State of Risk Capital in Canada

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Digital Media Zone
Toronto
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M5B 2G9
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October 1, 2014

Digital Media Zone

10 Dundas Street East, Suite 600, Toronto


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Agenda



9:30 am - 10:00 am -    Registration                                      

 

10:00 am - 10:10 am - Welcoming Remarks

                                                                          Dr. Sheldon Levy, President, Ryerson University

                                                                          Dr. Rafik Loutfy, Director - Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entreprenurship, Ryerson University

 

10:10 am - 10:20 am - Welcome & Introduction of Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity

                                                 Association

                                                                          Mike Woollatt, CEO, CVCA

 

10:20 am - 11:00 am - Global Trends in Venture Capital 

                                                                          Phil Wickham, President & CEO, Kauffman Fellows

 

11:00 am - 11:45 am - Evolution of Incubators in Canada

                                                                          Moderator: Salim Teja, Managing Director, ICT, MaRS

                                                                          Bilal Khan, Managing Director, One Eleven

                                                                          Ray Walia, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Launch Academy

                                                                          Helge Seetzen, CEO, Tandem Launch

                                                                          Brendan Dellandrea, Marketing & Communications Director, Ryerson DMZ

                                                                          Marcus Daniels, Co-Founder & CEO, Highline

 

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm -    Venture in IT (Wireless)

                                                                           Moderator: Mike Woollatt, CEO, CVCA

                                                                           Alex Baker, Partner, Relay Ventures

                                                                           Dan Park, Vice President, Azure Capital

                                                                           Jason Zan, Managing Director, Gibraltar & Company

                                                                           Matt Golden, Founder & Managing Partner, Golden Venture Partners

 

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm -       Venture in IT

                                                                           Moderator: Neal Hill, VP Fund of Funds, BDC

                                                                           Barry Gekiere, Managing Director - Investment Accelerator Fund, MaRS

                                                                           Tom Astle, Investment Strategy & Portfolio Management, Difference Capital

                                                                           Janet Bannister, General Partner, Real Ventures

                                                                           Simon Chong, Managing Partner, Georgian Partners

 

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm -       Venture in Healthcare

                                                                           Moderator: Joshua Liu, Co-Founder & CEO, SeamlessMD

                                                                           Ela Borenstein, Managing Partner - Healthcare Fund, BDC

                                                                           Brian Bloom, Co-Founder, President & Head of Institutional Sales, Bloom Burton & Co.

                                                                           Dr. Andrew Haigh, Senior Associate - Lumira Capital

                                                                           Jonathan Hera, Senior Portfolio Manager, Grand Challenges Canada

 

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm -       Venture in Agriculture, Cleantech and Impact Investing

                                                                           Moderator: Shirley Speakman, Partner, Cycle Capital Management

                                                                           Dave Smardon, President & CEO, Bioenterprise Fund

                                                                           Andrew Heintzman, President & CEO, Investeco Capital

                                                                           Murray McCaig, Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures

                                                                           Neil Cameron, Investment Director, Emerald Tech Ventures

 

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm -       Role of Universities in Entrepreneurial Education

                                                                           Moderator: Mahmoud Hashim, Founder & CEO, Akindi

                                                                           Dr. Rafik Loutfy, Director - Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Ryerson University

                                                                           Jesse Rodgers, Director - Creative Destruction Lab, University of Toronto

                                                                           Elana Guslitser, Senior Manager Business Development - Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia

                                                                           Howard M. Armitage, Special Advisor to the President & Co-Founder - Conrad Business Entrepreneurship

                                                                           & Technology Centre, University of Waterloo

 

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm -       Networking

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