BCTECH Summit 2019 | Innovate BC | 11 March 2019 | TBA, Vancouver, Canada

Are you ready to navigate the new age of innovation?

The world is changing at an unprecedented rate, with new realities introduced every day. How will we use emerging technologies - from AI to Robotics, Quantum to Clean-tech, Blockchain to AR/VR – to solve the biggest challenges facing BC and the world today?

Explore the possibilities. Prepare for the future.

2019 Speakers

Duncan Wardle
Former Head of Innovation & Creativity, Walt Disney

Tan Le
Founder and CEO, EMOTIV

Eric O'Neill
Attorney, Cybersecurity Expert & Former FBI Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence Operative, The Georgetown Group LLC

Anousheh Ansari
CEO, XPRIZE Foundation

Norm Judah
CTO Microsoft Solutions, Microsoft

Manjit Minhas
Co-Founder & CEO, Minhas Breweries, Distillery and Winery

Honourable John Horgan
Premier, Province of British Columbia

Gina Phillips
VP & General Manager, WeWork

Raghwa Gopal
CEO, Innovate BC

Maggie Clay
CFO, PayByPhone

Roham Gharegozlou
CEO, Dapper Labs

Lilly Shoup, AICP
Senior Director of Policy and Partnerships, Lyft

Aamir Baig
Co-founder, CEO & Managing Director, Article

Selma Zafar
Director of Experience Design, Best Buy

Ohad Arazi
Chief Strategy Officer and VP, Telus Health

Brittany Hamilton
Director of Service Operations, Bench

Adam Steinberg
Vice President - Head of Digital Consulting, Fujitsu

Sue Paish
CEO, Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster

Bob Sutor
VP - IBM Q Strategy and Ecosystem
IBM Research

Kendra MacDonald
CEO, Oceans Supercluster

Michael Macintyre
Vice President of eCommerce & Omnichannel Strategy, INDOCHINO

Jake Hirsch-Allen
Economic Graph and Learning Solutions for Higher Education Lead, LinkedIn

Anna Stukas
Business Development Lead, Carbon Engineering

Nirajan Ravichandran
Vancouver Site Lead, Asana

Jill Tipping
CEO, BC Tech Association

Alan Winter
Innovation Commissioner, Government of British Columbia

Kathryn Hayashi
President and CEO, Triumf

Alex Clark
Executive, GE Digital

Kate Wilson
Technology Editor, Georgia Straight

Jake Tyler
CEO, Finn.ai

Tom Nyberg
Performance Solutions Leader and GM, Finning Digital

Brenda Irwin
Founder & Managing Partner, Relentless Venture Fund

Edoardo De Martin
General Manager, Microsoft

Sandy Treagus
Chief Financial Officer, Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC)

Hayley Woodin
Multimedia Journalist, Business In Vancouver

Tyler Wanlass
Head of Design, Buffer

Nejeed Kassam
CEO, Keela

Brianna Gopaul
Quantum Computing Programmer, The Knowledge Society

Charles Lavigne
CEO, Co-founder, LlamaZOO Interactive Inc.

Chris Mowry
CEO, General Fusion

Nancy Basi
Executive Director, Vancouver Media & Entertainment, Vancouver Economic Commission

Chris Jensen
Co-Founder and COO, RightMesh

Danny Goel
CEO and Co-Founder, Precision OS Technology

Karen Bakker
Director of Strategy, Riipen

Dave Donaldson
Manager, Geospatial Solutions, Teck Resources Ltd.

Handol Kim
General Manager, Quadrant

Elissa Strome
Executive Director, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, CIFAR

Don Freschi
CEO, Fenix Advanced Materials

Afshin Doust
CEO, Advanced Intelligent Systems

Lesley Esford
Board Director, Innovate BC

Sean Silcoff
Technology Reporter, The Globe & Mail

Spiro Khouri
VP, Marketing, The Gaming Stadium

Dominik Mayer
Principal, AO Invest

Philipp Postrehovsky
SVP, Marketing, Progressa

Andrew Booth
Chief Commercial Officer, STEMCELL Technologies

Mary Ellen Schaafsma
Director, Social Innovation and Research, Social Purpose Institute at United Way

Matt Switzer
Partner, NorthWest Capital Partners

Kenny Hawk
CEO, Mojio

Claire Veuthey
Director of ESG & Impact, OpenInvest

Wolf Richter
President, EPIC Semiconductors

Dave Isaac
President & Founder, W Dusk Energy Group Inc

Darrel Fry
CEO, Advanced BioCarbon 3D

Dan Merino
CTO, Finhaven Technology Inc

Murray Thom
Vice President of Software and Cloud Service, D-Wave Systems

Terri MacDonald
Director of Applied Research and Innovation, Selkirk College

Bill Greuel
CEO, Protein Industries Canada

Julien Billot
CEO, AI-Powered Supply Chain - SCALE AI

Susan Mason
Sound Transit, Senior Planner, Innovation and Performance Program

Manoj Singh
Chief Executive Officer, Acuva Technologies

Jayson Myers
CEO, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada

Bonnie Foley-Wong
Founder & CEO, Pique Ventures

Aly Gillani
Director, Communications, Media and Tech Investment Banking, RBC

Andrew Weaver
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Oak Bay-Gordon Head, British Columbia

Devon Brooks
CEO & Founder, Sphere Is Here

James Grieve
CTO, Parallel Domain

Jeff Ward
CEO, Animikii Indigenous Technology

Jessica Nordlander
Director, Thoughtexchange

John Hewie
National Security Officer, Microsoft Canada

Kenneth Porter
Senior Policy Analyst, Climate Action Secretariat - Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

Peter Nunoda
President & CEO, Vancouver Community College

Blake Adam
Co-Founder & CEO, Medimap

Aaliyah Mahboubi
Reality Revolution Solution Finalist

Ray Liu
Reality Revolution Solution Finalist

Mac Dykeman
Reality Revolution Solution Finalist

Nicolas Fedrigo
Reality Revolution Solution Finalist

Natasha Burgert
Reality Revolution Solution Finalist

2019 Partners

TITLE PARTNERS:
• Rogers

TITANIUM PARNERS:
• Microsoft

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• Telus Bussiness
• IBM
• Fujitsu

SILVER PARTNERS:
• Health and Technology
• Cascadia

BRONZE PARTNERS:
• Vancouver
• Cogeco
• Foresight

ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNER:
• Emotive

ACADEMIC PARTNERS:
• Douglas
• SFU
• The University of British Columbia
• Columbia Basin Trust

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Bussiness Vancouver
• Black Press Media
• BNN
• Douglas
• TSN
• Straight
• The Globe and Mail
• The MIX
• LoKnow
• BCBussiness
• GeekWire
• DilyMive

MARKETING PARTNERS:
• Accelerate Okanagan
• ACE-WIL
• BC Tech
• Canda ClenTech
• CMX Partnership
• DigiBC
• DownTown
• Innovation Boulevard
• Launch Academy
• League of Innovators
• Locelle
• NACO
• TechExit.io
• VEF
• VertueLab