Take a look below at some of the 2022 speaker roster and advisory board members! Stay tuned as we announce our lineup – sign up for our newsletter to find out first.

Johanne Sévigny

Managing Partner

Daniel Pinault

Partner

Dorothy Spence

Founder & CEO

Anne No delaide

Director Relationship management, Eastern Canada

Alexandre Lanteigne

Trade Commissioner

Dr. Stephen Graham

CEO

Serban Georgescu

Senior Trade Officer, CTA and Digital Health

Megan Sutherland

Relationship Manager

Sumita Banerjee

Director, Insights & Strategic Initiatives at BDC Capital

John Harnett

Founder, CEO

Paul Richards

Manager, Agri-tech and Industrial Biotech

Sarah Willson

Investor

Ted Graham

Principal

Nicolas Heldmann

Mike Apted

CTO Communities Lead – Startups

Kim Yeung

Partner

Rodger Cuzner

Consul General of Canada in Boston

Paul Ryan

Director, Growth & Transition Capital

Matthew He

Investment Analyst

Garron Helman

CEO

Michael Mcgee

Director of Innovation

Chris Robertson

Peter van der Velden

Founder & Managing General Partner

Arianne Angers

COS

Brian Kobus

Partner

Jon Wolkin

Managing Director, Deloitte Ventures

Barbara Campbell

Regional Director

Kim Furlong

CEO

Mary Long-Irwin

Executive Director

Jacob Topatigh

Associate

Catherine Berube

CEO

Snita Balsara

Investor

Brent Holliday

Founder & CEO

Robert Rosen

Managing Director

Hector Macquarrie

Venture Principal

Craig Strong

Partner

Laura McGee

Founder & CEO

Shelley Kuipers

Co-founder & Co-CEO

Eric-Aime Patry

Outreach Manager

Neil Peet

Principal

Matt Toner

Partner

Amine Benmoussa

Venture Partner

2021 Participants & Speakers

Sarah Bain

Venture Principal

Emily Raab

Trade Commissioner

Beth Webster

Vice President, Operations & Sales

Yan Simard

CEO

Scott Everett

Co-Founder & CEO

Raymond Fitzpatrick

Director of Investments

Matt Roberts

Partner

Laith Shukri

Sr. Market Development Manager

Sally Ng

Founder & CEO

Robert Forsythe

Co-Founder & CEO

Rhiannon Davies

Founding and Managing Partner

Neil Cameron

Investment Director

Nasil Nam

Project Lead, Propelling Women Founders

Maya Hassa

Analyst

Mark Smith

Startup Mentor

Jenny Karnjanavijaya

Trade Commissioner

Katheleen Eva

Venture Capital Investor

Erin Zipes

Founding Partner

Eric-Aime Patry

Outreach Manager

Christina Connelly

Trade Commissioner

Aaron Misener

Strategic Communications Manager

Matt Toner

Partner

Marina Cortes

Venture Partner

Malcolm Fraser

President & CEO

Niamh Barry

Investor

Kimberly Yeung

Principal, Strategic Investments and Women in Technology Venture Fund

Alexandre Lanteigne

Trade Commissioner – Information and Communication Technology

Courtney Cooper

Principal

Wes Mills

Investment Partner

Geoff Schmitt

SVP of Corporate Finance

Frank Naus

Venture Partner

Ben McDade

Investment Associate

Paul Ryan

Director, Growth & Transition Capital

Kevin Fournier

Senior Account Executive

Katarina Neskovic

Early Stage Investor

Laura Lenz

Partner

Aaleen Anjum

Analyst

Snita Balsara

Senior Investment Manager & Head of Community

Daryl Johnston

Managing Director, Technology Banking

Danielle Graham

Venture Partner

Sarah Willson

Investor

Dave Smardon

CEO

Neeraj Berry

Co-Founder

Kim Furlong

CEO

2020 Participants & Speakers

Chris Robertson

Senior Associate

Kim Furlong

CEO

Scott Mikalachki

Innovation Discovery Leader

Rhiannon Davies

Founder & Managing Partner

Ray Fitzpatrick

Director of Investments

Neil Cameron

Investment Director

Lauren Robinson

General Partner

Kathryn Cameron

COO

Karn Manhas

Founder & CEO

Jon Saari

Investment Manager

Johanne Sevigny

Managing Partner

Jody Glidan

CEO

Jean-Francois Barsoum

Senior Innovation Executive

Daniella Degrace

CEO

Irfhan Rawji

Venture Partner

Ezio Di Emanuele

Senior Advisor

Dave Smardon

CEO

Bonnie Chau

Portfolio Manager

Billy Lai

Principal

Andrew Ray

VP, Investment

Althea Wishloff

Investor

Kaley Wilson, Ph.D.

Director, Business Development

Matt McCooe

CEO

Randy Thompson

Managing Partner

Craig Strong

Partner

Anne Woods

Managing Director, Life Science & Healthcare

Tom Rand

Managing Partner & Author

Craig Elias

Award-Winning Startup Advisor, Entrepreneur, Educator & Author

Martin Vetter

Senior Investment Manager

Ezra Roizen

M&A Startup Advisor, Accomplished Entrepreneur, Founder & Author

Sean Sheppard

Founder, Entrepreneur, VC

Glenn Cowan

Founder and Managing Partner

2019 Participants & Speakers

Meryeme Lahmami

Associate Director, Business Development

Luke Krueger

Co-Founder

Michelle Scarborough

Managing Director, Women in Technology Venture Fund

Irfhan Rawji

Venture Partner

Gerry Pond

Co-Founder

Claudio Rojas

CEO

Lauren Robinson

General Partner 

Michael Lincoln

Chief Financial and Business Officer

Tony Van Bommel

Senior Managing Partner

Nicola Urbani

Principal

Kim Furlong

CEO

April Dunford

Author, Speaker, Expert in Positioning & Marketing

Paul de Gelder

Navy Clearance Diver & Shark Attack Survivor

Adam Nanjee

Managing Director, Canada

Sergio Escobar

Super Angel Investor & Limited Partner

Nicole LeBlanc

Director, Investments & Partnerships

Marianne Bulger

Head of People & Platform

Randy Thompson

Managing Partner

Johanne Sevigny

Managing Partner & VP Enterprise

Scott Mikalachki

Innovation Discovery Leader

Craig Elias

Award-Winning Startup Advisor, Entrepreneur, Educator & Author

Matthew Johnson

VP, Business Development

Bob Abraham

Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer

2018 Participants & Speakers

Sanjeev Gill

National Industry Leader for Research

Johanne Sevigny

Managing Director and VP Startups, Ecofuel Fund and Accelerator

Scott Mikalachki

Innovation Discovery Leader

Nick Kadysh

Public Policy Leader

Andrea Drager

Vice President

Scott Pelton

Partner

Hooman Mehranvar

Associate

Jacki Jenuth

Partner

John Hill

VP of Networks

Ella Korets-Smith

Executive Director

Matthew Johnson

VP, Business Development

Bonnie Halper

Co-Founder

Jake Cassaday

Associate Partner

Myrna Gillis

Co-Founder & CEO

Michelle Scarborough

Managing Director

Pascal-Hugo Plourde

Director, Partnerships

Kyle Racki

CEO

Brenda Hogan

Senior Investment Manager

 

Josh Simair

Co-Founder

Shayn Diamond

Principal

Thomas Rankin

Co-Founder & CEO

Frederic Lemaitre Auger

Senior Director, Investments

Chris Burns

CEO

Amine Bemoussa

Principal, Healthcare Venture Fund

David Brennan

CFO

Chris Gardner

President & CEO

Douglas Saxon

Venture Partner

Andrew Ray

Investment Manager, IT

Jim Gibson

Innovation Leader, Author

Jordan Kyriakidis

President & CEO

Ben McDade

Investment Associate