinator

Anil Dash

CEO | Glitch

Shan-Lyn Ma

CEO and Co-Founder | Zola

Harley Finkelstein

COO | Shopify

The Honourable Mary Ng

Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion | Government of Canada

Jenny Fielding

Jenny Fielding

MD Techstars | GP, The Fund

Dax Dasilva

Founder & CEO, Lightspeed | Founder, Never Apart

Sarah Nahm

CEO & Founder | Lever

Tamsen Webster

Founder and Chief Message Strategist | Find the Red Thread

Rahul Raj

Founder & CMO | 5&Vine

Dr Theresa Johnson

Product Manager | Airbnb

Najla Al-Midfa

Najla Al-Midfa

CEO | Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center

Drew Dillon

Drew Dillon

Product Leader | Freelance

Valérie Pisano

Présidente et Chef de la direction | Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute

Geneviève Morin

Geneviève Morin

Présidente-directrice générale | Anges Québec Capital

Harry Glaser

President, Data Business & GM, San Francisco | Periscope Data by Sisense

Sandrine Rastello

Montreal bureau chief | Bloomberg News

Lida Tohidi

Managing Director at Pidari Consultancy | Coach at Pidaar Mastermind

Marvin Liao

Partner | 500 Startups

Maggie Sprenger

Maggie Sprenger

Managing Director | Green Cow Venture Capital

Eman al Mahmoud

Strategy and Partnerships Manager | Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center

David Nault

David Nault

Cofondateur | Luge Capital

Nina Stepanov

Principal | Acceleprise

Aurélie Wen

Fondatrice et Directrice | Agorize Canada

Andrew Ackerman

Managing Director | Dreamit

Cindy Alvarez

Cindy Alvarez

Principal Product Manager | Microsoft

Nayla Chebli

Investment Director | CDPQ

Edward Powers

Managing Director, Boston | HarbourVest

Charlotte Murray

Entrepreneur in Residence | Propel - Atlantic

Joseph Regan

Managing Partner, Industrial Innovation Fund | BDC

Jessica Carson

Innovation @ American Psychological Association | Founder @ Wired This Way

Stéphane Létourneau

Vice President, Partnership and Corporate Affairs | Mila

Alison Nankivell

Vice President, Fund Investments and Global Scaling | BDC Capital

Claude Théoret

Associé, ICE Ventures | Fondateur, Nexalogy

Lorrie Norrington

Operating Partner | LeadEdge Capital

Hussam Ayyad

Sr. Director, Programs & Partnerships | DMZ

Nanon de Gaspe Beaubien-Mattrick

Founder and President | Beehive Holdings

RK Sharma

Engineering leader | WeWork

Kim Morouney

Managing Director | Lazaridis Institute

Sylvain Carle

Partner | Real Ventures

Noor El Bawab

Director of Programs | Zú

Jérôme Nycz

Executive Vice President | BDC Capital

Marie Chevrier

Founder and CEO | Sampler

George Favvas

Cofondateur et PDG | Circle Medical

Natalie Eva Gray

Co-Founder & Head of Product | Cover

Kareem Maddox

Producer | Gimlet Media

Takara Small

Takara Small

Technology columnist for Metro Morning, Tech contributor for CBC | Founder of VentureKids Canada

Simon Lejeune

Directeur de la croissance | Hopper

Gillian McCrae

Venture Manager | Creative Destruction Lab - Atlantic

Simon Ferragne

Simon Ferragne

PDG et Fondateur | TrackTik Software Inc.

Shambhavi Mishra

Investor | Brand Capital, Times Group

Matt Roberts

Matt Roberts

Partner | ScaleUP Ventures

Sharon Zohar

Founder & CEO | The Big Push

Isaac Souweine

Partner | Real Ventures

Danielle Graham

Principal | Dream Maker Ventures

Tariq Haddadin

Manager | Techstars Toronto

Margaret Wu

Vice President | Georgian Partners

Maria Nsoul

Maria Nsouli

Analyst, Strategic Investments and Women in Technology Venture Fund | BDC Capital

Brady Forrest

General Partner, Enjoy The Work | Co-Founder, Ignite Talks

Pascale Audette

CEO | Carebook Technologies inc.

Jeffrey Donenfeld

Investment Manager | Boomtown Accelerator

Hilary Kilgour

Lead, Operations + Experience | Female Funders

Marwan Elfitesse

Marwan Elfitesse

Chef des startups | STATION F

Elaine Kunda

Founder and Managing Partner | Disruption Ventures

Barry T Whyte

Barry T. Whyte

Strategy consultant | Entrepreneur

Michelle Scarborough

Michelle Scarborough

Managing Director Strategic Investments and Women in Tech | BDC Capital

JF Cote

Jean-François Côté

PDG, président et cofondateur | district m

Julia Chelaru

Director, Accelerator Operations | Highline Beta

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel

Founder | Six Pixels Group

Kate Poirier

Kate Poirier

Director of Marketing | Innovation Canada

Kyle Boulay

Co-founder & CEO | Bus.com

Shingai Manjengwa

Founder, Fireside Analytics Academy | CEO, Fireside Analytics Inc.

Karl Reckziegel

Senior Vice President | BDC Capital

Senia Rapisarda

Senia Rapisarda

Managing Director | HarbourVest Canada

Harper Reed

Entrepreneur | Harper Rules, LLC

Emilie Boutros

Partner and CFO | TandemLaunch

Jonathan Lowenhar

Jonathan Lowenhar

Founder & Managing Partner | ETW Advisors

Jane-Hu

Jane Hu

Founder | Nonesuch Media

JF Gauthier

JF Gauthier

Founder and CEO | Startup Genome

Anne-Sophie Caistiker

PDG | Doctibike

Ian Jeffrey

Co-Founder & CEO | Breathe Life

Rosie Atkins

Rosie Atkins

VP of Product | Homebase

Robert Simon

Robert Simon

Sr Managing Partner | BDC IT Venture Fund

Anne-Marie Bourgeois

Vice President Investments | EnerTech Capital

Ravi Belani

Director | Alchemist Accelerator

Mallorie Brodie

Mallorie Brodie

CEO & Co-Founder | Bridgit

Carlo Perez

Founder | Swift Medical

Laura Buhler

Executive Director | C100

Andy Mauro

Co-founder and CEO | Automat

Pascale Nini

Pascale Nini

Présidente et chef de la direction | ImmerVision

Raphael Christian-Roy

Raphaël Christian-Roy

Managing Director | Front Row Ventures @ Real Ventures

Magaly Charbonneau

Magaly Charbonneau

Principal | iNovia Capital

John Stokes

Founding Partner | Real Ventures

Karen-Walker

Karen Walker

Author | Strategist, Advisor

Lindsay Bryson

Chief Operating Officer | BlueDot Inc

Éric -Aimé Patry

Gestionnaire du rayonnement et des communications | Government of Canada

April Dunford

Founder | Ambient Strategy

Michael Denham

Michael Denham

President and Chief Executive Officer | BDC

Nicole Kelly

Community Director | OMERS Ventures

Randy Smerik

Founder/CEO | Osunatech, Inc.

Wes Kao

Marketer | Former Executive Director of Seth Godin’s altMBA

Jacques Bernier

Jacques Bernier

Co-founder & Managing Partner | Teralys Capital

Jana Eggers

CEO | Nara Logics, Inc.

Jean-Philippe Sicard

Président | Ton Équipier

Ginette Gagnon

Coach, auteur et conférencière de leadership | Ginette Gagnon Management

David Crow

David Crow

Managing Director | Danger Capital

Christine Renaud

Christine Renaud

PDG | e180

Pierre-Olivier Zappa

Journaliste télé | TVA Nouvelles and LCN

Jen van der Meer

Founder | Reason Street

Alistair Croll

Alistair Croll

Author | Lean Analytics

Sage-Franch

MC Sage Franch

Co-Founder & CTO | Crescendo

Andy Nulman

MC Andy Nulman

Founder | Play The Future

MC Alyssa Atkins

VP Marketing | CareGuide

Louis-Félix Binette

MC Louis-Félix Binette

Executive Director | Québec’s Movement of innovation accelerators

Chris Shipley

MC Chris Shipley

Author | FUTUREWORK

Vahid Jozi

MC Vahid Jozi

Founder | Yooshi.ai

Greg Isenberg

Greg Isenberg

Product | WeWork (via Islands)

Meg Athavale

Meg Athavale

CEO | Lumo Interactive