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
