Speakers

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TIMIA Capital

Chief Credit Officer
Andrew Abouchar

The Greenhouse Approach

Intrapreneurship Expert
Chitra Anand

Integrate.ai

Head of The Trusted Signals Exchange
Megan Anderson

iNovia Capital

Managing Partner
Chris Arsenault

Global Affairs Canada

Deputy Director
Daniel Arsenault

Careteam Technologies

Co-Founder and COO
Rob Attwell

A.I. VALI INC.

CEO & Co-Founder
Azar Azad

Georgian Partners

Partner
Tyson Baber

NorthStar Earth and Space

CEO and Co-Founder
Stewart Bain

Relay Ventures

Partner
Alex Baker

Real Ventures

Partner
Janet Bannister

TouchBistro

Founder and CEO
Alex Barrotti

ApplyBoard

CEO and Co-Founder
Martin Basiri

BDC Capital

Managing Partner, Co-Investments
Dominique Belanger

FinAvator

Founder
Michelle Beyo

CIC Capital Ventures

Principal
Raghu Bharat

Bold Commerce

Co-founder and CEO
Yvan Boisjoli

Financial Data and Technology Association (FDATA) of North America

Executive Director
Steve Boms

National Bank of Canada

Senior Manager, Digital Transformation
Stephane Bousquet

TDF Ventures

Principal
Matthew Bressler

Fintech Growth Syndicate

CEO & Founder
Sue Britton

Curatio

CEO
Lynda Brown-Ganzert

C100

Executive Director
Laura Buhler

prospect.fyi

CEO & Co-founder
Marianne Bulger

Twitter

Head of Global Business Development Strategy & Operations
Kevin Callahan

Highline BETA

VP Growth Ops
Ian Carnevale

Communitech

Vice President, Start and Scale
Lisa Cashmore

Relay Ventures

Partner
Jake Cassaday

First Ascent Ventures

Associate
Noah Chaikof

Sampler

Founder and CEO
Marie Chevrier

Dialogue Technologies

Co-Founder, CS and PO
Anna Chif

Klass Capital

Software Investor
Kevin Climans

Shopify

Sr. Talent Acquisition Lead
Tammy Connelly

Revolution Growth

Vice President
Patrick Conroy

Nanopay Corporation

CEO and Founder
Laurence Cooke

Island Capital Partners

Associate & Director of Operations
Stefanie Corbett

Round13 Capital

Managing Partner
Bruce Croxon

Lightspeed

Founder & CEO
Dax Dasilva

National Bank of Canada

Managing Director, Technology and Innovation Banking
Irfan Daya

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Partner, Head of Technology & Innovation, Canada
Anthony de Fazekas

Senate of Canada

Senator
Colin Deacon

Manulife

Head of Innovation & Agile
Xavier Debane

Clearbanc

Co-founder, VP Product & Operations
Tanay Delima

Cinchy

CEO and Co-Founder
Dan DeMers

Magnet Forensics

Senior Fellow with the Munk School of Global Affairs and Vice President
Neil Desai

Tara Deschamps

Freelancer
Tara Deschamps

Finaeo Inc.

CEO and Co-Founder
Aly Dhalla

Torys LLP

Partner
Kristine Di Bacco

Whitecap Venture Partners

Partner
Shayn Diamond

Koho Financial

CEO
Daniel Eberhard

Round13 Capital

Co-founder
John Eckert

The Globe and Mail

Editor, Writer, Producer
Sarah Efron

Summit Partners

Managing Director
Len Ferrington

Myplanet Ventures

Managing Director
Greg Fields

Brightspark Ventures

Managing Partner
Sophie Forest

National Post

Editor-at-Large
Diane Francis

Mavennet Systems Inc.

Co-Founder
Kesem Frank

Level Equity

Investor - Structured Capital
Zachary Friedman

LDV Partners

Partner
Winston Fu

Samsung Catalyst Fund

Investment Manager
Will Fung

Securicy

CEO
Darren Gallop

Interac Corp.

Chief Innovation Officer, Labs and New Ventures
Debbie Gamble

BDC Capital

Major Accounts Manager
Jasmin Ganie-Hobbs

Flinks

Head of Product
Adam Gibson

Luge Capital

Co-founder and General Partner
Karim Gillani

Chisel AI

CEO and Founder
Ron Glozman

Wave

SVP, People and Culture
Ashira Gobrin

MedStack

Co-Founder and CEO
Balaji Gopalan

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Partner
Vanessa Grant

Mysa Smart Thermostats

CEO and President
Joshua Green

Scotiabank Digital Factory

VP, Digital Product Management
Katie Greenberg

Careteam Technologies

Founder, CEO and Chief Medical Officer
Alexandra Greenhill

Kognitiv Spark

Co-Founder and CTO
Ryan Groom

Sensibill Inc.

Founder and CEO
Corey Gross

Futurithmic

Executive Producer, Host
Michael Hainsworth

Portag3 Ventures

Partner, Head of Partnerships & Policy
Ben Harrison

Q4 Inc.

Founder & CEO
Darrell Heaps

Platterz Inc

Co-founder & CEO
Eran Henig

Scotiabank Digital Factory

SVP, Global Head of Design
Pamela Hilborn

Ontario Capital Growth Corporation

Senior Investment Manager
Brenda Hogan

CryptoNumerics

CEO and Co-Founder
Dr. Monica Holboke

Sheertex

Founder and CEO
Katherine Homuth

League Inc.

AVP Product
Breanna Hughes

BlueCat Networks Inc.

Co-Founder/Director
Michael Hyatt

CIC Capital Ventures

Principal
Eric In

Relentless Pursuit Partners Inc

Managing Partner
Brenda Irwin

Integrate.ai

Vice President, People
Rachel Jacobson

TIMIA Capital

VP, Finance
Brooke Jutzi

GeneYouIn, Inc.

CTO
Boyko Kabakchiev

BNN Business News Network

Anchor
Amber Kanwar

Suometry, Inc.

CEO
Isadore Katz

Toronto Region Board of Trade

Vice President, Policy & Public Affairs
Brian Kelcey

Deloitte

Managing Partner, Head of Deloitte Data
Bilal Khan

Aeryon Labs

CEO
David Kroetsch

PostBeyond Inc.

Director of Marketing
Daniel Ku

Portag3 Ventures

Senior Associate
Ricky Lai

Wattpad

Chief Product Officer and GM of Labs
Seema Lakhani

Fluent.ai

CEO
Probal Lala

Payment Source

Vice President of Marketing and Strategy
Albert Lang

Impression Ventures

Founder & Managing Partner
Christian Lassonde

Flinks

Founder and COO
Frederick Lavoie

Axonify

CEO
Carol Leaman

Sidewalk Labs

Director, Investments
Nicole LeBlanc

Real Ventures

Venture Partner
Marcel LeBrun

Plaza Ventures

General Partner
Matthew Leibowitz

League Inc.

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Dan Leibu

Georgian Partners

Partner
Steve Leightell

Frontier Capital

Managing Partner
Andrew Lindner

The Toronto Stock Exchange Inc.

Innovation Sector Head, Capital Formation
Dani Lipkin

Rubikloud

Co-Founder and CEO
Kerry Liu

PostBeyond Inc.

CEO
David Lloyd

National Bank of Canada

Sr Director, Technology and Innovation Banking
David Looi

Island Capital Partners

Partner
Paul Lypaczewski

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL

AVP, CXO Data and Analytics
Ian MacDonald

Real Ventures

General Partner
Alan MacIntosh

SurePath Capital Partners

Founder
Mark MacLeod

Coloursmith Labs Inc

CEO
Gabrielle Masone

Aifred Health

CEO
Marina Massingham

eleven-x

President and CEO
Dan Mathers

The Biomedical Zone

Surgeon, Founding and Executive Director
Dr. Linda Maxwell

MaRS IAF (Investment Accelerator Fund)

Senior Investment Director
Michelle McBane

BDC Capital

Principal, Strategic Investments and Women in Technology Venture Fund
Alexander McIsaac

PolicyMe

COO & Co-Founder
Laura McKay

VERTU Capital

Founder & Managing Partner
Lisa Melchior

Crowdlinker

Co-Founder & CEO
Aram Melkoumov

owl.co

CEO
Sean Merat

Celtic House Venture Partners

CFO / COO
Cory Michalyshyn

JLABS Canada

Head of JLABS Canada
Dr. Allan Miranda

Neurotech

Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs and Co-Founder
Graeme Moffat

Meta

Co-Founder
Amy Molyneux

Boss Insights

Co-Founder
Keren Moynihan

BDC Capital

Vice President Fund Investments and Global Scaling
Alison Nankivell

Techstars India

Managing Director
Ray Newal

BDC Capital

Executive Vice President
Jérôme Nycz

JMI Equity

General Partner
Bob Nye

CIBC Innovation Banking

Executive Director
Amy Olah

Accenture

Managing Director
Iliana Oris Valiente

Wittington Ventures

Managing Partner
Jim Orlando

Ceridian

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
David Ossip

Revolut

General Manager, Canada
Shane Parkhill

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Of Counsel
Laila Paszti

Stack

Co-Founder and CEO
Miro Pavletic

Vacation Fund

Co-Founder & CEO
Erica Pearson

RBC Royal Bank

Vice President, Merchant Solutions
Alexander Peh

Georgian Partners

Senior Associate
Jane Podbelskaya

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Senior Director
Mathieu Provost

Vanedge Capital

Principal
Amy Rae

Flybits

Founder and CEO
Hossein Rahnama

Sidewalk Labs

Head of Product
Prem Ramaswami

HarbourVest Partners (Canada) Ltd.

Managing Director
Senia Rapisarda

Ritual

Co-Founder & CEO
Ray Reddy

Quantius

President
Lally Rementilla

The Rounds

CEO
Tim Rice

Moon Express, Inc.

Founder & CEO
Robert Richards

National Angel Capital Organization

CEO
Claudio Rojas

Deeplite

CEO and Co-Founder
Nick Romano

d1g1t Inc

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Dan Rosen

CIBC Innovation Banking

Managing Director
Rob Rosen

Resili

CEO
Morgan Rosenberg

DGen

Director, Open Banking
Cynthia Rudge

National Bank

Co-Head & Managing Director Technology, Media, Telecom & Healthcare Investment Banking
Colin Ryan

Cisco Investments

Global Head of Portfolio Development
Hitesh Saijpal

Whitecap Venture Partners

Partner
Russell Samuels

Ryerson Futures Inc./Zone Startups

President
Matt Saunders

Cisco Investments

Investment Manager
Ankur Saxena

BDC Capital

Managing Partner
Michelle Scarborough

Verstra Ventures

Managing Director
Karl Schabas

AlayaCare

Founder and CEO
Adrian Schauer

The Logic

Reporter
Zane Schwartz

Sidewalk Labs

Director of Public Realm
Jesse Shapins

Techstars

Managing Partner, Toronto Accelerator
Sunil Sharma

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Partner
Will Shaw

BDC Capital

Strategic Investments and Women in Tech
Blair Sherman

Vistara Capital Partners

Partner
Noah Shipman

The Globe and Mail

Technology reporter
Sean Silcoff

Wave

Co-Founder & CEO
Kirk Simpson

BetaKit

Associate Editor
Meagan Simpson

TELUS

VP, Chief Data & Trust Officer
Pamela Snively

McRock Capital

Vice President
Siddharth Srivastava

RBC Royal Bank

Senior Vice President, Office of the CEO
John Stackhouse

OMERS Ventures

Managing Partner and Global Head of Venture Capital
Damien Steel

Reformulary Group

Founder and CEO
Helen Stevenson

Vista Equity Partners

Co-Head, Vista Endeavor Fund
Rene Yang Stewart

Real Ventures

Partner
John Stokes

Round13 Capital

Partner
Craig Strong

Shopify

Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships
Bram Sugarman

Applied Brain Research Inc.

Chairman & Co-CEO
Peter Suma

Paytm Labs

CEO
Harinder Takhar

For Founders by Founders

Founder & CEO
Cherry Rose Tan

Radical Ventures

Partner & General Manager
Salim Teja

Vendasta

Chief Marketing Officer & Co-Founder
Jeff Tomlin

Stepscan Technologies Inc.

CEO
Crystal Trevors

Feroot

CEO and Co-founder
Ivan Tsarynny

Roar Ventures

Managing Partner
Peggy Van De Plassche

VineView

Founder and CEO
Richard van der Put

Export Development Canada

Senior Associate
Ben Van Zuylen

Flow Capital Corp.

Principal
Kutral Veerabadran

National Bank of Canada

Managing Director & Head–Technology & Innovation Banking
Tuyen Vo

Curatio

Chief Growth Officer
Jeff Wandzura

Rain Capital

Founder & General Partner
Dr. Chenxi Wang

Pegasus Tech Ventures

Investor
Jack Warning

Platterz Inc

Co-founder & President
Yishay Waxman

Xanadu

Founder and CEO
Christian Weedbrook

NACBio

CEO
Dr Tyler Wish

BMO Capital Markets, Corp

Managing Director
David Wismer

Amplify Capital

Managing Partner
Kathryn Wortsman

Luge Capital

Investment Analyst
Ramin Wright

Georgian Partners

Vice President
Margo Wu

TokenFunder

CEO and Co-Founder
Alan Wunsche

BDC Capital

Principal, Strategic Investments and Women in Technology Venture Fund
Kimberly Yeung

The Big Push

Founder/CEO
Sharon Zohar

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